| Milky Chance – Stolen Dance Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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My interpretation is that it's about an guy who has been cheated on by his wife/girlfriend. I'm probably biased because it just happened to me not too long ago. After finding out, I heard this song. Catchy tune that instantly stuck in my head. After really hearing and reading the lyrics, I thought about how it pretty much sums up how I feel at the moment. We are both trying to work through the affair. Sorry for the lengthy intro but it helps explain my interpretation. So the first verse is more about the initial shock of finding out and trying to deal this horrible event. The anger has subsided and he's more in the stage of depression. He just wants the girl to be with him. He felt so alone after finding out about it and he feels like if she's there, he won't feel alone. He doesn't want to be alone, because being alone only makes his mind think about it more and makes it worse. "They've always been so kind" could be referring to the guy(s) that she had the affair(s) with. He's met the guys and they seemed pretty cool. "But now they've brought you away from here" refers to how they have taken their relationship from friend to having an affair. In specific, the other guy has taken her from the singer, their home, their life, etc. "I hope they didn't get your mind" could refer to hoping the affair is strictly physical and that there is an emotional bond there to keep her wanting the other guy. "Your heart is too strong anyway" refers to the singer knowing that deep down, her heart is with him instead of the other guy. He has confidence that they can make it through this. "We need to fetch back the time they have stolen from us" seems pretty straight forward. The affair cost us time together. We need to make up for lost time and build our relationship again. For the chorus, I feel as if the dancing is a metaphor for the sexual intimacy between the singer and his girl, as well as dealing with the inside pain of the affair. "I want you, we can bring it on the floor" is saying he wants to be intimate with her. The floor is actually their bed. "You've never danced like this before" could refer to the girl's new behavior during sex. Maybe she's learned something new with the other guy and she's doing it with the singer for the first time, because he references that she's never done it like that before. "We don't talk about it" is about how even though they are being intimate, he still has questions/concerns. The questions/concerns surface because of the new stuff she is doing, but they don't talk about it then because they are in the moment. He tries to push it out of his head. "Dancin' on do the boogie all night long" is basically just saying they are being intimate and could be for the entire night. Things are going great. "Stoned in paradise" could refer to the chemicals released in our body during and after sex. It is as potent as drugs. The feeling of happiness, carefree, ecstasy, etc can be "stoned" part, and paradise could be referring to just having his girl near and being intimate with her. But then the questions, concerns, and fears creep up again in his mind. He didn't want to say anything early and ruin the mood, but now it's over. He knows he shouldn't, but the temptation is there. Not to torture or piss her off but to help get over it. Sometimes he chooses to brave the waters and try to talk, other times he doesn't and just keeps it to himself. Verse two occurs after the initial shock has subsided, but the pain still lingers. "Coldest winter for me" Maybe he found out right before/during winter and the cold reference is really him talking about how the relationship has gone from this warm loving relationship to cold. "No sun is shining anymore" means that nothing good is foreseeable. Everything seems so dark and like nothing good will happen. Maybe she's left all together. In my case, this, along with everything else in life going on, it just feels like the bad never ends. "The only thing I feel is pain caused by absence of you." This could refer to the pain from the relationship ending. In my case, since we are working through it, its the pain when she is gone to work or has to work late. It's the fear/unknown that she is seeing him again. It's not knowing what's going on. That pain hurts so bad. "Suspense is controlling my mind" In my case, this amplifies the pain of her being gone, because I don't know if they are seeing each other or still talking, etc. Not knowing is worse than anything, because the mind will do things on its own, like run through scenarios about the affair still going on. It's like a defense mechanism to prepare me for the worse so it's not as big of a blow. "I cannot find the way out of here" I feel this refers to the inability to escape those subconscious thought about if they are still together, plus all the images of her with him in an intimate way. It could also refer to depression and trying to get over that. I feel the chorus repeats itself so much because he is needing to talk about it so much to get over it. Not excessively, but that's a lot to process. There's no easy way to talk about it. The guy wants answers, but fears that asking will upset her. It's the constant struggle of wanting to talk it out versus not upsetting her and fearing that talking about it will jeopardize the relationship or push her back to the other guy. I could be completely off base from the song writer, but that's what it means to me. |
