| They Might Be Giants – Brain Problem Situation Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Ah, well that's quite insightful actually--yes, it seems that this has to do with alchohol. But I think that's the main idea of this song; also I'm pretty sure the idea of burying the scraper is an ironic mistake. The scraper (which he could use to get to the source of the brain problem)was buried (so as he could not get to it,) leaving him helpless. However, the scraper will be revealed in the springtime, when he can finally get to the source of the problem. Huzzah! | |
| The Cowboy Junkies – Crescent Moon Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Ha, Myself248, are you a filthy humanist? (That's a joke--I'm a big humanism fan) Although I don't think "you're looking...human" implies the narrator is inhuman. I think that's more of an expression. "I'm only human," and "mortality" come to mind. Especially since it starts with "you're looking cold and tired and." | |
| Within Temptation – Aquarius Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This one song I don't think means a person. Not /everything/ is about romance. I think the singer just loves the sea. I see no reason to say "you, the sea, set me free" for metaphorical reasons. So I don't think it's using the sea to describe a person, but the other way around: she's using person characteristics to describe the sea. |
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| The Cowboy Junkies – Speaking confidentially Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Fire burning inside=passion, which destroyed a tortured tree...first thing that comes to mind is actually the biblical burning bush. The "Speaking Metaphorically" one is easy. Her life and surroundings are changing a little, and she tries to adjust to them but feels no relief. Easy. I can't get the rest. |
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| The Cowboy Junkies – Just want to see Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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The blood-stained note was what started me off--of course this was a suicide. "J.D." was the victim. The narrator (let's call her Margo) knew J.D. (she's going to his funeral) and she doesn't want to be part of the reason he killed himself (patch in a quilt.) If she is, she'll link the "memories [that she had with him] to guilt." She goes to town with Tommy, her lover. (They live together, and the last line says they love each other.) Tommy also knew J.D. ("you know that would be just like him") and I sense a positive relationship. "Tomorrow may be the day that our love betrays us" makes me think that perhaps J.D.'s love betrayed him. I think that love was Margo, and she's now dating who was determined to be his friend, Tommy. Margo's probably saying that we love each other now, but tomorrow someone may come between us and we'll be ruined. She just wants to see how she dies, becuase she wants to see if it's the same way. Will Tommy's love betray her? |
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