| Devendra Banhart – Poughkeepsie Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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all sounds very hallucinogenic -- especially the hooks. "have ya felt it?... have ya seen it?... have ya done it?... have ya heard it?..." (compare to: "are you experienced?") |
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| Ryan Adams – Blossom Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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"I've got this one spirit that's laying roses on me. Roses, roses, can't get enough of those bloody roses. The rose is the most prominent image in the human brain, as to delicacy, beauty, short-livedness, thorniness. It's a whole. There is no better allegory for, dare I say it, life, than roses." - Robert Hunter this is another sweet one off of Cold Roses. the whole album is more or less a tribute to the musical genius of the grateful dead, and seeing as robert hunter's most common muse was the rose it's only logical that ryan adams would do the same in the tribute. roses are beautiful but when you grow flowers you need to tend them otherwise they'll get raggedy unkempt. people are like that, too - most things are like that. |
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| The Sheepdogs – I Don't Get By Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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"no need to ride into the heart of the storm-- when you get close you try your hardest not to go on." * |
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| Nick Drake – One Of These Things First Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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"As simple as a kettle-- steady as a rock. I could be-- even here. I would be-- I should be-- so near. I could have been one of these things first." to me this song was always about the buddhist idea of rebirth as mentioned, but also the buddhist mentality of appreciation for the present form and acceptance of the grand Is. It's about learning/trying to just be, and how hard it is to not think of all the coulds shoulds and woulds along the way. hindsight is 20/20, but things simply happen/ed a certain way based on the variables at any given moment. How things COULD have been so many other ways but in fact weren't, and the beauty around them being and having been the way they are. the stanza i quoted sums it up to me. His life could be simple as a kettle, and steady as a rock-- and then the epiphany-- it could be like that in his current form. would be, should be, and almost is! Maybe even was before.. great tune, and i'm proud i liked garden state more for it rather than the other way around. |
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| Tyler, the Creator – Bastard Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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a always heard it as "odd future is children thats fucked up and they' mental. simple-- we're probly not. fuck 'em." |
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| The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Miss June '75 Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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| Ryan Adams – Come Pick Me Up Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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"fuck me up.. steal my records. screw all my friends behind my back with a smile on your face and then do it again.. i wish you would." this song puts me in a state of mind where i'm about a bottle and a half of red wine deep in my sorrows, swimming around in my own lonely thoughts and really letting them break me down inside. sometimes it hurts TOO good, but it feels so very real. the idea of wishing a lover would do something to really push you away so as to free yourself from the harmful relationship is interesting, but then the line "and then do it again" conjures up an eternal-sunshine-esque feeling of unavoidable patterns and relationships that we attempt to wipe out of our minds to no avail. you want them to push you away because holding on hurts so bad, but once they push you away you want to hold on tighter so they'll push harder 'til you let loose-- but then you want them back even if it's gonna be like that all over again. that line is followed by another "i wish you would" which makes it seem like a painfully hopeless longing. |
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| Erykah Badu – Twinkle Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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you're absolutely right they keep us uneducated, sick, and depressed. she forgot to mention sedated. |
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| Erykah Badu – Twinkle Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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i was listening to this for the billionth time today and it occurred to me! "They don't know their language-- they don't know THEY'RE God." not "their" God. 5%ers says each man is a God and each woman is an Earth (though they explain in in a much more beautiful way) |
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| M.I.A. – Lovalot Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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i hope not to be the only person with this question, but who/what is chen? is she refering the former president of china or his wife or something unrelated? i can't quite imagine why that would be the case, and if it is i would love it if someone would explain. dzhen seemed fitting but i s'pose the cd booklet knows best. thanks yall i love this website i hadn't made the "i really love allah" connection, and i think it's perrty damn cool, and bold of her. |
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| M.I.A. – XXXO Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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the references to the social networks are obviously part of her theme for the album. the message: connected to the google connected to the government. i think people who like the hit hit hit miss explanation don't like to think about it too much in the first place. she's a lil deeper usually. i'm with yawnin' hamster aim0129 and mfactor in the movie social network which was surprisingly crazy good it even said that facebook's underlying goal, same as most human socializing, is to hook up and reproduce, as wierd and disturbing as it is. |
