| Snow Patrol – Shut Your Eyes Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| "Shut your eyes" and "Imagine this place" that's a "Secret space"? All of the lyrics in this song ring of meditation to me. | |
| Keane – Perfect Symmetry Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Thanks for the kind words, Shadowsoal! That definitely was not my intent. I'm pretty sure you were the inspiration anyway. I apparently had more time to dedicate that day ;) Hi LindseyB, that's pretty funny! Tom might as well have said "This is a song about fish"... other than that one word, I can't see the connection there either. Hehe The first thing that comes to mind as a possible explanation is that we're all receiving a constant flow of influence and inspiration from a variety of sources. Sometimes the message we send to others has a strong helping of something we're not entirely conscious of. Regardless, it doesn't change my opinion of the song or the writers. |
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| Keane – Perfect Symmetry Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song is a request to break the cycle of revenge. "I shake through the wreckage for signs of life Scrolling through the paragraphs Clicking through the photographs" I feel angered while viewing the media coverage of some event that shows a lack of humanity. "I wish I could make sense of what we do Burning down the capitals The wisest of the animals" Even animals don't kill each other like this. Why do we choose to? "Who are you? What are you living for? Tooth for tooth, maybe we'll go one more" The cycle of revenge is unending. What do you hope to gain by it? "This life is lived in perfect symmetry What I do, that will be done to me" Cleary, this is stating a simple truth: our existence is founded on cause and effect, which leads to one of the greatest spiritual truths: we reap what we sow. How can you expect to benefit from a violent act? How can you justify violence through religion when this is known? "Read page after page of analysis Looking for the final score We're no closer than we were before" Media coverage of a retaliatory act that served no real purpose. "Who are you? What are you fighting for? Holy truth? Brother I choose this mortal life" Why fight for your beliefs when the simple truth is that we could choose to live this mortal life in peace, as brothers? "As the needle slips into the run-out groove Love - maybe you'll feel it too" In the end: Love is all there is. I love you. I hope you'll return it. "And maybe you'll find life is unkind And over so soon There is no golden gate There's no heaven waiting for you" If you were to die today, the hate you carry will only drag you down. "Oh boy you ought to leave this town Get out while you can the meter's running down The voices in the streets you love Everything is better when you hear that sound" Time is running out for your way of thinking. Choosing life in harmony is a better approach. "Spineless dreamers hide in churches Pieces of pieces of rush hour buses I dream in emails, worn-out phrases Mile after mile of just empty pages" The religious dream and talk of peace, but most don't have the courage to use non-violent solutions necessary to break the cycle of revenge. Meanwhile, the death toll mounts. "Wrap yourself around me" A plead for peace. I want you to embrace me. Great tune! Great writers! |
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