| Toots And The Maytals – Monkey Man Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| As far as I've always understood it is about bouncers. | |
| Portishead – Western Eyes Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think this song relates to the way some people manipulate, control and prey on other people who love naively, and then how the abuser moves on with their conscience clear due to laying blame of some sort at the loser's door. I feel that the overall tragic tone to the song pertains to the loser's jaded feelings. I also feel that the meaning has parallels to the western civilisation and somehow blames such for the way we become greedy and selfish even extending to something personal, such as love. "Forgotten throes of anothers life" Meaning the abuser (I'll say baddy) is not considering the other's (goody) life. "The heart of love is their only light" Meaning the goody only feels and knows, quite naively, the way we all do when we're young, blind love. "Faithless greeds,consolidating" The baddy has no faith, and their greed for what they want to get from the goody is consolidated into a fine and focused point. "Holding down sweet charity" The sweet charity is the love given by the goody being held down by the baddy. "With western eyes and serpents breath We lay our own conscience to rest" The baddy's can lay their conscience to rest by buying into the media, western values and justifying it. "But I'm aching at the view Yes I'm breaking at the scenes just like you" I think this speaks for itself. Beth Just Ache's watching this happen. It pains her, This first part of this verse may have two meanings They have values of a certain taste The innocent they can hardly wait To crucify, invalidating Turning to dishonesty Meaning #1 It could be written from the perspective of the baddy meaning their values are an acquired taste,similar to some foods and that "The innocent they can hardly wait" refers to how they lay in wait, to prey on the naive lovers. Then, they crucify them and invalidate them by manipulation (dishonesty). Meaning#2 It could be the bitterness the goody now feelsand they themselves, in turn, have been jaded and turned into baddys only to go on and perpetuate the treatment to the next crop of naive lovers. The second part of the verse refers to whoever the first part refers to. With western eyes and serpents breath They lay their own conscience to rest But then they lie and then they dare to be Hidden heros candidly This means that whether it the baddy, or goody (turned bad) the western way means they simply lay the conscience to rest. Then, they go on to lie about the goody, turning blame to them, messing their head up, manipulating, controllling etc. These lies are important because it is the very existence of them and the belief the baddy puts into them that does clear their conscience. These lies can be shoehorned to make the baddy appear the hero, and therefore they have made themselves shine candidly, meaning, falsely and subtley. The hookers and gin sample at the end only reflects the coldness and bitterness left in the heart of the goody, who, may give up on the fallacy of romantic love to go and drown their sorrows in cold sex and pain killers. To me, this is one of the most haunting songs I have ever heard. Beth's voice is the most appropriate voice for such a song and this song is one of the few which can affect me emotionally every time I hear it. Personally this song is perfection from the tone of Beth's voice, to the meaning of the song to it's structure, sounds, genre and samples. And on top of that, it is AWESOME to fuck to! |
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| Joy Division – Transmission Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| themountainman14, I think your reply definitely nails the song's meaning. Quite the analysis! | |
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