| The Big Pink – Velvet Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I don't think this song is necessarily about seeing an ex, actually I think the narrator is expressing his reluctance to fall in love. This interpretation would also fit in with the theme of the song "Dominos" in which the narrator describes how he'd prefer to not get serious with any girls since he's not looking for love, therefore he keeps breaking their hearts. These verses, "I'm not looking for love, but it's hard to resist/I don't recall, me and mistakes/She's the only one, that's the best I've had/I found her in a dream, looking for me/This heart's on fire, I'll bring myself/Up to the force, down again" describe how the narrator found a girl that is virtually perfect for him, and he can't help but fall in love with her. Then the next verses, "These arms are mine/Don't matter who they hold/So should I maybe, Just leave love alone"are the narrator expressing that he feels it doesn't really matter who he's with and he should just leave love alone, while "You call out my name, for the love you need/Which you won't find in me" is him sort of denying his love for this girl, and rejecting her. I really love this song, not only because its beautiful musically but because I have such a connection with it. My ex-boyfriend put it on his birthday mix CD for me and I agree with him that it really applies to our relationship. I'm almost as in love with this song as I am with him, even though he's reluctant to love me as much as he does and thats why we broke up. |
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| Why? – These Few Presidents Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Oh and I forgot to add that "there is no paved street worthy of your perfect scandanavian feet" could be some sort of expression of his love for her and he feels badly about her suicide. |
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| Why? – These Few Presidents Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think the lyrics can be read in two different ways. The first one being the interpretation that you guys have already been discussing, a man who murdered his lover. However I interpret it as a story about a suicide of a former lover. In the first verses the narrator discuss his lover's suicide attempt (the smell of oven gas and our still living human bodies... two first names and an ampersand embroidered... etc) during their relationship. The chorus "these few presidents frowning in my pocket can persuade no god to let me let you talk" could mean that after she attempted suicide during their relationship, he decided he couldn't handle it anymore and left her without letting her explain herself. "Even though I haven't seen you in years, yours is a funeral I'd fly to from anywhere" could be that finally, years after he left her, she finally succeeded in killing herself and he may feel some guilt about this, like he's responsible for her death ("fingers grope the machinery of your throat"). |
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| The Smiths – William, It Was Really Nothing Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Honestly I thought the song was referring to Billy Pilgrim, the protagonist of Slaughterhouse-Five. In Kurt Vonnegut's novel, Billy Pilgrim marries a fat girl that he absolutely despises just because she's rich, and he buys a ridiculously expensive diamond ring for her. Billy leads a very sad and empty life, he becomes successful but it brings him no happiness. Every day of his life after he comes home from fighting as a teenager in WWII is just dismal, empty, or "humdrum". I think the dreams referred to in the song are how Billy Pilgrim has delusional fantasies about how he would like his life to be, married to a beautiful movie star and living on a different planet where his life makes sense. I have no idea if Morrissey ever read the book or not, I just think the coincidences are cool. |
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| The Smiths – William, It Was Really Nothing Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Honestly I thought the song was referring to Billy Pilgrim, the protagonist of Slaughterhouse-Five. In Kurt Vonnegut's novel, Billy Pilgrim marries a fat girl that he absolutely despises just because she's rich, and he buys a ridiculously expensive diamond ring for her. Billy leads a very sad and empty life, he becomes successful but it brings him no happiness. Every day of his life after he comes home from fighting as a teenager in WWII is just dismal, empty, or "humdrum". I think the dreams referred to in the song are how Billy Pilgrim has delusional fantasies about how he would like his life to be, married to a beautiful movie star and living on a different planet where his life makes sense. I have no idea if Morrissey ever read the book or not, I just think the coincidences are cool. |
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| Train – Drops of Jupiter Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| My interpretation stems from my memory of my two high school best friends. The narrator of the song is in love with his best friend, but she's not really aware of this. She goes away to try to "find herself" and when she comes back, he decides to make it known to her that he's in love with her. | |
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