| Ezra Furman and the Harpoons – Take Off Your Sunglasses Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Ahhhh I love this song! The singing is so different. Sorry for the rant. Anyway, I think this song is about a man, afraid to love and believe things are good for fear of being hurt. People often talk about rose-colored glasses through which one would see the world as better than it actually is, whereas if you looked through sunglasses you would see everything darker and worse than in reality. So when his girlfriend leaves him to go to Colorado, even though it's innocent and just a family vacation, he feels left alone and dejected. She tries to cheer him up and calls him, in the middle of the night and the middle of the day, to tell him she loves him, but he just feels that she doesn't really mean it. After all, everyone loves each other these days. He feels unworthy. She wants him to stop being so negative, but he can't and doesn't want to take off his sunglasses because he doesn't want her to end up hurting him ("the sun is bright i need my sunglasses"). As for the last line, I don't think taking off the shoelaces is a direct metaphor for any action, but maybe they represent commitment. He's too afraid to love so she goes ahead and commits ("So she took off her shoelaces") and shows him that she is for real and he shouldn't be afraid. |
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| Modest Mouse – Night on the Sun Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Why would he say "Stab it into IN TWO, stab your blood into me" Seems like hes actually saying into twice just for repetition like "Stab it into, into, stab your blood into me" That's always bothered me when I look at these lyrics |
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| Modest Mouse – You're the Good Things Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| This song is definitely about bugs... | |
| Passion Pit – Cuddle Fuddle Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| The singing really makes the song amazing | |
| M.I.A. – Paper Planes Ryeryeab Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| This is my favorite version of this song - much better than the original. It's also sometimes called the Blaqstarr remix. | |
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