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| Erykah Badu – 20 Feet Tall Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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that's a very obscure conclusion to jump to regarding a subtle, mostly likely more insignificant than not sounds in the vast soundscape that makes up the rest of the song. and creation is viewed as a gift from god in damn near every religion i know about. do you not value the birth of a child and the ability to do so? and does your bed not squeak when you reproduce/make love (which i'm assuming you do, have done, or will do at some point) as to maintain your holiness? either way i doubt it was meant to be a bed spring, and i doubt it was a component of any sort in the meaning of the song. not to be a jerk, but what you said was silly. |
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| The Black Keys – You're the One Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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it sounds like he's speaking to his own child, and saying sorta like "when i was young like you, my mum told me this, and now i'm passing it on to you." i don't know that fer sure but that's what comes to mind when i listen. any other interpretations? i wish more people were sitting here thinking about the lyrics than saying "this songs really cool" and whatnot. part of the beauty of poetry is that it's usually not straight forward, but it can be, and sometimes even one poem contains both things that are understandable on a surface level, and things that can only be understood once delving deeper. let's delve yallll |
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| Railroad Earth – Black Bear Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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i need one good reason why the majority of this bands music is passed by and left with no comments. this song is freaking beautiful, as a poem as well as a song. for those who don't know, black bears are more afraid of people than people are of them, and they basically eat only berries unless they're starving.. very peaceful bears. anywho, this song is just the thoughts running through the mind whilst thinking about a sweet ol' black bear, and imagining what it's like to hibernate for winter.."... to pulse at winter's sleep / to fall in a dream a million miles deep.".. and to wake up to the warmth of a new season, and a hungry belly. a very deep, beautiful track, this one. and while it might be a talented band of musicians/writers writing a lovely, thoughtful song about a bear, i wouldn't put it past these guys, the buncha Heads they are, to also be playing off the idea of tripping at certain points in the song. "to fall in a dream a million miles deep" conjures up imagery of alice falling down the rabbit hole, into the unknown, and so very curious. and then to "wake again with all i need to know / the honey-trail tells me where to go" would be the come-down nostalgia of a trip, when one might feel a sense of self direction/enlightment that's hard to describe without having felt it. |
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| The Tallest Man on Earth – Kids on the Run Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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i'm listening to this today, October 20th, which is the day sypathizers and empathizers have decided to wear the color purple in honorable memory of the seven young men who commited suicide to escape the torment they recieved at home and school due to their homosexuality. i hadn't been a big fan of this song, and even now i'm poaitive it was not written for the purpose i interpreted it this mournful morn'. but right now these stanzas speak directly to the cause for which i'm wearing purple today. I felt almost as though it's the song the boys were singing as they passed: "And no, we will never be a part of the pictures once taken when we're feeding fire with the flames til no memories gone. And the cold sky will write us a song, but will we ever confess what we've done? Guess we're still kids on the run. And the reflections in their eyes, Sure could paint us as killers. Oh, I'll be there. And til the terror of our time could forgive us as lovers, oh, lets break some hearts.." i think these seven men broke some hearts seeing as there's a high school full of students down the street from my house wearing purple today. The most judgemental age possible, save for middle school girls. Naive ignorant wealthy suburban kids, many of whom have expressed there homophobia in passing over the years, sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose, and even they're hearing the cry loud and clear. these guys were martyrs if ever there were any. |
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| Wolfmother – Cosmonaut Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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To me it seems to be about people who are in search of answers, philisophically, psychotropically, or even just meditatively, and their eventual enlightment/transcendence from human form. or it could be as simple as being about tripping, although i like to think there's as much depth as i interpret when i listen to songs like this. "We traveled far off into space, <-----------> within you without you, space is in the mind, and beyond us as well, so it would then mean to travel deep within yourself, and search the world around, too. no longer part of any race; <--------> evolve past differentiating between ethnicitys, other belief systems/ways of life. just be, and be human. All worldly pleasures left behind, <------> one of the answers i found was to leave behind glutony and materialism. i've noticed when i'm not constantly yearning for things i don't need i'm a lot less unsatisfied all the time, ya dig? and i'm able to focus on things i should be bothering myself with. pretty much this applies to any trivial desire. no longer part of our own kind." <------> energy/matter can't be created or destroyed, so when we "die", our human body (a vessal)decomposes in one way or another (recycling), and where does the energy (soul, spirit, other?) go? transcendence! ahh, the universe, what a beautiful space to try to wrap ones mind around. but nobody's mind wraps that far without being blown. |
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| Erykah Badu – On & On Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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actually that's exactly what she's saying =). sweet miss Badu is part of the Nation of the Gods and Earths, which teaches that all men are their own God, and that each woman is an Earth, symbolizing that they are the root of creation, and the planet on which all life is born unto. i'm non religious but it's a pretty beautiful philosophy in my humble opinion. her music is riddled with influences from those teachings. |
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| Blind Melon – Lemon Tree Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| anyone who thinks this band sounds like blind melon clearly can't tell the difference between american and british accents. i find that odd, anybody else? | |
