| Iron Maiden – No More Lies Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Imo ppl are being a bit to specific on the meaning of this song. I first thought it was about facing death in general and the issues that arise. The dying person seems to be in regret about dying because he could think of more things to do. On the other hand he has to regrets about the way he lived his life. He is fairly agnostic about what happens after death, so rather than jumping to conclusions he is just being honest. After reading the lyrics again i realize there must be something more to it though. The jesus theme is defiantly an interesting idea. The only thing I am really certain about is the quality of the song - both the lyrics and the music. |
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| XTC – Dear God Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I am not sure how far I would go with the kind of reasoning posted by Elevation. Isn’t curiosity about why other ppl reach other conclusions a fairly valid activity? Doesn’t any interpretation of art also include considerations about the intended message of the artists? Of course this doesn’t (and shouldn’t) prevent us from a certain personal freedom of interpretation. However, if somebody thinks Mozart was trying to tell us about why bacon is good, I would be pretty curios about his or hers reasons. If this ‘somebody’ couldn’t provide any good reasons I would criticize him or her… Also: “or those who are befuddled as to how anyone could possibly interpret this song differently from you or from what Andy intended” I don’t think anyone really is surprised that some ppl reach different conclusions (so unless i am wrong, dont pretend that it is so!). I do think on the other hand ppl want to point out things they think are obvious errors (apparently something many ppl consider an outdated concept nowadays). If I assume that everyone but me is insane I wouldn’t be surprised every time I read something I disagree with. But if I make the assumption that a majority of ppl capable of operating a computer is neither insane or in totally disagreement with me on how to interpret words (I usually go with something I call “the literal meaning apporach”, before I attempt other kinds of interpretations), then I do think I should be “befuddled” when a certain number of ppl disagree with me. Peace |
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| Bad Religion – The Biggest Killer in American History Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think this song is about the usa's atomic weapons - its true that there is criticim of religion (because they do not condem atomic weapons), but the song critizise university and big buisness as well. The main theme however is atmoic weapons. Edward Teller = father of the hydrogen bomb (or so they call him) The hyrdrogen bomb = THE biggest killer in the history of usa (bigger than the nuclear bomb and anything else) Nevada = Nevada test side for nuclear weapons (and maybe las vegas as well) - in other words its the place where usa developed the "biggest killer" and also the place they dont tell you about in school (acording to the band) Imo it makes sense, but in case its a pretty good song |
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| Bad Religion – The Biggest Killer in American History Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| not the fahter of the atomic bomb - The hydrogen bomb - check wikipedia. Its true that he worked on the manhatten project as well, but afaik that was only the atomic bomb - and later bombs (including the hydrogen bomb) are much worse (in other words, the biggest killer is not the atomic bomb). | |
| Blind Guardian – Valhalla Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Hazhar and elvin_wizard are probably on the right track. Its basicly about scandinavian religion through times, but the exact meaning is not clear. I like to think its the story about how there first was belief in the old nordic gods, then the christian god (or the king) and then either no gods or the old nordic gods again. Anyway it sounds great so i dont really care :) |
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| Iron Maiden – Where Eagles Dare Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Well people are free to interpret as they want, but to me this song is pretty obvious the story from the 1968 movie (or maybe the book) - The reference to the cable car pretty much makes it clear. The movie is highly recommended if you happen to like old war/spy movies + it really makes the lyrics more appreciable. The movie "Where Eagles dare" is WWII spy-movie about a group of allied commandos operating under British intelligence in the winter of 1943-1944. Their mission involves parachuting into the snowy Alps behind enemy lines and infiltrate the otherwise unreachable caste know as “The Caste of the Eagles”. A complicated mission like this never goes completely as planned and the soldiers soon finds that the challenge has gone from extremely difficult to virtual impossible. The name “where eagles dare” is both a reference to the inaccessibility of the caste (only by cable car) and the almost suicidal courage needed to go on with the mission. This is reflected in the lyrics where the line “No one should fly where eagles dare “changes into “they chose to fly where eagles dare”. |
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| XTC – Dear God Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Imo its a pretty obvious statement about how the he (the songwriter) cant believe in god. Mostly because of all the suffering in the world, but also because god seems to be a creation of men and not the opposite. As Whapcapn said, its not a strong argument, but an expression of feelings towards him. |
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| XTC – Dear God Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| It is amazing that ppl can think that the songwriter dident intend this as an attack on god. The lyrics clearly says that the he dosent believe in god. Its true that this isent a very strong argument against god, but when ppl want to think that andy does believe in god its clearly wishfull thinking. Kinda like Whapcapn said. | |
| XTC – Dear God Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| You are right about the personal interpretation thing, but id still say that this song leaves very little room for it. To see this song as anything but atheist is (imo) either very imaginative or simply foolish. Also, even if the form says "what does this song mean to you?", ppl should still be allowed to discuss what the songwriter meant and thats pretty much what ppl did. | |
| Helloween – Future World Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I cant help to wonder if these lyrics are ironic. imo this might as well be some kind of criticism of varios ideologies and their optimism about the future. Especially socialists where often extremely optimistic about the paradise the future would produce. | |
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