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This Town Needs Guns – A Different Kind of Tall (Small) Lyrics	9 years ago
The song seems to be, at least on a surface level, about photography, but I like to think the title refers to a certain coffee chain's absurd size terminology.

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Ke$ha – Tik Tok Lyrics	14 years ago
Pretty much a rip-off of Kylie Minogue's Love at First Sight, too.

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This Town Needs Guns – Wanna Come Back to My Room and Listen to Some Belle & Sebastian? Lyrics	14 years ago
I think the meaning here is pretty clear. He just puts it so well, and do I ever love the way he says "maps."

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Weezer – El Scorcho Lyrics	15 years ago
At the premier of Puccini's Mme Butterfly in 1904, Rosina Storchio played the lead role, Cio-Cio San. Rosina Storchio--> "El" Storchio...El Scorcho? Too much of a stretch? I mean, I know Storchio was Italian and El is a masculine Spanish article, but anybody else see a connection?

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Mineral – Unfinished Lyrics

15 years ago

I think that they do get married. In fact, I think he's singing this to his new wife as they're dancing "with rings on their fingers" on their wedding day--in December. His love for her is so great, it can't be put into words, hence the "i wish you could..." line. Since it is the first day of their marriage, the rest of their lives together are unwritten, "unfinished." The two shall become "one," obviously, but they will also become so much more as they live out their days together as a married couple. As to the Christian thing (deathislogical and jazzyboops), it's pretty obvious that Chris' lyrics are deeply inspired by his Christian faith. I like them, even though I'm not really religious, but you're not getting it if you think that Christians are just applying Christian meanings to Mineral's songs.

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The National – Apartment Story Lyrics

15 years ago

I don't know how Theosepiphanes knows for a fact that this is about coming down off ecstacy, but it obviously means a lot more to the majority of people posting. I really like one or clown's take on it; it's different than what everyone else is saying. But let me add one thing that hasn't quite been emphasized that the song means to me. Many of us, in our younger years, have developed and held onto certain social and artistic ideals. We are moved by what's not pop culture because it means something beyond just being popular. We form subcultures that are anti-conformist or counter-culture, and which, many times, circulate around music. THEN we grow up. What I'm saying is that it's more than just growing up and having responsibility. It's growing up AND leaving behind the ideals that formed your identity as a teenager and young adult. Take, for example, the film SLC Punk! Steve-o is a punk, but by the end of the film, he has this very realization and admits he is going to law school. I think this is an important element to this song that hasn't been presented yet.

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The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers – Concerning Lessons Learned from the Aliens Lyrics	15 years ago
I love the way this song builds on such fantastic imagery for four verses only to tell a girl, "thanks for not answering my calls." It's so sarcastic.

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