| Tokio Hotel – Automatic Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Bill has stated that this song is about an 'emotionless human'. | |
| Peter, Paul and Mary – Puff (The Magic Dragon) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"Puff, the Magic Dragon" is a song written by Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow and made popular by the group Peter, Paul and Mary in a 1963 recording. The lyrics for "Puff" were based on a 1959 poem by Leonard Lipton, a nineteen-year-old Cornell student. Lipton was inspired by an Ogden Nash poem titled "Custard the Dragon," about a "Really-O, Truly-O, little pet dragon." Lipton passed his poem on to friend and fellow Cornell student Peter Yarrow, who created music and more lyrics to make the poem into the song. In 1961, Yarrow joined Paul Stookey and Mary Travers to form Peter, Paul and Mary. The group incorporated the song into their live performances before recording it in 1962. The lyrics tell a bittersweet story of the ageless dragon Puff and his playmate Jackie Paper, a little boy who grows up and loses interest in the imaginary adventures of childhood and leaves Puff alone and depressed. The story of the song takes place "by the sea" in the fantasy land of Honalei (also the name of a real beach in Hawaii). |
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| Peter, Paul and Mary – Puff (The Magic Dragon) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Just because it was written before the drug culture of the 1960's, doesn't mean that drugs weren't around. Every song is open to interpretation, unless the writer has stated exactly what he was going for. | |
| Hanson – Got a Hold on Me Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Though I'm good at reading through vagueness, I believe this is a rare song that actually tells a story. IMO, this song is about a man at war. He's signed on for more than he can handle and after an injury becomes addicted to some kind of drug. He brings his habit back home with him, but I'm still undecided who was stronger in the end; the drug or the man? |
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