| KoЯn – Dirty Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This is my favorite KoRn song because I relate to it the most. I think this song is about feeling lost & disconnected. Feeling like you don't even know yourself anymore & being confused about what's in your own head & heart. When he says "keep knocking, no one's there" I think he's talking about dealing with people trying to communicate with him & figure out what's going on with him, & not being able to provide any answers because he really has no idea what's going on within himself, which scares him a lot. This prevents him from talking with people & getting help & support, leaving him feeling completely alone in the world & out of options & resources, which makes him feel extremely hopeless & suicidal. He wishes people could see things through his eyes because he feels guilty about shutting everyone out & wishes they could just understand why & that it's not that he's trying to make himself unavailable & inaccessable, he just doesn't feel capable of expressing himself and is afraid to make his problem known. I have a feeling that the "dirty whore" part has to do with the fact that he might be having casual meaningless sex with basically random people to fill the void & kill the loneliness, & he is ashamed, but can't seem to stop...he feels almost powerless over his own actions. Like he's simply experiencing things but not really making a conscious decision to take part in any of it. Like what's going on in his life from day to day is happening TO him, not as a result of him & his decisions about how he wants to live each day. The part about "taking it" could be referring to sex, drugs, or just things in his life, in general. Again, he doesn't really feel like he's in control, just that he's "taking" life as it comes, whether he likes what's going on or not. He's not taking care of himself & falling down a downward spiral. The "dirty little fuck" could either be him, because he hates himself for the way he's living, or it could be someone who is adding negativity to his life. |
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| Drop Dead, Gorgeous – Red or White Wine? Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I know the meaning of this song has already been written by those who posted before me, but I, myself, think of something completely different when I read these lyrics, & I am going to post it regardless of whether it's right of wrong. So if anyone cares to consider a different angle, here it is: I think it's a sad love story. A relationship in which something bad happened that neither of the lovers can get past. Everything good between them is slowly deteriorating which is why he says "Nothings the same. Fading away." He's losing his mind & has begun to abuse her--"You've been worn." from all the abuse. It is progressing & he's started to threaten her life...seriously considering killing her if something doesn't change "You've been warned for the last time." "Don't it hurt?" (the abuse) Honey, you're playing with matches. (Putting her life in danger by staying in such an abusive relationship) "It's not time to go (It's something in your eyes)" she doesn't want to leave because she loves him despite the abuse. "You taste like something's wrong (You can't play with matches) Darling, tell me, is something wrong?" She's realizing how serious he is & is becoming afraid. "Turn, turn the wheels of horror. You'll hang for what you've done. I failed to recognize my hand as part of the problem." She has been acting out & fighting with him constantly because she resents him for all the abuse & he's somewhat realizing & admitting that he is partially responsible for their worsening situation because of his abuse. that's why he specifies that his "hand" is part of the problem. "I'll watch you fall from this balcony, Like a chandelier from the 6th story. The concrete will stain from the blood which you paint. A poet you've lived, now an artist you'll die." They're fighting again & he's making more threats to kill her. I went through the same thing with my last boyfriend. He'd abuse me all the time so I'd always act angry & resentful towards him which made him even more hateful so he'd start making elaborate threats about how he was going to kill me, then wonder why I wouldn't show him affection...the whole relationship was nothing but one big fucked up emotionally draining experience that sucked the life out of me, hence the "you've been worn" part. I swear I hear quotes from my ex in this song..."don't it hurt? don't it hurt?!"..."you'll hang for what you've done".....he'd say that too. |
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| Drop Dead, Gorgeous – Two Birds, One Stone Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I just got out of an abusive relatiuonship & this song is really helping me through. "You sang it so sweet" reminds me of all the meaningless apologies. "You told me you'd keep this between us" reminds me of how he'd beg me not to tell anyone what he was doing to me. And "You slung Your tongue At me You're wrong" reminds me of all the verbal abuse he threw at me daily & how I'd just have to keep telling myself it was all lies in order to keep what was left of my self esteem. I hope he "sleeps in hell"...... |
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| Drop Dead, Gorgeous – (The) Internet Killed the Video Star Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| ...I hope that all made sense... | |
