| Against Me! – Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious... Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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To me this song seems to have very nihilistic themes. The entire song highlights all of the different ways we see ourselves as a society in a very satiric fashion. It ends by asking "Do you really fucking get it?" And they answer for you... No |
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| TV on the Radio – Dancing Choose Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Isn't it ironic how this song criticizes those who don't think for themselves, as well as those who take everything that the news talker says as truth. And even though we all can clearly see this, we do the exact same thing once someone on the internet writes and publishes an interpretation of song that we view as correct. Kind of one of those things that makes a man wonder if all the problems with people in the world was/is inevitable. |
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| The Black Keys – I Got Mine Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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They've been "on the rise" since The Big Come Up in 2002. This is definitely a good tune though. I'm glad they're finally getting the attention they deserve. |
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| Modest Mouse – I've Got It All (Most) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I second everything in this post | |
| Matisyahu – We Will Walk Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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So I think this is about a man and his wife. The man has just lost someone extremely close to him (I think his mom). In the first verse he is coping with the loss and decides the best way to get over it is to just ignore it and just live in the moment. He is going to ignore the pain of the loss and just live it up with his wife. The second verse has two parts that are separated by "he sits on top of a mountain pumping blood through the veins of creation land and sky". The first part he is running away from the pain "run yeah, run yeah runnin' away" he is just trying to make the most of what he has while still not coping with the loss of his mother. The part that separates the two halves is when he and his wife conceive a child. He is reminded about the loss of his mom. Since he has not properly grieved yet he begins to dive into depression (could even be suicidal). Just as he is in his darkest hour his child is born and gives him a reason to live "just before the light goes away, comes a child that collects all the reasons to be. the laughs, the smiles, moments of clarity exchanging them for another day". Once he has a child, he and his wife are once again alive and better than ever. (hurray a happy ending!) As for the chorus I think this is his mothers dying words. They are haunting him throughout the song and once his child is born he finally realizes that he is exactly like her and that to him his child is "the only good thing that I have ever done" |
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| The White Stripes – Blue Orchid Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| It is definitely not named white orchid. | |
| The Raconteurs – Old Enough Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I do not think it is so much about them ripping into teenagers. The first line definitely indicates that the narrator is talking to a female. The narrator could possibly be a mother or father of this woman, one way or the other I highly believe it is a parental figure. Once the parent says "but I detect unhappiness" it indicates that they are concerned for their child. All the way up to the "what you gunna do now"'s it sounds like the parent is giving the child advice and trying to persuade him or her out of doing something, possibly marriage. Trying to keep their child from making a similar mistake that they themselves once made. After the daughter makes up their mind the parent then says one of the wisest quotes a parent could tell a child "Think about this carefully You might not get another chance to speak freely" meaning that once you marry this man it doesn't matter how unhappy you are, because when children are involved (when you're old enough) you are not free. |
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| The Raconteurs – Consoler of the Lonely Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Wow, you went way into that. Well done for going at it from a different angle, however I would have to disagree. Although it may make sense, I don't think that is what Jack and Brenden were going for, this is for a few of reasons. 1) They are a couple of middle aged rock stars who don't act, dress, or create music like they want to take a fat one right in a the fanny (that was a slight to bands like My Chemical Romance) 2) They were both born and raised in Michigan, and now they both live in Nashville. Both areas have a very county, folk, and blues influences. None of which involve vampires. 3) You neglected to take the song's (and album's) title into account in your entire breakdown. If this indeed were about vampires the entire album would be about vampires. However when you listen to the other songs on the album they all have the same feeling to it, that they are somewhat fed up of being the "consolers of the lonely" Jack White has said that "I have three dads: my biological father, God, and Bob Dylan." And if this is how influenced he has felt about Bobby D (to the point where he refers to the man as a father) he would never, in a million years, write a song about vampires. |
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| The Raconteurs – Consoler of the Lonely Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I think its jack and brendon finally getting fed up with being the "consolers of the lonely" the first half of the first verse where they sing together is ment to be what they hear day after day, the second is what they're thinking while they hear it, the part where jack sings alone is what he wants to say to them. But since they're both nice guys they accept the offer for "something good to eat" (whether or not this is a metaphore I am not sure). Once they accept, they find out that they're "bored to tears". because in the end the people that come to them for help are just lonely. | |
| Queens of the Stone Age – Turnin' On The Screw Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| tdw23, you nailed it. josh extended on his idea of always having messed up ideas (kind of an oxymoron) in the song into the hollow. "I’m too wrong, to get right ". this reflects the broken light bulb idea and is a complement to the end of this song how he is "turnin on the screw" | |
| The Black Keys – When the Lights Go Out Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| the drums are very much the same as when the levee breaks. almost sounds like they recorded it in the same way. one way or the other when you hear it you get intimidated by the absolutely MASSIVE sound of the drums. (that was my inital thought too) | |
| Cold War Kids – Audience Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I second that feeling | |
| The Raconteurs – Salute Your Solution Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| So call me crazy, but I think it could be a plea to meg to come back to making music. The line "listen to me sister listen maybe you can help" is right at the start, the rest is his justification as to why she should come back to the studio. While she's been gone he has done a shit load of producing and formed two other bands, but it seems that none have the intamacy to him that he had with the white stripes. | |
| Dropkick Murphys – Sunshine Highway Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| he didn't go to rehab. he went to detox. he has been there before that is where his 'unpleasant messiahs' come from. he smoked his last pack and is trying to get more. tango and gin is a mix. | |
| Flobots – The Rhythm Method (Move!) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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really, nothing yet? well let me say my idea about the song as a whole. It sounds like it is about the band, the Flobots themselves, what they are about, and what they believe in. the main idea can be heard though the song (f l o b o t s) one great song of 12 on their album |
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