| Jamie T – Chaka Demus Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I think the line: "He's dizzy for Lizzy, I'm dizzy generally" is an allusion to the Beatles song Dizzy Miss Lizzy | |
| MGMT – Time to Pretend Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song is about being a younger sibling. When there is multiple children in a family a dynamic forms between them that shapes who they will be. The oldest tends to be more of a leader and tends to follow in the foot steps of their parent of the same sex while the younger tends to go off in a more lucrative career or lifestyle. I don't know anything about the person who wrote these lyrics but I can guarantee (assuming they mean what they say) that they are a younger sibling. If there aren't siblings in your family ask around. You'll see this is all true. This song is about a younger sibling who feels compelled to be a rockstar and go off living the "rockstar lifestyle" of sex, money, and drugs. The singer is feels like this is the path they most follow even if it sucks and they don't necessarily like it. Rockstar Lifestyle: "Let's make some music, make some money, find some models for wives" It's not always great: The drugs "fuck with the stars" "The models will have children, we'll get a divorce, We'll find some more models," "We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end" Feels compelled: "Yeah it's overwhelming, but what else can we do? Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute?" No other path: "We were fated to pretend" "But there is really nothing, nothing we can do" "everything must run its course" Here are some articles about the sibling phenomena: http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=4710 http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/siblings/ Personal Anecdote: My older brother is in school to become an accountant like my dad and I just got accepted at art school. |
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| Voxtrot – Your Biggest Fan Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song is about a guy dating a woman way out of his league but he slowly learns that she is not so great. It's hard to clearly lay out the quotes that prove it but read on and try to the big picture. First off he says "I used to be your biggest fan" so clearly he is fond of her. But he also says "used to" and "Now I find that you are slipping in my estimations" so now he has come to realize that she is not all she is cracked up to be. The line "I want to be the toast of the shanty-town" shows he is dating out of his league by saying that a lowly shanty-boy is receiving commendations for scoring such a great woman All his talk about being confident comes from his scoring such a hottie. "Cut your teeth" is an expression for making a vicious person more tame. So, I guess she can be cruel sometimes. “For a moment you looked tender and I know / That I could never ever ever ever ever touch you / Because you might touch back" This is where he realizes that can never be with her, no matter how much he may want to, because if he doesn't leave now than he never will. "But now I know that you could never love someone like me" shows that she is too good for him. "That I would measure everybody against you Yes I would measure everybody against you" Even despite her flaws on the simplest level she was to good for him and she will be the yard stick for which he measures all future lovers. |
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