| Blind Melon – Deserted Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Grab my knee and look at me And try to tell me I'll be home soon Asleep in my bed and unstoned I'm tired of me this way First stanza : grab my knee… like a father or grandfather does when he wants to tell you a story or direct you… Unstoned… admission of drug use and not truly being in reality…grabbing the knee would refocus him… Like a young child often needs… I don't know what I've gotten into But I'm glad it's now instead of sooner This desert heat has crowded me strong With a wish I had for winter Second stanza: He’s confused but is glad he is old and wise enough to understand that he is confused by life… He feels crowded even in a desert… lost in a crowd…he wishes for isolation and desolation of winter… It's not as gentle as it sounds As though it sounded yesterday When I heard a leaf of my life hit the ground And as a bottle cap flew from my fingers Third stanza: The interplay of seasons… desert heat (summer/ adolescences… youth…. ) fall (changing , brilliance of leaves turns to falling leaves…entering of winter days… twilight of a day…of life… impending death… despair of drug use… The buzz is leaving him…) I don't know what I've gotten in to But I'm glad it's now instead of sooner This desert heat has crowded me strong With a wish I had for winter Fourth Stanza: a repeat of the chorus… again he is overwhelmed by his choices… where he is where he lives…the direction or lack there of in his life… and wishing for winter to just come and bury him in a way ..And the sands blew in my eyes I stood on the edge and looked down to see The light of a new life, shinning up on me (sand… desert… lack of clarity of vision…confusion…. Trails…drug reference… ) New life — a child…. Rebirth… born again reference…. Recovery from drugs…. HIS Own childhood…when things were easier…_) ...With a wish that I had The sand blew in my eyes (wishing for that “new life” turns into a desert mirage…recovery… his old child like innocence…disappears…) |
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| U2 – Bullet The Blue Sky Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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In the howling wind comes a stinging rain * Rain as a CLEANSING metaphor…also stinging rain can be bullets… See it driving nails * Again — Christian imagery and yet bullets… Into the souls on the tree of pain * Tree of pain — Christian imagery From the firefly, a red orange glow * The firefly with a red orange glow --- helicopters or planes firing… See the face of fear Running scared in the valley below * The valley below -- as the planes are “above” in height and stature… power, prestige…etc. Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue Bullet the blue In the locust wind comes a rattle and hum * Locust — reference to locust plague — book of revelations Jacob wrestled the angel And the angel was overcome You plant a demon seed You raise a flower of fire See them burning crosses * Hatred and indignation — imagery of racism and prejudice See the flames higher and higher Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue Bullet the blue This guy comes up to me His face red like a rose on a thorn bush * Thorn bush — Christian imagery Like all the colors of a royal flush And he's peeling off those dollar bills Slapping them down One hundred, two hundred * Money as a motivation And I can see those fighter planes And I can see those fighter planes * Money of America backing the planes that fought in el Salvador Across the mud huts where the children sleep Through the alleys of a quiet city street You take the staircase to the first floor Turn the key and slowly unlock the door As a man breathes into a saxophone And through the walls you hear the city groan Outside is America Outside is America * AMERICA — 2 americas (tentative ALBUM title by the way..) * America as in US and America — the western hemisphere — mostly latino, poor , devout Christians… Across the field you see the sky ripped open * Another Christian imagery — good Friday as well as revelation mention it See the rain through a gaping wound * Wound — monetary devide, moral decay, wound in the side of Jesus..etc Pounding on the women and children Who run Into the arms Of America * The ARMS are just that — again 2 American sides US played both sides… Outstretched arms to HELP the women and children As well as the military weapons we supplied to put them in harms way You never really know if they run into guns or support… In later LIVE versions the implication is they run into GUNS. It’s by far one of my favorite songs by them. |
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| U2 – Bullet The Blue Sky Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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In the howling wind comes a stinging rain * Rain as a CLEANSING metaphor…also stinging rain can be bullets… See it driving nails * Again — Christian imagery and yet bullets… Into the souls on the tree of pain * Tree of pain — Christian imagery From the firefly, a red orange glow * The firefly with a red orange glow --- helicopters or planes firing… See the face of fear Running scared in the valley below * The valley below -- as the planes are “above” in height and stature… power, prestige…etc. Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue Bullet the blue In the locust wind comes a rattle and hum * Locust — reference to locust plague — book of revelations Jacob wrestled the angel And the angel was overcome You plant a demon seed You raise a flower of fire See them burning crosses * Hatred and indignation — imagery of racism and prejudice See the flames higher and higher Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue sky Bullet the blue Bullet the blue This guy comes up to me His face red like a rose on a thorn bush * Thorn bush — Christian imagery Like all the colors of a royal flush And he's peeling off those dollar bills Slapping them down One hundred, two hundred * Money as a motivation And I can see those fighter planes And I can see those fighter planes * Money of America backing the planes that fought in el Salvador Across the mud huts where the children sleep Through the alleys of a quiet city street You take the staircase to the first floor Turn the key and slowly unlock the door As a man breathes into a saxophone And through the walls you hear the city groan Outside is America Outside is America * AMERICA — 2 americas (tentative ALBUM title by the way..) * America as in US and America — the western hemisphere — mostly latino, poor , devout Christians… Across the field you see the sky ripped open * Another Christian imagery — good Friday as well as revelation mention it See the rain through a gaping wound * Wound — monetary devide, moral decay, wound in the side of Jesus..etc Pounding on the women and children Who run Into the arms Of America * The ARMS are just that — again 2 American sides US played both sides… Outstretched arms to HELP the women and children As well as the military weapons we supplied to put them in harms way You never really know if they run into guns or support… In later LIVE versions the implication is they run into GUNS. It’s by far one of my favorite songs by them. |
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| U2 – Magnificent Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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ok there is SO MUCH I LOVE about this... and i really think this is his song to his father...upon his passing and really calls in mind to me the songs of October album. the first stanza is about "a moment" or life...and how with the passing of life he hasnt a clue... and even though its just a moment... this life has him weathered "black and blue" born to sing for you" talks about his father being an operatic singer and asking him to sing.. mcuh like Bono's career now... he sings for people... he didnt "have a choice" it was his calling or gift and what his father aspired from him. its in his blood so to speak...to "life you up" "whatever song you want me to" meaning whatever song the crowd wants , his father wants..etc i give you back my voice... with his fathers passing he now sings to FULFILL what his father intended him to be...a singer. no longer a rebellious punk rocker but a more operatic one... he is becoming his father's vision and softening in his old age. a realization of his mortality.. hence the "space and time" line in first stanza... justfied til we die... you and i... how they both were stubborn but that it was always about love... which makes it magnificent ok maybe a Little bit of a reach but i dont think i am WAY off |
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