| The National – Cherry Tree Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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At first I thought the song was about keeping secrets between two or more people, and the destructive consequences secrets between friends/lovers have. After a wee bit of research I've changed my mind. Cherry tree is a metaphor for love, affection, spring (which again symbolizes life and a new beginning), good fortune, and the fleeting nature of life according to the Japanese. Also, cherry blossoms were painted by the Japanese on their planes and used to stoke militarism and nationalism in the people. When a pilot was shot down, the cherry blossom would fall and he would be reborn in the blossoms. "Loose lips sink ships" (quoted from http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/237250.html): "This phrase was coined as a slogan during WWII as part of the US Office of War Information's attempt to limit the possibility of people inadvertently giving useful information to enemy spies. The slogan was actually 'Loose Lips Might Sink Ships. This was one of several similar slogans which all came under the campaigns basic message - 'Careless Talk Costs Lives'." Maybe the song is about paranoia and hard times in the military during WW2, or maybe it's an old reminder for a modern war, or maybe the metaphors are translated to a completely different setting. Still, the song is hauntingly beautiful. |
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| Foals – What Remains Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| yeah, that makes some sense at least | |
| Foals – Spanish Sahara Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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http://twitter.com/YnnsPhilippakis/status/8732274019 It's "it's" (it is). And I'll ask again; what's a lilo? Googling it tells me a lilo can be a boot loader for linux, or the monster alien thing from Lilo & Stitch. "Like a boot loader losing air" / "Like a monster alien losing air". I still think it's lie-low. A floating mattress losing air. |
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| Foals – Spanish Sahara Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| what's a lilo? I googled words similair to what I thought he said, and lie-low was the only thing making sense. | |
| Bloc Party – Skeleton Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song is about me. I'm a senior at high school, and in about a month I'm entering the military. I seem normal on the outside. Kind of goofy and fun actually. On the inside all my thoughts are all lies. I've got social anxiety and other ugly complexes that no one knows about. I'm about to leave all of my friends to enter a new, scary environment. I have a lot of dreams. I want to become an astronaut and I want to become a doctor. My grades are falling and I won't be able to enter the university that I want to enroll to. I've been consistent to the fucking dream, but nothing seems to be going my way right now. But what should I have done? And what should I have said? I've made the choice, I want to enter the military, I want to leave everything behind, because it makes a man out of me. That's what I keep telling my self. If I stay here, it'll kill me. I'm so tired of this place and these faces. I'm a simple man, with a simple desire, but everything seems so difficult and scary anyway. I just want to take of my shirt and go dancing out on the town on a Saturday with my girlfriend and friends. But it makes a man out of me. I have to go. |
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