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| Modest Mouse – King Rat Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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i really don't think isaac would right a song about a book..like the author already wrote it, why would he just write about what he read. lewfkrad is right; it's about his life. maybe the novel was some sort of an inspiration, but it goes much deeper than reflections on a book. |
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| Sufjan Stevens – The Lord God Bird Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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why are so many people so reluctant to admit that a lot of sufjan songs have religious material in them? are all you hipsters afraid that your boy sufjan is a devout christian (which he is), which would make him totally uncool and against the hipster code? get over it. this song obviously has a religious undertone to it. sufjan stevens isn't going to write a song about the ivory-billed woodpecker. he's going to use it to portray something else, something deeper. if you look at the song, it only makes sense that at least part of it is inspired by his faith. the other interpretations make sense too, but i think there is definitely a religious element to this song, just like a whole lot of other sufjan songs. |
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| Sufjan Stevens – Kill Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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This song has to either be about cain and abel or the short story someone else mentioned. I just have a really hard time imagining that these words were sufjan's own feelings about someone. He seems to be a devout Christian, and these themes are seen in this album a good deal. I can understand him having the human emotion of anger, but this song is really graphic, and kind of disturbing. I just think it has to be about someone or something else. |
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| Sufjan Stevens – They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhhh! Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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In response so colin b's post...
sufjan's lyrics are not mediocre; they're just different. he's trying to capture the essence of a state and the people who live in it. in many songs, sufjan does write about his own feelings as well. he just uses characters to portray them in his state themed albums or makes it obvious on albums like seven swans. if you ask me, elliott smith's lyrics are mediocre. instead of writing about the same old drugs/broken heart bullshit, sufjan writes about things that really matter to him, and these things are rarely seen in music, unlike smith. elliott smith really is nothing special. i recommend listening to conor oberst/bright eyes if you wanna listen to the type of stuff smith writes about. he's much better at it. my point is, there's no way in hell that sufjan is trying to be elliott smith. the music and lyrics are completely different. sufjan is the first of his kind and has yet to be imitated because of his originality. can you say the same for elliott smith? i sure can't. |
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