| Bon Iver – For Emma Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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At first glance I thought "o god, another person that types a bias interpretation that mirrors their situation in their life..." but thought I'd give it a read. While I might not agree with everything if I were to nitpick through it, your analysis definitely resonates with a lot of what I thought personally about the song. The part in which you said was 'hardest to interpret' was great in my opinion. I definitely agree that he's trying to grasp larger ideas while she debases the conversation to a lower level after having had enough of his philosophical talk. Interesting and well written analysis. No need to apologize for the length (although we do seem to live in a world of attention spans which can only grasp 140 characters) |
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| Billy Joel – The River Of Dreams Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Wow haven't heard this song in like 10 years but it just popped in my head the other day and I got to listening to it. To me this song is about a man on a spiritual quest. A quest for what exactly, he may not know, but he feels it pulling on him and feels he needs to pursue it. I think the different landscapes spoken of in this song are the mans different states of mind or ways in which he deals with his quest, so to speak. I think the river symbolizes a void between the man and his quest, something keeping him from the where he feels he needs to be in life, such as his ego or society. The man wants to put it behind him but cant seem to take the leap of faith to the other side of the river, where of course, the grass is greener. While he does go to the bank and look across, he has little faith in himself and feels it may be too big a risk to leave everything behind when there is so much uncertainty on the other side. When the man realizes he is looking for something taken out of his soul I think this is definitely alluding to his inner spirituality, he knows he always has it and can never "lose" it for good. But at the moment it is lacking and he feels it has been stolen from him. "I know I'm searching for something Something so undefined That it can only be seen By the eyes of the blind" This part is very meaningful because it states what he is searching for, this to me, says clearly the man is looking for something inside himself. He cant put his finger on what it is, almost noone can, but it is seen with the eyes of the blind, thus, it is whithout a doubt, inside himself.. The Spiritual Quest could be replaced by many things, happiness, love, a new outlook on life, a radical life change, all of which are searching for the same thing.. This is just how I view the song, could be wrong but wouldnt know unless we asked the the man himself.. The only part I wasnt too sure about was the chorus itself. The dreams, im not sure if the man is medetating, feeling his quest pull on him while he is dreaming, or any other possibility.. Thanks for reading my rant.. |
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| O.A.R. – King Of The Thing Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Absolutely love this song... Sorry dudes, Its easy to see where your getting the relationship between drugs and this song, but Im not convinced that their primarily talking about tripping (although I think it is involved).. What I get this song is a story of somebody who was spiritually lost and then found themselves.. They haven't been lost in a long time, but they know the feeling and can tell their currently losing who they truely are.. In order to find themselves they must first hit rock bottom and I feel like thats what they are reffering to in the first stanza:"Put my pride down on the table, put my fear on the shelf so i bought myself a thrown to reside and let myself go". I think the "lounge" is possibly a smoke spot, or place where they trip.. "ive travelled much too far, where ive gone i'll never know" meaning they've gotten so lost they will never understand how they let themself fall so far.. In the second stanza they are looking within themselves to see what went wrong and led them astray, which in this case I think could be drugs. Relaxing could possibly mean tripping, and next they say "so this time i swear i will loosen my grip, on past times, and bad lines, and meaningless trips" Which I think does refer to drugs, but I think this means that they will stop using. In the next stanza the person trying to find themselves realizes what went wrong and how they lost themselves in the first place, then goes back to the lounge that originaly was where they "let themselves go" (possibly tripping) and instead of letting go "confering with the wize" (possibly praying/meditating) Lastly the person finds themself and is happy. They possibly still see their friends lost, but know there is nothing they can do to change that. Finally they come home... Sorry for the essay, just wanted to try and break the song down how I see it.. I think this song relates well with "the dark night of the soul".. Check it out.. |
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| Drake – Brand New Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Sorry fellas but im gonna have to disagree.. What I get out of this song is a guy who's relationship has gone sour. The love him and his girl once had is no longer there. They still love eachother, but its not the same anymore. He may be in competition with other guys, but its only because he is no longer bringing anything new to the table. So he sees his girl out with other guys and its all because he is no longer fun and entertaining. The competition he has is with himself and the boyfriend he used to be. Everything he does now is the same old, and he is starting to realize he must do something new to keep the one he loves.. Just what I think.. "I cant even find, the perfect brush so I can paint whats going through my mind.." |
