| Other Lives – For 12 Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I hate to be this person, but here are the official lyrics from their facebook page: Oh I was in the dark age searching for the ones in my mind. But I had hit the ground runnin. Steady as you go. I don’t mind. I’m still here today. Spouting hymns and buzzing rhymes and forever talking when it aint so kind. But it feels like forever on the run. When your mind turns to fiction. I had took the long way. I was in the heat. I don’t mind I’m so far away. But it feels like forever on the run. When your mind turns to fiction. Nudging the ghost from the skull. A night without sleep. Vibration comes first to the head and last to the feet. Spouting hymns and buzzing rhymes and forever talking when it aint so kind. But it feels like forever on the run. When your mind turns to fiction. |
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| The Strokes – 12:51 Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| ummm I don't think reckless nights with 40's are restricted to "back in the day"... | |
| The Who – Baba O'Riley Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I absolutely love this song. It perfectly describes life as a teen. Pissed off at your government, your parents, elitists, corporations, war, greed, etc. etc, but still not having the means to do much about it. So we go party, get drunk, get stoned, resist however we can, and just live life. | |
| Spoon – I Summon You Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Easily my favorite Spooon song. Better than this new album crap. Anyways, a few things I heard in the lyrics differently. "Yea you got the weight of the world coming down...." not "You you got..." and "The law enforcement's opressed..." not "impressed" Just my interpretations though. I could be wrong |
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| Arcade Fire – In the Backseat Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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For some reason, this song reminds me of "Catcher in the Rye", and the line where Holden explains to his little sister that he wishes he could stand at the edge of a cliff and catch everyone coming through the field of rye before they reach the edge. The whole theme of being forced to grow up and suddenly be responsible for yourself bears resemblance to the book, too. I love the metaphor of the backseat, "crashing towards the driver's seat", and "I've been learning to drive my whole life". Just an absolutely amazing song to end the album. |
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| Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Ahhhhh! Stop claiming that its about AIDS! Or that Freddy Mercury told you what it was about! Or that its about homosexuality or bisexuality or drugs or sex or murder! You're ruining it! Everybody has their own interpretation of the song. It's really just an amazingly fun song. And epic. My personal interpretation is that its about some crazy nightmare he had where he kills someone. But I'm not saying that's what it's about. It's just my interpretation. Probably in the top 5 greatest songs of all time, by the way. |
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| Arcade Fire – No Cars Go Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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First off, this song is absolutely epic. Now for interpretations. I think of this song as not an escape, but a momentous change. I think of it as being about getting as far away from human modern society as possible, a rejection of modern technology that has made us superficial and placated. He's calling on people to pick themselves up and leave the oppressive society they've created by the wayside, and to get as close to pure nature as possible. The first image that popped into my mind when I heard this song was the northern lights in Iceland against a pitch black starry sky. Just something absolutely and overwhelmingly stunning and beautiful. He's saying that we need to get away from our technology, our crap, our cars, and just flee. |
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| Death Cab for Cutie – Grapevine Fires Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I'm from Chicago, so I'm no expert on wildfires, but when I first heard this song I immediately thought of climate change. "We watched the plumes paint the sky grey" reminded me of a smokestack and the haze and pollution that hangs over industrial cities. I understand that the song was written during the 2007 Wildfires in California, but those happen every year (although '07 was especially bad), and from what I heard, "it's only a matter of time before we all burn" didn't exactly seem like the sentiment at the time. Yes, it was scary, and extraordinarily tragic, but no one was expecting the world to come to an end. That's why I think this is a metaphor for something bigger, and from an environmental POV, the destruction of the earth and dancing through the "field of graves" (ignoring the impending doom we are all headed for) seems to make sense. |
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| Wolf Parade – I'll Believe in Anything Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I really think this is just a cynical rant about society. Everyone's so apathetic about the other 6 billion people around them on the planet. Some people will just believe anything to make some money or satisfy their selfish needs: religious fundamentalists, closed minded voters, closed minded people in general, ignorant westerners, etc etc, everyone. pretty much nobody "gives a damn". "And now I'll believe in anything You'll believe in anything Because nobody knows you And nobody gives a damn anyway" Beautiful. |
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| Coldplay – Spies Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Okay, this is what I get from the song. I guess you could interpret it as being about 1984ish stuff, government spying, maybe drugs...but ehh that one a little less so. I interpret the lyrics to be from the viewpoint of someone living in the first world who feels guilt over his/her being at the top of an unequal social structure in the world. The Spies are not spies as in CIA spies or government spies. The spies are people in the third world, who only "come out of the water" every now and then to the first world when something happens that requires our attention (Oil discoveries, wars, natural disasters (although these rarely capture our attention). The "spies come out of the water" and "you're feeling so bad", because they remind you of your guilt. They're always there, "hiding out in every corner" reminding you of your ignorance and of the general unfairness and inequality of our world. But "you can't touch them, cause they're all spies". Basically meaning that you would help them, but you won't