| Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I dunno about what Meat Loaf might have meant for this song, but one thing I can say- I, as a thinking humanaoid thing, am sick of hearing the interpetations of God and Christ. Shit, if a song is about a journey in any sense of the word, it HAS to be about YOUR religion, am I right? Unless it's a Switchfoot song, don't even bother with that nonsense. That aside, I always believed that this song somehow symbolized the real end of Golden Age Rock n' Roll- the attitude, the sense of "bad-boy" sensibilities of the fifties, and of the cologmeration of recklessness dying in a collision, all together, in a way that it comes off almost as a Viking-like funeral for an entire age in history- on fire and full of passion. |
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| Blues Traveler – Just Wait Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Maybe suicide, like intothesky mentioned- but I can't help but feel as though it is a song of rising up and above, not of stopping leaping off a building. I would go on a limb and actually say a theme I find interesting is the feeling that the lyrics as speaking to somebody young and inexperienced- a child? No, most likely a teenager: "In time you just might take to feeling better Time is the beauty of the road being long" - Inexperience and a rush to go along with life, in the belief that far ahead is the only place where happiness is. Yup, sounds like a teenager. Moreso, I find that the lyrics seem to be speaking to a family member- or, at least, maybe a young person who is lovingly regarded by a voice of experience (maybe a school counselor or a teacher): "I ask of you a very simple question Did you think for one minute that you are alone And is your suffering a privilege you share only Or did you think that everybody else feels completely at home Just wait Just wait Just wait And it will come If you think I've given up on you you're crazy..." I would actually venture to lean towards a family member who is speaking to this rash and let-down youth- I cite the following as a hint that this person is in a tight-knit circle with this person: "...if you think I don't love you well then you're just wrong..." Put all together, this is simply a tale of a family member trying to uplift a child trodden by his own simple life experiences and most likely the realization that things aren't as simple/easy as he once believed. Oh, I would also venture to say that this family member is the family member directly raising this child (like a mother or a father): "...If you think I've given up on you you're crazy And if you think I don't love you well then you're just wrong... ...I say this without fear of hesitation I can honestly tell you that you make me proud." And all of that is the simple result of what two terms of English Comp does to an English Major in college. ^ __ ^ |
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| Madonna – Like a Prayer Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| My my, awful dirty for a song titled "Like a Prayer." Dirty little fantasy for religiously controlled women, methinks. Eh, if Madge wanted to off and make blowing the flesh clarinet like a pure experience, full of love and an undertone of chastity, then go ahead. Creepy enough, though, was my experience as a child of thinking this was a beautiful song about freedom and love... NOT! I wondered why my dad was squirming in his seat when I remarked that I liked the song. A lot. | |
| Queens of the Stone Age – Burn The Witch Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Hey hey, just remember, guys, the immortal saying that couldn't be more true- sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Or in this case, a burning witch isn't a metaphor for anything but a burning witch. | |
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