| Dido – Mary's In India Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I agree. First time I heard it I figured Mary died too....and they were reminiscing, and both trying to move on with their lives despite the grief, then found solace/comfort in each other. | |
| Frou Frou – The Dumbing Down of Love Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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i think your interpretation is spot-on. I can't conceive the meaning any other way. a tad disappointed that "Music is worthless unless it can make a complete stranger break down and cry" could be said in a cynical sense, as i think it is true to an extent. :) |
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| Nina Simone – Four Women Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think first the song is about the need for freedom in different ways. Verse 1 - Aunt Sarah My skin is black...My back is strong / Strong enough to take the pain / It's been inflicted again and again That is probably a reference to slavery and the post-slavery situation most blacks faced where only menial, laborious jobs coupled with little respect were available to them. "It's been inflicted again and again" means the pain is not only physical, but also emotional, and it manifests itself in different ways over different generations. ------------------------- Verse 2 - Saffronia My skin is yellow / My hair is long / Between two worlds / I do belong / My father was rich and white / He forced my mother late one night I think the correct name is "Saffronia", not "Siffronia" as stated in the current lyrics. The name Saffronia would be a play on the word Saffron (the spice). When cooked, saffron gives food a golden-yellow hue. Her skin is yellow, so the Saffron reference is fitting. Saffronia also seeks freedom; as a person of mixed birth or mulatto, she is trapped between two worlds -- not quite black and not quite white, and is accepted by neither. Her birth was the result of her mother being forced, and therefore not being free ("My father was rich and white / He forced my mother late one night"). ------------------------- Verse 3 - Sweet Thing My hips invite you / And my lips are like wine / Whose little girl am I? / Well yours if you have some money to buy Sweet Thing is promiscuous and it might be said sexually liberal. In reality, however, she is in sexual slavery -- she is like property -- she "belongs" to whoever has enough money that night to "buy" her. ------------------------- Verse 4 - Peaches Peaches (not "Egypt" as the lyrics state) looks around and sees how persons in her generation and also persons who came before her were treated. My manner is tough / I'll kill the first mother I see / Cos my life has been too rough / I'm awfully bitter these days / because my parents were slaves It's not that Peaches is an inherently violent person, but she must have a tough exterior to survive and overcome the treatment that is meted out on her. She still sees slavery in its many forms today and is bitter, because her parents (i.e. ancestors) were slaves, and that by virtue of that history and the color of her skin, she is basically relegated to that position today. ----------------------------- Well, that's what I think. <3 Nina Simone stephanie elise~* |
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| Ingrid Michaelson – Around You Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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such a beautiful song....reserve and finally realization [favorite lines] you have a sweet sinful smile i'm in trouble.... |
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| Stacie Orrico – So Simple Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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i thought so too!!!! ........well, at least that's what i hear when i listen to it :) i think 'play miseducation' makes more sense |
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| Damian Marley – There For You Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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he mentions all the people he loves, including bob You've always been there for me, mama So i'll be there for you, papa You've always been fair to me, brother And so i'll be fair to you, sister You've always had faith in me And so i'll have faith in you...You.. |
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| Sade – The Sweetest Gift Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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it's a really beautiful song, i loved it the first time i heard it - - so calming and you really feel the love. i figured it was written from the viewpoint of a mother to a child, so thanks partygirl for clearing that up! ^_^ |
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