| Death Cab for Cutie – Cath... Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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To me, it's about a woman who marries a man who cannot ever be the one she truly wants, but she does it because it's safe and secure. "If their hearts were dying that fast, they'd have done the same as you," I think that this line might be about "Cath" running from the man she truly loves because it was unhealthy or destructive and she ends up in the arms her future husband. |
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| Jordin Sparks – Battlefield Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This is so not my style of music but I'm in love with this song (don't tell my friends!). I don't think it's about a relationship that's going downhill, though, because she says that love "always" feels like a battlefield, which I can completely relate to. It's what happens when you have two really strong, passionate personalities in a relationship. Sometimes they clash and have to war it out, but they get through it. She tells him to get his armor because she isn't going to back off. She's going to fight to maintain their love and their relationship but she's not going to do it by just lying down and being passive. |
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| The Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime Around Midnight Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I like this interpretation. It's how he validates his pain, in a way. By convincing himself that she's toying with him, he also convinces himself that she still cares about what he thinks and that means she still has feelings for him as well. Of course, it could just be the obvious answer that she wants him to be jealous. I like the song either way, but this is more insightful. | |
| The Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime Around Midnight Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I agree that the subject of the song is feeling a lot of emotion, but I don't think there's anything happy about it. Your analysis was very well written but I'm not sure it's as accurate as people are saying. If only because it's really presumptuous. You assume that they haven't seen each other in a long time, that they're happy to see each other, and that she's happy without him, of which there is no evidence (and in some cases there is contradictory evidence) in the lyrics. He sees her and it makes him feel sort of sad and wistful (that's why the melancholy piano matches her smile). Then she comes over and makes small talk which only brings back a lot of memories for him: "all of these memories come rushing/like feral waves to your mind/of the curl of your bodies/like two perfect circles entwined/and you feel hopeless, and homeless..." Feral implies that they're vicious feelings that rip at him. The loss of that bliss he had with this woman makes him feel empty and helpless. The next part is open to interpretation. A) She leaves with someone else and makes sure he sees, not to show him that she's happy, but to make him jealous. And it works. His "blood boils" his stomach ties up and he goes pale and gets visibly upset. B) All the games she's playing are in his head and he's just convincing himself that that's what's happening because he's in pain. Either way, he tries to drink his pain away and stumbles down the street, aching just to see her again even though it's caused him so much pain already. Because, sometimes, seeing the one you love can rip you apart but not seeing them is even worse. It's a situation that a lot of people can connect with and I love how raw it sounds when he sings "You look like you've seen a ghost." Even the tone and way it's played/sung make it easier to relate to. |
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| Motion City Soundtrack – Better Open The Door Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I'm not entirely sure that this is the dark "alcohol abuse" song that people are labeling it as. I think that it's sort of a pretty straight forward, light hearted song. The weekend comes and it describes having a good time with friends. The hell of working and nine to five is over for a couple of days. Matt wants to go see a foreign film that no one else is psyched about, Kate complains that the singer is flaky, Frank rolls his eyes at the drunken antics of his friend(s), and Liz keeps the drinks coming. It sounds like a pretty realistic take on a weekend with friends and celebrating the lack of having to work. |
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| The Mountain Goats – Alpha in Tauris Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| It's a song about the Alpha Couple, again. This time, they actually try and separate themselves from one another and their goodbyes appear to be the healthiest part of their relationship. However, when he's left alone and without her, despite the emotional sado-masochism that is their relationship, he realizes that he needs her. In short, he'd rather be in hell with his wife than left in peace without her because, in spite of everything that they put one another through, they're in love. A twisted and warped kind of love. | |
| Brand New – Me vs. Maradona vs. Elvis Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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^^^ *unadmirable plans Guess who's sleepy? |
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| Brand New – Me vs. Maradona vs. Elvis Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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One of my favorite songs by Brand New (and that's saying something). The singer isn't just "taking advantage" of a drunk girl, he's setting out with every intention of hurting her. It isn't as if he figures that if she gets hurt, it isn't his problem, it's more that causing her pain is his goal. "I got desperate desires and admirable plans/ My tongue will taste of gin and malicious intent/ ... And lie for fun and fake the way I hold you/ As you fall for every empty word I say" The fact that he says he "almost feels bad" just cements the idea of an emotionally sadistic narcissist who makes no apologies for his actions. |
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