| Kanye West – Power Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Come on people. This song is about Kanye and his role in the public eye. He's saying that nobody should command as much attention as he does - that the fixation with his life, his music, and his persona is out of control. On 808s he said fame is isolation, now he's realizing it also means scrutiny. He knows he is ego tripping, and it's essentially a nod to his self-destructive life as a celebrity. | |
| Brad Sucks – Certain Death Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I love Brad Sucks. Out of It is incredible. I mean, it sounds like a 1 man band with no fans - Brad is just a normal guy. He takes a lot of shit in life. And he keeps going, like a lot of us do, even though it drags him down. But I don't think he's looking for, or even considering a rainbow on the horizon. In his world, disappointment, manipulation, and melancholy are the standard. Certain Death is just an amazing song. He's so down, he's contemplating suicide... but he can't do it. Not because he has some epiphany, or realizes that there's so much for him in life. It's because he's hopelessly waiting for something to pick him up and make him "happy". Though his music projects his present state of mind, it seems as if he'll never be happy. He just can't do it. |
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| Hot Chip – And I Was A Boy From School Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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It's about the impossibility of remaining a child. We may want to hold on to our innocence, and the feeling of freedom, but somehow, someday, we will become adults and lose that part of ourselves. The beat squirms, confused. Then it opens up, becomes crystalline. But it longs for something. "I got, I got lost... you said this was the way back". Then the song is snuffed out. It's over. One of my favorite songs, ever. The track doesn't go back to the beginning. It can't. Neither can we. If we manifested childhood into song form, this song is it... in beauty, brevity, and uncertainty. |
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| U2 – Moment Of Surrender Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Yeah, this is about a drug user. The tying with wire, horses, fire, etc. all show "tying yourself off" and injecting heroin to achieve euphoria, as somebody pointed out.. though the lyrics are somewhat literal, they also speak very deeply about the persons situation (longing for an escape through the drug, yet knowing knowing that they are actually trapping themselves with their destructive lifestyle.) The wedding part is strange. Perhaps that he became married while using drugs... and that he wasn't certain of the effort/energy/time he could dedicate. They were both uncertain how well it would work, but were compelled to be married even with these doubts. They literally didn't think towards their future (much like the drug user, realm of uncertainty, etc etc) I think the next part talks about how the character has bottomed out - that he has dug himself into a deep, dark hole. He feels like he would offer so much to her, but can't because of his addiction. He knows he can be good for her, but first he needs to move beyond his destructive habit. So, back to the character, he then talks about black holes, dark altars, basically hopelessness and despair (total faith and dependence on this drug). He longs for something to free him from this addiction... he does not want to be a junkie forever. He wants to be at one with his body, mind, soul, and everything around him. The "black hole" metaphor shows how much he is sucked in to his lifestyle, while the dark altar shows him groveling and feeling that the drug controls him or is bigger than him. Then, the greatest part of the song comes - it once again mixes literal with metaphorical. It is most moving to believe that the character had his "moment of surrender" while actually at the ATM machine - getting cash to pay for another fix. He sees a face that he does not recognize (his own), and it just hits him. He feels completely at one with himself as he has the most striking epiphany one can realize - he understands his small place in this massive universe, he understands things that are beyond him, more powerful than any of us can imagine. Many people here are saying God, and Jesus, and while that may be true, it can be interpreted in many ways. I view it as the person almost coming upon the "meaning of life" (in some subjective sense) and that this knowledge is so powerful, and came to him so fast, that it literally throws him to his knees. Whoever mentioned the passerby having to realize this themselves sounds correct - he sits on the subway, looking to see if anybody possesses this great understanding. He realizes that so many people go through life without any true purpose or belief. He finally understands his existence, and has gained a sense of direction, and can now turn his world around. He speeds through the subway (once again, literally and metaphorically), looking around, waiting for the "pain to stop". And though this can mean coming down from a high, it can also mean that he is still shaken by this great epiphany. "Vision over visibility" is a gimme, though it is a great line... he finally can see beyond what is immediately in front of him (a line on the horizon!?!?!?!?). He has direction in his life, and everything makes sense. He understands how he fits into the world, and that what he does affects others as well. So yeah, hopefully i got that somewhat right. It's basically about the meaning of life flooding into you and from that point on, nothing will ever be the same (once again, the "meaning of life" is subjective, and probably a very practical one at that, such as living for someone else or even living to make the most of yourself - basically an immense sense of purpose or some great duty to see through). You have a completely different, infinitely more important existence than you ever did before. |
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| Phoenix – Long Distance Call Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I feel this song has many similarities to "Too Young". It's about not wanting to waste your youth by being tethered to a person, place, or lifestyle. The message is quite obvious, but the way Thomas goes about saying it is scrambled... like a lot of Phoenix songs. Yet this really adds to the sound of a troubled, uncertain youth. The "26.10" is possibly a bus/train ticket, used to escape this old life. Or perhaps it refers to time, or time and energy (26 years and 10 months of age? The guys in Phoenix were around that age at the time)... somehow in reference to the character wasting their life away when they yearn for something more. It could mean both of these things. It is pretty obvious that the "young guy" who died was the character himself. He feels aged, used, mistreated. He feels like he lost a part of himself, as well as all this time he'll never get back. The line about being serious shows that the singer falsely believed that he had a future in his old life. "Looking around town, thinking the same as you" is kind of hard to put in complete context, but this could reference either a lover or a friend who feels the same - lost but hoping that the pieces of their life will just come together. The final verse is the most clear - the character has to leave his life behind, realizing that many people simply sit around and accept their life. The character has become disillusioned, so he leaves, and aimlessly looks for something more. The chorus is his regret for leaving the old life, and the attractions it holds - a "long distance call" shows that he is still connected. Yet he defiantly rattles that "it's never been like that" - or that he can't just accept his old life as satisfactory when he wants so much more. ...and that was a long way of saying that all, lol... really, the lyrics are not as important as the feeling of the song. You can really picture this guy stomping around aimlessly on a dark, rainy night, searching for something more. And from the bottom up, he screams that his existence can't be all that life has to offer. |
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