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| Deuce – America Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This is just my opinion. Please note that the comments I make are purely objective. I do not discriminate or show hate to Islam or any other religion. The biggest part that sticks out is the part about a "God with no face". The only reference I could thing of is Mohammed, the Islamic prophet. It is against Islam for there to be pictures of Mohammed, because they believe pictures or statues of Mohammed will lead to the worship of idols, in the case of pictures and statues instead of Mohammed himself. From that reference, it leads me to believe that the song, in part, is about how the middle east blames the problems of the world on America. A large part of the Middle East absolutely hates America and believes they cause the problems we have today. Iraq, Afghanistan, Egyptian Revolution, Libya overthrow, Syria uprising, etc is blamed on America and "Western Democracy" by the Middle East. "Why's America to blame?" kinda says the song is question why America is blamed for the problems. There are also other indirect references to Islam in the song. "They wanna see blood, they wanna see hate" can be related to terrorist, terrorist attacks, etc. which are largely associated with Islam, especially in America (unfortunately). However, in Islam, it is considered honorable to kill non believers in an effort to further the kingdom of Islam, so that can relate to it. Another reference is the AK, which is a popular weapon of choice by Islamic militants in the Middle East, primarily Afghanistan. We've all seen the pictures of Bin Laden with an AK, or photos of the war with a Middle Eastern person carrying an AK. "Who you've been using, and who you're abusing" can be a reference to the dictatorships in the middle east, primarily Libya and Syria because of the large number of civilians killed by government troops, or just how the people in those countries are oppressed in general. There are several different meaning the song could be about. It could just be a general thing about how others, not just the middle east, blame America. Again, the above was just an objective point. By no means did I intend to show anger, hate, or single out Islam and its followers. |
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| Staind – Outside Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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To me, it describes someone who use to be religious, but sees the holes, unanswered questions, and inconsistency that come with it. I used to be Christian, went to church every Sunday, prayed daily, etc. I wasn't like a huge religion freak, where I was going out and preaching to everyone and living as sin free as possible, but I acknowledge Christ as my savior. Lately, a lot of shit has happened for the worse, and it just leaves me wondering if God is as good as the Church and Bible make him out to be, why is everything bad happening, not just to me, but in the world? I hadn't heard this song in a while, years to be honest, but I heard it as a ring tone today and decided to look it up on youtube. Then I found the lyrics, and it was like an instant revelation. The first verse reminds me of how I was as a devout Christian. Praying on my knees, beg him to help me, leave all my burdens their with him. But now I don't consider myself a Christian. I do believe that God exist, but I don't think he is as divine as the church and Bible make him out to be. That's where the chorus comes in. I stepped out of the "Christian" mentallity, no longer thinking God is so great and powerful. A common reference I use to how I feel is that God is sitting in front of a computer playing the sims, and everyone on Earth is a sim. He controls all aspects of our life. He can choose to make us great, successful people, or choose to let us spiral downward into a living shit hole. That's where I relate to the chorus. Cuz I'm on the outside of the Christianity mentallity, and looking in at it. I feel like I can see past all themiracles and "divinity" of God, and see that he isn't all good! I see his true colors, that he can have a dark side, and he's just as ugly as us in an evil sense, like he has an evil side to him. I mean, if he didn't, why would he give the world to Satan and let his creation become so evil and bad? But thats a different conversation. I could be wrong, but that is how the song relates to me. Being a part of something, coming under the hallucination that everthing is good, then stepping back and seeing how ugly it really is. |
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| 3 Doors Down – When I'm Gone Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think it most definately has to do with the soldiers and maybe even PTSD. For example, the first verse: "There's another world inside of me that you may never see" * I'm in the Army. There are just some things about my military career that I probably won't want to talk about, such as a bad deployment where a lot of good men were lost. There's just no way to express the feelings and emotions of a deployment with anyone who hasn't done it themself. "There's secrets in this life that I can't hide" * There are some things, like a injury or depression, that come from a deployment that aren't able to be concealed. "Somewhere in this this darkness there's a light that I can't find" "Maybe it's too far away or maybe I'm just blind" * The light maybe the way to overcome the PTSD. For some, it's easier to overcome PTSD. Others may have it for the rest of their life. It's either too far away, like there's a lot that needs to be done to help the soldier, or he/she is just blind, like i's right there, but they just can't overcome it. "When your education x-ray can not see under my skin I won't tell you a damn thing that I could not tell my fans" * This may be about the soldier going to a therapist for the PTSD ad h/se not telling them everything. "The roaming through this darkness, I'm alive but I'm alone Part of me is fighting this, but part of me is gone" * Soldier feels like they are alone in the fight against PTSD. Part of him wants to fight an overcome it, but part of him is just too tired to try. Chous can be about his/her spouse, friend, family just lovin him nd helping them through te PTSD. They want to be eveythng that their loved ones want and need, even deploying and risking ""givinging up everything, if only for your good". The "I won't always be there, so love me when I'm gone" may refer to him not being himself because of PTSD. It's like he sldier saying love me at all times, whether I'm myself, scared, or whatever. It's just a thought. The text box is messing up and its late, or I'd elaborate more on mythoughts. |
