| Catatonia – Don’t Need The Sunshine Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I love this song. 'I don't mind your lies, so keep on talking' is a brilliant lyric. I think it really captures not only the idea that when in love, one must necessarily develop a capacity for being hurt, but also the notion of a sort of resignation to lying as a particular tendency of that person, and thus the preparedness that one should have to embrace those hurtful or unpleasant traits in their loved one; they are essential components of who they are. Another line that I particularly like is, 'Well it's a most peculiar feeling/Like sunburn in the evening', as it seems to demonstrate the bitter-sweet reality of falling out of 'being in love' into just loving someone - although on the outside it may not look as bright and exciting as the initial stages of love, and though an awareness of what has probably become, by now, more or less routine will (like sunburn) sting, it nevertheless serves as a reminder of the intensity of what was once felt between these people, and the memory of this more volatile and heady love can allow those emotions to palpably return. Catatonia are heinously underrated! |
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| Martha Wainwright – Bloody Motherfucking Asshole Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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One of the reasons I love this song so much, and why I find it so agonising, is due to the following lyrics: When all I wanted was to be good, To do everything in truth, To do everything in truth They express what is seemingly such an unambitious desire. She doesn't ask for frivolous appraisal. She doesn't want to be the best. She just wants to be good enough. It is because it's such a simple desire, and that it has been disallowed her or that she has been made to feel less than good, that makes this song so heartbreaking. |
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| Carly Simon – You're So Vain Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Whomever the song is about - if it is, indeed, about a specific person - I think the lines 'You're so vain. I bet you think this song is about you, don't you?' encapsulate a brilliant and satisfyingly provocative irony. This is because should the adressee(s) attempt a rebuttal - by claiming that even if the lyrics are not entirely about them, they are at least in part; due to the very encompassing nature of the song, which incorporates anyone who belives that Simon is referring to them - then they merely confirm how vain they are. It's like goading people into behaving arrogantly, and then taking that as testament to their true colours. I love how inflammatory that is! | |
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