| Grendel – Dirty Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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| Hard N Phirm – Pi Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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| Miike Snow – Animal Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song is about someone who can't decide what to do with his life. He had dreams of becoming something great when he was younger, but now he's contemplating whether he needs to let go and accept the normal course of life that he's currently living. He's not sure if he's free or if he's tied up, in other words, he doesn't know if he's actually still working toward accomplishing his dreams or if he's already given-in to being an average person. He refers to himself as an animal, because, no matter what he tries to become, he always slips back to his instinctual nature. He tries to change shapes by pretending to accept the place that he's in, but, underneath it all, he's still the same unsatisfied person. He always needs more, so he will always be chasing some unattainable fantasy. |
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| Tool – Reflection Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song is about slowly drifting into depression because it feels more comfortable than facing your fears and risking failure when you don't have much to offer. As he starts slipping, the guy rationalizes that the reason he can't be happy is that he is better than everyone else--that he's above them, so he's much better off alone in his own pitiful hole. As he's tripping on his self-pity, he's made aware that the moon(his confidant), the brightest, fullest body in the night sky, is simply reflecting the light of other bodies. Even though the moon provides light to everyone, she has no light of her own. At that moment, the guy realizes that he doesn't need anything great built-in to himself in order to be full and bright, he just needs to reflect the light of others. As he lifts himself out of his hole, he immediately realizes that the comfort he felt from his seclusion and loneliness was far worse than the relief he feels out in the open. Even though it feels comforting to be depressed and accepting of your own sad fate, the relief that you get from rejecting it and rising above it feels much better. The key here is that the moon was reflecting light, not absorbing it. Even though she was better off than the guy in the song, she took notice and projected her (borrowed)light to get him out of his hole. The rest of the song is about living by others for others. You can't produce anything within yourself to make yourself happy, so you have to share the happiness of others. You have to crucify your ego and make an effort to reflect light onto others. The message is basically to follow the Golden Rule. |
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