| Arctic Monkeys – Cigarette Smoker Fiona Lyrics | 5 years ago |
| When he sings the line, "And worlds collide. As the evening continues, the dignity fucks off," Alex Turner enunciates "evening" as a three syllable word: even-ing. Given how skillful he is at crafting clever lyrics, Turner probably intended that word to have a double meaning: the straight forward definition of evening as the night of the party, and also a figurative leveling of the playing field. If so, it's absolutely brilliant. While the snooty girl hosts a party at her parents' posh house, she gets so visibly drunk and/or stoned that she makes a fool of herself, losing her dignity. By the end of the night, she no longer seems classier than her less affluent, middle-class guests. They are all "even" in the end. | |
| Līve – Stage Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I am pretty sure he isn't singing "I want to deal." I think the lyrics actually are: "I wanna be young, don't wanna die, I wanna bring my Captain Hook into the light." That is a clear reference to Peter Pan. |
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| Līve – Good Pain Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I'm just listening to my old Live CDs for the first time in a while. The whole album, Mental Jewelry, is bursting with wisdom and prophecy. Good Pain has always been one of my favorite songs on it. I think the persona in the song (possibly Ed Kowalczyk himself) is recalling that someone changed his life when he taught him that he could overcome worthless fear and sadness by knowing his true self - his essence. Now, he lives life deliberately, with no fence-sitting or ambiguity: "I'll never be the same again. I want to walk in the sun. I am alive and well again. No more bittersweet, no more good pain." He sings of the destruction humans cause by focusing on pain experienced in the past or anticipating future dangers rather than living with purpose in the moment, and he rejects the oxymorons most humans accept in their collective insanity: "So many of us stand in the middle, looking back to the worst, looking forward to the fall, making weapons of peace for the defense of the bloodstains on our peaceful sidewalks." The song predates Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth" by about 13 years, but Tolle's description of his own suicidal thoughts that he overcame by realizing that his self and his ego are two different things, and his advice to live in the moment and shun the "pain body" are reminiscent of the spirit of this song. |
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| Marillion – After Me Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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There's a line on her jeans that a ballpoint made From a careless mistake that she can't wash away And there's a heart on her sleeve from the spill of red wine There's a piece of green in the blue of her eyes She named it after me... (these are all physical symbols that would be visible to others) (note: red, green, and blue (RGB) are the only colors that a tv uses to build a complete picture) (she was a bit immature too, when she got drunk and wrote a letter that frightened him away hence dropping the ballpoint pen and spilling the wine) (but there's more blue sadness/regret than green inexperience) (she identifies the green with him not the blue, thinking that maybe he doesn't have the same regret) There's a stray dog she feeds that she found in the street And he loves her to hold him But he won't let her keep him He claws at the door to be let out at night And she makes due without him and she worries about him She named him after me She named him after me She named him af-ter me ...after me... (the dog and he were both free/stray before they met her - and they still are) (she learned from her mistake and lets the dog out when he he needs his space but she worries that one day he won't come back) (the only things mentioned outside of her house are the street and the night - gray and black) So if you ever decide that you have to escape and you travel the world but you can't find a place Well, you could wind up believing that Paradise is nothing more than a feeling that goes on in your mind So if you ever find out what that is You know there's something you can do 'Cause if I ever hold that golden dream again I want to tell you I'm gonna name it after you ...after you... gonna name it after you I'm gonna name it after you... (travelling the world is a metaphor for searching for a better/perfect relationship: Paradise) (he wonders if she believes Paradise is imaginary/impossible like he does - if she found out what "that" is) (she probably shares "that" belief, because everyone she loves wants to be stray) (there's something she can do - she can name "that" realization that Paradise is impossible after him) (now that he's experienced - no longer green - he's given up on his dream of finding Paradise) (his golden/mature dream of Paradise is what she represents to him now) (is the piece of green in her eyes because she hasn't travelled the world yet?) |