| Blind Faith – Can't Find My Way Home Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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good song is more than an understatement. this song is unreal first time i heard it my friend said "that's a voice like an angel" and i could not find it in myself to disagree. beautiful song, beautiful lyrics |
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| Blind Melon – Wilt Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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i like to think of it as more real life than 'random' =) i think it goes to show they saw more in the world worth writing about than what everyone writes about and even when it's a song about something other people write about..they say it so much better god damn, shannon can't be replaced, but the earth needs to be graced with the presence of someone that wonderful in their own way. such a beautiful fuckin sooooul |
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| Blind Melon – Lemonade Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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anybody else every think of "this far down south I have no self control" as a reference to sex drive? it does seem a little far fetched 'cause i can't tie it into anything else in the song, but the thought has crossed my mind more than once. and Bellyful of swans, while this song is impressive in more ways than one, and is a wonderful arrangement, there are pleanty of other rock songs i can think of that have multiple time changes. quite a few with more than 3. i hope no one thinks i'm knockin' the brilliance of this song at all. but it's not unique in the area of time changes. |
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| Blind Melon – All That I Need Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| i totally agree with that as well. i think it's a very ambiguous tune. It can be applied to so many different emotions and struggles, and i think that's part of what makes it so powerful. | |
| The Beatles – Blue Jay Way Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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t's ridiculous of you to say Blue Jay Way is a pathetic attempt to capture the mind. It's pretty damn captivating..listen to it alone in the dark outside and tell me you don't look over your shoulder a couple times. damn scary. but anyway not the best george song obviously. still very nice to hear, particularly in certain states of mind ;) |
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| Bob Marley and the Wailers – Rainbow Country Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| i reallllly love this song. I'm half jamaican on my father's side and my parents split when i was little but my mum made sure i was rightfully immersed in the culture because she understood the beauty in it. this song is it, man. pure bliss all the way through. "Though the road is rocky, sure feels good to me." i love that line. | |
| Michael Franti And Spearhead – Light Up Ya Lighter Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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every single time i listen to this song i get so fed up with the state of the world. peace is easy just fucking do it. It's as simple as people hearing these things they don't want to hear, and just not being ignorant. Educate the youth in a new way or something, teach conciousness and morals. It's so frustrating. |
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| Blind Melon – All That I Need Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| To me this song always makes me smile for the first 2 verses, and makes my smile fade for the second 2. When I read the lyrics it sounds like he's trying to convince himself he doesn't need the heroin, and for the first verse he's sure of it. But then the song morphs and he's battling with the idea. The hardest part to listen to is the end when he sings "Everything will be okay" in such a sincerely hopeless tone of voice. | |
| Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| i agree if you weren't there shut up. I wasn't there and I'm not gonna pretend I understand what it meant to be apart of that or what it was like on any level. But guys, stop dumbing down the meaning to "being about an acid trip". There IS more too it, more than I know. P.S. yall can't recreate a movement based on being yourself by pretending you're just like people 40 years ago...times have changed, but "times can't change that what [they] say is true." you have to take what we've LEARNED and move forward. I wish people weren't so stupid by nature | |
| Erykah Badu – Twinkle Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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It's rediculous how underappreciated Ms. Badu is these days. I saw her live a few years back and purchased one of those HIP HOP IS BIGGER THAN THE GOVERNMENT SHIRTS. She is one powerful lady. This song struck me from the very first time i listened to it. She's go so much style. Mix that with a well enlightened mind and you've got some pure music. She talks about the ghetto youth these days-- aren't taught proper english, can't believe in a god when shit's so bad. And why bother fighting for rights when their grandparents busted their asses and for what? So they could grow up in the same ghetto, just a little bit harder. They learn quick that they're stuck so why fight it. Hustle, make money, but they end up locked up or dead. "With no choices there's no hope for us." the line "Doctor I'm addicted, now I'm under arrest" speaks of the growing problem with perscription drugs. People need painkillers or anxiety pills and end up addicted, and in trouble for it. When the song fades out the voice of Amen Khum Ra speaks words which translate to: "We the brightest light, born from the deepest black, children of the Divine Mother Father, true right and exact, open the way shining ones, open the way, listen to these Divine words I say. I am the infinite blackness, the infinite brightness, the All Awareness, forever establishing the field of truth and reeds, through unifying the two Worlds." it's sad that a lot of people hear that portion of the song and are offput by it, thinking it is voodoo or speaking in tounges, when it's actually quite beautiful. the song goes even further into a man calling for change. "I WANT YOU TO GET ANGRY!" Lately I've been becoming increasingly annoyed with the lack of revolution in the world today when it seems so desperately in need. the words "I'm a human being, dammit. My life has value." are some that people should try saying out loud and taking within. |
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| The Beatles – Fixing a Hole Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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may not be about drugs, but i believe it was written during a heavily dosed time period for john at least. i know he claimed to have been trippin when he wrote the first two lines =). just sayin. enjoy and be kind, people! |