| Drop Dead, Gorgeous – (The) Internet Killed the Video Star Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song makes me think of someone who is extremely damaged from past relationships & has decided to never let themselves get that attatched or seriously involved with anyone ever again. They mind their own business, not looking for love or any kind of serious reationship, tho they don't turn people down left & right either. They have their simple flings here & there, but they never let them go too far. "Quick, easy, and painless". They never fully give themselves away, because they know that it won't end well because they now have trust & abandonment issues that prevent them from ever again be that perfect person they'd like to be for someone. They are far too broken now. Then along comes a girl who falls for him like crazy & she won't accept this about him. She wants more than he's become used to giving. A deep, ever-lasting bond with him. She won't take no for an answer--which is what he means by "I wasn't looking for trouble, but trouble found me". So the guy realizes the only way to make her believe he can't be the one for her is to try & fail in front of her, "if you wanna make a scene, then you've gotta make a scene" So says fine, you wanna go there? We'll fucking go there then...halfway intending to give it a real shot, but promising himself he'll cut things off before anybody gets TOO hurt--"I kissed your lips, but not for TOO long". Soon enough, things start going down hill, "Tick tock, tick tock; the hour is up". He realizes his expectations about himself & his inability to be a good boyfriend were correct & that things will only get worse if they keep trying, so he decides to end things "I killed the lights cause I saw it all" Until now he's held onto a sort of "you get what you desrve" opinion. Like if she get's hurt, too bad, it's her fault cause she "fucked with the wrong son of a bitch". She get's all bent out of shape, as if she'd never been warned of this. She blames him for everything. This is where the meaning of "Burn the instructions or plague the inventor?" comes into play. It's not his fault that he's as emotionally disfunctional as he is, nor is it his fault that she ignored his warning. She looked past the "instructions" & now she simply wants to hate/blame (or "plague") the "inventor" (him). HE, on the other hand, now finds he can hold no real resentment towards her for pushing him into this. (This is where you hear the mood shift. 1min & 40sec into the song the music gets extremely intense, almost as if to try & capture the emotional explosion within him) He pitys her, really...You can hear the sadness in his voice now when he says "I caught you staring, it's not your fault..." He realizes that she was simply naiive, & only disregaurded his warning because she was truly hopeful & didn't have it in her to believe or accept that she wouldn't be able to change him & hold onto him. He knows deep down that the moment he saw her with that look in her eyes he should've just walked away........ And perhaps one of the most unfortunate results of it all was that, in trying to prove his point, he ended up completly consumed like he always used to "So in love like every other time", and therefor totally hurt again, & left to pick up the many pieces of his broken heart "Sew it up like every other time". And like before, he is faced with the fear of not being able to fix himself "The needle and thread make me shiver". And then he repeats "I kissed your lips but not for too long" at the end--this time with a slightly different meaning, because this time he is admitting to the fact that he found her intentions to be pure, that none of this was her fault, & that he really fell for her--her "perfect picture left it's mark" on him but he had to run from her because his fears about his problem had proven to be true :( But maybe I only think this cause that's my story. |
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| Underoath – In Regards to Myself Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| This song made me decide to quit heroin. | |
| Atreyu – Creature Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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...However, being an ex-junkie I have a tendency to relate everything to heroin, so I figured I'll also throw in how this song absolutely SCREAMS drug addiction to me. So the first couple lines--which refer to running from your feelings--would, in this case, mean getting high so you don't have to deal with them. "if you fight yourself hard enough you'll never win any ounce of serenity"--if you keep damaging your body with drugs & the whole lifestyle that comes with being an addict, you're only gonna end up feeling worse--much worse--in the end. "can leave you heaving on the floor gasping for breath"--Eventually the pain will be to great to mask with the usual amount of drugs (lets use heroin for the sake of this analysis), and you can/will end up overdosing. "your either the person you are or the person your trying to be"--either you accept reality & your natural emotions, or keep trying to feel something different by getting high. "dont let the outside sway too far from where you want to be"--if you're not careful, the life you have to live to support your habit can become worse than your old life, & you'll be farther than ever from the security you wanted. "and at any cruel moments notice you can ruin the best as your body is brutally pressed against the confines of your tense flesh"--overdose/withdrawals. "and if you close your eyes tight enough (none of the bad can get in) and if you close your eyes tight enough (none of the light can get in) the light cant get in (the light cant get in)"--as long as you live in your addiction you can escape intense pain but you will NEVER know real happiness. Ever. "BOOM. you scream as the light hits you it radiates throughout your whole soul BOOM. the pain is clarity, it cleanses and if it still fucking hurts then you still fucking know, that you are still alive, that you are still in control, if you would only take hold BOOM. the day with both hands, a death grip and a good chance to outlive your past are you living free?"--Every addict hits rock bottom. You realise you are powerless over your addiction & your life has become unmanagable. This generally happens when the dope runs out. You're withdrawing; in a world of pain--forced to remember what reality feels like. And to accept that all the pain and sadness you're experiencing was brought on by your own goddamn self. You never want to feel it again!!! ...And you never ever have to...just stay clean from that moment on. You thought you HAD to 'use'. You were a slave to the drug. But you can be free forever if you give it up now! There is still time--it hasn't killed you yet. You are still in control. Make the change. Save yourself. |
