| Project 86 – Doomsday Stomp Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Inhale is right. I also read somewhere that the song was specifically written about his home town. As for the what the "stick man dangling from stoplight grave" means, it seems pretty obvious to me... If you draw a hangman's noose as you would in the game hangman, what does it look like? A stoplight. It's just a clever way of describing a hangman's noose without actually saying hangman's noose (cause who wants to be obvious about it anyway?). | |
| Project 86 – The Hand, The Furnace, The Straight Face Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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For the longest time I’ve been trying to figure out what this song was talking about and what I was understanding was exactly what barrel.of.monkeys said. But there were too many lines that weren’t sitting right with me, mainly those in the second verse. So I started looking more closely at the lyrics, and I realized something: this song is not so much the person who has searched and found rest as I had originally thought, but rather it’s about the person who is resisting and avoiding changing. It’s like Andrew is having a conversation with a man who is refusing to admit he’s not strong enough by on his own; he’s telling the man, “You’re playing with fire and you don’t realize you’re burning yourself.” Andrew starts by explaining that there is something deep inside us - the things we keep hidden within (most likely the negative things), the wounds we’ve suffered in past experiences, and our deepest needs and desires - requires us to make a choice. We are not at rest but we can be (rest here is referring not to physical rest and sleep but to mental, spiritual, and emotional sleeplessness and rest). Repeating the way we’ve always done things is not enough to bring us the rest we need. In the chorus, Andrew says he’s sought after this rest, but has failed His pride has gotten in the way, and he’s destroyed his innocence. He continues, saying that there won’t be any making of amends here; what’s done is done. But instead let his failure serve as an example or warning to you because it’s never too late to start over. Andrew says if you don’t believe him, this is your evidence, the sleeplessness that he still finds himself in. In the second verse, he gets up front and personal with the listener. “Do you get the point? Are you hearing what I’m saying?” This isn’t a time for messing around. You have take a step first, because you can’t just feel this way. You have to do something about it first - this feeling follows action. So here’s your choice — either you can say find an excuse, saying that because Andrew has failed in the past, you don’t have to listen to him and instead just ignore his warning… Or you can realize that anyone by their own strength is worthless and incapable. Everyone fails and so will you, if you do it without God. Andrew ends with this: the hand, the furnace, the straight face. In other words, “you’re playing with fire, and you don’t realize that if you continue you’re going to get burned” (It may also mean something along the lines of “stick your hand in/on the furnace, and try to keep a straight face…tell me it doesn’t hurt, cause I know you can’t do that"). |
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| Oomph! – Sandman Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Shadowsoul is right - though since I don't speak any German I have to take your word for it that this is an accurate translation. As long as that's the case, I agree with the synopsis completely. As for the who the sandman is and what he's doing in the song/video, I believe it has everything to do with the words of the chorus. "Sandman, sandman shut off the lights; The truth is horrible so send me a dream. Sandman, sandman come to me at my house; sprinkle sand in my eyes and never wake me again." The sandman is the anthropomorphic personification of sleep and dreams, just like Father Time and the Grim Reaper. So the singer is asking for the sandman to take let him sleep forever cause he doesn't like what he sees when he's awake, basically. | |
| Capital Lights – Let the Little Lady Talk Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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First, in response to cheeseninja3, while I agree that most of the songs are focused more on horizontal relationships, I submit that they aren't all (Return, Frank Morris) and some of those that are still have positive things to say (Mile Away, LTLLT, Counterfeit). Love is an important part of life as well; that can't be understated. Nevertheless, I wouldn't mind a little more God in the lyrics either. Now to the song at hand. There are a few incorrect lines in these lyrics, mainly in the first verse, but the point is still there. It seems to me - and I'm still not fully satisfied with this interpretation - that it's talking about the struggles of romantic, particularly marriage, relationships. It takes the perspective of a man who's wife is a nag or perhaps just a "talker" with lots of opinions. They're fighting and she's "throwing fits" (light the battle fields; we'll tear the walls down...another late night show; we're fighting for the knockout) and he's tired of it (I wanna throw in the towel; so this is how it feels to be down). But he's not giving up. He chooses to let her talk instead of walking away, thus saving the relationship (you don't stop; you gotta let the little lady talk. One round says you both drop; the last call on the house where the lover's hanging on). Later in the chorus, it ends with the same line, except with one small change: lover's to lovers. It's no longer a single person, but two people - lovers hanging on. In the end this song is about a couple fighting with each other, then fighting through the struggles to stay together. And while it talks only about the guy hanging on, I think it's safe to say the same can be said of women. There are still some parts of the song that don't quite sit well with this interpretation in mind, but it's the best I can get at this point - and I've heard this song a lot. It's very very cryptic. Love the band, love the writing - brilliant. |
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