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Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues Lyrics 11 years ago
The beginning is about him coming to terms with the fact that he is no more than just another function of the universe, among so many others. Instead of fighting, or giving up entirely beneath this realization, he instead throws himself mercilessly within the chaos. He knows he is a mere tool, but knows he can still do good, and find meaning through that.
But like all who take this route (an all in general), he is lost and confused, but trying his best to keep true. He calls out the uselessness of war, and the greedy few who run our countries.
Soon he is overcome with beautiful confusion, but instead of falling utter victim to it, he instead decides he needs not wait for anyone else to make positive changes, and needs not take pity upon himself.
The end is framed directly to his lover (perhaps gone from him, perhaps not, and a theme throughout the album), still keeping to the theme - he will work hard and tirelessly to produce good fruit.

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Built to Spill – In Your Mind Lyrics 15 years ago
this song remind anyone of Memento?

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Built to Spill – Carry the Zero Lyrics 15 years ago
Like they're waiting for your guard to fall
So they can see it all
And you're so occupied with what other persons are occupied with
And vice versa
And you've become what you thought was dumb
A fraction of the sum
Yeah you've become, yeah you have become
A fraction of the sum
The middle and the front

This part to me clearly is about conformity and fitting in with the norm. The person is hiding all their strangeness and being fake to conform

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Built to Spill – In Your Mind Lyrics 15 years ago
the lyrics are so trippy i love it. Its about him coming to understand the nature of the infinite universe and its cycles. I like how it talks about people changing their own memories too.

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Built to Spill – You Were Right Lyrics 15 years ago
and possibly Hendrix with the manic depression thing?

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Built to Spill – You Were Right Lyrics 15 years ago
they quote Zeppelin, Kansas, Pink Floyd, possibly Bob Marley, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, John Mellencamp, The Doors

so awesome!

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Modest Mouse – Bukowski Lyrics 15 years ago
This song is genius. Charles Bukowski was a writer of the absurd man faced with the drudgery of life. It is a very nihilist and anti-religious song about a man faced with the ridiculousness of the notion of God and the ridiculousness and pointlessness of the life that is set in front of him, seeing that in the end everyone loses. Genius song.

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Modest Mouse – March Into the Sea Lyrics 16 years ago
everyone has been debating over the lines:
Give me forced health till I wish death on myself
Give me forced health till I wish death on myself
I am pretty sure it is:
Give me forced health till I wish death on myself
THEN:
Give me forests so dead I wish death on myself

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