because of your feeling of superiority over them and your general apathy towards their situation (this line i feel is speaking about racism and bigotry). But in the end, after all the oil discoveries, wars we fight in, and natural disasters we send minimal aid to, this person in the first world conforms to the general feeling of apathy towards the "third world", because he realizes that "They can't touch you, no, cause they're just spies" This line is definitely the most powerful one in the entire song. In the beginning of the song, the person is afraid of or threatened by the "spies" (people of the "third world"), but now he just feels that "they're just spies" so why should he worry about them? It's EXTREMELY cynical but EXTREMELY true and depressing. Just think about it: The Rwanda Genocide (800,000 people massacred by the nation's army) (The US even tried to deny this was happening, and blatantly refused to help) The Darfur Genocide (At least 400,000 people have died) Cyclone Nargis and the Military Junta in Burma (146,000 people killed in the hurricane; no one even remembers this) Second Congo War (where it is estimated that up to 13 million may have been killed) The Political/Economic/Health Crisis in Zimbabwe The vast inequality between Israel and Palestine The ending isn't the guy finding comfort in the spies because their harmless, its his realization that he doesn't have to care about the spies because they pose no threat to him. If there's a single song that could be describe Western Ignorance, this is it. |
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| Rogue Wave – Lake Michigan Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Lake Michigan, as much as everyone here would love to believe, is actually NOT a polluted shithole lake surrounded by factories that dump excessive waste into it (Unless you're in Indiana, but of course, that's just Indiana). I swim in Lake Michigan all the time...its basically my swimming pool. Jump right off the concrete seawall north of oak street beach. It's actually quite awesome. Chicago's lakefront was recently ranked one of the cleanest in the world. So, anyways, yes i think this song is about pollution, but stereotyping the great lakes region as an industrial waste-dumping craphouse is pretty inaccurate. Californians seem to make a habit of that... |
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| Coldplay – Amsterdam Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| What is meant by "Tied to the end of this ball and chain, and I'm on my way back down again"? That's the one lyric in this song that mystifies me... | |
| Foo Fighters – Best Of You Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| This song is just so amazing to listen to when your angry/frustrated with life. Its awesome. | |
| The Killers – Spaceman Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I don't think this song is supposed to be about being abducted by aliens...its more like a metaphor for something deeper. The star maker, dream maker, and spaceman are role models to society. The Chorus: "The Starmaker says it ain't so bad, the dream makers gonna make you mad" I interpret this to mean not that the dream maker is gonna make you mad. The Starmaker (person in control) is saying that the dream maker is dangerous, don't trust him. It's like the politics of fear. The spaceman represents another role model (possibly propaganda?) warning you not to follow your dreams because "It's all in your mind". Think about it in the context of a revolution. The government (Star maker) tells the people that the revolutionaries are untrustworthy in order to suppress them, and that right now "it ain't so bad". (Like Bush talking about the state of the American economy). It's the government lying to the people in order to manipulate them to support them. I just feel that the meaning of this song runs deeper than alien abduction... |
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| Guster – Amsterdam Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I dunno, for me this song has never had the negative drug-abuse connotation that everyone else seems to attach to it. Like for me, I literally interpret it as his friend/companion/girlfriend (whatever) leaving to go somewhere far away (literally Amsterdam), and he's just concerned about how he/she is, and where they've gone in life. Like that person felt like they needed to start over in life, and hence, they moved to Amsterdam. I also don't see the negative connotations attached to Amsterdam that others are seeing. Sure, they have liberal drug policies, but does that make it bad? Is being less judgmental towards certain people a bad or "risky" idea? Amsterdam is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, not a crime infested craphole crumbling metropolis. I see Amsterdam in this song as a haven or an escape (not necessarily as in being blazed), but more as like the concept of "Boston" in the Augustana song. I just get the feeling that the person who the narrator talks about reinvented his/her life and moved to Amsterdam to start fresh, and the narrator is just asking them "Are you getting somewhere or did you get lost in Amsterdam?" He's not judging him/her, he's literally just asking them if theyre doing alright. However, it is my dream basically, and a serious dream of mine, to move to Amsterdam after I graduate from school, and start fresh in a new place....So I may be slightly biased.... |
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| Kanye West – Love Lockdown Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I understand that Kanye's experimenting with a new style here, but I don't like it. He's an amazing rapper, and singing through an auto-tuner a la T-Pain or Lil Wayne is just a level I feel he shouldn't be dropping to. Chicago has always been known for its amazing rappers and poets, not this crappy lyrically uninteresting computerized music. Where's Kanye the lyrical genius??? I think the beat is original, but the lyrics and singing style are definitely not. I really hope this "experiment" doesn't dominate on 808's and heartbreaks. If it does, then Lupe Fiasco will officially replace Kanye as my favorite rapper. | |
| Lady GaGa – Just Dance Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I always thought the end part was: (something blah blah)....have some hpnotiq....(blah blah) Guess not. Epic Fail |
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| Coldplay – Strawberry Swing Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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To me, this song is like smoking pot. It just gives you the most amazing feeling. And don't start calling me a stoner/pothead/etc. I mean this in a good way, and I'm not saying the song is about marijuana...haha. "It's such a perfect day" "Every moment was so precious" |
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