| Hozier – Take Me to Church Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| @[42:3447] steps It doesn't make sense to me if the "church" in the chorus is also a metaphor. I mean, it doesn't make sense with the "altar of lies" and "sharpen your knife" part. Sharpening the knife must mean that the church is going to stab him in the back, right? It seems to me that the chorus is intended to be taken at face value, except for the ironic "let me give you my life", of course. After all, there are plenty of examples in the verses where he also references the acutal church, not just the metaphorical one. | |
| Hozier – Take Me to Church Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Of course, the whole religious metaphor is interchangeable with any other discipline or mode of thought that attempts to label certain human urges as bad or immoral. The text could easily be reinterpreted to apply to events in Russia, for example. | |
| Hozier – Take Me to Church Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| @[QveenKeek:3446] Not sure I understand you completely, but the song is definately NOT about sacrificing joy for something greater. It's about throwing away religion or any other discipline that would have you sacrifice your happiness to conform to it. | |
| Hozier – Take Me to Church Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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It's easy to get confused by the fact that he uses religious wordings both normally and as a metaphor, sometimes switching back and forth rapidly. In the chorus "church" is used rather plainly to explain how he could keep going there, but he knows that its teachings are all a bunch of lies anyway and that he will eventually be condemned for being himself. I think the "let me give you my life" line is meant to ring false. Of course he's not going to devote his life to an institution that places no value on it. In the first verse he describes how his love has become almost like a religion to him and how he worships this feeling by the act of sex. I belive that "she" refers to the feeling of love, not a particular person. It gets a little confusing because "my church offers no absolutes" describes how his love is unconditional, while some of the other lines like "Sunday's getting more bleak" is referencing the actual church, leading into the part about how he is perceived as "born sick" by the religious. In the second verse it becomes clear that something must be sacrificed in order for his Godess to remain at his side. I think this means that he has to give up his religion (not the metaphorical one), because he can't fit it into his life anymore. This leads into my favorite line about eating the "high horse" of the church in order to feed his faith in love. The other "starving faithful" is an acknowledgement that there are plenty more like him in this regard; people that need to rid themselves of religion in order to live full lives. Being true to yourself is hungry work. The bridge is using ritualism as a metaphor for sex. The so called "sin" is the sweetest thing and only in that act does he feel truly human among the madness that's going on around him. This part is pretty straightforward actually. Brilliant lyrics, brilliant song! |
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| Opeth – Porcelain Heart Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This song probably shouldn't be interpreted too literally. I think it's more about the concept of being heartbroken, hence the title "porcelain heart", which is a beautiful metaphor for having frail emotions. I'll give my thoughts on each segment: First Verse (I lost all I had...): This is about facing the moment of heartbreak. Friends may be able to provide some comfort, but more often than not they are unable to do so because of the internal nature of emotions (it's often hard to know how other people feel). "Writing down a name" feels like a metaphor for placing blame. You want to blame someone for whatever has happened to you, but you can't really be sure anyone is responsible at all (hence the "reading it twice"). Lastly, "wallowing in shame" comes for blaming yourself instead. Second Verse (I said that I loved...): This verse is harder the interpret, but I think the general idea is that this time you are hurting someone. Maybe the heartbreak experienced in the past has affected you in a way that causes you to hurt someone else. Even though it feels childish, you can't help clinging to that past experience and so there is a perpetual quality to the whole situation. First Bridge (icy roads beneath my feet...): This part is clearly about the experiences gained so far. You have been on both sides of betrayal and seen the cruelties of life from different perspectives. The second half is about comforting someone about all this, maybe it's directed towards yourself or maybe towards someone you are sharing your perceptions with. Either way, the message is that asking why things are the way they are is pointless because there's really no reason behind it all. The world is not designed to work for or against you, it simply is. Second bridge (kept inside our idle race...): This is my favorite of all the parts. It deals with human nature, and how we are locked in the repeating sensory experiences that evolution has given us. There's no escaping this, even though some people may fool themselves otherwise ("ghost of an idol's false embrace" is an obvious nudge towards the empty comfort of religion). Again, the second half is the same as in the first bridge. Even though the world can seem cruel, it's not trying to be neither cruel nor comforting. All you can do is accept this, move on and make new experiences. I take it as a bleak beginning, but in the end it's a quite positive and realistic outlook on life. But that could just be me. |
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| Fort Minor – Remember The Name Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I don't find these lyrics arrogant at all, in contrary, I think Mike Shinoda seems quite humble. Especially in the last verse where he describes how hard he has to work for his music, while the others seem to do it "without even trying". I do agree that rapping about yourself in third person is a bit "cocky", but then again that's just how rap is supposed to be. If it doesn't have attitude it's no good and it won't get you "pumped", as many others so accuratly described it. But yes, the song meaning on this one is quite obvious. It describes what Fort Minor is all about and more specifically what the three individual members has to say about their contribution to music in general. |
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| Slipknot – Snuff Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Actually, a "snuff film" isn't just any murder caught on tape.. It's an erotic film, containing the true death of one of the "actors". Some kind of twisted porno, in other words. But I think metalkia666 has figured out the real meaning. |
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| Death – The Philosopher Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think it's no use trying to figure out "who" this song is about. I'd say it's simply about Philosophers in general. The whole concept of philosophy is to have opinions about stuff that can't be explained by logic, so it's easy to see why Chuck would be annoyed. If it's true that he was upset with Masvidal then maybe he wrote this while he was angry, but the meaning of the lyrics is definately about philosophy. No doubt in my mind. |
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| Death – Crystal Mountain Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"Crystal Mountain" is a metaphor for the massive ammount of lies and desciet on which the church has build its foundation. These lies are easy to see through, which is why the mountain is referred to as Crystal. I would interpret "to assume from ignorance" as how mankind creates theories (like religion) in order to fill a space of knowledge which we can never really accieve (why we exist, etc). Also, "inflicting wounds with your cross-turned dagger" seems to me like a metaphor for how the church used their religion (cross) as a weapon (dagger) in the past (and arguably even today) to have their will be done. The "all the traps..." part has something to do with this as well. Finally "shatter the myth, don't cut yourself" is an encouragement not to become religious (since this would mean hurting yourself by giving in to the lies). I would also like to say that these lyrics are against manipulation (which no one can deny that the church have applied, at least in the past) but they are not some anti-christian crap trying to stomp on other peoples beliefs. |
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