| MGMT – Kids Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| The song "Would?" by Alice in Chains is also about Andrew Wood | |
| Ugly Cassanova – Cat Faces Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I think so far the comments are dead on. But the pines are us, and vice versa. Also, the historical icon who has wooden teeth is George Washington, so I would imagine the "pictures of him" means $$$$. | |
| Ugly Cassanova – Cat Faces Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think this is more accurate: My heart's stopped pumpin but my blood is still alive. The rain hits the ground and the trees they dry it up. (Swallows drop in and dash the sky) My eyes wake up but my brain is sleeping fine. (Tracing lines of cursive on the horizon) One more thing for you and i to do before we shut our eyes (Cutting cat faces in the pines) And that's blame me and I'll blame you, and we're both right. (Cutting cat faces in the pines) Cutting cat faces in the pines (Cutting cat faces in the pines) They say his teeth are wood and they want my pictures of him. (Mark the path back to the point of departure) The rain hits the ground and the trees they dry it up. (Two by two and four by four the pines they lay down) We're wood screws, all of our lives (We're wood screws, all of our lives) And we're wood screws, all of our lives (We're wood screws, all of our lives) And the rain hits the ground and the trees they dry it up (And i lay down with the southern range) My chain hits the wood and the wood it turns to dust. (Swallows drop in and dash the sky) I picture you as if you were a pine. (Tracing lines of cursive on the horizon) My heart's stopped pumping but my blood is still alive. (My heart's stopped pumpin but my blood is still alive) We're wood screws, all of our lives. (Cutting cat faces in the pines) And we're wood screws, all of our lives. (Mark the path back to the point of departure) Well my heart's stopped pumping but my blood is still alive. (Two by two and four by four the pines they lay down) And I lay down with the southern range. (I lay down with the southern range) x10 |
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| The Mars Volta – Wax Simulacra Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Sorry, it's actually INGMAR Bergman... and I'm not completely sure whether or not that is a fugue. | |
| The Mars Volta – Wax Simulacra Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Simulacra is the plural form of simulacrum, which is basically a copy or representation of something, like a statue of a person, etc. It is "SIMilar" to what it represents, but doesn't hold all of its inherent qualities. It can also refer to a false vagina, like those ones you see in the porn shops in Manhattan. Those are apparently called simulacra as well. I originally assumed that wax simulacra is referring to a wax mannequin, like at those wax museums you see. Particularly since the opening statement refers to an individual whom "came back to doubt (themself) but broke in two". Perhaps the individual splitting in two and becoming separate but similar objects is a metaphor for self reflection. It almost seems like their are two conflicting components of an individual's psyche which are inflicting pain on one another, and perhaps even causing suicidal issues (hangman)? A few more things that support that theory that I just realized: Lonely dice? How can dice be lone if there are two of them by definition? It means the two represents the same being, see "Persona" by Ingred Bergman and "Mulholland Drive" by David Lynch for more on this concept. These guys must be into Lynch. If I'm not mistaken, the ending of this song is an instrumental "fugue" like the saxophone solo in Lynch's "Lost Highway" which is supposedly metaphorical for the psychological fugue that the main character is about to experience, when he himself splits into a different person. Come to think of it the whole structure of this song is made up of a sequence of parts that imitate the previous part, especially at the end. These guys are pretty solid when it comes to making the structure of their music relevant to the content of the work. |
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