| Marina and the Diamonds – Obsessions Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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In an interview (http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/entertainment/music/720513/Rockno-role-Interview-with-Marina-and-the-Diamonds.html), Marina stated that this was written as a love song about an ex-boyfriend: "Speaking of Obsessions, that's the title of the only love song on her album - written about breaking up with a boyfriend. "He's one of my best mates now - and he loves the song," she smiles. "He's less keen on the lyrics. He hates how he comes across. But I've told him that's the skill of a writer, to make a fantasy sound real. He knows that half the song is true, and half of it's lies. "Over time, singing the song has become less about him and more about, well, obsessions. My biggest one is getting enough sleep. If I get less than eight hours, I'm anxious all day." |
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| Jack's Mannequin – I'm Ready Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Musicpix.net conducted an interview with Andrew, in which he stated: "Musicpix: The spoken word in "I'm Ready," is very reminiscent of The Eels, it has the same processing…the same feel. Are you familiar with the cut "Susan's House?" Did you model "I'm Ready" after The Eels sound? Andrew: No, I'm familiar with the band but I don't have any of their records. It was weird. It was one of the very first songs that I recorded for the record but the spoken word thing was one of the last things I added. There was this hole in the middle of the song…there was an instrumental kind of break down. It happened really naturally when I recorded it. The other songs came along and I was like, 'I don't really know how I feel about this song.' The whole song is about reaching your breaking point and trying to find a way around it. And in the middle of the recording process, I reached that breaking point and it shed light on that track and all of a sudden, that track became relevant to me. It became intense. I thought maybe I could throw something in there kind of wordy so I started writing. I kept a journal through this whole thing, so I started writing what I wanted the song to say. I kept writing and rewriting it…then I looked down at myself in this dirty t-shirt that I'd been in for the past two weeks. I was just in this really creative mode and hadn't showered or taken care of myself at all. I thought, there's something to this and that's how it happened." |
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