| The Smashing Pumpkins – Snail Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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Smashing Pumpkins Snail My analysis and thoughts All your seven dreams Look close, son, and you’ll believe As your things come undone See you are the only one Not certain of meaning. The writer seems to be addressing a son who has seven dreams. Seems odd to have seven dreams unless he does not really know what he wants to do. Look close at what? At this parable of the flower and snail? Seems a little discouraging to say – ‘as your things come undone, see you are the only one’ – unless he is saying that all the other flowers are out and the son is not flowering like he should. Note: I believe the son is the flower and the snail is the observer – maybe the patient father. See below – the writer is addressing the Flower (son) – The Father is waiting for his wake. Flower, seize the hour, I did, I wait Waiting, waiting for your wake, I’ll wait When you wake up you’re all weak Throwing your life away Someday, sorry coming home Sorry snail What you wait for? Flowers probably do wake up weak – due to a night of no sun. In the case of the son - this could be apathy. Waking up with no direction - throwing life away. I guess the father thinks he will be sorry someday. I think it could be the flower (son) saying “sorry snail, what you wait for?” Kind of humorous in a way because snails are obviously slow and for a snail to wait would imply a very long wait – like it’s never going to happen. I don’t know if snails hang around waiting for flowers to open, but it seems this one is. It is a sad picture assuming the snail is the father. Flower, the pain will wash away, away When the sun shines Climbs through your window into your bed Make you wonder if the son is pained somehow. Maybe pained for the snail? I picture a son in bed not wanting to get up. This part is sung softly, like the father is trying to encourage the son somehow. Though a flower may not necessarily be behind a window – it would be in a flowerbed – nice use of metaphor there... When you wake up you’re all weak Throwing your life away Someday, sorry coming home Sorry snail Down in my heart? Repeat of previous. ‘Down in my heart’ sounds like ‘down in my home’. The live version shows Billy pounding his heart – so it must be heart… Either way – it seems like the son is sorry - down in his heart. Flower save the hours Flower away This seems to be the climax of the song. The drums rolling and all. Is the flower opening? ‘Flower away!’ seems to suggest the flower is deploying petals. The music seems to communicate some sort of desperation here. What you wait for? Flower chase the sunshine Flower chase the sunshine Flower I think it is now the snail (father) saying back ‘What you wait for?’ Seems odd there is so much emotion in the music at this point. Is there not another day? Maybe the son has opened up and has decided to do something and the father wants him to chase it before he gets discouraged again? Maybe the father has reached the end of his life and wants to see his son prospering before he goes? It really is open to interpretation at this point. The interpretation by Xaz was good. I hope this one is also useful? I did not realize until this day how deep this song was. |
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| Orbital – Belfast/Wasted (vocal mix) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Reading this it sounds like drugs or something. When I first heard the song - it sounded like it was a girl (brought up like a boy) - but I was unsure about the lyrics (hence looking them up) - I thought it said 'you think your life's a film' for some reason - which fits interestingly with the soundtrack bit. Anyway - I think that maybe this about a lady on drugs (life's a pill) with it's love for yourself (odd meaning - but E is a love drug). How can a drug pill love someone? - maybe the pushers love those who provide them money - and the club scene seems like a room of love (but is in fact a room full of drugged freaks) . I dunno - The timeless soundtrack is maybe the club scene (or 'Rave' scene as it used to be called in this era - in the UK - I believe that some nations still use the word 'Rave' to refer to contemporary dance music). Anyhow - The flag bit gets complicated. Perhaps she is carrying the flag for drugs and points to those who are not doing the drugs - but he does not pay attention (he was told to say no or something). Anyhow - the dust we breath - again seems like drugs again - cocaine - speed whatever. As for the gentle senses - he is either referring to the lady - perhaps the man is a little more sensitive and does not feel comfortable with such a brash druggy woman. Or perhaps at this point he is talking about the dust drug again - can it recommend itself to his human gentle senses. As for 'I feel wasted' - well - Perhaps that is drugs again.... I really did not want this song to be about drugs - but sadly I can't view it any other way. If someone knows better then please tell.... |
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