| Poe – If You Were Here Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| "It's OK, you can go now" is a line from House of Leaves. A mother says it to her newborn child, who was kept on life support due to holes in his brain, and when she speaks the words he dies. | |
| Massive Attack – Atlas Air Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I heard the line "It took all the man in me to be the dog you wanted me to be..." At first I thought he said something far dirtier, but even after realizing it was "dog" I was still thinking in a sexual context. >_< | |
| Massive Attack – Pray for Rain Lyrics | 15 years ago |
|
I think "the dreaming" refers to Australian Aboriginal mythology. They believe in a higher plane of existence outside of time called the Dreaming, or Dreamtime, and I'm pretty sure it's the destination for shamanic journeys among the Aboriginal people. "Learn to see through flames" probably refers to fire scrying, or receiving visions while watching fire. |
|
| Massive Attack – Psyche Lyrics | 15 years ago |
|
I'm looking for you in the woods tonight, I'm looking Looking for you with my flashlight, I'm searching From in the high or down the ocean And I pace myself in racing Gain the wolf Gain the wolf Conjure me as a child Slipping down the wet side Stretch up I cannot reach him Jumping up they drag him from the water I watch them march him into life I watch them take him from the pale Into the scar for your eagle eye The sun seeds a sickle and a scythe Ridicule they won't allow Quench abuse and let love flower Rip the cage out of your chest Let the chaos fool the rest Show without showing What you know without knowing Twigs snap, I catch no canoe, only you and me Alone on the old teal sea Dissolving who we are Call out for yesterday's destiny gone We're on a foreign shore It was your mark of falling I was the car still running And when you call I'll be a shield for life And if you feel it you will fly The sun set a bigger me And I was set to fall in As I was set to fall in As I was set to fall in As I was set to fall in As I was set to fall in As I was set to fall in As I was set to fall in As I was set to fall in As I was set to fall in As I was set to fall in As I was set to fall in As I was set to fall in As I was set to fall in, in |
|
| Massive Attack – Atlas Air Lyrics | 16 years ago |
|
His voice is misleading. When he sings like this I automatically assume the song is about sex. Then I read the lyrics to this one and, uh, definitely not. For some reason I think of terrorism, or war. Whatever it's about, it sounds pretty violent. |
|
| Third Eye Blind – Camouflage Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| The "secret words" thing always creeped me out. Supposedly if you play it backwards you're supposed to hear a message or something, but I can't confirm that. | |
| Massive Attack – Psyche Lyrics | 16 years ago |
|
I'm probably biased because I've been reading a lot about mythology lately, but this brings to mind for me different parts of Egyptian mythology. Either the journey of the sun across the sky, or the story of Isis and Osiris, when Isis had to search, for the parts of his dismembered body and bring him back to life to conceive Horus. I doubt it was written about either one, but that's what I think of. Regardless, this is a beautiful song. Can't wait to hear the album version. |
|
* This information can be up to 15 minutes delayed.