| The Killers – Smile Like You Mean It Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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So this is probably not the intended interpretation, but I always imagine this song from the point of view of a man who is in love with a woman, but the woman is betrothed to a different (richer and more successful) man. Save some face, you know you've only got one Change your ways while you're young Boy, one day you'll be a man Oh girl, he'll help you understand [Basically, he's telling her to enjoy her frivolous lifestyle while she can, the boy she is betrothed to will someday be a man, and he'll help her understand life. Her arranged husband is actually a really great guy and the singer is aware that his love for her is unrealistic because her family will never accept him.] Smile like you mean it Smile like you mean it [The chorus is his advice to her to make the best of this marriage because she doesn't have a choice.] Looking back at sunsets on the East side We lost track of the time Dreams aren't what they used to be Some things sat by so carelessly [He talks about how he feels like they didn't have enough time together] Smile like you mean it Smile like you mean it And someone is calling my name From the back of the restaurant And someone is playing a game In the house that I grew up in And someone will drive her around Down the same streets that I did On the same streets that I did [here I imagine him picturing his life changing without her, he moves so she doesn't have to see him] Smile like you mean it Smile like you mean it Smile like you mean it Smile like you mean it Oh no, oh no no no Oh no, oh no no no |
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| Gorillaz – Some Kind Of Nature Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| When I first got this album, I listened to it in my car and this whole album and realized that it's very post-robotic apocalyptic kind of thing. I really enjoyed that and when I heard this song, it created an image in my mind of something that I thought was really spot-on. I pictured this endless landfill and someone just going through and picking up things that represent all of the things that he mentions (i.e gold, plastic to wrap around you, nature, soul). I know that's probably not what the writer is going for, but I thought it was a neat interpretation. I really enjoy this album. | |
| Cake – Friend Is A Four Letter Word Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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You want a royalty check? Shit, i'd just be happy to hear that they used your idea. That's royalty enough. Cake is so awesome. |
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| Cake – Italian Leather Sofa Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I also agree, that's the first thing i thought when i heard the song. :D | |
| Eagles – Hotel California Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Read the lyrics of this song, It's not about drugs at all. Hotel california is a Mental Institution. "Mirrors on the ceiling, The pink champagne on ice And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device' And in the master's chambers, They gathered for the feast The stab it with their steely knives But they just can't kill the beast " Pink champagne on ice is the medication that most people in mental istitution are fed through IV. It's pink and has to stay cold. Prisoners of their own device, meaning, their problems brought them here. The feast is the examination you recieve when you first arrive at an asylum. Five doctors come in and try to figure out what's wrong with you. "There were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say... Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely place Such a lovely face Plenty of room at the Hotel California Any time of year, you can find it here " The voices, an obvious forshadow of insanity. Response to my idea? |
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