| Annuals – Ease My Mind Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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To some extent I think it's about the dreams of old, the nostalgia of childhood, meeting the reality of now (spread the dime and doz' honey cause I need it). The nostalgia explains the weird imagery in this song: dancing to whales, midnight moons circling golden lakes, etc. It's that weird stuff of wonder that we think when we're so young. He says it's "more than peace of mind," it's "divine," because he senses real meaning in all this...perhaps life SHOULDN'T be this complicated or difficult as it is when you're grown up. To some people, being an entrepreneur is heaven on earth; to others, they just wish they could be kids again. I think the author just wants to be a kid again. |
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| Annuals – Ease My Mind Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Id like everyone to be this holy tell us, tell us, are you real? what do you feel? spread the dime and *does* (or could be 'doz' as you had it I suppose, short for 'dozen') honey cause I need it more than peace of mind this is this is divine I am I *come on kid I see your teeth are fake* *spread them all and make the cherubs sing* I planted seeds inside the attic way you were making gods and now its gods youve made making gods and now its gods youve made |
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| The Thrills – Found My Rosebud Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Could be wrong, but my perspective is that the Citizen Kane reference is only in the Rosebud concept. Rosebud is the symbol for something emotional and very very positive-- in the movie, it's the sled from his childhood memory when his family home wasn't a mess. In our adult lives, such a thing is usually romance. As it is here. "now i don't mind if i hurt you and leave the guilt behind so here i go burning bridges did i play my hand too soon?" He's essentially asking her out here or making his feelings known. If she rejects him, he will have 'burned the bridge' of that friendship...ya can't take those words back. Which is why he asks if he 'played his hand too soon', because it might have been better for him to wait and keep letting things develop. That's sort of the conundrum a lot of dudes face before they ask a girl out. So, this is about him in that moment where he's not sure that what he's doing is right. The 'don't mind if I *hurt* you' is a little troublesome to this explanation, unless it's her hurt that such a good friend would give that up for romance with her or something. But the rest of the some seems to support my little theory here: "so for the first time in my life feel like a country boy caught in headlights found my rosebud" How does a country boy caught in headlights feel? Stunned, nervous excitement-- some combination of those things, I'd gather. It's not like country boys experience this everyday. Nor do we experience passionate emotions (yes, this is getting kinda cheesy) everyday. It's new territory, nobody's trained for it. You're just there. "arrived in new york city felt like a scapegoat before a commitee found my rosebud " I think the New York City part here is just referencing a big important atmosphere, not the movie Citizen Kane. A committee wouldn't be such a big deal in Podunk Arkansas...but in new York City, it's much more effective symbol for what he's trying to express here: it's a big deal. A scapegoat before an important committee feels what? Nervous. Sweaty. Their face is hot. Even if they're doing the right thing, this is their moment of truth, where the facts must be faced and life will be forced to move on. That's exactly what the guy in the song is going through as he expresses his intentions of romance to the girl. |
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| Extol – Blood Red Cover Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"A roller coaster of feelings Steering whatever thought and action Into a pattern A pattern repeated" Easily relatable. Sometimes you feel everything's going screwwy and the ol' feelers get you going into a downward spiral (not unlike a roller coaster's corkscrew). Which evokes the first paragraph: "In motion, driven into circles Never ending circles Nothing new has taken place Seems like this place will never change" But most important of that first paragraph: "Life, an abandoned wreck" An ABANDONED wreck...because when one abandons God's will, one's life is itself abandoned, for our ego-driven self-interested directions lead us to failure. This analysis wasn't really needed, but I love this song and wanted to add something more than "OMGZ DIS SONG RULZ!!" |
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| Annuals – Hardwood Floor Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I may or may not have been speaking out of personal experience. :D | |
| The Association – Songs in the Wind Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This is probably my favorite Association song. Just incredible. I think this song is about a couple having issues and their potential separation ("It doesn't matter if you go away/The feeling we've known will always stay")...there are 'fences' separating them, but the author of the song talks about that presence of mind to allow them to overcome these issues. Quite honestly it sounds like the epic logic vs. feelings inner debate; 'this isn't working out, but we love eachother- we can make this work.' All of the arguments the author puts forward are about FEELINGS-- he talks about 'opening up the doors that free you from the thoughts and things that make you unhappy'. He's literally suggesting ignoring the unpleasant things so they can continue to cruise forward with fluffy feelings. Part of me wants to claim this naive; feelings change, so how can you base a relationship on that? passion ebbs and flows and eventually ceases to exist, in many relationships. Yet, there's something powerful *and true* in the idea of sticking with someone in spite of said troubles. It seems the author here believes that downplaying the issues is the 'key' to the problem. |
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| The Beatles – Something Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I hate to reply to my own reply. but... Maybe it's not necessarily that there's a fatal flaw in her, but rather that as much as it is that he recognizes how special she is, there is also something-- maybe within him, or perhaps external; that's whats unclear-- causing a rift. |
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| The Beatles – Something Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think you're spot-on man. Everyone keeps saying it's a love song...but there's tension here that it seems everyone is overlooking. Sounds like he knows there's something special about her, but there's also some fatal flaw in her that scares the bejeesus out of him deep-down. In my guestimation, anyway; or maybe I'm projecting my own life crap onto the song. =-p |
