| Sunset Rubdown – You Go On Ahead (Trumpet, Trumpet II) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| it's ' and appear before you, virgin white, if virgins are still chaste' | |
| Wolf Parade – Kissing The Beehive Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I believe this song is more so about human nature and our relationship to the natural world. The general idea of my interpretation is man's ignorance and lack of foresight. "And fucking up your finger from pushing on the ring" In other words maybe, assuming that things were meant for us even when they clearly don't fit....also about greed. We naturally assume that this world was made for us, this assumption leads us to do whatever we want with it...which as one can see today, detrimental to us (Fucking up the finger...) "Crashing all the weddings wearing white" Another statement where we disrupt order and hold no courtesy for nature. For anyone who doesn't know, only the bride is supposed to wear white at the wedding. It is her special day and she should be distinguished from guests. By wearing white, you show a lack of respect to the 'bride' by thinking the rules don't apply to you. I think the next line is really beautiful, about the cap in the air and face on the glass. This I believe is saying, that our attempts at music and art in comparison to nature's beauty...is like comparing the a hat to a guitar. By holding it up, you also see that we are very proud, and still oblivious. The song here increases tempo and becomes more frantic. Fire in the hole is a distress signal that would be used for an explosion in a closed area. In the same way, in this second part of the song, our lack of foresight does catch up to us. Its realized that the earth is a closed system and our resources provided by nature are not going to always be here (waterfalls are running thing). That's one interpretation I thought of...I did not address everything, but gave my basic idea which may be completely wrong. Looking forward to see what other people interpret |
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| Swan Lake – All Fires Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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For me I think the key is "From near his heart, He took a rib." Others have commented on the biblical allusions so I won't mention any of that. What I believe this is referring to is the sacrifice of love. To love someone fully leaves you totally vulnerable to them, you give them the power to hurt you. By taking the rib from near his heart, he is leaving himself without defense. I think in essence, that is what the song is about. He is in love with Teresa, but he realizes that the only way a relationship would work out is to open himself up to her. He realizes the problem, knowing that showing his true 'nature' which may be destructive (...the storm). It ends off with the realization that all fires have to burn alive to live, that no love can exist if he holds out. I'd be interested in hearing any comments, there are certainly things that I am confused about. |
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