| Barenaked Ladies – War On Drugs Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Think what you'd like about this song, but it saved my life, as silly as that sounds. I've attempted suicide twice and was only saved because people who cared about me found me before it was too late. When I finally decided to "fight for my sanity," every time I felt as if suicide was the right thing to do, I'd listen to this song. Literallly, the song is about a woman who got married, was left, sprialed downwards, and had no one there to catch her. But it's also about society as a whole - we don't do enough to take care of each other. We fight the pseudo "war on drugs" without bothering to find out why people turn to drugs, self-harm, and suicide in the first place. "What good is that when you live in hell on earth?" What an amazing lyric, because it's spot on about everything someone who's suicidal is thinking. Nothing matters because nothing will make the pain go away. |
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| Barenaked Ladies – Crazy ABC's Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| It's pretty obvious that this song is about unconventional spelling/pronunciation of words....but it's so funny. This is one of my favorites on Snacktime, because it's made grammar funny and interesting. The Zed Zed Top bit had my husband rolling. | |
| Barenaked Ladies – Have You Seen My Love Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I mostly agree with motlehh about this song, except for the fact that I've always thought it was a hopeful sort of song, rather than depressing. A man who has been left by his girlfriend rather recently and hasn't gotten over the shock. He wants her in his life, he wants to be friends, he's "helpless" without her. However, later on he realizes that perhaps it was for the best....he acknowledges that perhaps his hopes were too high ("dreaming was the first mistake") and states that the woman had changed. He's not completely okay yet, but he's getting there. This is one of my very favorite BNL songs....the ability they have to take such emotional lyrics and turn them into beautiful, meaningful music is amazing. Other bands would make this material heavy handed and despressing, but BNL always manages to balance the content of their lyrics with the composition of the music. |
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