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| Cage the Elephant – Shake Me Down Lyrics
| 8 years ago
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I think it's about a guy who has lost friends/family to a combination of suicides and death from self-destructive behaviors (such as drugs) and although he's lonely he won't go out that way but instead keep his eyes fixed on the sun (the good in life). |
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| Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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Do the blurred lines refer to consent or to monogamy? I thought the lines were blurred because she has a mate who is not actually her husband - a boyfriend or live-in lover she's not actually married to? |
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| Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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Obviously you haven't read the latest research from the book What Women Want. Nobody wants to really be in danger, just like nobody really wants to die on a roller coaster that goes off the rails. But people do like the thrill of a roller coaster knowing that in reality it's safe, just as women safely in trusting relationships do like "dirty" or dangerous talk in order to get the adrenaline up. So yes, there is a HUGE difference between some random jerk saying it and a woman's husband (during pre-approved sexy time) saying it to his wife. Context is everything. |
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| Rise Against – Savior Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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The song is called "Savior" so obviously most of you are missing an important aspect of the song - that she is trying to save him (I don't hate you, boy; I just want to save you while there's still something left to save). This has to be central to the song or it wouldn't be called Savior and it wouldn't be repeated in the song so many times. So any interpretation has to explain this. Here's the only thing I can think of...
He is recalling a relationship/breakup from his past, so after the first verse, this is all a flashback. This was a heterosexual relationship but the boy realizes sometime later he's gay. She's a conservative Christian and thinks he's in need of "saving". She thinks she can make him straight and save his soul. At the time, he felt stuck maybe partly because he was still coming to terms with his homosexuality and also because he genuinely cared about the girl and didn't want to hurt her. This also explains why she keeps emphasizing "I don't hate you." She cares about him, too, but her upbringing won't allow her to accept him for who he is, so this creates a conflict for her as well. |
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| Disturbed – Liberate Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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That last part says that God does not want war. So the people who say war is righteous or God is on our side in war are wrong. They are the "narrow minded" ones in the song. |
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| Disturbed – Liberate Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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First of all, some of the Christians on this board need to realize that the singer is Jewish so all of you who said this song is in some way about Jesus are completely wrong.
My guess is that this is an anti-war song, and the narrow-minded people mentioned in the song are the ones who use religion to justify violence, whether it's a Muslim terrorist or a Christian who says "God is on our side" during war. I think he's saying they are all wrong - that war in wrong. I think the last verse is the main message of the song and that most people are missing it. |
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| Disturbed – Liberate Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I don't think he's addressing non-believers. Also, the singer is Jewish NOT Christian so there's no way the "I" could be Jesus, although it could be God. I think he's talking to Christians and others who supported the war in Iraq, esp. the ones who used religious arguments. I think it's an anti-war song. |
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| Disturbed – Inside the Fire Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The line is "one of eleven." Of being the key word. That means she had ten brothers and/or sisters. She was one out of eleven of her parents' offspring. |
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| Disturbed – Prayer Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The line "living just isn't hard enough" is SARCASM! Yes, it is a conversation between the singer and God, and sure it could be related to the Job story in that it's about the problem of evil (but more personally, a death in his family, and 911). But unlike some versions of the Job story the singer does NOT come to a resolution of the problem by the end of the song. It's about the struggle with the problem of evil, not about how the singer resolved it (he may not have resolved it at all).
But I can't decide if "burn me alive, inside" is a reference to Hell or if I'm being too literal. I feel like he's saying in a sarcastic tone, "oh yeah God, you think life just isn't hard enough so after we die you're gonna send some of us to Hell TOO?! Yeah, sure send me to Hell you {insert insult}." Or it could be a criticism of other people's beliefs in Hell and who they think is going to go there.
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| Disturbed – Prayer Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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whoops...I might this to be a new message, not a reply to pmc3dotnet. Sorry! |
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| Disturbed – Prayer Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The line "living just isn't hard enough" is SARCASM! Yes, it is a conversation between the singer and God, and sure it could be related to the Job story in that it's about the problem of evil (but more personally, a death in his family, and 911). But unlike some versions of the Job story the singer does NOT come to a resolution of the problem by the end of the song. It's about the struggle with the problem of evil, not about how the singer resolved it (he may not have resolved it at all).
But I can't decide if "burn me alive, inside" is a reference to Hell or if I'm being too literal. I feel like he's saying in a sarcastic tone, "oh yeah God, you think life just isn't hard enough so after we die you're gonna send some of us to Hell TOO?! Yeah, sure send me to Hell you {insert insult}." Or it could be a criticism of other people's beliefs in Hell and who they think is going to go there. |
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| System of a Down – Boom! Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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It's an anti-war song, with a video fairly specific to the Iraq war. That's how I was first introduced to SOAD. Some forwarded me the video because of its anti-war message.
Anyway, the "every time you drop the bomb, you kill the god your child has born" always confused me - I don't know what that one means specifically. It's not hard to interpret the main point of SOAD's lyrics because most of their songs are either about the Armenian genocide or just anti-war in general. But teasing out specific meanings of individual lines or verses is a lot more difficult. |
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| System of a Down – Chop Suey! Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I think this is about the Armenian Genocide. (Many SOAD songs are about the Armenian Genocide because they are Armenian and because they are activists for the cause of public recognition of the genocide.) Why Chop Suey? Because it's not real Chinese food, it's fake, much like Turkey's version of revisionist history.
I agree that the part about makeup, keys, etc. sounds like domestic violence but I think in this case it refers to the coverup of the genocide.
Self-righteous suicide? The Armenians were Turks and served loyally in the Turkish army before they had their guns taking away and were forced to dig their own graves. So the Turkish government killed it's own people, hence "self-righteous suicide".
The angels maybe are the Armenians, the victims. Maybe it specifically refers to the civilian or child victims, I'm not sure.
Father..forsaken, etc. - Yes, a Biblical reference. The same reference was copied by some Armenian poet or priest commenting on the genocide.
You won't get even half of SOAD's lyrics without knowing about the Armenian Genocide, so I encourage anyone who doesn't know that much about it to read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_genocide and here: http://www.anca.org/press_releases/press_releases.php?prid=75 and also watch SOAD's documentary on genocide called "Screamers" available on Amazon here:
http://www.amazon.com/Screamers-Adam-Schiff/dp/B000WS4SF8/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1258362866&sr=8-4 |
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