| James – Live A Love Of Life Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Not to sound overly offensive, but here's my (and my husband's) take on it: Basically God (as we know him from the Christian bible) is an a-hole, and religion is a racket. PEOPLE are lost under the violent tide of doctrine: doctrine that is blind and inapplicable to the way we actually live. | |
| Huffamoose – James Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song is amazing-- but it stabs me right in the ticker every single time... It's sung from the point of view of a young woman who's in love with and in awe of her lover, James- a beautiful, creative and vibrant free spirit who's "gonna change the world." She seems to believe with all her heart that he will. But life takes its toll on the couple, and they're gradually pulled back down to the "real world." James is particularly affected, and the woman sees him struggle more and more with his dreams and his identity as an artist. In the end, he does not have the drive to make his dreams reality, and settles instead into the monotony of normal society. A life with so much potential, wasted. Being an artist who struggles at times myself, it's just so tragic to me... so close to home. I honestly tear up whenever I'm listening to it. :'( |
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| Blackmore's Night – Ocean Gipsy Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The cover by Blackmore's Night is the first version I heard of this beautiful, yet tragic song. I love it so much.. To me, it tells the tale of someone who gives so much of her self to another that her own essence is eventually lost. The story starts by describing previous relationships in which her partners seem to have been abusive and coercive, and/or tried to win her love with material things. She feels no deep connection to any of these people, and her relationship with each of them fails. She does, however, meet someone at last that she feels is worthy of her love and devotion. Without realizing it, she comes to exist only for and through this person-- blind to his flaws, and so completely and unquestioningly committed to helping him "shine" that she loses all sense of her own identity.. her value as an individual. And so, when this person ends up leaving her, she is merely an empty husk with no purpose; no energy left to sustain her. Incidentally, it reminds me a bit of poet Shel Silverstein's story of The Giving Tree. So very, very sad... |
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| Renaissance – Ocean Gypsy Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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To me, this song tells the tale of someone who gives so much of her self to another that her own essence is eventually lost. The story starts by describing previous relationships in which her partners seem to have been abusive and coercive, and/or tried to win her love with material things. She feels no deep connection to any of these people, and her relationship with each of them fails. She does, however, meet someone at last that she feels is worthy of her love and devotion. Without realizing it, she comes to exist only for and through this person-- blind to his flaws, and so completely and unquestioningly committed to helping him "shine" that she loses all sense of her own identity.. her value as an individual. And so, when this person ends up leaving her, she is merely an empty husk with no purpose; no energy left to sustain her. Incidentally, it reminds me a bit of poet Shel Silverstein's story of The Giving Tree. So very, very sad... |
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| David Byrne – A Soft Seduction Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| To me, the overall message here is that what will be, will be. We can't blame our lot on God- it's all a matter of chance. We should accept the random good and bad our decisions have brought us, and carry on. | |
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