| System of a Down – Mr. Jack Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| All I gotsta say is John is effing unbelieavable! | |
| Bright Eyes – Road to Joy Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song is meant to cite all that Oberst sees wrong with Americans in general. It's his take on the American dream and the road that most Americans take to receive "joy." We (Americans) avoid the things that we should be addressing like wars and our faulty leadership, yet we preoccupy ourselves with work, irrational spending, drugs, religion and failed relationships. He focuses in a lot on war specifically. We can do so much to avoid these wars but our current administration would rather just engage in a war even when history not only provides a way to get avoid war (communication/telephone) and pictures (camera lens) of the destruction (machine guns) war can cause to mankind. The last stanza is a synopsis of the typical American life. "I could've been..." He could have put anything there. He decided to put singer because he could relate to it more personally. But what he's trying to say is that we choose the road of apathy and indifference when it comes to things that matter most and raise hell (make some noise) about issues that are not even close to what we should be focusing in on. By the way, this is my favorite BE song. He couldn't be more right on and this is a perfect example of the Delillo influences in Oberst coming through. |
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| Serj Tankian – Beethoven's C*** Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I don't think this song has a meaning. It may have a lot of ideas within it, but not everything has to have a distinctive meaning. However, that being said, I also feel that many people will interject their own thoughts and interpretations into this song based on their own beliefs - which is totally fine. That is what music is all about. Themes I have discovered in this song: Major: Time, death and love. Minor or underlying: Abandonment, civilization and the idea of right vs. wrong or justice. |
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| Scars On Broadway – Serious Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Vartan's version is more accurate. IMO, this song is clearly about how our American society is based around Christianity and Christian eschatology. Everyone is happy to live their lifes believing what the masses believe without looking for anything else. The main character (could be Daren, could be someone else) is actually looking for something else, more specifically - love. I love the line "Losing, losing, losing and I'm feeling lucent." It's as if the main character is standing there while everyone is failing saying I told you so but, yet still, no one believes him. IMO, I think this song is about how religion is not the true love. Love is the true love. |
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| System of a Down – Science (feat. Arto Tunçboyacıyan) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| 9 pages of crappy arguments to have Glorm sum it all up perfectly in two sentences. | |
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