| R.E.M. – Bad Day Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"being jerking with stories" that makes no sense at all! What I ment to say was that the media is jerking us around with the stories... Sorry about that (It was late and I was tierd) |
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| R.E.M. – Bad Day Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Ok, here's my interpretation: The first verse is about the media being jerking with stories that aren't independent, but somehow too politically biased, either telling "thick shit" about those they don't favour, or portraying others as "whitewashed" and non-stick ("Teflon") clean. And all this to a degree where we just "pay it never mind". The second verse, I think, is about politicians acting crazy for the media, but if you "look behind the eyes" you see that they really mean to "save my own ass, screw these guys". In the last two verse it gets more serious. I think the third verse is about oil. "We dug in deep" (for oil?) "the price is steep" (oil prices are raising fast?), and I have can easily follow that the oil traders can be some creaps. "The lights went out, the oil ran dry": America is very (too) dependent on oil, when there's no oil everything stops. All this we "blame on the other guy", who else but the favourite scapegoat of the 21th century: the arabic world/the middle east, which ties perfectly to the next verse: "sure we're all equal", but this is "THE church" saying nearly like Orwell puts it in Animal Farm, that some people (in this case the christians) are more equal than other (in this case the muslims). I think "ashes to ashes, we all fall down" is a way of saying that neither part will benefit from this growing tension, and if we don't "ignore the lower fear" (deap fear? - fear of the unknown/strange? - religions (being the ones "explaining" all the big questions we will never know the answers to)) then "this means war". The bridges (the "Broadcast me ..."-part), I think, is about him (REM/Stipe) trying to be optimistical and make people cheerful and "count their blessings", but still returns to the pessimistic theme of the preceding verse. So in conclusion it is no wonder that "It's been a bad day"! |
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| Kent – FF Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think that FF might stand for fortissimo, which is what it stands for if it's written on a note sheet, but I think that SleepingBeast may also be right about this fast forword (it fits the text very well). First of all my swedish is a bit rusty, so I might have misunderstood some parts. The song might be about the sacrifices we make (perhaps for love), this I think is clearest from the last line of the verses - the ones about leaving/doing anything for you. But it may also be about lack of purpose, and about being restless. It seems to me that it tells the story of somebody travelling (prehaps fleeing), and never stopping or setteling down. But somehow this "you" mentioned seems to make it worth doing, and maybe also makes it all make sense ("...the fog disperse // Thanks to you I breathe once again"). |
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