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| Atreyu – Creature Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| If I were to make a very broad interpretaion of this song, I'd assume it is basically about leading a double life, & how it is impossible to be happy this way, because it will inevitably lead to losing your true self. You are only one person, so you can only present yourself one way on a long term basis. So you have to choose--you're either the person you are, or the person you're trying to be. I don't think he is necessarily saying that you must choose your original self, but you have to make sure the one you pick is the one you really want to be, not the one you think others want you to be... "dont let the outside sway too far from where you want to be". He says outside because obviously you can't change who you are inside, but you can change you're habits & surroundings. For example, if you like to drink a lot but people think you have a drinking problem & you start going to AA meetings, you shouldn't claim to be clean & sober to all those people then go home & drink, because eventually you will either feel guilty about the drinking & the lying, or you will resent the people around you for expecting you to live a lifestyle you don't want. You'll feel like a lonely outsider either way. So you must either choose to continue drinking & not go to AA meetings, or decide you want to really get clean & start taking the steps. Then you will pretty much be "living free" because you are doing exactly what you want to be doing. | |
| Drop Dead, Gorgeous – Southern Lovin' [Belle of the Ball] Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"Don't think I'm sorry like you think I am" hahaha. Love this line. Wish I could tell my bf that...but that would make it much harder to object when he calls me a bitch................lol. I think the past three albums have been amazing, but I find this one to be most relatable for me. Altho it is in pretty close competition with In Vogue. |
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| Drop Dead, Gorgeous – Sue Simmons! Watch Your Mouth Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The first line should say "sit" not site... Anyway, I think it's pretty clear that this song is about dishonesty...and I think it's probably safe to assume that the speaker was/is dealing with someone who can't be completely truthful, which, at one point, the speaker took very personally--and obsessed over this fact, fearing that they were somehow responsible for this behavior & hoped if they could just get close enough to this individual, they may no longer feel the need to lie...but he is slowly coming to realize that the problem is rooted deep within the other person, existing long before they met, and changing this may be far beyond is own abilities ("reaching for the stars" symbolizing expecting too much). I think he is fed up & just waiting to catch her in another lie so that he can finally let go & move on ("Under the knifes where I'll make you slip"). In the line "This lack of breathing will make you sick" the lack of breathing is all the truths that go unsaid, and the sickness, in this case, would be guilt, shame, confusion, etc. He says she has "devils breath" because most of what comes out of her mouth are lies & deception, fueled by ill intentions. My favorite line is definitely "A selfish heart appears kind O love. It comes in shades of grey Its so easy to be used by you." It's not something most people acknoweledge--most would generalize selfishness as something mainly manifested thru rudeness, but I have observed thru my own experiences that, selfish people tend to manipulate others into giving them/helping them to get what they want with kindess. They say whatever they feel is necessary to get them from point A to point B, regardless of the emotional or financial expense to the other person. It's easy for him to be used by her cause she's so good at making him feel like it's worth it--that she deserves it/he owes it to her, and maybe she manipulates him so well that he can't even see when she's using him a lot of the time. That's what I got out of the song. |
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| Drop Dead, Gorgeous – We're Planning, God's Laughing Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Yeah, this song is fucking incredible. I have multiple favorite parts in this one. The first is "Living a dream is running away from conscience Just secodns away. It's a long fall from the top. You just come home inside your soul." This part really makes me feel something when I hear it, cause I think of all the wrongs I've done, especially involving my addiction, & how I was able to keep doing these horrible things & not feel bad & just live in my little "dream" world by ignoring my conscience & trying to remain oblivious to the awful shit that was coming from my choices. Then when I'd hit rock bottom (internally), the second part would show itself...it'd all hit me at once. All the guilt. And I was forced to accept who I am & what I've done instead of continuing to run from it. I had to "come home" inside my soul. A