| Queens of the Stone Age – Walkin' On The Sidewalks Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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| Sublime – We're Only Gonna Die For Our Own Arrogance Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Guys, this song is generally about what the title implies - in very broad terms, Sublime is saying that being arrogant only gets you in trouble. The best part about this song is that the guitars play along perfectly with the lyrical message of the song. The band gets more and more arrogant as the song goes on - they play faster and faster as if to prove that they are really good and can do really awesome things with their guitars and drums and etc... but at the end they convey their message that they are trying to get along. Just chill, take your time (in life, in general), and have fun out there! Notice how they play very slowly as they sing this part, to symbolize their message of taking their time. Even the last word of the song "time", is dragged out "tiiiiiiimmmmmeeee". Friggin' brilliant stuff! | |
| Sublime – STP Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Smoke a J and listen to this song. It is clearly about being on drugs (crystal meth, presumably). The last part is an ironic twist on the lyrics to "I second that Emotion" - instead of singing about a woman, as has been mistakenly interpreted by some, Brad is making a metaphor to his drug use. "Baby you wanna give me kisses sweet Only for a night with no repeat Baby you wanna leave and never go Oh, but your taste of honey's worse than none at all" He's saying it feels good to get high, but its a temporary high (one night). But he's also regretful that he is a drug addict, saying that the taste of honey (being high on crystal meth) is worse than never having been high at all. In other words, even though he feels good when he's high, he wishes he wasn't dependent on drugs to feel that way, and knows that he has a severe drug problem. |
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| Nine Inch Nails – Hurt Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Call me crazy, but I think that this song represents the character's reflection on his life from hell. The character went to hell after he killed himself in the prior song, "The Downward Spiral". Now, the character is reliving his suicide eternally as punishment- the old familiar sting is the time and time again that he has to relive the moment of shooting himself. Finally, the end of the song tells how the character, from hell, wishes he could do it all over again. If he had another chance, he would find a way to go on and not kill himself. The end guitars (real loud) are symbolic of the character's punishment. And the lengthy distortion at the end, that seems to go on for way too long, represents the eternity of his punishment. JMO |
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| Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Oh, and beregond right before me, I think the first half of your comment is right, about the character's realization that he will eventually commit suicide. I also like your description about this particular song. I disagree on "Hurt", though. I think that somehow, the character may be speaking from beyond the grave. That's just me, though. I could be wrong. |
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| Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| DAFTBONCHKOOPA on page 1 is exactly right. This song represents the actual suicide in the story of the downward spiral. That's why there is screaming- the character's gone completely insane and has finally pulled the trigger and killed himself. Somehow, though, this story is still being told by the main character, now from beyond the grave. | |
| Nine Inch Nails – The Becoming Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I don't mean to gloat, but I have this song completely figured out: As most of you know, this album, in short, is about a man's downfall into depression/madness and eventual suicide. The first verse is about how he is changing into and becoming a drug addict. Stuck in the dream is the high that he gets from the drugs. The chorus is saying that the old him, the one who didn't do drugs and tried to live a good life, is gone. In his place is a person who uses drugs and gets high, because getting high lets him forget about how messed up his life is. If he wasn't high, he'd have bad memories, so instead he gets high. Read this part carefully: I can try to get away but I've strapped myself in I can try to scratch away the sound in my ears I can see it killing away all of my bad parts I don't want to listen, but it's all too clear This is the character telling about how in one instance when he got high, he heard a message from inside his head that frightened him. Unfortunately, he did this to himself (getting high) and there's no way to quickly become sober again- he's strapped in. He wants to scratch away the sound (wants to block out the frightening message). He doesn't want to listen but it's all too clear- he is scared of the message but he's aware that it's the right message and he is indeed having these thoughts- it's all too clear. But he doesn't yet tell us what the message is. Finally, the last part of the song: it won't give up, it wants me dead and goddamn this noise inside my head This reveals what the scary message that he was hearing before. When he was getting high, the voice was telling him loud and clear that the message wants him dead. The noise in his head won't stop, the message is very clear. It wants him to commit suicide. Shoot, that sucks, but that's the truth. He needs to commit suicide. There you go, ladies and gents. The true meaning of this song and its place in the overall story of The Downward Spiral- the character's realization (not the act, yet) that he will kill himself. |
