| The Killers – Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits cover) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| It seems like most other people here think that the singer is comparing himself and his ex to Romeo and Juliet but I think that the singer is an alternative version of Romeo. I always thought of this song as rewriting or reconsidering Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet as if they hadn't died but had started to eventually drift apart and fall out of love, especially Juliet. There are lines that seem like they're critiquing the relationship R+J had, like when he says 'you can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold,' cause that is how they decided that they loved each other- just seeing each other quickly at a party. I think it's more interesting to think about this as if Romeo and Juliet - who represent the epitome of love - had some fault that would make them split apart if they hadn't been faced with tragedy. | |
| Pink Floyd – Goodbye Blue Sky Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Yeah, this is beyond a doubt about the Battle of Britain in 1940. If you've ever seen The Wall it would be extra obvious because of the formation that the planes take, like the sky is being inundated with them, that was the idea behind Hitler's Luftwaffe attack. Did you ever wonder Why we had to run for shelter When the promise of a brave new world Unfurled beneath a clear blue sky When Britain was preparing to fight back against Germany public opinion was carried heavily by Winston Churchill's rhetoric. Before he was prime minister the Britains might have been okay with surrendering to Germany but he used his speeches to sway the national opinion. I think that his speeches must have promised a 'Brave New World' and it seems like a contradiction that these speeches would be followed up by terrified people and falling bombs and destroyed cities. Roger Waters wasn't born when this happened, I think, but he obviously had a strong connection to the event because his father's death during WWII probably made him want to understand the war. |
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