place that felt so...foreign to me. Like I hadn't been there for a long, long time. Then I'd tell myself that I would be an addict/whatever I was that I was ashamed of at the time--no more. That I would leave behind that part of me..."I shot him, he's not coming back". But it was easier said than done. And all this nagging from my consience really got me down, so I'd drink/get high to escape the bad memories again. To feel okay again: "When a memory touches down, It can and will be the end of all your troubles. I drink until I can't get drunk I've done drugs so I can love"--that last line really gets me cause it makes me think of all the times I was put in an uncomfortable situation where guys had feelings/desires I didn't share, but I didn't have the strength to just tell them how I really felt so I'd get high in attempt to match their feelings...it didn't work too well, but I'd say the numbing affect was helpful... Okay I think I'd have to say this is my #1 favorite line in the song--"you said this wasn't permanent, well it is..." because it can be applied in so many ways--like in relationships where one person sees it as just a fling & the other gets really emotionally attatched & is never able to truly let go...or that first experience with your favorite drug--the person who gave it to you may have told you the high would only last a couple/few hours, but what they SHOULD have told you is that once you know what it's like you'll never want to live without it again & these feelings & cravings could haunt you forever! The "hell is a cold dark place" parts are really intense as well. The first one makes me think of how all things eventually turn to shit. The second makes me think of break-ups & overdoses. You didn't sign up for either of those when you got into a relationship/drugs--"this was not in the script"...You don't fall in love with someone & then they tell you "btw, this is gonna end tragically & really fuck you up", & you don't meet up with a drug dealer & hear them tell you you're gonna go home & do too much & end up in the hospital. These things just happen, due to the 'everything turns to shit eventually' rule. Finally, the "don't stop waiting. I'm still breathing." line is also really meaningful to me. I think of how people started to give up on me & the idea that I could ever recover from heroin-addiction, which I think of, metaphorically, as the "coma" he describes. I was constantly trying but few ppl could recognize my efforts. Anyway this song is perfection, I listen to it EVERY time I hit bottom--it's like my rock-bottom theme song lol. That's not the only time I listen to it of course, but that's when it makes me cry, & for a song to have that powerful of an affect, really says great things about the band. DDG is the shit. The instrumentals in this are extremely beautiful as well, btw. |
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| Drop Dead, Gorgeous – There's No Business Like Snow Business Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Definitely my favorite song as far as lyrics go. Story of my life...currently. | |
| Drop Dead, Gorgeous – Fame Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Or maybe, taking the name of the song into consideration, he is even referring to someone who is addicted to attention or "Fame" & is neglecting him & hurting or disrespecting themselves to achieve this recognition from people. Perhaps she is being unfaithful & acting like a whore (if this is in fact a female & a significant other he is describing) & he is using the word "Fame" to describe how well-known she is becoming among men for her quality of being 'easy' (& 'getting around'...) &/or just having promiscuous behaviors, which may be why he mentions "Red hair, stilettos; she smells like Chanel and I'm a sucker for nylons." Damn I just noticed a typo in the first analysis i made...doesn't look like I can go back & edit tho... :/ |
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| Drop Dead, Gorgeous – Fame Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Wow so I am a huge DDG fan, and i somehow had no idea about the new album til just today, but I've listened to a couple songs from it now, this one being one of them, and am so far impressed. I find it funny that this would be the first song I look up the lyrics for from the new album because I currently happen to be in the hellish process of recovering from heroin & the addiction's been consuming my mind like crazy today so I almost got the feeling there was some sort of connection here... Anyway this song could mean a few things, and as we all know, most songs mean different things to different people. This song may have nothing to do with drugs, just some form of destructive behavior, but when I think of the meaning in terms of how it relates to my own life situation, me being the destructive "you" he refers to in the song, it goes a little like this: "Just a tattoo carved in skin, it will haunt you." - the track marks & scars left from shooting up for a long period of time. "And the substance will break you." - definitely true of most illegal substances or destructive behaviors. "The addictions a breakthrough." - this is what I always claimed to the people around me in reference to the anti-depressant & seemingly healing effect heroin had on me which prescription medications never came close to achieving for me. Like the answer I'd always been looking for. But when I read the lyrics it also occurred to me that the speaker may be calling it a breakthrough because when she finally "breaks" as he previously mentioned, she will reach a place within herself where she is forced to step back and look at the negative things she is doing (or just experience the torturous consequences of her actions) in a way that nothing else has so far been able to drive here to do. "So search for me