| Koop – Koop Island Blues Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| The meaning is pretty clear, but together with the official video this song tells a concrete story... I think the heroine is a prostitute reminiscing about her past with a certain guy. She then has a dream. The men that constantly appear in the video and the dream are all the fake men she has to work with, and the normal-looking guy that comes to her in the forest is the one she misses or wants to be with... Basically that's my interpretation. | |
| Iron & Wine – The Trapeze Swinger Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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"were always done in such a hurry" Do you have any idea how fast people die? And how busy it can get up there? I wouldn't be surprised, lol. |
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| Iron & Wine – Die Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think this song is about achieving your point in life(all that's over now) after being in a bad situation. And when your mission in life is done you can die happily, knowing you made a difference(our children never cry). And no matter how we try We are not afraid to die Because we did what we've always wanted. It doesn't necessarily mean that we're "ready to die", it means that if we die, we will not regret anything and we won't feel that our life was incomplete. |
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| Iron & Wine – Bird Stealing Bread Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The girl in the song found another guy, and the narrator is singing about how he misses her. "Tell me, baby, tell me Does his company make Light of a rainy day?" He's asking her if the other guy's company is comfortable for her. "Do his hands in your hair Feel a lot like a thing You believe in Or a bit like a bird Stealing bread Out from under your nose?" Here "a thing she believes in" may be a positive thought, like if the other guy really loves her, "or a bit like a bird stealing bread out from under your nose" may mean that if he's just with her to get some pussy and fly away like a bird stealing bread. The rest of the song is pretty clear i guess. |
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| José González – Crosses Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Alright, since I have a lot of trouble with religion, I don't see any references about God in the song. I'm gonna try and talk about what I hear here. Oh, also, nevermind my previous comment. "Don't you know that I'll be around to guide you Through your weakest moments to leave them behind you." First off, this song makes me think of a relationship where one is comforting the other, and trying to go through bad times together. Let's call them Bob and Lucy. Just for the sake of argument. "Returning nightmares, only shadows." Returning nightmares - memories of a bad past, though they are but shadows - they do nothing, but they're always there. "We'll cast some light and you'll be alright. We'll cast some light and you'll be alright for now." Bob is telling Lucy that everything's OK for now. Just settle down and have a cup of tea(figuratively speaking, of course). But it's only "for now". "Crosses all over, heavy on your shoulders. The sirens inside you waiting to step forward. Disturbing silence darkens your sight." Notice the correction i made in the second line. I'm hearing "you" instead of "in". Which lets me continue my thoughts in the same direction. The first line is a reference to Jesus. JG is an atheist and so am I. But why not use a reference to the bible? Doesn't matter - the metaphor is quite obvious. Lucy is carrying those crosses(Maybe somebody's making her? Can't be Bob. He seems like a nice guy). And the sirens inside her are waiting to step forward, which means Lucy can't bear this pain anymore and might snap pretty soon. Unfortunately I can't make anything out of the last line. "Crosses all over the boulevard." Two images come to my mind: 1. Pretty literal. Imagine - a dark night, street lights standing all over the boulevard, the light they make kind of looks like a cross if you look at it directly. 2. Lucy isn't the only one with a cross. There are people all over the boulevard, carrying crosses on their shoulders. Personally, I prefer this option. "The streets outside your window overflooded." Not sure about this one. The streets outside her window might reflect Lucy's view of the world. Maybe she's wrong? Maybe there are no such thing as crosses? We made them up. "People staring, they know you've been broken. Repeatedly reminded by the looks on their faces." Again, Lucy thinks that people think she's somehow wrong, that they're looking down at her. And their expressions always remind her of that. "Ignore them tonight and you'll be alright." Bob is saying that their opinion doesn't matter. Lucy knows herself better they do. So nevermind them and get on with our lives. |
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| Iron & Wine – The Sea and the Rhythm Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I can't help but think of a mother breastfeeding her child on a seashore when I listen to this. If I remember correctly, Sigmund Freud wrote that in a very early age a child's intimacy towards a parent(of the opposite gender, most of the time) is very high, let alone infants. So if you're hearing intense hot sexy lyrics here it just might be about an innocent(and intense) intimacy of an infant to it's mother. I'm just saying that I completely agree with kev404. Nuff said. |
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| Iron & Wine – Fever Dream Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| depends on where you put the comma in the lyrics. "i want your flowers like babies, wan't god's love"(which sounds kind of selfish of her imho) or "i want your flowers, like babies want god's love". | |
| José González – Crosses Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Actually, I think it's more like a love song. A bit. Some lines are too deep for me to understand though. I think some lines here are more literal than you might think. "Don't you know that I'll be around to guide you. Through your weakest moments to leave them behind you." Very literal, sounds like he's talking to a loved one. "Crosses all over the boulevard" Makes me remember of the street lamps at night, and how the human eye sees them a bit like crosses. Though I have no clue then when he sings about them "all over your shoulders". "We'll cast some light and you'll be alright" A little dirty, the way I hear it. |
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