| Nine Days – 257 Weeks Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Nine Days started in 1994, and The Madding Crowd was released in 2000. So it really could have taken "257 Weeks" from the beginning of the band, to when they had their first single or became famous. I see this song as being written to a parent or someone who is disappointed in how he has decided to live his life as a musician, but yet still unconditionally loves him. It's definitely an inspirational song.. "you could be waiting for a day that won't come." meaning seize the day!! The lyric "Hard to see the window facing forward looking back, Over years spent tracing wondering how you left your track. Underwater breathing burns your lungs and breaks your back, " I think this is about how someone is trying to leave a legacy, but they have chosen conventional jobs and manual labor instead of following their dreams, they are waiting for their dreams to fall into their lap, worrying about the past more than the future thinking their legacy is already laid. |
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| Circa Survive – Kicking Your Crosses Down Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I don't see this as anti-Christian at all. I see it as the guilt of becoming someone's idol as a celebrity from a Christian point of view. (This is irrelevant; but I personally am an Atheist.) "In case it gets away from us Don’t pull it close, the damage revealed the cost And it wasn’t worth it, but they’ll never know" To me this means; we want to remain blind to the impact that we are having on people. In case we start to realize this, let's push it out of our minds because all of this is probably not worth the damage that we are doing - and to make things worse, the people we are affecting most will never even know (probably their fans.) "To keep in mind the line that separates idols" They feel as if they are being worshipped or revered as idols which is not OK in Christianity. "If the world is a dream and nothing is worth it Unless you have a god. (We’re all going to hell)" "If" is conditional. They aren't sure what the true nature of reality is, but if God is really a huge and integral part of life and really is the purpose for us all being here, the band and those who worship them as idols are going to hell "But we wont be saved we’ll live as slaves to love What god takes away, let’s refill all your holes with mud" I see "mud" as worldly, spiritually harmful behaviors... More idolization, possibly drugs and alcohol, etc. This portion is saying that instead of seeking God for the emptiness, they will continue to fill the holes in their lives with this "mud." "“Purchase your tickets; I’m kicking your crosses down”" Really he's saying "pay me to destroy your religion/chances at getting into heaven." By being my fan and listeing to my music and holding me as an idol you may be trading your chance of eternal salvation. "And all the voices sound just like you I’ll be there- Breathe in- It’s been so long (I’ve felt so wrong again) I fixed myself up nice but you never came The words rolled off our backs and sound the same I’ll be waiting- I hope that it’s worth it but I’ll never know" I think this is saying he was betrayed by religion of God in the past, maybe he felt that he did everything right but still got the short end of the stick in life so he turned away.. Got older and more rebellious and lost faith entirely but he still feels some of the guilt because of the unknowns. Maybe he is doing something sinful here, maybe God is real, maybe he is harming people by performing and being revered as an idol. All he can really do is hope that the actions he takes are worth is and reap more positive than negative repercussions in the end. |
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| Pompeii – Numbers Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This song is literally a conversation with a bulimic friend. I love the conversational aspect of it. It's almost like a fight between a man and a woman (at least I'm assuming it's a woman) that never really gets resolved. This is how I hear it: -He is approaching her as non-confrontationally as he can.: *Came at you in silence, my back at the wall.* Man: "I've seen those nights where you binge and purge" Those locks on your doors tell me when you're crouched on all fours Counting tile, losing bile and sleep. Woman: "it's just a diet, I've kept it quiet. Even if you told all my family and Friends they would never believe it." Man: I think you're right. I can't believe it too That it's you, but it's you. Woman: My problems hide in numbers that leave when I gag and heave, I weighed out every option, Man: that scale's not fit for advice. Woman: Medical language won't ever help to shape this Man: if that mind is just as frail As it's frame. You know I'd leave it alone. Mutual Observation: We can beat genetics, adopting new aesthetics for beautiful bodies, figures Ever-so-slender Taking control, oh. oh, what a nice, nice thing. Woman: Besides, my problems hide in numbers that leave when I gag and heave Man: And heaving's kind of hard with your hands tied round your waist. Woman: Point out the obvious, tell me just how dangerous Then bundle every fight in an "isn't right" and leave it alone. |
