| A-Ha – Early Morning Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Not exactly. Seems like he's after just one person. Waiting patiently throughout the night isn't something a spree killer would do. He's also hesitant asking for someone to "save him" from doing what he's about to do. It's like he's after someone that wronged someone he loved and he's out to exact revenge. Perhaps going to shoot a guy who beat up a woman he loves? It's a decent assumption seeing as the setting sounds industrial and most of a-ha songs are about a woman. | |
| The Stills – Don't Talk Down Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| i read the lyrics and thought the song was meant to describe moving on from someone that just made his blood boil. he agrees with them on nothing and everytime they meet he knows a conflict is brewing and he just wants to pummel that person (lacing up my gloves) | |
| The Stills – Monsoon Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| You carried "candles" through a downpour | |
| No Knife – Brush Off Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| wow no comments huh? i think this song is about feeling regret after cheating on something like a test or something else that gets you the edge on your academics. the person pays someone to get him the answers so he can give it to a teacher (9-5 professional) but he feels regret afterwards because he isn't gaining anything that's going to help him in the long run (back where i started some time ago). he knew what he was doing was wrong, but he brushed that feeling off to "take the easy route" but that started to bother him later. he starts to see everyone that cheats as plagiarists and they're not accomplishing much either as they're "ascending high into the emptiness." | |
| Cold War Kids – Welcome to the Occupation Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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by far my absolute favourite on the album. anyway, when i read the lyrics i felt that overall the song is a summarization of discontentment with society, mainly american culture. "they don't want poets, they want pigeons on a stool" and "goodbye valedictorians, goodbye punks" i thought to mean that society doesn't put much value on intelligence and rebels because society just wants drones to keep the machine going. "..you can't be in politics and work in the circus, you have to choose just one, you hold the nail i'll swing the hammer, that's how things get done" i thought to mean that careerism really deprives people of creativity and we all have to be just one thing our entire lives at the behest of those who benefit from our choices, which are the people that strike the hammer down. the "devils in the detail, he's got your gold watch and chain" i thought can mean either that there are evils in daily life that we can't see because the watch and chain keep us hypnotized or that there are evils in culture that we'll do anything for because the demons hold a gold watch and chain, which can be an analogy for riches and wealth. oh and the lyrics aren't 100% correct, it should be: Whistle blowers gotta get outta school They don't want poets they want pigeons on a stool You're examining fossils, defending criminals I'm clock watching getting dumb Photographing models for house painter solace I'm like sisyphus in the sun And I give up Raising your kids America You treat 'em like an obligation Welcome to the occupation The devil's in the details devil's in the details He's got your gold watch + chain The devil's in the details devil's in the details He's got your gold watch + chain Whistle blowers, we know how you feel Public servants, surrender their free will But you can't be in politics and work in the circus You have to choose just one You hold the nail, I'll swing the hammer That's how things get done And goodbye valedictorians goodbye punks Goodbye valedictorians goodbye punks And I give up Raising your kids America You treat 'em like an obligation Welcome to the occupation The devil's in the details The devil's in the details He's got your gold watch + chain The devil's in the details Devil's in the details Got your gold watch + chain |
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