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| Canibus – Poet Laureate II Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Love this track, just keeps comin at you nonstop.. I was blown away first time i heard it.. Mad respect "foretold by the dead sea scrolls written in codes so if your message ain't shit, fuck the records you sold cuz if you go platinum, it's got nothing to do with luck it just means that a million people are stupid as fuck" Immortal Technique |
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| Nas – The Prediction Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I predict killing fields of ghetto armpatch anti-Hatch (Get rid of the middle or lower class) Hate groups will be bombed (Terrorist) Childbirth becomes outlawed (China's one child act) Always will be branded numbered and logged (Tattoos on people/RFID chips) All paper money is gone (Economy is done for, amero/american union... One world currency) Confused scholars can interpret our scrolls Your sky has holes (Ozone?) Deep shit and its unreal that they roughly knew about it back in 1999... Nastradamus knows all haha.. |
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| Lupe Fiasco – Baba Says Cool for Thought Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Cant really hate this song but in reality its not really a song, just kinda talking.. I dont like it but it definitely reminds me of some Nas songs called "the prediction" and "the outcome" off of his album Nastradamus.. Nothin special but check it out, you'll see the resemblance.. | |
| Lupe Fiasco – Never Lies Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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What I get out of this song is a child who is hypmotized by watching the television. He protects it, learns from it, buys what it wants him to, and is obsessed by it. He cant turn it off and its a real problem with kids now days.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTN3s2iVKKI The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers... - Sydney J. Harris |
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| Jay-Z – D' Evils Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Caleb your absolutely right, dont know what the people above you were talking about, but its quite obvious. Jay-z is talking about his involvment in the illuminati/nwo. He's talking about how he used to be a good guy but money and power changed him and his friends who used to be innocent but are now evil due to greed and power. By old heads he isn't talking about OG's on the block, he's talking about big shots like CEO's and presidents of coorperations. Im going out on a limb here but the second verse could possibly not be about a girl. He doesn't name any person in the verse just an object/girl. He could be talking about hip hop and how they used to be close and hip hop used to be real, after money got to her hip hop became commercialized. I may be wrong but there are other songs where emcees use a girl to describe hip hop (common-i used to love her & lupe fiasco-and he gets the girl) Jay-z is obviously is involved in more then the common person is aware. Once somebody gets that much money they reach another platue with people that offer deals you cant say no to. Some people sell their soul to D'Evils.. Which if you take away "'" is obviously Devils.. The illuminati's symbol the pyramid is jay-z's symbol which can also be found on the dollar and countless numbers of coorperations logos.. The all seeing eye.. "I never prayed to God, I prayed to Gotti" Speaks volumes right there.. |
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| Lupe Fiasco – Intruder Alert Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Just heard this song for the first time today.. love it | |
| Lupe Fiasco – And He Gets the Girl Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Definitely could see him talking about hip hop, Lupe would, but he's not the first. Check out a song by Common called "I used to love her" it would be my bet that this is where Lupe got the idea. The difference is Lupe didnt come out and tell you he was talking about hip hop, Common does. Love the song though, Lupe is great for going out on a limb and still getting in the limelight.. |
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| Lupe Fiasco – American Terrorist Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Maybe read something for once people, its your water their posining. http://www.inlibertyandfreedom.com/fluoride.htm http://www.fluoridealert.org/50-reasons.htm |
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| Lupe Fiasco – American Terrorist Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Love what u said chasing cars.. People seriously need to educate themselves and stop listening to the mainstream media, propaganda, even the public school system. "Just imagine a American-based Christian orginization planning to poison water supplies to bring the second-coming quicker." This line is strong to me because a part of me believes flouride in our water is legitamately bad for us and there is plenty of evidence to back this up. It slowly loweres IQ, some say "oh they only put a small fraction of a tiny bit in the water, not nearly enough to effect us" but if you think of how much water you've drank in your life and what drinks contain water. Its a scary thought. He also talks about the second coming, does not talk in depth about it, but obviously Lupe is well educated and knows whats going on in the world around him. More artists need to broaden their horizons and talk about something new, something informative, and something creative.. and by something new I dont mean "get silly" or "marco polo" |
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| Sting – Fields of Gold Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Does anyone else think that Sting is maybe reffering to gold not as a color, but as the sentimental value being worth more then gold? In other words saying that field is worth more then gold to him, possibly a double meaning? or maybe im just reading into it too much | |
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