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| Relient K – This Is The End Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Hah, got my answer in the comments about the second half of the song. I would delete this entry if I could. | |
| Relient K – This Is The End Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I am NOT the gossip type- I hate shows like Access Hollywood and TMZ for their celebrity worship-- BUT, when I heard these lyrics, the first thing I wondered was "Oh crud - did he split with that chick he was gonna marry?" | |
| Crowbar – I Am Forever Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This might be my all-time favorite Crowbar song. Let's point out a few elements of this song: -Subject being tortured by some inner-anguish ("burning in my head") -Subject convinced they are-- in some way, shape, or form--"forever" -Reoccurring imagery of dirt/earth Here's what I think: the subject (probably Kurt, right?) feels seemingly eternal torment. Torment, itself, seems to be an everlasting experience: not just for the subject, but in a historical perspective (think of all the war and devastation in world history...and this is an OLD world). Because the subject has this torment inside them, they feel this Romantic (think: Emerson or Thoreau) link between themselves and the earth, hence the "tortured earth I tread" and the lines "Wash it all away/In the dirt/In my filth." Notice, first of all, he equates "dirt" with his own filth. Also notice that the "wash it all away" lyric is akin to a baptismal experience: there's something seemingly holy about being baptised by the earth, which brings us back to this Romantic notion of life and salvation. |
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| Crowbar – Dream Weaver Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| (For the record: I know the Beach Boys don't do that song. But their music is also considerably wimpy, is my point.) | |
| Crowbar – Dream Weaver Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Great metal bands perform great covers. (See Type O Negative...Fear Factory on most occasions...) Awesome song. The old one sounds so wimpy now, and I say that even as a full-fledged Beach Boys fan. |
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| Crowbar – New Man Born Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I've got a fever...and the only prescription...is more cowbell. This song seems to be describing when we're with those women who we know deep down on some level are trouble, and we see the red flags, but we continued forward anyway. The end result is, of course, hurt; and as a coping mechanism, we born ourselves anew- both for natural human intellectual/emotional growth and also to improve ourselves for the sake of our own satisfaction (as every Get-Over-Your-Ex website suggests doing). That said, Kurt could also merely be describing being born a "new man" because of how something so heartbreaking changes somebody-- not as a coping mechanism, but just change from experiencing such hell. It screws with your thinking. It screws with how you see the world. |
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| Crowbar – ...and Suffer As One Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Amazing song. Amazing album. Amazing band. Kirk talks about not dwelling on the past, and then moves on to phrases like "Drown in despair/Set yourself free" and suggests-- it seems to me-- he gains a life (because he says "ANOTHER life") through a metaphorical transfusion. Add in the last line about not being alone, and part of me wonders if he isn't talking about how we can gain life by mere means of being social creatures. Knowing others can relate is, in itself, like a transfusion of life. Great friends (and sometimes the resulting great lovers) are like the blood of life itself. How else can you be set free by suffering? Only by sharing it with others and working through it. |
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| Annuals – Hair Don't Grow Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Yeah, I think he's very frustrated spiritually. "Dear Lord Jesus, My eyes wont close and my hands wont clap and my hair don't grow" His eyes won't close could be referring to how people often shut their eyes during worship-- I say this because he also refers to how to his hand's won't clap, meaning he won't willingly boogie down and get excited about this Jesus guy like the religious do. "If i dont find me a friend in the snow You've taken more than I owe" If he doesn't find some friendship or happiness, then it's proof that there's more evil on this earth than good. In such a case, God's made a world that isn't worth living and is a cruel being for it. "Say you love me, and show me some fun Tell me that life don't weigh a god damn ton I swear my back's just a drum" More on the conundrum of the happiness/sadness balance of life. He can't possibly perceive how people are supposed to just let their worries and problems flow away like the Bible suggests, because he feels so much weight pushing him down. Life plays him like a drum, pounding away constantly. I just hope this guy comes to peace with this stuff. |
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| Annuals – Hardwood Floor Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Pretty sure that's the gibberish language from The Sims he's singing, there. ;-) I have a tough time figuring out what the heck this song is about. The only thing I can think of is that it's a metaphor for a guy in a relationship: wood is used for the floor because that is one of wood's purposes, and likewise humans get into relationships for the same reason. It's just how it's done, it's the way the world works. Like the floor getting warped in this environment that seems so unnatural, the hearts of humans can often get 'warped' in relationships because these "leaks" just happen. It can feel completely unnatural, but that's how it goes. But this doesn't stop us from getting into new relationships, once we're done with the last one we move on to the next. And when that one gets sour, we ask, "how'd I get 'sewed down' to this crap all over again?!" "I don't get mad I just don't get dry, not anymore" A certain indifference we get when we're in those tough relationships where you fight ALL THE TIME. Totally relatable. "I stare out my window I watch you play in the dirt" Seems he was in a relationship with one of those grouchy girls who need everything their way and fight over everything. They cause the havoc, yet walk away as if nothing was ever their fault. Like I said, if you've been in one of those kinds of relationships before, it's totally relatable. Chicks move on like it's nothing, while guys are left "inside" watching the girl have fun. |
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