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| Radiohead – Paranoid Android Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song oozes anger, frustration and profound sadness about the atrocities committed against animals, whether it be humans treating animals like machines to produce eggs, food and meat, using animal skins, the use of animals to test products, and the use of animals for scientific experiments. Thom Yorke is a vegan. He cares about animals. This song is clearly an expression of this. The first part of the song describes someone who is haunted by the spirits of billions of unborn chickens. Yorke is indirectly referring to the fact that humans eat chicken eggs, preventing the birds from being born. When he asks "What's there?" he is probably being haunted by other animal images or sounds that he does not recognize. "The crackle of pig skin, the dust and the screaming" refers to animal testing. I have seen horrific video online of people using a blow torch to scorch a live pig's skin off in the name of science. Look it up online. You can hear similar sounds to the pig's helpless squeals during the instrumental at the end of the song, after the line "God loves his children, yeah." That line is obviously sarcastic. If god loved his children, he/she would not let the cruel abuse of animals persist. Another take on that line is why would god love people when they do these things to animals? The references to God are implying that people play God when they eat, abuse, torture, and generally disregard animals (who are also God's children). People dominate other animals because religion teaches people to feel superior to other creatures. That is why the original line was "God loves his children, that's why he kills them." If he were king he would execute a person who ambitiously tries to elevate himself above animals and using animals to make money, should be executed. Yorke chose to refer to Gucci because their products are usually made of leather and they are considered status symbols that ambitious, wealthy, yuppie types would buy. With this in mind, their products make you look ugly. The yuppie's opinion is of no consequence because he disregards the opinions of animals who object to the way humans treat them. The part that sounds like a dirge, with the lyrics "Rain down on me" may be the yuppie asking god for forgiveness for the sins committed against animals. Of course, just asking god to forgive you does not make things right. When he says "That's it sir, you're leaving?" he is astonished that someone can witness the abuse and just get up and walk away like nothing happened. People are self-absorbed, only looking to get ahead and ignoring the affect their lifestyles have on the world around them. People who ignore the way animals are treated just dont get this song, but it has always been crystal clear to me. |
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| Radiohead – Paranoid Android Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| This song is extremely powerful and very clear to me. Every line is carefully chosen and has a specific meaning. Thom Yorke is a vegan. He cares about animals. "Unborn Chickens" refers to people eating eggs. The voice of the song is obviously disturbed by the deaths of so many animals because he hears their voices when he tries to get some rest. "The crackle of pig skin, the dust and the screaming" refers to animal testing. Look it up online. I have seen video online of people using a blow torch to scorch a live pig's skin off in the name of science, and you can hear similar sounds to the pig's helpless squeals during the guitar solo after the line "God loves his children," which is obviously sarcastic. If god loved his children, he would not let the cruel abuse of animals persist. The references to god are implying that people play god when they eat, abuse, torture, and generally disregard animals (god's children). People reign (not rain) over other animals from a great height because religion teaches them to feel so superior to other creatures. That is why the original line was "god loves his children, that's why he kills them." The song implies that a person who is ambitiously trying to elevate himself above animals and possibly using animals to make money, should be slaughtered like a pig. "Off with his head, man." His opinion is of no consequence because he disregards the opinions of animals who don't want to be treated the way humans treat them. When he says "That's it sir, you're leaving?" he is astonished that someone can witness the abuse and just get up and walk away like nothing happened. People who ignore the way animals are treated just dont it, but it is crystal clear to me. | |
| Radiohead – Paranoid Android Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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While there are references to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I believe this song and the album Okay Computer have a strong anti-cruelty to animals theme. Throughout the album, there is an undertone of outrage at the atrocities committed by humans against other animals. Lines like "stop the noise I'm trying to get some rest from all the unborn chicken voices in my head", "kicking, squealing Gucci little piggy", and "the crackle of pigskin" in Paranoind Android all refer to animal testing and factory farming. At the end of Paranoid Android, during the final gut-wrenching guitar part, you can hear in the background what sounds like the squeals of a helpless pig being tortured, probably being burnt alive for a "scientific experiment." Other songs on the album refer to "a cat tied to stick" and "a pig in a cage on antibiotics"(Fitter Happier), as well as "it's just business - cattle prods and the IMF" (Electioneering), and the killing of spiders and insects (Fitter Happier and Let Down) - which further make a case against the horrific acts of torture and cruelty, and basic disregard for the lives of non-human animals our society condones in the name of science and big business. Thom Yorke of Radiohead is a Vegan. Kudos to him and the whole band for so artfully expressing anger at the disgusting things people do to other species. If you are moved by this song, please do some research to learn about the sadistic and violent practices of animal testing and factory farming. |
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