| John Prine – Angel From Montgomery Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I had a dream I got lyrics from this song tattooed on my back and arm...hmmm. Lovely song. To agree with a previous poster, Susan Tedeschi does a good (great, actually) cover of this song. It is definitely a woman's song, but also agreed, John Prine manages to capture it very well regardless. |
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| Emilíana Torrini – Lifesaver Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Oh, I forget to mention I really like the creaking boat sounds, too. | |
| Emilíana Torrini – Lifesaver Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I'm not suicidal by any stretch, but this is a nice take on the feeling of 'please just let me die.' I think everyone has felt that way at one time or another, the feeling of wanting to curl up and disappear for whatever reasons. It also reminds me of my mother, who has cheated death numerous times throughout her life. I seriously don't know anyone who has come close to dying as often as my mother has. She's had cancer, malaria and whooping cough. She's been in car accidents, had a loaded gun held to her head, and even caught on fire once. She's also a recovered alcoholic and smokes like a chimney. Aww, my mom. Anyhow, lovely song and a sweet, sweet voice. |
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| MC Chris – Wiid Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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| Clutch – Cypress Grove Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song seriously creeps me out. It makes me think of crazy, drunk women who lure innocent people to their backwoods compounds and then steal their stashes and hunt them down with dogs or unleash their 'pet' boars when they try to escape. Or they hide on a hill and try to shoot them during said escape attempt. Why else would there be a black plastic bag (body bag) in the back of a jacked-up Ford? Ominous lyrics aside, it might be my favorite Clutch song cause it's ultra groovy. |
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| Clutch – Subtle Hustle Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I agree to an extent about the idea of the song referencing an Evangelist of some sort but I think it's more streamlined than that. I think the song is actually about God, as is somewhat solidified in the lines 'master arithmeticness' and 'I cause eclipses with a wave of the hand.' 'Master arithmeticness' could be a reference to the perception of God in esoteric circles (architect or geometrician of the universe) and certainly only a god of some sort would possess the power to cause an eclipse. The song, like many religious tales that reference God (like the Bible) is not meant to be taken literally but rather I think alludes to the idea that a blind belief and faith in 'God' without regard for one's own individual actions is dangerous because it breeds the idea of 'I'm saved so what I do here on Earth doesn't matter.' The song seems like an ironic analogy of God 'hustling' mankind into acting with blind faith in his/her name, be it evangelists, or anyone who acts in the name of God, like in war or political arenas but failing to ponder and question whether or not those actions are compassionate or beneficial to humankind. God always gets away with the 'hustle' because of the unquestioned reverence he/she receives from so many sectors of society worldwide. I mean, it's God after all and so it rides on and gets done again. |
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| Devotchka – Dearly Departed Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I've always felt this song could be about being pregnant with and giving birth to a child. 'How I miss your heart beating next to mine' seems a reference to the unborn baby and mother whose hearts are beating in close proximity to one another. I think the part about the right words being hard to find could point to the inevitable growing apart between a mother and her child in some ways, or might be indicative of times when they two might not understand each other. The idea of the unborn baby 'belonging' to the mother can be seen in the line 'when darling you were mine, all mine' as in a sense, the only time a child truly 'belongs' to his or her mother is while in the womb. Once they're born they're for the most part a free individual. The not having a choice part could be interpreted two ways. One being that a woman giving birth is not a choice; her body will eventually do what it was intended to do and get the baby out. Also there's the idea of a person not having a choice in being born. We don't ask to be born. 'Flesh of my flesh' and 'soul of my soul' make sense, both physically and spiritually, in the context of pregnancy and the transition into motherhood. 'All this darkness, cannot hurt us cause they made you from the light here on birthplace, don't be nervous you will make it through, this night' This stanza reminds me of the darkness of the womb, the 'lightness' of children and it alludes to a location, like a hospital or home where a baby would be born. The birthing process is scary for both mother and baby, but it's as if it's saying the baby shouldn't be worried and that making it out of the darkness will end (being born). Also, a lot of women labor through the nighttime hours and give birth in the morning. I don't really know what to say about 'your voice, singing right with mine' and I come back home.' Anyhow, those are my thoughts. |
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| Calexico – Woven Birds Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Mission San Juan Capistrano. | |
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