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| Brand New – Bed Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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OK, I just finished reading "Paradise Lost" by Milton a few days ago, and I believe that this song must be a retelling of the story of the Fall of Man - either from this poem specifically or the Bible. Unfortunately I don't have the book in front of me, but I'm going to try my best to recall the passages in the aforementioned poem and apply them to this song and its lyrics. My head is lit I don't ever want to go to bed Your hair is on fire You snuff the blaze Turn to vapor Then you float away We got into a bad fight *Adam telling the story of his argument with Eve. His hed is "lit" - anger. She "turns to vapor and floats away" when, in the poem, she decided one day that her and Adam should separate during the day. She went on her own, against Adam's wishes. It was a bad argument - a bad fight. "I don't ever want to go to bed" is a reference to death. Quite simply, "Bed" throughout this song means death, although it is a double, even triple entendre in the chorus (more on that in a moment). Chorus: Laid her on the bed (x7) *I think these must be the lyrics, not "later on". The reason is that at the end of the poem, after Eve, then Adam, have bitten from the apple, they become lustful toward each other. This lust is one symbolization of how their innocence and eternal life had been taken away by G-D as punishment for their act (eating the fruit). Laid her on the bed is a reference of how Adam decided to take the fall along with Eve, and how he is symbolically on the bed with her - meaning he'll take the blame from G-D along with her. Bed here is a symbol of lust, a symbol of Adam and Eve's shared guilt, and also a symbol of how they had guaranteed their eventual death (or permanent "sleep" - hence Bed), rather than eternal life, by eating the fruit. My eyes are lungs (rungs?) I'm a prophet and I speak in tongues I know how you'll die Your sister groans A usurper to the Holy Throne To me she's just a dead spy *Not sure about the eyes part. When he says I'm a prophet and I speak in tongues, this refers to how Satan had assumed the body of a serpent and spoke to Eve about the great knowledge and ecstacy she would gain if she were to eat the fruit of the Forbidden Tree. Speaking in tongues being Eve's awe at a snake speaking in human language (or "tongue"). Satan (the serpent) being a prophet (albeit false) because he foretells what will happen to Eve if she eats the fruit (he knows how they'll die). "Your Sister" being a reference to how Eve was created from Adam's rib. A "usurper to the holy throne" being a reference to Satan - he was banished from heaven after trying to take over the throne from G-D. Laid her on the bed (x3) Lie to all your friends (x4) *I think "Lie to all your friends" means that, in the beginning of the story, Adam had promised G-D that, in return for all of the benefits of Eden, he would obey the one simple rule of not eating from the Forbidden Tree. G-D had been so kind to grant life to Adam, and put him in charge of all living things. So then, to eat the fruit and betray G-D (and the Son, and the angels, etc.), was sort of like "lying to all your friends". I don't know what you feel like Ambushed on the road Stole your gold You're a rose And you're laughing now Everything that I own Starts to pile up like bones Make (Like?) the walls of a prison *G-D's perspective. He created man and has ultimate ownership of the world, but he does not have the range of emotions that man has ("doesn't know what man feels). "Ambushed on the road, stole your gold" reflecting on G-D's witnessing of Satan's encounter with Eve. Satan came out of the forest in his serpent form and, by convincing Eve to eat the fruit and cause the Fall of Man, Satan had stolen Man's "gold"- namely, man's gift of purity and eternal life and happiness from G-D (gold because it was of such great value to Man). "You're a rose" being G-D's recognition that now man, although still beautiful (like a rose), will eventually die (like a rose) due to his sin. "And you're laughing now" being man's transformation into different emotional feelings (sadness, lust, etc.) after the Fall. The last 3 sentences summarizing how the world G-D created was now falling apart, and things will eventually die (and leave bones). Laid her on the bed (x2) I don't ever want to go to bed We stay up for the fight The champ goes down Like a clown In the second round I wish we'd had a better goodbye *In the end of this song, Adam wishes they hadn't sinned and they still had their eternal lives in the Garden. Adam had visions (as shown to him by an angel) of the future of man. There are many violent images. Perhaps the "champ going down" being the great flood causing the death of most of mankind at that time, and the story of Noah? "I wish we'd had a better goodbye" is one final expression of Adam's guilt toward his betrayal of G-D (although "Paradise Lost" actually ends on a higher note). Lie to all your friends (x7) Laid her in bed (x3) *I've also noticed that the first three verses seem to be told from Adam's, Eve's, Satan's, and then G-D's points of view, in that order. Well, that's my review. I hope I'm at least slightly on target, or else I just blew my own mind for no reason! |
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