| Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Well according to Wikipedia FWIW "The song was written for and about Jean Ray, sister of Paul McCartney's guitarist Brian Ray." I always thought it was about a redhead... beautiful song regardless. |
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| The Tragically Hip – Ahead By A Century Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| to me this song was always about growing up and our first struggles with romantic love, having to be our own person and defining our selves apart from our parents but not wanting to loose the safety of their trust and affection. Also about first sexual experiences and how we can act on impulse without knowing what love really means to us. Life is awkward and excruciating and beautiful all at the same time. amazing song, rife with nostalgia. | |
| Oasis – Wonderwall Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I always thought this song was about seeing your idols and the people you admire as fallible. I thought it was his ode to the Beatles. There are references to Beatles songs here "Back beat" "And all the roads that lead you there were winding" "wonderwall" great song |
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| The B-52's – Funplex Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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the line "Private property-hippie be quiet Your peace sign t-shirt Could cause a riot" Apparently(according to wikipedia) refers to a incident at a mall in New York where a guy was arrested after he refused to either leave the mall or take off his t-shirt with "peace on earth" as a slogan, I guess it caused a huge protest. I think the song sooo accurately captures a lot of what American society is about today. |
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| Lamb – Gabriel Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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To me this song is about a love you cannot have, whether is it is a child that you lost, or a lover that left you. Even though they are no longer with you there are parts of them that you still crave, there is a need to have them near you because they touched you in a profound or spiritual way. |
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| Ozzy Osbourne – Denial Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| this song was written for his daughter Aimee | |
| Tori Amos – Precious Things Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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To me this song is about wanting to belong. I have had this album since I was fourteen and this song has always been extremely personal for me. I think it is about wanting a boy, a crush, chasing after him, but never really getting him, like running after the rain, you slip and fall because of mud and wet grass. He uses you, laughs, but you take what he gives because you are empty and want to be filled with the things that you think you need, popularity and the supposed happiness that comes with it. You accept the hurtful things, thinking if you take it that you will be accepted. But it is lie, and no one will tell you "where the pretty girls are" All about the cruelty of school life and the outsiders anger at those on the inside and their pretensions of goodness. The things we hold as precious such as a picture, our attachments to something out of our reach we must let go, let it wash away, be cleansed by the pain. So close to the experiences I had in school that it is hard to listen to sometimes. |
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| Primitive Radio Gods – Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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no one has touched on the first line 'Jan lays down and wrestles in her sleep' is to me and allusion to the story in Genesis of Jacob wrestling with the angel in his dream. Of course there are a lot religious overtures in this song. I think that this is about being totally disillousioned trying to find some kind of meaning in a world of 'comic books and superstars in magazines' I think the sample of being BB King could be symbolistic of early childhood experience with religion that most teachings center on the fact that we are flawed and must redeem ourselves, to work towards salvation, That ever since he "met god" he has felt depressed and alone. We ride the waves hoping for it to take us higher, hoping find some meaning up there "the crest" but we only crash to the bottom and become animals again, bathing ourselves in zebra flesh. I remember this song very clearly as it came out the year I graduated from high school and seemed so symbolic of that time of life for me. |
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