| Regina Spektor – Laughing With Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I agree with you, I am really surprised so many people see this song as a some pro-religion, anti-atheist anthem. The chorus is to the most important part of the song that allows her to get her message across. People turn to God when they are scared and need something to lean on, but their are ridiculous aspects to religion and that is what she is trying to tell people. |
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| Regina Spektor – Laughing With Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I absolutely agree with your interpretation of the song as opposed to the others. It makes me think about how all over the world people are oppressed and live in a hell on earth, dying horrific deaths and watching all those around them suffer; and then people think that their prayers to God actually matter concerning the luxury car they want to buy, or please God get me out of this traffic I want to go home, etc... So many people think this song seems pro-religious, and I definitely disagree. You could not have put it better, great post. |
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| Tori Amos – Welcome to England Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song makes me think of woman who leaves her home to be with a man (in England) and find herself lonely and desolate there, with a man who does not truly understand her or care to alleviate her feelings of isolation. He just laughs and tells her to 'bring her own sun', or find her own happiness within herself, which she talks about doing by 'letting the colors violate the blackness, and 'finding a magic world parallel' to the 'daily hell' her actual reality is. |
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