in hell. I could not blame you. I'll be the one singing a love song." I think he is telling her to, or assuming that, when she hits rock bottom she will come crawling back to him because he was the only one who truly gave a shit about her, which she really doesn't seem to see or care about now, but later on down the road, among all the shady, dirty, conniving people she will inevitably end up surrounding herself with in this dark lifestyle she is adopting, he will be the one to stand out as having been trustworthy and honestly loving her--"the one singing the love song". "You had it all in your hands, but you threw it away. Just for the simple taste of the high that you crave." - She had a great relationship & secure, stable life that she walked away from to go off & occupy her time with drugs (or whatever her habit may be) & great highs & the people who provide them for her, because right now that instant intense gratification seems to outweigh all that she had going for her...but it won't last... "I won't come down." - here i assume he is either saying he will not recover from this pain she is causing him with her actions the way that she will keep coming down from these "highs" she is receiving from them time after time, or he is making the point that the feelings she keeps trying to achieve are just temporary because they are false, whereas staying in reality and doing things that are good or things that have a lasting effect in your life are much more productive in the long run so even tho she feels like she is getting some sort of reward from her actions at the moment, the lifestyles he is choosing will be much more rewarding in the long run. He won't "Come down" from it. "Red hair, stilettos; she smells like Chanel and I'm a sucker for nylons." - I have red hair :) He's probably describing how hard it is to deny her when she comes around despite what she's doing. "I thought you'd never go and leave me here alone. Still freezing in the cold a million miles from home." - he never thought she'd put a drug (or something) before him like this, but now that she has, he's left in a state of shock & abandonment which has taken his feelings & his thoughts to a place so cold & dark in his mind that the 'light' & 'warmth' he was once able to experience a result of her love & her company--or even just the feeling of being okay with his life at all, seem to be a million miles away now. "I hope this murder finds you well at the end of the rope." - It seems he is sort of sarcastically responding to her decision to trade him for her habit with a 'hope it was worth it' kind of comment, though he of course knows it was not worth it, & in the end she will realize she's made a HORRIBLE fucking mistake. "At the of the rope we'll start over again. At the end of the rope, from the ceiling you'll hang. At the end of the rope we'll start over again. A million miles from home." - if this song is in fact about a drug addict I believe he is telling her that this addiction will most likely kill her, and the rope is symbolizing the path she is going down, a deadly one, which, if it were a rope, would begin to take the shape of a noose over time, which she will eventually "hang" from, (overdosing). And although addiction will or already HAS taken over her mortal body & mind, in the afterlife she will be free from it, at which point he hopes their souls can finally reunite as they once were. Either that or he's saying that once she's reached rock bottom from whatever she's doing & decides to change her ways & come back to him he hopes they will finally be happy, though that day is probably far far away from now. So that's what I think, and you may take what I've said as being way off, or just a huge waste of time spent on stating the obvious, but at least it kept my mind off doing heroin for a bit & reminded me how my addictions can fuck with other people... Glad to hear more from DDG :) |
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| Mary Magdalan – Rehab Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song is awesome, i can't believe more ppl don't know it! The way she sings it really captures the emotion too, i'd say. She truly seems to have been there... The lyrics reminds me SO MUCH of myself...i can relate to most of it but especially a few specific parts--that opening part "hello hi my name is Mary and I'm an addict--I've been sober now for.............24 hours I just have some issues" sounds exactly like what i say whenever i show up to NA meetings. (Only instead of Mary it's Ginger) it's never much more than 24 hours tho...before i break & go back to the bullshit. "I'm hiding all my needle tracks I'm fighting off heart attacks" reminds me of how i'm supposed to be 'clean & sober' but every time the thought of not having H crosses my mind I have panic/anxiety attacks which make me feel like i'm having a fucking heart attack & like i'll die if i don't hurry up & shoot up again to calm myself down. The only time my life feels okay without heroin is if i'm rolling at a rave--which the line "the X in me lets me belong" makes me think of. The part that says "I'm chillin in a glass house" for me describes the way drugs are so necessary for me to feel okay that if i don't have them it feels like my whole world is shattering, but as long as i can keep getting high i continue to chill in my glass house, but as soon as i can't i'm fucked. From the way i always glamorized heroin at first & how i bragged about how much weight i lost from it, people would always tell me how if there was like a television commercial to promote heroin i would definitely be the spokeswoman for it--which the line "the cover girl for heroin chic" totally reminds me of. "the enemy inside of me pressures me intentionally" is probably the line i can relate to most, because the reason i turned to drugs & can't get