| Smog – To Be of Use Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"It's just a beautifully simple song about the need to be needed. Maybe he had his art and artist self in mind when he wrote it, but who knows? One doesn't have to be a talented artist to long for a common purpose in life." artslut, you nailed it! i guess that's what i tried to say with my comment, but ended up saying too much. i should've said that i have a little (mis)interpretation of my own with these lyrics, that envolves giving up art to take a regular job, but that's mine exclusively, and definitely not what bill had in mind. still, the fact that people can react (and relate) so differently to the same words sure proves how genius and timeless bill's music is. (: |
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| Smog – To Be of Use Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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i see this as bill questioning himself, his art, his music. sure, he's a genius songwriter. one of the best out there. but i believe what he's saying is that maybe art won't save your life; maybe he doesn't wanna be a genius and create beautiful art, but he just wants to have a purpose, a common, "hard, simple, undeniable use". like a candle. or in human life, like a farmer, like a fireman, or a doctor. to be of use, simple, undeniable use. |
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| Pedro the Lion – Secret of the Easy Yoke Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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i think what's genius about david bazan it's how he writes about christianity and god (bein' a devotee himself) but he's never really explicit about it. it's not like he's preaching. so his songs have many possible interpretations.... i can see why most people would connect this with losing faith in god/organized religions and such (pretty obvious immagery, sinners, unseen distant lords, churches), but you could also see it as a metaphor for a failed marriage. they took their vows in church, people attended to the celebration, they moved in together, so it's supposed to be ok, right? but then the speaker begins to progressively grow out of love for his wife: "I still have never seen you and somedays i don't love you at all", this means he never really sees the girl's true face. he feels confused at who she is, and why he loved her to being with it. you see, love changes when you're forced to spend each day together by marriage. people (and the toughts you have on them) change a lot. there's days when everything is beautiful and then there's days where "i don't love you at all". in this case, the "unseen, distant lord" would be Love, the impossible, unconditional Love. |
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