| LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends Lyrics | 13 years ago |
|
"In just 2 days tomorrow will be yesterday" That's all you need to know about life. Live for the moment. |
|
| Lucinda Williams – Jackson Lyrics | 13 years ago |
|
I don't know of any other song that has said so much by saying so little. This one very nearly makes me cry sometimes. Exquisite. |
|
| Céline Dion – The Power of Love Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| You beat me to the "wedding song" comment, but I agree 100% -- if I ever get married, it will be to a woman who agrees this has to be the first dance at our wedding. | |
| David Byrne & Brian Eno – Home Lyrics | 15 years ago |
|
I heard this song & loved it so much I came here :) I wish there were more comments; I'll do my bit. In the first four lines, I imagine myself now, as an adult, finding a photo album from years ago, when I was a child. "There's nothing to hide" I lived a much more straightforward life as a kid; now I put on a face for other people and regularly deceive people close to me. Not like "when the world was just beginning" at all. "I memorized a face so it's not forgotten" I focus on the photo and the person I used to be, trying to remember what it was like and how I can live honestly and simply again. "And we'll mix our lives together" Contemplating who I was as a child in this way changes who I am today, as in a mixture of two substances that become something entirely different & new. The conclusion of the song suggested to me a more general way of looking at the whole song: the speaker is dying (think of 'going home' as a metaphor), and is remembering and reflecting on his childhood. Soon he'll be reunited with friends and family members who preceded him in death. Perhaps "Home" is the great unknowable void: where we go when we die, and where we were before we were born. I've long suspected it's the same place. Glad I got these ideas out. It was fine just enjoying the song -- it's always given me chills and made me strongly nostalgic -- but now I really appreciate it. |
|
* This information can be up to 15 minutes delayed.