away from them is the mental disorders i have. they've always caused me to turn to self-destructive behaviors & drugs are just the worst that i've turned to so far...i hate myself & it seems i am ALWAYS doing something more to hurt myself... "tweeker bitch"--been called that quite a few times back when i was into speed. "best friend park bench" makes me think of how whenever i can't get shit & i start to have panic attacks i go sit at the park & talk to everyone that walks thru to distract myself from the withdrawals. "I wake up bent my money spent how'm I gonna pay my rent" (self explanitory) "my dealer is my new best friend" - i've started to notice these past few months that whoever hooks me up with the most drugs always seems to end up being the person i spend most of my time with & call my "best friend". It's not intentional...i guess i just think of them as someone who cares about me the most because they give me the things that make me happy...which makes them my best friend. "broken out of luck and really jus don't give a sh*t uneffective unemployed unstable null and void my vanity has been destroyed the famine keeps me paranoid" perfectly describes the point i'm at in my life right now... "dope fiend"--been called that a couple hundred times. "quarantine feed me caffeine nicotine"--that reminds me of the detox facility. the only way to not feel dead in there was to drink a bunch of coffee, & everyone was fiending for cigarettes but we couldn't smoke so i was breking the rules & putting on more than on nicotine patch so i could stop thinking about smoking :P "itchy veins "--makes me think of how when i don't have dope it's not just the drugs i miss--it's the feeling of shooting up. like my veins are screaming for a needle. "stop these voices in my brain"--again--the mental disorders. the voices either tell me to get high or to fucking kill myself. "as my muscles start to strain"--the muscle aches of withdrawals. "help me Lord am I insane"--i definitely feel crazy when i withdraw! "fix me quick suck my d*ck your counseling makes me sick"--also reminds me of the detox clinic. they didn't give me shit that made my withdrawals go away. that really pissed me off. "answer me where's my sh*t tell me what you did with it"--reminds me of countless conversations with my friends...my fucking lying-ass junkie friends. "I can't stop shaking feel my twitch I can't stop shaking feel my twitch I can't stop shaking feel my twitch I hate U all U f**kin b*tch"--the feling of withdrawing. i say those same damn things. And finally, "I can't help but to help myself I'm losing my mind I need help filling my mind with doubt I'd do anything to get out" can't help but to help myself--that's what i call it--"helping" myself. i refer to heroin as my "medicine". cause it works as the anti-depressant i always needed, & a great & pain-killer. It really feels like i am helping myself when i do it...in a lot of ways...it seems to make me a better person when i'm on it. So OF COURSE i can't help but to do that. At least that's the way i rationalize using. But when it comes down to it i DO need help cause it IS causing me to lose my mind because there is no way i can afford it enough & when those receptors in my brain aren't recieving the opiates & shit that they're used to it makes me REALLY unstable. But the more i try & fail the more i start to doubt i can ever recover, and at this point, i'm starting to feel like i'd definitely do anything to get out of this lifestyle. it's HORRIBLE. If you are a non-drug-user reading this--don't EVER turn to drugs. It is the biggest fucking bullshit mess you can ever get yourself into. |
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| Soulja Boy – Kiss Me Thru The Phone Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| This song is REALLY meaningful to me cause the love of my life is in jail right now & i don't know when i'll be able to see him or hold him again, & all we can do is talk on the phone, so kissing thru the phone is the closest we can get to giving each other our affection :( | |
| Norma Jean – I Used To Hate Cell Phones But Now I Hate Car Accidents Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think aaron_grma made a good point in that last line, about how the meaning is really no great mystery at this point, but i like that they added "unless they want to discuss what this song means to them". To me, personal interpretations can be just as important as the intended ones, and I have heard a lot of bands--when asked the meaning of their songs--reply that the meaning of a song lies not so much in what they were thinking when they wrote it, but what the listeners think when they hear it. Anyway I think this song has an amazing message and one that is not often considered in many people's every-day lives, but REALLY should be. I love how this band touches on a lot of important issues, rather than just the latest trends in the music industry. In my opinion, it is quite true, this kind of ignorance is a GREAT tragedy. In the beginning, there was only nature & people, not big cities & machines, etc. There wasn't all this polution & terrorism. We are quite literally killing ourselves (man-kind) over years of so-called 'progression'--and for what? Money; power; beauty; etc. "with these diamonds you cut your throat". "they are walking to wall street in a straight jacket". So sad. And to make it stop, all we have to do is quit getting so wrapped up in superficial things & put more time in energy into helping nature flourish again & focus on the well-being of our fellow humans. Humanity is falling apart. Our priorities have gone to shit. Humans, as an overall race, have gotten completely LOST. It almost reminds me of the matrix, in the sense that we're so used to all these superficial things that we don't realize that this ISN'T reality, at