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Built to Spill – Built To Spill Lyrics 6 years ago
Built to spill
You are pleased precariously
Temporarily filled
You will
Spill until lower expectations
Momentarily chilled
You will
Built to spill
Because at the time it seemed
Like an acceptable deal
You feel, you feel
You feel like you are on the verge of something real
On a role and built to spill
This is how you'll always feel
It's no big deal

I'm ashamed of you my friend
Would you please
Would you please

I'm to blame for this my friend
Would you please
Would you please

Built to spill
Carry out your function
Then occasionally filled
You will, you will
You will come alive to something real
Then realize you're built to spill
This is how you'll always feel
It's no big deal

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Menomena – Giftshoppe Lyrics 13 years ago
Also the last line is:

and you wave back when my hand goes up.

It means he's looking at himself in the mirror

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Menomena – Rose Lyrics 15 years ago
i don't think the "wonder bread" part is correct... i hear... I need someone that won't regret...

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Menomena – TAOS Lyrics 15 years ago
also toward the end it sounds more like:

to put my wiles to rest

not:

to put my laws to rest

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Liars – Scissor Lyrics 15 years ago
after the final time he says "alive" does he then say "safe and sound" ?

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Sufjan Stevens – All the King's Horns Lyrics 16 years ago
i believe the first part is about this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughter_of_the_Innocents

also here is an explanation of the symbolic meaning of the gifts the 3 wise men brought

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_Wise_Men

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Animal Collective – Derek Lyrics 16 years ago
Here's my answer to nominal's question about what the line "Wrap your peckers what he told us. me and mike looked at each other Like, whoa what was that then?!"

the singer is remembering something from his past that he and probably his own brother "Mike" experienced. Probably his father or grandfather or crazy uncle tells the 2 youngsters to "Wrap your peckers" / use a condom so you don't have kids when you're older. He and Mike are too young to understand what the "father-figure's" advice means and they are "Like, whoa what was that then?!". Also probably relating that if he and Mike can't even take care of their dog, then they shouldn't have kids when they're older...

realq0464253 is right on about the song in general. the way i see it, the singer is having an internal discussion with his baby child and remembering his past growing up. The beginning of the song has a lullaby feel to it. he thinks/tells his child about the dog Derek he had and that the child would have liked it. He is comparing the child to the dog and the responsiblity of taking care of a child/dog. He apologizes to the child for getting "unruly" and "tired" or irritated when the baby is crying at night or wants something or is sick or teething or having to get it ready in the morning.

A child is an even greater responsibility than the dog, but he is up the the task now! He looks at the infant and "asks" it, "what do you see when you see inside of me?" And then he pledges to the child that he/she can always "count on me" when you ever need to "count of me".

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Animal Collective – Derek Lyrics 16 years ago
Here's my answer to nominal's question about what the line "Wrap your peckers what he told us. me and mike looked at each other Like, whoa what was that then?!"

the singer is remembering something from his past that he and probably his own brother "Mike" experienced. Probably his father or grandfather or crazy uncle tells the 2 youngsters to "Wrap your peckers" / use a condom so you don't have kids when you're older. He and Mike are too young to understand what the "father-figure's" advice means and they are "Like, whoa what was that then?!". Also probably relating that if he and Mike can't even take care of their dog, then they shouldn't have kids when they're older...

realq0464253 is right on about the song in general. the way i see it, the singer is having an internal discussion with his baby child and remembering his past growing up. The beginning of the song has a lullaby feel to it. he thinks/tells his child about the dog Derek he had and that the child would have liked it. He is comparing the child to the dog and the responsiblity of taking care of a child/dog. He apologizes to the child for getting "unruly" and "tired" or irritated when the baby is crying at night or wants something or is sick or teething or having to get it ready in the morning.

A child is an even greater responsibility than the dog, but he is up the the task now! He looks at the infant and "asks" it, "what do you see when you see inside of me?" And then he pledges to the child that he/she can always "count on me" when you ever need to "count of me".

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Liars – Flow My Tears, The Spider Said Lyrics 17 years ago
To me the last lines sound like:

The most powerful symbol, a two-headed bird
The most powerful symbol, a two-headed bird

I think it's a reference to the symbol of the double-headed eagle, which is associated with many powerful groups and governments like the Holy Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire and Freemasonry.

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