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| Bright Eyes – At the Bottom of Everything Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I've finally gotten the double meaning of the phrase "the bottom of everything." It can be interpreted to mean literally, you're unimportant and insignificant, or literally to understand something complex, ("Let's get to the bottom of this mystery!") I feel that the title conveys very much about the song, even without the lyrics. He is implying that once you fully understand the world and life, you will understand that really you have no place, and just how insignificant you are. He is saying that he realizes how unimportant anyone is, and just how little anything you do matters, but at the same time, once you realize that, there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. Yes perhaps it is wrong to "blend into the choir," without your voice being heard, but what other options are there? If you chose to follow a different path, to try to differentiate yourself, society will label you as a misfit. So, for lack of other options, we will all keep blindly "plunging" into the "caverns of tomorrow," with no notion of where we're going. |
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| Bright Eyes – It's Cool, We Can Still Be Friends Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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This song is an amazing example of how quite frequently, the most touching songs are the most simple. You don't need a string section, or an amazing singer, or even completely rhyming lyrics. If you have that raw emotion that you're able to tap into like Oberst does, you can make even the simplest of phrases heart-wrenching, ("Lift up your shirt, the wound isn't there.) |
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| Bright Eyes – First Day of My Life Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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YES, FINALLY! A LOVE SONG WITHOUT CLICHES!!
Lol, but honestly I've always loved how down-to-Earth this song was, not claiming "I'd climb over mountains to kiss you," or anything of the sort. No, in fact, he never once uses the word "love" in this love song. I think that's truly awesome, that at least one love song in the world has been written from the heart, and not by spending five minutes, regurgitating phrases and cliches onto paper to impress a girl. In other genres, ESPECIALLY Pop, the same phrases are in essentially every song, (i.e. "Baby you're my one love, my one heart"), and its nice to hear a song that is realistic about love, as he admits, "Hey maybe we're not perfect, but I still like you a lot!" *Sigh* |
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| Bright Eyes – Lua Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I've seen an interview with Conor, where he says that it doesn't matter what the song's about, as long as it has meaning to you as an individual then it has accomplished its goal. I think that with songs like this, the lyrics are meant to be vague enough where someone could relate to it, even if they're not in the exact same situation. The song is obviously intended to be about drug addiction, but also a relationship, ("The love I sell you in the evening by the morning won't exist"), loneliness, ("I can be my own best friend"), or simply the loss of innocence, ("It was so simple by the moonlight, now it's so complicated") "Lua," meaning "Moon" in Portugese is simply an artistic choice, but represents that innocence being lost over the horizon. Whatever aspect of the song has the most meaning is what is the song is really "about," regardless of whether that's the artist's intentions. |
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| Gallows – In the Belly of a Shark Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I'm really not sure what to make of this song. It appears to be simply about violence, like many of Gallows's songs, (Leeches) but I essentially agree with most of the opinions so far.
Just to add another theory, I think that "The belly of a shark" refers to depression or anger after a tough divorce. It doesn't completely apply every part, but Frank wrote several songs about his divorce (was that Frank?) and it seems likely this one is too. "Now all I have to do Is convince you to come in too." means that he wants his ex to either physically suffer or be in the same depressed state of mind he's in. "I'm gonna eat every man that you see" seems simple enough: he's gonna ruin her life. Happy, isn't it? Awesome song though. |
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| Bad Religion – American Jesus Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I think that this song uses Jesus not so much as a direct reference to the religious figure, but as a metaphor for elitist, pompous Americans. They are suggesting that America has immortalized itself and now people see themselves as God above the rest of the world. They are ignorant of other nations' viewpoints and assume that everyone sees them as they see themselves. The video depicts everyday civilians, carrying crosses, suggesting that they see themselves as an "American Jesus."
For a band having such a provocative name, Bad Religion hardly has any songs that deal strictly with religion. I feel weird saying this, but though I love Bad Religion's use of metaphor and imagery in their songs, I had never paid any attention to the lyrics before reading them today. I assumed it was criticizing Jesus which is why I was surprised. I may have missed or misinterpreted some parts of the song when quickly skimming over, but that's my opinion |
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