| Every Avenue – Picture Perfect Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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It's not about not wanting a "perfect" life–it's about not wanting a "picture-perfect" life. In particular, the picture-perfect life detailed by the song is connected with "the American Dream": getting married, and having kids, a house in the suburbs and a mediocre regular job (cf. 'And everyone's saying, "Shape up and get a life"' and 'I gotta settle down in place just like the rest; Living the dream, is this what it feels like'). There's a fundamental difference between a true "perfect" life and a "picture-perfect" life: the first is based on being truly happy (and therefore is subjective) and the other is based on the appearance of being happy (thus, easily perceived). It is possible to have both a perfect and picture-perfect life, but they're orthogonal: you can have a perfect life that's not picture-perfect or a picture-perfect life that's not perfect. The subject of the song knows this difference (emphasis mine): "Picture perfect, that's what it *seems*." The subject is urged to stop his "fooling" around, telling him that whatever it is he is doing is not worth it ('Everyone's screaming, "You're never gonna get there"') and that he should get a picture-perfect life ('And everyone's saying, "Shape up and get a life"'). But he does not want a picture perfect life ('Picture perfect doesn't mean much to me'), and he knows that it was his decision to pursue his dream ('I point the finger and it shows me I'm to blame'). In fact, it seems that he's actually truly happy with his less-than-picture-perfect life ("Waking up shaking feels much better [than everyone telling him he's wrong]") and justifies that his life is better because it makes it feel more satisfied: "If nothing goes wrong, then how will it feel right?" The high point in the song is when he realizes that he is indeed right in his decision to not pursue the picture-perfect life: I've saving up time to figure this out But I can't believe that I waited this long I've seen the truth in another light This is everything I never wanted to be Basically the song is about truly pursuing your dream and not just settling for something that everyone tells you is the "right" thing to do. It's an anthem for people like me, who are there, doing what they love the most, no matter how many times people tell them to "get a proper life." |
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| The Goo Goo Dolls – Slide Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Uh, it's about a prostitute. "Slide" here refers to two idioms: "letting it slide" (ignoring something) and "sliding in" (getting into a car). The person is essentially telling the girl to slide into his car (and into his room in the last parts) and that he'll let everything that's shameful about the girl slide. It's a very powerful song. It's like telling a person I give a flying fuck where you'd been or what you've done: I'll love you and give you everything I have. |
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| Fallbrooke – Losin' It Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I bought their album thinking all their songs would have the same catchy quality as this one. Heh, I was sooo wrong. | |
| Cash Cash – Sugar Rush Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Nice song, a correction though: "oh you ??hang your hooks??" should be "oh you and your hoax".. | |
| Cash Cash – Electric Hearts Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| My favorite song from the album.. The mixture of mellowed down verses and a powerful chorus is just awesome.. | |
| Capital Lights – Worth As Much As A Counterfeit Dollar Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| By the way, the "alive" / "a lie" isn't all too far fetched. Most CL songs are loaded with word plays. | |
| Capital Lights – Worth As Much As A Counterfeit Dollar Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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To give a more secular meaning to the song, it's basically about a breaking up with a girl who's been cheating ("Your hiding in the closet while your one night stands waiting with his eyes closed counting to ten"). The title, "Worth As Much As A Counterfeit Dollar," means that the girl looks like she's worth something but she's actually worth nothing. The line "Throw the dirt and leave the path feet covered up so we don't know your there" just means to throw away any evidence of the cheating and cover any tracks/clues so she won't be caught. In "Hold your breath until your heart stops beating so fast," means to not expect you won't get caught ("hold your breath") until you're sure that he's none the wiser--because the fast beating heart is another clue (you know, getting so pumped up because of doing something wrong; adrenalin rush so to speak). "Your giving orders from the back seat, While the passengers are all unaware" means she's controlling everybody around her and they don't know anything about the cheating. He catches him eventually and the confrontation turns to a show: "Now gather around, gather around, hats off, / While they're tossing in their quarters might as well give all the people a show / Don't cry, I'm not so good at good byes / Your moving on at the same pace I'm giving up" The interesting thing is that in the part "And they'll all be fighting for their own rights, / And they'll all be delighted just to know we're alive," they sing it with the "alive" part sounding very close to "a lie." This interesting because if that's the case, all the other men the girl is sleeping with are actually after her and they're so pleased that they're breaking up. Just my two cents.. |
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| The Academy Is... – His Girl Friday Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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It's actually a sad song, even if it's upbeat. I agree that it's about a girl who's cheating on his boyfriend with another man all through out the week. The sad part is that while the girl and the guy has fun almost the whole week, the guy knows that when everything ends, the girl will still be coming back to her boyfriend--thus, the she's "his girl, friday." It's about how one can be with another person all the time--almost to the point of becoming a quasi-boy/girlfriend--but at the same time knowing that that isn't the case--it's all just fun and nothing more. |
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| The Ting Tings – That's Not My Name Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Brit's have a weird sense of humor... Actually, I agree with everyone who said that this song is basically devoid of any deep meaning. In fact, Jules (the guy in the duo) sings his part: "This song was in my head and now it's in my mind, call it reach it get some words and get some timing. And though I realize, I cannot emphasize, I'll stick around but just don't promise, nothing binding. Whatever can't you see, that you're so desperately, a standing joker like a vocal one-liner. Instead I sing along, this song is monotone, I've gotta get some soul I gotta get some feeling." This song is monotone... Hahaha... ^_^ I do love the beat though and the bass drums in the beginning is just so cool.. |
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| The Cab – That '70s Song Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I love this song.. My favorite from the new album actually.. But a few corrections for the lyrics posted above: On the first stanza, it's actually "Or I'm refusing to supply your demands" Then on the second stanza, it should be "Cause when I told you I was rocking, I was reeling her in with my stare". Great song! |
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| Forever the Sickest Kids – Catastrophe Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| This is one of the best songs from the new album.. Sure to be a hit.. ^_^ | |
| Forever the Sickest Kids – That For Me Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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@stewie840: That's because as I am writing this comment, only a few people have even heard this song.. It's on the Underdog Alma Mater album, which is to be released a week from now (as of time of writing). Good song though, not the best in the album, but still good.. |
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