| Collective Soul – December Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Agreed on the Biblical references. Honestly to me, it sounds like God speaking to man -perhaps even daring. Though we drink the water of life... Mankind calls God (religion) a disease, and "luke warm" ("because you are luke warm I shall spew thee out of my mouth") that the concept of "faith" is simple, lost, and ignorant. Yet we cannot stop following God no matter how we try. And those who are the "luke warm" worry, fret, and doubt, and God is saying "just spit me out, then, and be done with it." That interpretation has some great turn of phrase, IMO, though the last bit is pretty dark with that particular interpretation. I dunno... Sounds good to me anyway! |
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| Cake – Cool Blue Reason Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think this must be a good metaphor song. Everyone has an interpretation which somehow fits their thinking. While I don't think this is completely outside the bounds of their style, it is definitely based on personal experience: You keep doing what you are supposed -going to work- to even though it is an empty action. you are alone. You have expectations. People are dying, but you have bills to pay, comforts to attend to. Cool blue reason (like a tie? or just a trap?) wraps around your throat... Though the minutes tick by so slowly, you still have a whole work day ahead of you. The rest of the metaphoric interpretation follows rather directly from that. "Talking to yourself" is reinforcing being alone and justifying your actions. "Rearranging hell" (that is what I heard) is just emphasizing that what you are doing is shuffling around those things you truly despise. And you still have eight hours to go while the things around you that you love are dying in an ruthless and unaccepting world (classic stereotypes of Texas and Kansas, sad to say). I've felt that way before, so I could be straining the metaphor in that direction, but that is how I hear it. |
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| Candlebox – Cover Me Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I think this is probably about God too, but I have a question... How could God "lose almost everything"? That whole section doesn't really seem about God, maybe the song is to both God and someone? He is asking God's protection and help to keep himself from destroying someone's life, maybe? I dunno- just a thought, unfortunately I don't have time right now. | |
| Candlebox – You Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I'm not exactly sure what the song meant to the writers, and everything above makes sense, but I'm suprised no one has mentioned the possible social interpretation- of course, I see social commentary in everything. It doesn't seem to be that much of a stretch to go from people doing illegal drugs to prescription drugs- maybe the prevalence of antidepressants, and that pain and honesty about the 'messiness' of life isn't acceptable anymore. That we box ourselves into a world void of true meaning and emotion, becoming beggars on the street, is something society actively tries to enforce with therapy and drugs. Well, I don't think I'm explaining it well, but I'm sure you can all take it from there. I do see a lot of parallels there, but then again, I suppose anything about a group of people can be extrapolated to the whole of society. I definitely feel that when he says 'you' it is in a plural, encompassing sort of way... |
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