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| The Fray – You Found Me Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I don't think it's about God. I think it's about a girl. "I found God on the corner of 1st and Amistad" My life was changed when we hit that turning point and changed our friendship forever... This could be a first confession of attraction.. a first kiss... anything. The point is that he is on a street corner representing a turning point. The street names are 1st and Amistad - meaning friendship. "Where the West was all but won" Although we had that life-changing experience, you still weren't mine. "All alone, smoking his last cigarette" Here he is talking about himself- He is alone... not in a relationship with anyone and trying to give up his addiction or longing for this girl because it's making it impossible for him to feel anything for anyone else. "I said, "Where you been?", He said, "Ask anything"" This exchange makes no sense... He's dodging the question. I think it has to do with the feeling of not wanting to come out and say too much but at the same time you want the other person to tell you how they feel... That's why they're both such open ended questions but neither one is actually an answer. They're questions triggering more questions. "Where were you, when everything was falling apart?" I'm thinking this part was after the revelation.. after she said she loved him all along... Now he's questioning her... Why weren't you there for me when I needed someone if you truly loved me? "All my days were spent by the telephone that never rang And all I needed was a call that never came To the corner of 1st and Amistad" Not necessarily about a telephone call- but pretty much Why did you never say anything? All I needed was for you to give me some sort of sign that you felt the same way... Then we could have progressed this friendship long ago (once again the corner of 1st and Amistad is representing that turningpoint in their friendship). "Lost and insecure, you found me, you found me" She's finally confessed her love for him. He is celebrating that, but... "Lying on the floor, surrounded, surrounded" at the same time it hurts that she left him there for so long in pain. "Why'd you have to wait, where were you, where were you?" Why did you have to wait to tell me how you felt? "Just a little late, you found me, you found me" It was later than I had hoped and I struggled a lot. "But in the end everyone ends up alone" Now he is being pessimistic about their relationship.. Thinking well it's going to end anyways... "Losing her, the only one who's ever known Who I am, who I'm not and who I want to be No way to know how long she will be next to me" He's feeling like eventually they are going to break up and he's really dependent on her... almost addicted. She knows him and understands him better than anyone and the idea of losing her terrifies him as well as the fact that he can never be sure when she might decide to leave... Maybe it's an indication of broken trust since she left him alone for so long. "The early morning, the city breaks" It's the beginning of their relationship (morning), things are just getting into motion (the city breaks) "And I've been calling for years and years and years and years And you never left me no messages, you never sent me no letters You got some kind of nerve taking all I'm worth" He's kind of resenting her still for never letting him know how she felt even though their relationship is starting out and functioning fine... He's pretty much saying he tried so hard for so long to win her over and she just rejected him and he's still pretty hurt by that. "Why'd you have to wait, to find me, to find me?" Wrapping things up.. Why did you have to wait so long to let yourself love me? Thanks for reading my interpretation. :-) |
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| Within Temptation – Bittersweet Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I just thought I'd note, the last night my boyfriend (now husband) was with me before I got deployed to Iraq, he slept on the couch at my mom's house, and I went back into my bedroom and sang this song and cried myself to sleep. That's what it means to me. |
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| Within Temptation – Stand My Ground Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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for In the mist, That line "If I don't make it, someone else will" I think is supposed to be taken in context with the line after it, thus: "If I don't make it, someone else will stand my ground [for me]" |
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| Within Temptation – The Truth Beneath The Rose Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Did anyone else notice that it sounds like she keeps saying "The veal of my dreams"? | |
| Sarah McLachlan – Wait Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think it's about a miscarriage. Or maybe a stillborn, but more likely a miscarriage. The first verse where she says "the vultures lie in wait" Vultures are scavengers. This tells me that maybe she found out her baby had died and she's in the waiting period... wait to miscarry. Everything else is pretty obvious if you look at it from that perspective. |
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