| Aesop Rock – The Tugboat Complex Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Picture feeling a burden of misery and drearyness that way him down. Like when you're depressed it can feel really hard to get out of bed in the morning. That's why he sees a stop sign above his bed. Waking up to the rains. It's hard to wake up on rainy days, and this is also symbolic of that overwhelming feeling of dreariness. But when he gets up he has surpassed all of this, and it's like an accomplishment so he is 1 step ahead just from getting up. The majority of the song is painting this scene of "Fuck, the world sucks." But then at the end he blows it away. |
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| Wyclef Jean – If I Was President Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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its THEY??? shit now it makes sense. That song has confused the shit out of me for years haha. |
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| State Radio – People To People Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| When I heard the song, I thought of it as a statement on America not being what it is meant to be. I think being in the valley, is symbolic of being in the lower class (valleys are low, and they are surrounded by mountains that are high and mighty). It was these people in the valleys/lower class that forged America. It was intended to be a place where people were free of persecution, where they wouldnt be judged by their religion, creed, etc. But many "dont remember what they came here for." These people are looking down at the people in the valleys, from their high and mighty mountains. They have "become what they hate." Though there is no 'right' way to live ("and noone knows"), they have no problem to "keep an eye on you", and tell you that your way is not 'right'. When they say "carry yourself well" they mean live the 'right' life. "The once home of the brave" has changed because the beliefs that America was built on have all scattered like the horses. Noone closing the barn door is symbollic of the way that this transition of Americans met no obstacles. Though America is not the great idea that it was meant to be, America is still alive. It's foundations are just broken. | |
| State Radio – Black Cab Motorcade Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I thought of it being like a gang thing. 1) It's exclusive to the youth, as seen by them being in school, and having curfews. Also the line "dont let her set another empty place" I assume to be a mother setting a table, and "another empty place" would be a child who died. 2) The scene depicted in the first stanza of "burned out windows, burned out brick" seems to be illustrating a ghetto to me. Also the refrences of Southside reenforce this idea to me. 3) Smith & Wessons are guns that are famous for being popular among gangsters, and are a weapon that is definately more likely to be wielded by a civilian than a soldier. 4) The way he gets the call and heads out to meet his friend, sounds like a gang brother to me. 5) The lines that paint your face sounds like it good be a gang tatoo. "Are you more than what you hate?" is especially relevant to one gangster killing a member of a rival gang. Both of them are really pretty much the same, yet they have a hatred for eachother instilled in them. "Forget your cross and your history" also sounds like the cross is a refrence of a gang symbol. Saying to forget that is telling them that you dont need to hold on to a feud between gangs. The song says that he doesn't need to go out and take revenge to claim honor. The ones that were lost will still be remembered in history even if you dont go out and try to take revenge. |
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