| Mark Lanegan – When Your Number Isn't Up Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Lord Pembroke has it pretty much right. It's about someone who is waiting to die, they feel like their life is about over. They feel lonely and just want it to be over as their freinds have all gone leaving them nobody to lean on; And where are your friends? They've gone away It's a different world, they left you to this To janitor The emptiness So let's get it on The frozen border to me at least is clearly 'passing on'. The sun is finally going down is metaphor picturing your life as a single day and the sun is setting on it so it's time to go to sleep and end it. That's how they feel, but they're 'still above the ground' and their number isn't yet up but it's what they long for. Awesome song. |
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| Them Crooked Vultures – Caligulove Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I think it's pretty self explanatory in the chorus this one. It's just a guy that wants to fuck the brains out of some girl, it's got a primitive feel to it with the rhythm as well which makes me think it's more about pure lust than love (and it's backed up by the lyrics). Caligula was a Roman Emporer who was known for being a bit insane and particularly ruthless by the way, so it fits in with crazy, primitive sex with no strings attached. | |
| Them Crooked Vultures – Scumbag Blues Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think it's written from the point of view of someone who uses other people. They appear to be selfless and tailored to the person they're trying to 'ensnare', but it's an act to get what they want. They're just playing people because they're so egotistical they only value themselves and their own feelings, whilst their 'victim' is left in despair once they realise they've been played. ie. the song is written from the point of view of a 'scumbag' I don't know, maybe i'm way off, awesome song anyway. |
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| Them Crooked Vultures – Bandoliers Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think the first verse is he has walked out on this girl, but i don't think it is that they've just grown apart because of the lines; 'My you’ve changed You turned the corner I’ll never go I admit I feel a bit deceived' so he blames her for not being the person he first knew. Then the chorus I see the lines; 'Nobody caused the rift We’ve just grown apart now' are him directly talking to her and letting her down gently rather than blaming her for the relationship going wrong. I think that fits in with the final lines; 'Cos no-one can make me fire No-one can make me fire' So even though he's had enough of her 'fictionary tales' (verse 2, maybe the real reason they have split) he still cares about her and won't burden her with all the blame for how things have ended up. |
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| Them Crooked Vultures – Bandoliers Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think the first verse is he has walked out on this girl, but i don't think it is that they've just grown apart because of the lines; 'My you’ve changed You turned the corner I’ll never go I admit I feel a bit deceived' so he blames her for not being the person he first knew. Then the chorus I see the lines; 'Nobody caused the rift We’ve just grown apart now' are him directly talking to her and letting her down gently rather than blaming her for the relationship going wrong. I think that fits in with the final lines; 'Cos no-one can make me fire No-one can make me fire' So even though he's had enough of her 'fictionary tales' (verse 2, maybe the real reason they have split) he still cares about her and won't burden her with all the blame for how things have ended up. |
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| Them Crooked Vultures – Scumbag Blues Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think it's written from the point of view of someone who uses other people. They appear to be selfless and tailored to the person they're trying to 'ensnare', but it's an act to get what they want. They're just playing people because they're so egotistical they only value themselves and their own feelings, whilst their 'victim' is left in despair once they realise they've been played. ie. the song is written from the point of view of a 'scumbag' I don't know, maybe i'm way off, awesome song anyway. |
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| Queens of the Stone Age – Running Joke Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Another correction, I think anyway; The line 'None standing still, a running joke' I think is actually 'Long Standing, still the running joke'. Firstly it is definitely 'the' not 'a' and then I think it's 'long' instead of 'none', it's just how he sings it isn't that easily decipherable. It makes far more sense for it to be the 'long standing running joke'. I think the second verse is about being ambitious and being mocked for aiming so high and the 'effect without return' is you never achieving what you set out to no matter how hard you try, then your hopes and opportunity slipping through your fingers as you get old. | |
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