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| Grateful Dead – Brokedown Palace Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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| Grateful Dead – Brokedown Palace Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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one of the most beautiful songs ever written. i wanted to use this song as my senior quote, literally, but they obviously wouldnt let me so i was told to pick a chunk of it. it was so hard to decide that i ended up missing the deadline. highschool was so sad for me and so hard, but i grew so much from it, and learned so much from analyzing it, i love it more than words could tell. invaluably indebted. in retrospect i should have settled right away for "Going to leave this brokedown palace, On my hand and knees, I will roll, roll, roll. Make myself a bed in the waterside, In my time, I will roll, roll roll." i learned more than most of the people who graduated with top grades, that year at least, always knew i was "smarter" than most of em. i knew i didnt need to move at the schools pace, i was there to learn, not to recieve assignments. i'd leave on my hands and knees if it's the last thing i did. i skimmed by just barely senior year because i didnt have it in me to do much of anything at the time. i was so fed up with feeling unhappy and imprisoned. but in my time i know i'll be up in vermont by a river, or down south just the same, happy as can be, and forever grateful. this one right here is one of those tears of joy and pain at the same time songs. |
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| Led Zeppelin – Going to California Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| this song gets me every time. it's one of those ones that seems to speak my words for me. tired of finding women that just seem to drain you, and take, and finally he decides things have to change, or he at least needs a new environment. duh, california, the real american dream. apparently everything is better out there, and hears about the beautiful, cool, hip girls out west whoknow what love is, who know what it's all about. it's like a no brainer -- gotta go to california. but SOMETIMES theres a difference between dreams and reality. he goes on like a knight riding his white horse in search of this fairytale woman, the queen without a king in a distant land. but in real life shes not there. us gentle souled men just can't seem to find the girl of our dreams, but we keep dreamin', reassuring ourselves along the way like the little engine that could, "i think i can, i think i can", it's not so hard, right? living life on a whole mountain of dreams. but as Robert Plant so aptly continues in the BBC sessions, "It's hard." | |
| Jefferson Airplane – We Can Be Together Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| not necessarily about racism, but the youth of the time's in general. like floydian said, 60's rebellious society, ya know? | |
| Jefferson Airplane – Martha Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| absolutely amazing song. one of the ones that got me into jefferson airplane. one of the ones i throw in peoples faces when they try to tell me they like the new love song they heard on the radio. | |
| Jefferson Airplane – Eskimo Blue Day Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| oh forgot to mention, if all goes well those uncomprehendable life forms that dig up all the bones we so well posotioned for them will probably still walk through a few forests regardless of whatever became of us. | |
| Jefferson Airplane – Eskimo Blue Day Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| i like that wording "the pomposity of man". i had this song in mind during a debate in my high school environmental science class last year. someone on the "go ahead and keep on choppin' on" side said "survival of the fittest". i said "oh, well in that case the exsistence of trees has far outlasted amd will always have outlasted whatever the length of the exsistence of mankind ends up being. they even live longer naturally than humans do, and no body's cutting us down, cept other humans sometimes. We're fit, we're not fit for apocolypse. On that note, this songs a little unsettling at times. We are as life forms as insignificant or significant as dinosaurs, and other extinct creatures. Eventually some kind of being i can't even begin to comprehend in my wildest dreams, nightmares, or trips is gonna be digging up the bones of my kind and bein like "what the fuck is that, i needa keep diggin and find some answers." only difference is itll be a little more organized. maybe not in comoparison to what organization would mean to them. we my be entirely inferior. maybe not. maybe we're more significant cause we might actually fuck this up so bad there isn't a planet for anything after us. subconsciously selfish. more pomposity. "blah blah I blah blah I blah ME. MINE. Blah blah. Needa print money, people want to make money, needa build more homes people wanna have more babies than they can physically or economically, or at least properly raise." but the human dream doesn't mean shit to a tree. | |
| Jefferson Airplane – Embryonic Journey Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| i love this song and i like the placement on the studio album, too. it's always been a song with impeccably good vibes to me and as ive grow over the years its taken some sort of meaning to me so far beyond language. i think i can safely say words would only ruin the way this songs speaks. | |
| Jefferson Airplane – Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| it's not cliche 60's with the lyrics if it's about a monumental, defining event of the time. The Human Be-In is a beautiful concept. the meaning of it is lost on the youth of today though. every one says "oh those crazy hippies, boy they were a wild bunch. they tripped on acid uhh whatever that means. ma and pa, and my teachers said don't do it so it must be bad." coming from a 19 year old, i wish something like this would happen in my lifetime but even the hippies are half assed these days. don't wanna do the drugs, or don't wanna look too freaky. c'mon now "all the freaky people make the beauty of the world." =). we've got artists like michael franti gettin the message out there in a totally new funky, fresh way, other jam bands, furthur (so exciting)!! but theres no one like the Airplane. Recently seen some legitimate psychedelic music get released, still doesn't quite compare to pioneers, but maybe it's happening. who knows. all i know is there's a Human Be-in every day in my mind my soul and my body. | |
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