| The Most Serene Republic – Heavens to Purgatory Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| So this song has lots of words but I can't make much sense of what it's trying to say...it all flows together well though! | |
| Hawksley Workman – Stop Joking Around Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I feel like this song is about losing someone and wishing you could have that person back. The chorus of: "Please be here until the morning Hold my hand until the morning " leads me to believe that the person gone was someone that the singer held onto as a rock, like a friend, family member, or significant other. He also seems to be somewhat wallowing in his sadness since he'd rather "play those sad notes on the piano" and "let the rest of the band go home," indicating that he wants to be left alone to deal with the loss. When he says: "And smell the burning leaves in autumn driveways We'll be out on the road to way past supper And leave the lamp lit low beside the window If you can mop up a waterfall" he appears to be either remembering some fond memories with that person or fantasizing what they would do if that person came back...kind of makes me think that the person is dead or he doesn't have any way to contact/meet up with the person. The last section: "Till you promise life Please be here" seems like either the person left of his own volition or, to take a bit more drastic/pessimistic viewpoint, committed suicide (which is why he says "till you promise life." At any rate the tone is yearning and full of wishes for the past or for things to be better. Sad. |
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| Men at Work – Touching The Untouchables Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| To me this sounds like the singer [Colin Hay I believe] is talking from the point of view of one of the 'undesirables' of society. The first verse he begs and then later he begs some more. He talks about the 'untouchables' and 'disrespectables' and the attitudes towards them, mainly ones of pitiful respect and a bit of hidden disgust, which is displayed by them turning away at the end. | |
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