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| 3 Doors Down – Here Without You Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I'm going to basic training this summer for the National Guard. I'm married with a little girl. My MOS will be 11B (Infantry). My papers say that my training will last 14 weeks (98 days), but there are 2 days that I must be gone from my family to go through paperwork and physicals and such. So I'll be gone for about 100 day, given everything goes well. This song is so true about my life this summer. It will be about 100 days until I come home for good, and the only way I'll be able to see them is in my dreams. I just thought it was really cool how the days and everything matched up. Also, in the next verse, talking about "People leave their way to say hello", many people always say hi and thank you to the soldiers. And the line "I've heard this life is overrated, but I hope that it gets better as we go", I think about how people talk about the army as if you'll be set for life if you join. I know that's not the case but still feel like its something I should do. She was a little hesitant about me joining at first, but she feels its a good thing to do now. She thinks that everything goes wrong (pay, insurance, etc). We all know that's the case with everything, not just military (heck, we're human and make mistakes), but I know it's a hard life and I hope it gets better as life goes on. |
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| 12 Stones – It Was You Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I see it as being able to be about both a relationship with God and human relationships. I have a good friend who supported me in my dreams, even when people who were closer to me didn't. The dream is to go through ROTC and become an officer in the Army. My family didn't think it was a good choice, but I feel like that is what I'm supposed to do with my life. She helped me to understand that I need to "stand for what is real" and follow my dream. Without her support, I would most likely not joined ROTC and always wondered "What if..." for the rest of my life. But now I've joined ROTC and know it is where I'm suppose to be. | |
| 12 Stones – Let Go Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Recently, I lost a very good friend. She was cool, someone I could talk to about anything and know she'd always have my back. She helped me through a lot, including supporting me to follow my dream and when things got bad at home. She would always help if I was in need. She was as good a friend as anyone could ask for. But my wife thinks we were getting to close, but we were nothing but friends and knew our boundaries. So, my wife recently told me I could no longer talk to her, which has really sucked. We go to college together and hung out with our other friends. We used to eat lunch together with a group of people. It just really sucks because there was nothing going on, which I explained to my wife, but she still insisted I didn't speak to her. Since school started back up, I've kinda been in a depression. Seeing her around campus and everything is really hard. It's hard passing her in the cafeteria and not even being able to talk to her because we were such good friends. I heard this song and it just reminded me of her, because she was always there for me. But now, when I need her the most just to talk to, she can't be there. "When will we meet again" is the hardest line for me, because I have no idea if or when we'd be able to be friends again. | |
| Staind – Believe Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I may be totally wrong here, but for me, this song is about someone who just wants someone to believe in him. I'm not talking about a girl believing in him to be the right guy, but just about a guy who just needs someone to believe that he can do what he wants. For example, a father believing in his son he can make it through college. Btw, this isn't my story, but the son just wants his father to believe him, even though he won't. My story is about joining the army. I just have this feeling and passion to serve my country; however, my wife disagrees with me joining up. I am in college and want to do ROTC to go in as an officer, but she thinks I would fail miserably during the course because I have such a heavy load already. I am working full time and a full time student, and so adding all the early PT at 6 am and the extra labs, she thinks I won't be able to do it and just fail. I just want her to believe in me. Yeah, she may not agree, but since I"m not obligated just by taking this year of ROTC, she should still believe I can do it and not be so sure I'll fail, & atleast not tell me that. I have so many who tell me I won't be able to do anything cuz I had a kid at 17, but I want to prove them wrong. I just want them to believe I can do it, cuz it sometimes seems like no one does. Its my life Its my choice Hear my words Hear my voice And just believe These words make me think of it as someone just wanting to believe they can do it. It's talking about him making a choice for his life and it's not someone's choice to make for him. He just wants someone to believe he can chase his dreams and succeed, instead of constantly put him down. |
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| 3 Doors Down – Let Me Be Myself Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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The title pretty much says it all. It's about someone who feels oppressed by someone. Whether that is someone is a spouse, family member, or society in general, they have conformed to other's standards and haven't been happy about it the whole time. They have their own goals, aspirations, dreams, but the other person/group threaten them or shun them if they were to be themself. This song is very personal to me. I have grown up all my life knowing that I wanted to join the army and serve my country. You know, do ROTC, go in as an officer, and serve my 20 years, then retire. Well, I am married now with a little girl. I'm in college, but besides the army, I can't really see myself doing anything else. I feel like it's where God has planned for me to be. Anyways, before this gets into a big religious thing, I'll go on. My wife totally disagrees with me joining the army. She gripes about how I may be deployed and everything. Her plans for me are to get some job sitting in a cubicle all day, but that's not for me. I wanna serve and help others, not sit in an office all day; that's just not me. She threatened to leave me if I said anything else about joining, and was to the point where she almost went to the courthouse to get the papers. So even though that's what I feel like I'm suppose to do and would be happy doing, I can't do it. I'm forced to live her life, not mine. |
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