| Ben Folds Five – Magic Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Absolutely agree, it's a stunning arrangement. | |
| Eagles – Long Road Out of Eden Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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coderego... There's no reason that the song can't be about Iraq on one level (the very obvious level such as "dusty rifle in his trembling hands"; undoubtedly there is an element of protest against the Iraq war, and the opening of the song also alludes to this) and the metaphorical Eden of the western world on another level. You've expressed your opinion as though it is an indisputable fact, a habit that is frowned upon here. Also, to state that "this song has nothing to do with eden" and to then use the supposed geographical location of Eden to relate it to Iraq is somewhat contradictory; if the song had nothing to do with eden, then surely the geographical location of eden would be irrelevant? |
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| Eagles – Certain Kind Of Fool Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Actually, reading the lyrics again, it could be an analogy for for anyone who wants to be famous and recognized for whatever reason, but then gets there and realizes it's not everything they thought it was going to be. | |
| Eagles – Certain Kind Of Fool Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| The way I see it, the story of the kid getting a gun, learning to use it and then ending up on the run can be interpreted as an analogy for a person who wants to learn the guitar and make it big in a band and then finds out that it's not the extravagant 24-hour party lifestyle that he expected, and ends up running from the all the attention. And that, for me, is what's really clever about this song. | |
| Eagles – Long Road Out of Eden Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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"Bloated with entitlement" makes me think that perhaps we treat the world that we live in like a new Garden of Eden, where we shouldn't have to work for anything and everything should be handed down to us from on high. People expect to be able to take and take without giving something back, and it's a long road out of this garden-of-eden-like way of thinking, to a place where people are ready to "toil and sweat to bring food from the ground" as Adam and Eve were made to upon expulsion from Eden in the Old Testament. "Behold the bitten apple, the power of the tools But all the knowledge in the world is of no use to fools And it's a long road out of Eden" suggests to me that we glory in the power that we have obtained by "eating the forbidden fruit" (perhaps a metaphor for gain through morally dubious means, for example war) but that this is nothing but foolish pride in power that we do little to deserve. We've bitten the apple and created our new Eden, and it doesn't look like we'll be leaving any time soon. |
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| Missy Higgins – Sugarcane Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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drcynic has made the foolish mistake of voicing an opinion as if it is a fact. In my opinion, anyway. Oh, and good spell check there... I don't think anyone will be asking for your help any time soon. |
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| Wilco – Forget The Flowers Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| For some reason, I can really see this as a Joaquin Phoenix/Reese Witherspoon as Johnny Cash/June Carter duet... | |
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