least how it should, could, or used to be. Betterment isn't found in cash stacks; truth isn't what the media says; progression doesn't mean creating something more 'high-tech'. The reason we're so screwed up us cause we're spending all this time in offices & such (many of us working more than seeing our loved ones) learning skills such as scamming & cutting corners, and not doing things that make us truly happy or that will leave us with experiences & characteristics we can be proud of. It may be easier on your back than growing crops & building houses & whatnot like people did in a time before sky scrapers & fancy suits, but those kinds of efforts are accompanied by a great sense of dignity and accomplishment & build tons of character, as well as bringing people closer to nature & allowing them to recieve the kind of fresh air & sunlight we all need to maintain good moods & health. Plus a reasonable amount of time with family as opposed to the 48 hours a week some people spend on the job now. (And at least then we knew what was in our food & the processes that went on before recieving it...have you seen Fast Food Nation? Yikes!). Anyway i'm not saying we need to completely move backwards but i think that as a society we need to re-establish some of our values and priorities. You can't put a price tag on things like living & happiness! It really isn't a tough concept................................. "it is so simple and yet they do not find..." Anyway those are just MY thoughts on the matter--no need to criticize...(i've seen how rude people can get on this website). |
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| Drop Dead, Gorgeous – Well, I Never Knew You Were So Much Fun Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Wow, no interpretations yet, huh? Well first of i LOVE when he says "don't you just love a good time? i do", ESPECIALLY the part where it sounds like it's rewinding, followed by the performance of the final scream of these words. And the way it ties in with the song title as well. It is PERFECT. Truly a work of art. Normally i just listen to this song because that last part gets me totally pumped, or because I can often relate to the feeling "Is this what you want for me? To hear me scream?!" in many of the relationships that exist throughout my life... But since i'm on "SongMeanings.net", here's what i think it all means: "I'm in line for the murder. First come, first serve You aim from across the hall Your vision blurred" I think this is talking about a very bitter girl who was abused &/or betrayed by a past lover, or even more likely, her father, & because of this she no longer views men as individual people anymore, but as whoever or whatever this male from her past turned out to be, (which is why he says "your vision blurred" because her perception of men as a whole has been tainted & destroyed by this one asshole & she can no longer see them for what they really are, just as another version of that guy). Anyway is she ready to take out her anger & sadness on any guy who allows her to get close enough to do so ("first come first serve"), believing that revenge will reward her with some kind of inner peace & the deamons of her past can finally be laid to rest. (the blurred vision could also be referring to tears in her eyes tho). "Is this what you want for me? To hear me scream? I'll die, suddenly My blood on your hands I'll die a tragedy You'll live in vain" I think in asking this question he is pushing her to take a closer look at what she's doing & perhaps question her motives, to realize that he is NOT the one she's really after. That he is not the man who hurt her long ago, just a guy trying to offer his love to her. He's trying to explain that if she does this it will only damage him & spread the devastation she felt onto the life of another person ("dying in tragedy"--emotionally), not fix her. It will all be for nothing because nothing can change the past--nothing will fill the void now. It would all be "in vain". "Here comes the last masquerade" I think he uses the word masquerade because this girl mentally (& very wrongly) dresses up these other guys in the characteristics of the one she hates in order to feel less guilty about channeling her negative emotion towards them. And finally, I think he says "Don't you just love a good time? I Do" because he is someone who is addicted to drama & messed up relationships because that's all he's ever had & is what he's used to, so he's willing & ready to take on the burden of this girl's destructive nature. (Or he is being totally sarcastic & looking at the situation in an "oh god, here comes the bullshit..." kind of way). Might i just add, however, that this may not necessarily be a girl--this person could really represent anyone in the speaker's life who treats them like shit for the wrong reasons. If you want to check out my interpretation on "Dressed For Friend Requests" and one other DDG song, (tho i can't remember which...) my old user name was love_is_murder. Forgot my password tho...& wasn't recieving the reminder email for it. |
