| Deerhunter – Saved By Old Times Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| They definitely say motherfucking. It's just particularly distorted. Also, I thought the same exact thing. High five! | |
| The Dismemberment Plan – What Do You Want Me to Say? Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I don't think it's fair to say anything is obvious in lyrics that go beyond literal statements. As for your theory, I don't know that I agree with it, but it's an interesting idea. The break up interpretation sounds more likely to me. | |
| Modest Mouse – Alone Down There Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Immediately thought of Lord of the Flies with this song. | |
| Modest Mouse – Alone Down There Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I think the absurdity of those lyrics actually adds to the feeling of the song. If it really is the devil speaking, as I believe it to be, then he is laughing at humans, specifically whoever the protagonist of this song is. The laughing and strange manner of speech are him mocking the protagonist. | |
| The Strokes – Call Me Back Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Most accurate interpretation yet. | |
| The Strokes – Call Me Back Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I don't actually think the song is about this, but I think it's a crazy and interesting interpretation, so I figured I would share it. Julian doesn't really write anything like this, so it's not what the song is about, obviously. It's just awesome. | |
| The Strokes – Call Me Back Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Ok, so I was listening to this song recently, and I suddenly realized... This song could be about a murdering psychopath. Bear with me. Wait time is the worst I can hardly sit No one has the time Someone's always late He's been stalking this chick for a while and has figured out her routine, so he's waiting outside her house for her to come home. She comes home late, so he has to wait in the car, stewing in his anxiety. I look for you And you look for me Wooah, oh, oh, oh, oh He sees her get out of her car finally, and she looks around because she gets this weird feeling like she's being watched. He gets out of the car as she turns around to go inside and grabs her, the "Wooah" etc is her trying to yell but slowly her yell dies off as he holds a chloroform covered cloth to her mouth. I don't know why I came down I hold your phone Don't wake up I hear a voice In the ground I'll come back to this, as explaining it now would be a spoiler for the story. Suffice to say it is a flash forward in time. Tell me, don't tell me The hard part is telling you Something that you would not like me to tell you Tell me, don't tell me The hard part is telling you Something that you would not like me to tell you Tell me, don't tell me The hard part is telling you Something that you would not like me to tell you She wakes up while in the trunk of his car, and she's trying to yell to him through her gag. He hears her, and he's telling her to shut up. He says something along the lines of "I'm going to kill you, there's nothing you can do about it." In saying this, he is faced with the horror of his actions, and suddenly he feels uneasy with what he's doing. It bothers him, but it doesn't stop him. Wait time is to blame Mat top frame's a trip We all have the time Someone's always fed I look for you, and you look away Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh He's driving to a small cemetery, the drive is the "wait time." He is blaming his uneasiness on the waiting. Trip is the driving of course. Now they arrive on his schedule, so suddenly every one has the time. He gets out of the car and goes to the trunk, where he stares at her for a moment. She is beautiful, and he admires her reverently. She refuses to meet his eyes. He finally reaches down to knock her out again with more chloroform, and her screams this time are much weaker. I don't know why I came down I hold your phone Don't wake up I hear a voice In the ground I'll explain this now. It is fast forwarding to after he has buried her alive. He finds himself standing over the grave he put her in, stuck in a trance. He notices her phone on the ground, and picks it up. He is reading texts and such, becoming more and more attached to this person, and it quickly becomes his most attached-to victim. Suddenly, she wakes up. Waking is so much fun to do. (Tell me, don't tell me The hard part is telling you Something that you would not like me to tell you) '80 movie make out party, yeah (Tell me, don't tell me The hard part is telling you Something that you would not like me to tell you) He imagines her waking up and screaming from under ground, as he can hear her yell, and suddenly the emotional connection goes dead, thus the sarcasm in the line. He leaves the grave site and proceeds with life as usual, attending a party the very same night. |
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| The Strokes – You're So Right Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I think the song is just about how the protagonist of the song lives in the same apartment building with the girl, and he sees her every day and always thinks about talking to her and trying to have a relationship. One night she's upset, and he offers to help her. Their relationship builds, and he becomes sick of his office job, running off to live in the woods. Now he's thinking about marrying her, but suddenly they start to fight. She's very hostile, and he tries to stay affectionate, but she pushes him away more and more, and he submits to bitterness by the end of the song, no longer feeling any positive feelings toward the girl, and making his opinions known. | |
| The Strokes – I'll Try Anything Once (You Only Live Once demo) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Skipped an entire first verse. "Ten decisions shape your life You'll be aware of five, about Seven ways to go through school Either you're noticed or left out Seven ways to get ahead Seven reasons to drop out." |
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| The Limousines – Very Busy People Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Does your ipod have 50,000 songs you've never heard? Cus otherwise you can't sail the seven seas. | |
| Rush – Tom Sawyer Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Peart is great, and so is Bonzo. This is coming from a drummer, so lets not get caught up in fighting, eh? Let's enjoy the great drumming from both, and respect both bands. Also, I find it funny that ledskynyrd is fighting ledzeppelin. | |
| Steely Dan – King of the World Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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theres an incorrect quote in the lyrics its actually "You and I will spend this day," not "You and I can spend this day." |
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| Green Day – Having a Blast Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| This song was written about what I think to be a fictional character that Billie made up who has decided to blow up his school along with himself. It's very "school shooting" and extremely haunting when you see the lyrics for yourself. | |
| Steely Dan – Charlie Freak Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I heard somewhere that this song's protagonist was in fact Fagen, who wrote it after performing the actions described in the song. He met a drug addict on the street who was starving(?) or suffering from withdrawal (chicken feed is another name for methamphetamines). In both cases, Fagen, being himself, cheated the druggy out of his golden ring for chicken feed, whichever meaning is being used. Then, suffering from serious guilt, Fagen went back to help the drug addict. | |
| Steely Dan – The Caves of Altamira Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Actually Fagen and Becker were asked about this song in an interview. They said it was simply about a man who visited the Caves of Altamira and was inspired by the mystery they held. | |
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