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| Bruce Springsteen – I'm on Fire Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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This song is taken to a different level by The Knife. They use a few lines from this song in "I just had to die"
It really expands the exploration of tabooed sexual desire and distortion of power. |
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| Modest Mouse – The Whale Song Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I agree if you take all that soul and paradise shit out of there. Modest Mouse can comment on morals without theology, although they do like to poke fun and fundamentally destroy theology every now and then. |
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| Flake Music – Roziere Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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why are these tracks royally fucked up? I want vantage lyrics, and I get this mixed up crap. Can we delete these false entries and try over? |
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| Modest Mouse – Perpetual Motion Machine Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I, too, appreciate the surfacing of one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite songs appear on this song. It's nice to see it on a legitimate release. This EP is so good. |
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| Modest Mouse – Autumn Beds Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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This song surely belongs on We Were Dead. I would say it goes near Fly Trapped In A Jar. The Whale song would have been a better ending than People as Places as People, too. I've Got it All(most) and King Rat are from Good News. The others are likely original content. |
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| Modest Mouse – The Whale Song Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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This song is very reminiscent of M+A. It's brooding and, more importantly, it's meaning is found in the sound, while the lyrics supplement the meaning, as opposed to the other way around. Just listening to the music, and before interpreting the lyrics, you get a clear whale vibe. Furthermore, it created such an amount of distance and solitude, struggle and despair. The lyrics then turn this space into an entrapment, where you are looking for a way out. I may have to soon classify as "masterpiece" material, so it can join the likes of the 20 or so absolutely transcending gems this band has created. This band is incapable of making sub-par music, and I can't wait for the next two songs to come out from this EP. |
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| Ugly Casanova – So Long to the Holidays Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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This song likely is a farewell to religion. It's quite obvious, really. So long to the holidays. Atheist, or whatever the hell Isaac Brock is, don't have holidays. Also, it could be "sadder days" not "Saturdays" unless it says so in some official lyric book or something. Having a holiday makes all of the other days "sadder days." This means that without holidays, every day can be completely fulfilling, not just a "non-holiday." Taking this further, this song may be about how happy and uplifting it is to leave religion, even though many think it is a sad endeavor (hence the sad yet strangely optimistic feel of the song) |
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| Modest Mouse – Missed the Boat Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Was it ever worth it?
Was there all that much to gain?
Well, we knew we'd miss the boat
And we'd already missed the plane
A tiny man would tell a little joke and get a tiny laugh from all the folks
Sitting, drifting around in bubbles and thinking it was us that carried them
When we finally got it figured out that we had truly missed the boat
This part may be about religion and how destructive to one's life it can be. I believe the plane is heaven. They had already missed it because it doesn't exist. A plane goes upward, into a fabled land of bliss. But was it worth it? Is there something to gain by going for Heaven and missing it? No.
Now, to the tragic part of the song. Missing the boat. Boats remain terrestrial. The boat could be a metaphor for life. Going for the plane, missing it, and in doing so causes you to miss the boat. Now, there is more going on in this song, and my theory may not have been intended by Brock. This song is a great mantra of not letting your life waste by. Almost as good as "lives", but no. |
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| Modest Mouse – Blame It on the Tetons Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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cris, that's a pretty good interpretation. keep in mind that this music is open ended and can mean thousands of things, but I do agree with you on most of that. I used to be on the sellout boat, but now see that their new music is just as interesting and intricate. by the way, does he say drownDing? or is it just me? |
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| Modest Mouse – White Lies, Yellow Teeth Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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this line perplexed me for awhile as well, until I heard it in this song (as opposed to spitting venom). Think about soda pop, it has no nutritional value at all. so, one talking soda pop would be saying words that has no meaning/weight. also, this line fits perfectly in this song, because soda rots teeth, making them yellow. so, when the character talks "soda pop", the nothingness does not convince anyone else, but it rots his way of thinking. I think this is one of the best metaphors in existence. |
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| Modest Mouse – Needle Point Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I love this song. I too believe it's about heroin, but not just about a trip or anything trivial like that. this is modest mouse, so it's about much more. It's about the ravage and destruction it can do to one's life and those around him. the character is in a viscous cycle (hence the repetition) where he hates what the drug has done to him, so he decides to stay gone for awhile to forget, and the result is that he is gone for everyone that deserves to have him be in their life. I have a personal vendetta for this drug, as it has taken someone important in my life away from me, and I could definately relate to this song. Brock is so good at writing drug songs. |
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| Modest Mouse – Trailer Trash Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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whoa, the demo for this song is incredible. it's a bit softer and has an awkward yet charming feel to it. also, there's another stanza that goes something like "...and you fucked up...that sounds a contradiction to me, and what if it was me? I'd be fucked up..." |
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| Modest Mouse – Sweater Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I think it's "I was buried in 1999, not I was there. being buried makes sense, because he "left his old self behind" |
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| Modest Mouse – Sweater Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I think it's "I was buried in 1999, not I was there. being buried makes sense, because he "left his old self behind" |
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| Modest Mouse – Australopithecus Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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by the way, modest mouse songs have gotten shorter. these are an exception because they were call-to-dial a songs.
and I'd like to add to your list of life if futile songs parting of the sensory and interstate 8. |
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| Modest Mouse – A Different City Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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the I don't know but i've been told line shows up in numerous songs, and may mean different things each time. I believe the line is meant to compare religion to a military-like scenario. you'll never die or grow old in Heaven or the afterlife, according to organized religion. and I get the military thing from "I don't know but I've been told." I know it seems kind of obvious, but this is a typical military chant. To go a step deeper, in both combat, and religion, many die for a cause they believe in. brock is questioning these causes perhaps. |
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| R.E.M. – Country Feedback Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I agree. this song is exponentially better live. the live song they put on their best of album is amazing. Stipe was frustrated with the original recording of this song, and I can see why. the recording is above average, but live is just amazing |
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| Modest Mouse – Cowboy Dan Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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It does represent the west. while this song has several layers of implicit meanings, explicitly it is about the american west. there's cowboys, indians, booze, guns, pickups, and meadows. not to mention it is part of the lonesome crowded west album. so, this song is inarguably about the west at at least it's most simplistic and base level |
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| Modest Mouse – Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice on Ice, Alright Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The explicit meanings of this song are pretty obvious (religion being a sham and whatnot) but Brock seems to be making a point of taking responsibility of your own life ["God takes care of himself and you of you"] and that "it's all nice" even though giving up a god may feel as cold as ice.
the beginning stanza is pure genius, too |
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| Modest Mouse – Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice on Ice, Alright Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The explicit meanings of this song are pretty obvious (religion being a sham and whatnot) but Brock seems to be making a point of taking responsibility of your own life ["God takes care of himself and you of you"] and that "it's all nice" even though giving up a god may feel as cold as ice.
the beginning stanza is pure genius, too |
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| Modest Mouse – Tundra/Desert Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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this song is classic MM. It is about the fakeness in our society. This song questions whether what we do day to day is meaningful, or if we are just whiling away our life with trivial activity. This song is very effective, and just plain kicks ass. |
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