| Deftones – Pink Cellphone Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I find it amusing that about half of you are completely disgusted and offended by the ending of the song. Lighten up. Yes, I almost gagged too when I started listening to what she was saying the first time, but it does serve a point. Generally, writers don't go out of their way to do something so off-putting without a reason.... unless they base their music around shocking material (ramstein, most of hip hop, etc) but in this case, it's there for a reason. Really, this whole song is about religion and self righteousness. The song mentions how belief in the one true power (any religion) is really just belief in the "ego self", or belief that you're superior or that you want to be superior. The song refers to the aloof tone many religious types have, as well as their aloof attitude (holier than thou) that many people in religion seem to exude. In the end, this attitude just leads to hypocrisy, insulting others in an almost horrifically vulgar manner, while being ridiculously vulgar yourself, as seen by the very, very indignant, ignorant, vulgar, yet oddly prudish tone the outro takes. One obvious real-world example would be the whole gay-marriage argument. Though not every religious person is against it, the vocal uber-conservitives often talk about it in a very, very vulgar, offensive, and disgusting manner, all the while still thinking that they're better than what they're talking about. The opening likely refers to how people won't listen to the point of the song. You're just going to listen, let the tape roll because you like the song, even though you don't like what the song says at the end; just ignore the message, listen to the song, and let the tape roll. |
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| Seether – Take Me Away Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Not much here. He has a boy crush on some girl that doesn't want to date. To simplify it to a gross, yet amusing level. It's a very pretty song, though. kind of sad that it's not as popular as their other, less deserving songs. |
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| Nirvana – Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song means nothing. It's just them fucking around. It's a good song, it's very... sad, in it's own happy little way, but you can't really find meaning just by looking at the lyrics. They're clearly just trying to come up with stuff to talk about on the spot. |
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| Godsmack – Shine Down Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This really seems more like satire than anything else.. mostly because of the two verses. I'm sure that most will want to interpret it as having the ability to endure through the rough, silent periods from god, but, really, it seems almost comedic, the way that it's phrased. It seems more like he's trying to point out how stupid people are for hanging on to religion when everything about them seems to point to an absent god, than he's trying to encourage others to continue to be strong. Especially when you consider the nature of the band and, really, even just the name. I would think that a band named "Godsmack" would actively discourage religion through satire before earnestly and soulfully encouraging faith in god. |
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