| Passion Pit – Little Secrets Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I know people kind of kicked "love" out as an option, but I want to argue for it a little. I always get a Romeo and Juliet vibe from this song. Being like, out-of-your-mind in love with someone your whole family and community disapproves of... he mentions his mother's power (girlfriends/wives replace mothers when boys grow up) being gone, and mainly the way he says "let this be OUR little secret, no one needs to know we're feeling..." is very inclusive, and if you're going the Romeo and Juliet route, he's talking to her and about their ecstatic, forbidden love. I'm not discounting the drug thing, though. At a minimum, he's using drug-like imagery: "but i ascend and serve my feverish need within the confines of such chemistry" ok. Ascend is another way to say "get high" or to go upwards. "feverish need" = addiction, and chemistry is pretty self-explanatory. Still, though, feeling elevated and addicted are often associated with love, and chemistry plays a huge part in attraction. I acknowledge that drugs are the likely explanation, but it is fairly obvious. The sound of the song is so innocent and playful, and as xystophoros mentioned, they did use kids for the song. If it is about drugs, that takes them out of "rebellious" and head into A-hole territory, if you ask me... Anyway, yep, I vote that this song is a funner version of Romeo and Juliet, haha. |
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| Say Anything – Do Better Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| bah thank you. I immediately thought Max was writing about himself. It's kind of a giveaway when he finishes the song with "we could do better, we could be the greatest band in the world". Best songwriter ever. | |
| Michelle Featherstone – I'm There Too Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I don't think this song is romantic at all. I think most likely, it's God talking to humanity/you. Featherstone mentions footprints in the sand, which is a pretty well-known poem about God's love. The speaker of the song is God, and He sees himself in humanities tears and weakness and dark hours, and is always there with them/us. At the end of the song, God is saying that someday we'll realize He's with us, and in that moment, we're with Him, too. Slash that's when we go to Heaven. The first time I listened to the lyrics, I saw it as a deceased parent talking to their child. Especially the line "I see myself in you". To me it was the parent saying, I know it's really hard, and you can't see me, but I'm really there. |
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| Dave Matthews Band – Crash Into Me Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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this song has obviously been discussed to death and back... not to mention the typical "DMB sucks!" "No they don't go away!" I haven't read all 12 pages of comments, but I've always seen the whole "you've got your ball, you've got your chain" as an allusion to marriage. Marriage is commonly referred to as "the old ball and chain" sometimes. Obviously this song is about sex/sexual fantasies. No questions asked. The speaker of the song - be it Dave or a character he's speaking through - wants a woman. The juxtaposition between the overtly sexual lyrics and the music itself, which is gorgeous and a little bit sad, just fascinates me. What's the story behind this? Why on earth did Dave make lyrics like "hike up your skirt a little more" romantic? I don't know. I don't think there are answers, really. I think there's more to this song than just sex and desire, but I don't think we're meant to know for sure what. |
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| Gavin DeGraw – Dancin' Shoes Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think Degraw is trying to say girls (or maybe just a girl) need to relax their expectations for a relationship, and just let it happen naturally. Just because a relationship isn't everything a girl dreamed of, doesn't mean it's not worth it. A relationship isn't a fairy tale ("I'm no knight in shining armor"), and it's not a place for a girl to find some guy to fill her every need and be her dormat ("I'm no pair of dancing shoes"). Really he's saying, don't over think this. Just live it. "Don't push, but don't hesitate". When he says "I got nothing left to lose, but I'm no pair of dancing shoes", I think he's really just driving it home - I'm not Prince Charming. I don't have it all and just because I'm imperfect doesn't mean I'm going to let you walk all over me. Still, he really likes her. She just needs to chill and be happy and love the one she's with, so to speak. |
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