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| Norma Jean – Memphis Will Be Laid To Rest Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Okay I always read EXTREMELY deep into things, so this interpretation will be long, & maybe even way off, but bear with me. This is what comes to my mind... I think this song is about a love that wasn't meant to be. In the beginning when he says "waltz around the room with a glaze in your stare. In your tuxedo suit." he is telling of how before the whole mess started he was empty & alone (the glazed stare displaying apathy), & he thought he could fill the void if he could just find someone to love, so he went out looking for that person (showing up to a ball in a tuxedo being a metaphore for how he was putting himself out there on the market, prepaired to be swept away by a potential lover--any lover.) When he says "Lower you defenses. Lower you casket. Open the door and open your grave. Murder. Now you're doing the waltz with your murder." I believe he is expressing how he wanted so badly to feel the security of love that he didn't bother to consider what could go wrong as a result of his blindness, & he was digging himself into a situation he never really wanted to be in (aka a grave) that could end up emotionally destroying him beyond repair (leaving him emotionally dead--or "murdered"). The waltz symbolizes his relationship with this person he got himself involved with & how he's moving with her everso subtly in the direction of devastion. "Mediocrity is the Killer." states that the reason it all turned out so horribly tragic is because they were throwing all their energy & emotions into something that was never really meant to be or had a fair chance of working out--the odds for success were *mediocre*--but they went with it anyway out of desperation for some kind of false sense of security. "You find yourself helpless"--because he wanted so badly to believe it would work out, putting so much faith into this ideal, that even when the realization that this was false & imagined potential & that it will in fact, never work, he can't let go. He has reached the point of no return & hasn't got the strength to walk away from her now. I agree with TheGeneralSchtan about the "Christ is not a fashion, fleeting away." part, but "Christ" could also represent that one good thing everyone has in their life that remains stable & constant (as does christ), such as a hobby or passion you may have--something inhuman & intangable that normally picks you up when you are down. But so often when we get into relationships we let these things disappear or hold less importance in our lives because we are so busy pouring all of our time & energy into our loved one, & at the end of it all, since we put a greater sense of importance onto this person, when they are gone, that one thing that originally brought us joy or relief seems worthless in comparison & only reminds us that we had something better & lost it...& we are left with nothing but despair. [That's why it is important to maintain a healthy balance between our love-life & our personal life & activities, but this is almost impossible when you've got some other aspect of your life, thoughts & emotions specifically, lacking health to the point where you're desperate enough to try to cover or replace those weaknesses with the love of anyone who's willing to give it.] "He laid emralds in her eyes but I'd already tied a bracelet made of gold and scarlet thread around her wrist." This, to me, says that yes, she was beautiful, but that really had nothing to do with his devotion--his addiction to her ("but I'd already tied a bracelet"--as in he'd already made up his mind), and he chose her simply because she had made herself available to him. I think the gold & scarlet represents the idea that he would allow himself to be hers for better or for worse (gold representing the better, scarlet representing the worse--given the color & that its location was her wrist, i would assume it is symbolic for a slit wrist, causing her demise--not in reality but in the perfect world he'd hoped to create with her). "Everything was wrong, so we sang sentimental songs. 'oh how seldom we belong, but how elegant our kiss!'" --They knew it wasn't working out but were in denial & kept trying to decieve themselves (singing "sentamental songs") into thinking everything was okay when it really wasn't ("how seldom we belong"), & believing that the few good things they had together ("but how elegant our kiss") were enough to keep the relationship going, & to maybe even become functional in time. "We painted crooked lines, but we danced in perfect time"--they lowered their hopes & standards for the way love is supposed to feel, to make the reality of the situation feel less disappointing, in attempt to make things last between them since they'd become so dependent on one another. "to a love so much refined we know not what it is"--they've changed themselves, their habits, & their standards to make things work, so much that they don't even really feel like themselves anymore, & they are inevitably realizing that's not the way things are supposed to be. "...until like a dullen wine we pour into a grief we'd know before, but never quite like this."--They become worn out from all the efforts they've been making in vain & are forced to finally accept the thruth, which is accompanied by deep sadness & an intense sense of failure, leaving them feeling that empty, alone feeling they struggled with before which has greatly intensified now that they have tasted failure, reminding them of how seemingly impossible it can be to genuinely abandon the lonely lifestyle they once led & now lead once again. (I say "genuinely" because they are realizing that when you force something it only makes matters worse). Which leads to his admittance: "All I know now is regret. it follows like a sillouete along the cobblestone behind me, but has nothing much to say except to innocently ask, its voice delicate as glass "do you see me when we pass?" but I continue on my way."--His mistake follows him through life like a shadow, reminding him of the past & how pathetic his life continues to be everywhere he goes because each act he performs in his daily life is done alone...again. This loneliness almost seems to mock him & the self-defeating thoughts that play in his head almost seem to form a voice, which he also feels is mocking him--possibly even pushing him to get back up & try again...but he's not willing to be hurt like that again. So he ignores it. |
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