| The Beatles – Rocky Raccoon Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think this is just a simple ballad. A lot of Paul's music seems to have a common theme of fate. Songs like 'The Long and Winding Road', ' 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer', etc. describe characters who sort of have reoccurring episodes of destiny. Rocky is running away and giving in to his jealous behavior but is confronted by Guidon's Bible every step of the way. At the end of the day, Paul is not trying to take an opinion on what happened. Rocky lost the girl but, because of it, he apparently was saved. It's left unclear whether the story is a tragedy or blessing-- it just gives an outsider's perspective on plain, everyday irony. |
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| The Reindeer Section – Cartwheels Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I take it to be a kind of hopeful coming-of-age song. It's about learning to forgive yourself for immaturity and ignoring the people that may be trying to point out your flaws or bring you down. Throughout the song he is being chastised and chased around for his faults and mistakes. At first he responds by rejecting the people who are out to get him and retaliates out of his pessimism and runs away-- later to find out he really doesn’t have anyone left for emotional support. At the end, he figures out that there really is no way to get away, and cornered, he just gives in. I think the cartwheels symbolize simple escape and free expression, a way of just letting go. |
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| Lifehouse – Into The Sun Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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It's about losing sight of real meaning in life and chasing the superficial side of relationships. The sun symbolizes something that looks bright and beautiful in our naive perspective, but really is the never ending chase for meaningless worldly pleasures. "And now we're running Into the sun Getting close to something Into the sun You know that we're falling We're falling back Into the sun" Wade is expressing that we are not chasing superficial things, but that they are pulling us in (we are faling back into-- not running into). The sun here is "blinding" and leads to us to loss of identity and confusion when things fall apart. |
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