| Serj Tankian – Saving Us Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I completely disagree with those who say that this is just a love song. I haven't really started listening to Serj Tankian until yesterday, but it was very obvious for me that he aims for deeper meanings in his lyrics. To me, I'm kind of interpreting the lyrics as him saying we need to forget the issues and focus on us as human beings and the nature around us. "Why do we sit around and Break each others hearts tonight, Why do we dance aound The issues till the morning light, When we sit and talk and Tear each others lives apart..." - We're only infuriating ourselves, breaking each others hearts, by sitting around and debating the issues. "And now youre going through the door When you take that step I love you baby more and more..." -It's a lot easier to look at one another when we're not tearing at each other with our beliefs and the political issues. "We need to laugh and sing and cry And warm each others hearts tonight, Observing the fun of everything And loving all of mother God..." -We need to enjoy the simpler things in life, like laughing and singing, and just learn to get along with one another. As for the chorus, I see the "you're" as the issues. They may be "saving us" when we solve them, but they are also contradictorily killing us/tearing us because we are too wrapped up in them to focus on the more finer, simpler things in life. And for the "forever alive," (if the lyrics there are even right), I feel that is saying that the issues are forever alive because we're so wrapped up in them. It feels right with the way the music is played right there. (And now that I've finished typing this out, I feel like it could apply to civilization in general, but I'm not entirely sure on this.) It applies to the music video, too. Everyone is so wrapped up in the issues (everything that's written on the cards) to care about the homeless man. The kids are different, though. They stop and take the time to notice the homeless man to actually help him by giving him money. (And as for civilization in general, you all can see how everyone looks at him as he passes by...they look down on him because he's homeless, rather than seeing him as a human being and lending him a hand -- well, all except for the two girls at the end. They represent hope and faith in humanity as a whole. Also, it fits in a little better with the religion, family, and possibly the love, cards, as these are things created by civilization and society rather than being political issues.) But I do agree with a lot of what everyone else is saying. A lot of it makes perfect sense with the lyrics. I can honestly say that I really like a lot of Serj Tankian's songs, even if I haven't been listening to them for long. Not only is the music well-written, but the songs are very deep, and I think that is what makes it a lot better than the junk the majority listens to. He's a genius lyricist. |
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| The Offspring – You're Gonna Go Far, Kid Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I definitely agree with you. I'm thinking that the chorus where it says, "Dance, fucker, dance, he never had a chance," is referring to the part where Jack kills Simon, since they were dancing during that scene (or something like that. It's been two years since I've read the book, so my memory on the plot are a little rusty.) I also thought the song was so much cooler after hearing that it was referring to Lord of the Flies, thanks to reading bananaz's post. And the lyrics definitely say "Lord of the Flies." If you listen closely, you'll probably hear it. I didn't notice it either until I read bananaz's post. |
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