| Jack White – Three Women Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Yup your exactly right. | |
| Yo La Tengo – Ohm Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| spot on | |
| The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Jesus Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| not too sure if they meant it as a prayer, but this is a perfect prayer | |
| Van Morrison – Brand New Day Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| One of the few songs that you don't have to try to decipher. Its the human condition. | |
| Grateful Dead – Bertha Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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ok the name Bertha comes from: The name Bertha is derived from the Old German word behrt (or behrat), meaning “bright, famous, intelligent” and from the Old English beorht, which also means “bright.” It’s a name which has a rich history, beginning with Norse mythology. Bertha was the goddess of spinning and domesticity. One telling of her story is that on the nights between Christmas and January 6th, she went through every street in every village and town, looking through every window to make sure the spinning was finished and had been done well. For the maidens who had taken care in doing their task, she left a gift of one of her own golden threads or a distaff full of extra-fine flax, but those who had been careless found their wheels broken and their flax spoiled. [1] Bertha herself was an excellent spinner and spent so much time pushing the treadle that she is often portrayed with a wide flat foot. This portrayal has led to speculation that she was, in fact, the original Mother Goose. Also known as “The White Lady,” goddess of fertility, and protector of children, Bertha stole into nurseries at night and cared for the little ones while their mothers slept. In some versions of her tale, she tended the good children and punished the bad. NOW this song reminds me of a Psalm really. Its a cry out to God not to punish one for the wrongs they have done. He actually asks his Lord the test him. It us true that they named the fan at 710 Bertha and it wobbled towards them, but if you would think about the amount of acid they were eating at that time, I dont think its a coincidence they picked the name Bertha. The fan was coming at them. So its not too surprising that maybe in some unconscious mystical way they called the fan Bertha. Bertha was going to come and punish the bad children like in the Norse mythology. When you think about the dead's spirituality and also their connection with mythology, it kinda makes sense. Heck the name grateful dead is a spiritual name it itself; a soul that is so grateful to someone that is still alive in the real world that they spend their after life helping and assisting that person. just my quick two cents |
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| Elliott Smith – Pitseleh Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I cant help but to think of and also how important this line is in the song: "I got a joke I been dying to tell you A silent kid is looking down the barrel To make the noise that I kept so quiet" I think it hurt a very endeared one by his depression and drove them away with it. The kid is himself, Elliott has often used kid to refer to himself in a third person and has often used the third person to talk of himself. That line is about suicide, and the thoughts of it, and how he kept it from someone he loved (or everyone). It is beautifully sad, as alot of Elliott's work. We miss you Elliott and love you. |
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| Peter Gabriel – In Your Eyes Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song is about God. Only in God's eyes are we complete. I don't think there is any discussion to this. Love is God. Yes this song is the ultimate love song, and can be used to convey your feelings for someone. But God's love is the ultimate, and this is about the ultimate love, wanting to be divine. It is divine love. I want to be that complete! |
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