| David Bowie – Suffragette City Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think most people are taking this song to figuratively, looking for a secret meaning. I think it's actually kind of obvious. In 1912, there was a woman suffrage parade in New York City (which would become the "Suffragette City"). In the song there are two people, a wife and a husband. Now that she is back from "Suffragette City" she has the right the vote among other things. "Hey man, oh leave me alone you know" She says to her husband "I don't have to do anything you want me too anymore, cause I have my rights." "This mellow thighed chick just put my spine out of place" That line is him saying "This girl just put me down. And I can't do anything about it" "Oh don't lean on me man, cause you can't afford the ticket I'm back on Suffragette City Oh don't lean on me man Cause you ain't got time to check it You know my Suffragette City Is outta sight...she's all right" Basically she is saying: I don't have listen to anything you say, I don't have to help you. "Don't lean on me man if you can't afford a ticket" I know my rights. "I'm back on suffragette city." You can't depend on my anymore: "Oh don't lean on me man Cause you ain't got time to check it". Thats my opinion. Once I realized that it could actually be about the literally event of womans suffrage, it made much more sense. Especially when the term suffragette city alluded to a place (which is New York City) then it all became clear to me. |
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| Death Cab for Cutie – Long Division Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Here's what I think of the song: "His head was a city of paper buildings And the echoes that remained" ^^ Paper building would be unstable, like the relationship that Ben is describing. Echoes would be things that the guy said to previous Ex's or what the Ex's said to him. "Of old friends and lovers Their features bleeding together in his brain Once it started it's harder to tell them apart" ^^ His life is very complicated and confusing and it's becoming harder for the character to tell apart who did what to him. It's kind of self explanatory. "He was always distracted By the very mention of an open door 'Cause he had sworn not to be what he'd been before" ^^ Maybe, since the relationship isn't working, either the guy/girl suggest that they should have an open relationship, which would be their open door. But every time this happens, Our main character always does something to hurt his girl. "To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder" ^^ a bit of overshadowing here. I'll talk more with the ending ones. "The television was snowing softly As she hunted for her keys She said she never envisioned Him the type of person capable of such deceit" ^^ There's static on the TV, which means there could have been a fight between the two. This would bring in the "she never envisioned" part. Whatever he did in their "open-door" relationship to hurt her, came back here. She hunts for keys, so that she get in her car and leave. "And they carried on like long division Cause it was clear with every page Oh, that they were further away From a solution that would play" ^^ Long division can take some time. It's the most time consuming way to do math. So obviously this explains that their relationship was long and tedious. In fact, their "long division" was so long that it covers pages worth. And no matter how small the tried to break the equation down, you always ended with non perfect number (i.e. 10/3). "Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder Without a remain, remain, remain, remainder He has sworn not to be what he'd been before To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be the remain, remain, remain, remainder To be a remain, remain, remain, remainder" ^^ This part is actually two different things, even though they seem very similar. "Without a remainder" part means they never found answer. Then, there is that break in the repetition it tells us that the male part of the relationship always the same thing. "...to be what he'd been before." The last repetition: "To be the remainder" notifies us that this guy, is always the remainder, in every single one of the relationships, he's always the one that ends up alone. Well. there's my two cents (looks like ten....sorry that was an awful joke. I've been wanting to use it for a while, and it seems that I can never find a good situation for it. Oh well.) |
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| Muse – Stockholm Syndrome Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Someone earlier mentioned (I forget his/her name), that the person who's apologizing: "This is the last time I’ll abandon you And this is... the last time I’ll forget you I wish I could..." is actually God. You could say that "He" always forgets about us. Like in the 9/11 situation. If all those people are innocent, then why did they die? We're in this Stockholm Syndrome with our religions, where we are trapped. People are blindly devoted to their religion, even when "He" let's them down. And assuming that Absolution's major overlapping theme is the apocalypse, then when the world is destroyed, and humanity comes to an end (how that happens, is open to debate), did God do anything to prevent it? I'm not saying not that Muse is trying to tell everyone to not believe in a religion, I'm just saying they (I think anyways) want us to understand it before you blindly become a zealot. |
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