| El Ten Eleven – Numb Tooth Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Numb Tooth was spazzy sounding and our engineer said it sounded like we were on cocaine. Numb teeth after doing too much coke. | |
| El Ten Eleven – Chino Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Chino was a song that Chino from the Deftones was gonna sing on. He dissappeared but we decided to release the song anyway. | |
| El Ten Eleven – Adam and Nathan Totally Kick Ass Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Adam and Nathan Totally Kick Ass is a dedication to the two guys who made the Hot Cakes video for pennies. | |
| El Ten Eleven – Fat Gym Riot Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Fat Gym Riot is simply an anagram for Tim Fogarty | |
| El Ten Eleven – I Like Van Halen Because My Sister Says They Are Cool Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Kristian decided he liked VH because his sister did. He hadn't heard them | |
| El Ten Eleven – Bye Annie, Bye Joe, Bye Michael, Bye Jake Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Bye Annie, Bye Joe, Bye Michael, Bye Jake - these are all friends and family of ETE who died between the first two records. | |
| El Ten Eleven – The 49th Day Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Kristian's friend died and her mother is a Buddist and had a ceremony for her on the 49th day after she died. | |
| El Ten Eleven – Living On Credit Blues Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Living On Credit Blues - pretty obvious. Being broke and having to use credit cards to survive. | |
| El Ten Eleven – Dax Pierson Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Dax Pierson was paralyzed in a touring van accident. The song is a dedication to him and his impressive spirit. | |
| El Ten Eleven – Keep Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Keep - a short, funny way of saying keep doing that. "I love you." "Keep!" | |
| El Ten Eleven – Music for Staring at Ceilings Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Music For Staring At Ceilings. No secret meaning here. As in laying down, staring up at the ceiling. This is a live, improvised take. | |
| El Ten Eleven – Estrella Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Estrella is the place in Palm Springs where Kristian got married. Now called Viceroy. | |
| El Ten Eleven – Hot Cakes Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| When things were going well we used to say "Hot Cakes!" As in, selling like hot cakes. | |
| El Ten Eleven – Every Direction Is North Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Kristian's now ex-wife always thought she was heading north, even if she wasn't. He thought this was adorable. So: Every Direction Is North. | |
| El Ten Eleven – 3 Plus 4 Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| 3 Plus 4: In the first part of the song, Kristian's riff is in 3 and Tim's drums are in 4. That's polyrhythm children! | |
| El Ten Eleven – Bye Mom Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Bye Mom. Well that one is pretty obvious if you've been following along. The door slam at the end is symbolic of a life cut short. | |
| El Ten Eleven – Connie Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Connie is Kristian's mom's name. The song, and the whole first record, is a dedication to her as she has passed away. | |
| El Ten Eleven – Fanshawe Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Fanshawe is a character in a book called the New York Trilogy by Paul Auster. The song is a dedication to Mr. Auster. | |
| El Ten Eleven – Thinking Loudly Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Thinking Loudly refers to having the same thought at the same time as someone else. Happens a lot with Kristian and his dad, thus the song. | |
| El Ten Eleven – Central Nervous Piston Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Central Nervous Piston refers to the sound of the bass at the beginning of the song. The tremelo and distortion made K think of a piston. | |
| El Ten Eleven – 1969 Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| 1969 was the year Kristian began his post-uterus relationship with his mother. | |
| El Ten Eleven – Lorge Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Lorge is Kristian's mother's maiden name. The song, and the whole first record, is a dedication to her as she has passed away. | |
| El Ten Eleven – Sorry About Your Irony Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Sorry About Your Irony is Kristian's reaction to the indie rock scene in the early Oughts. The lack of sincerity back then was annoying. | |
| El Ten Eleven – My Only Swerving Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| "My Only Swerving" is part of a poem by William Stafford. The song is a dedication to him. | |
| Kaki King – Sunnyside Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| The rawest song on Junior in terms of King’s passionate singing and wrenching lyrics is the folkish ballad “Sunnyside,” which is about the end of a relationship. “It happened very close to the time I was making the record,” the artist recalls. “It’s a very personal story about something that I went through with another person. Every reference to every lyric is true to life. I’m hoping there’s something universal in that song that someone’s gonna listen and think ‘Wow, I can relate to that,’ because I don’t want it to by my pity party.” | |
| The Clash – Broadway Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| what are you talking about? | |
| The Clash – Gates of the West Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| a part of this song reminds me of : the ballad of john and yoko | |
| Chingy – Holidae Inn (Feat. Snoop Dogg & Ludacris) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| hey mother teresa.. dont be a pussy.. besides, you are complaining about people posting their opinions, and not the song meaning, and thats exactly what u just did.. fag | |
| NOFX – The Man I Killed Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| i dont know.. am not sure bout the real meaning, but to me it sounds like the 'executioner' gets the lethal injection too for killing that man | |
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