| Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra – The Bed Song Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I love "we got some nice ones right under a cherry tree, you and me lying the only way we know: side by side and still and cold" and it wasn't until recently that I had an epiphany that Amanda may be alluding to the story of George Washington cutting down the cherry tree. | |
| The Dresden Dolls – Bad Habit Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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re: the Vaseline bit some people are pondering, I think it can go two ways if we're being strictly literal-. 1. Vaseline can be sort of like lotion in that it'll soften your skin (if you've read Of Mice and Men, you might recall Curley wearing a glove filled with Vaseline to soften his left hand). from experience (I'm guilty of skin-biting/tearing), it's a LOT more tempting to "indulge" when the skin is already torn because it makes it easier to and also because it's overall frustrating to have skin that isn't "smooth" or unbitten. 2. Vaseline can heal the damage. this is an effort to erase the evidence and prevent future damage. in a broader sense, the narrator's tried just about everything to stop because s/he acknowledges it's destructive and unattractive, but everything's failed them and only opened up a new avenue to indulge. |
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| Amanda Palmer – Echo Gallery Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I could be wrong, but I don't think this is an Amanda Palmer song. It could very well be an older song, but the voice doesn't have the same qualities as Amanda's. | |
| Amanda Palmer – Guitar Hero Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think this could definitely be about war (in general, although there seems to be a reference to Iraq here). There are a couple of double-meanings here. The Guitar Hero motif plays on the notion of being a "hero": in the game and in real life (or being a hero of your country at war). It seems the player wanted to go to war ("you wanted to make it and now that you're in") which could also lend itself to trying to get into the top rankings of the game. The part that makes me think "Iraq" is the seemingly random inclusion of "nigga!" One of the more prevalent derogatory slurs for Iraqis or people of Middle Eastern descent is "sand nigger." This makes me think that the close proximity of the two words used in the song is no random occurrence. Unfortunately, the player at war finds out that REAL war in no way compares to war games at home, where they can use cheat codes and at least have some sort of control over their settings. He realizes this and asks how he can turn it off, what the fuck is up with this shit, etc. He's scared for his life, but the narrator assures him he's not going to die--even at the cost of his hands and most of his head. Roadside bombs, anyone? The dilemma is that if he saves one person, he's a hero. He can't save everyone like in video games, though: there's a million more in line that need to be saved. The "X marks the box" is an obvious hint at an X-Box, but also implies a landmine ("that goes off at a breath") and even further implicates that playing video games and thereby coming up with this controlled idea of war dug a grave for the player in which he must lie now that he's experienced the real thing. Additionally, you can pause and reset a game but it's not so simple with war. |
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