| Modest Mouse – Ohio Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"Pulled the scabs off of regrets, We haven't learned to EAT our conscience yet." He definitely doesn't say "read our conscience yet." Eating your conscience, as in, disregarding / ridding yourself of a conscience. It makes more sense in the context of the song, and the album, and the way Isaac Brock writes. |
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| Modest Mouse – 3rd Planet Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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In a song called "Things I Don't Remember" by Isaac Brock's other band, Ugly Casanova, there's a "cum" reference in the line: "Things I don't remember, There were dressed up alligators, There was cum on the piano, Disco dancing neighbors Who were born in mashed potatoes, Caught with my pants down, Hiding in the doghouse, We figured out what we're good for." Brock seems pretty perverse, and I admire him because he's not afraid to embrace that. We, as a rather conservative society, don't typically talk about sexual tendencies or the like because it's considered 'taboo,' but it shouldn't be. I think this is another one of Brock's ways of saying "Well, fuck you guys." |
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| Modest Mouse – 3rd Planet Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"Your heart felt good, It was drippin' pitch and made of wood. Your hands and knees Felt cold and wet on the grass beneath." I'm curious as to whether she miscarried or got an abortion. |
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| Modest Mouse – You're the Good Things Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Wow, skd2k1... He's talking about "wake" as in a viewing of the deceased before burial, not about breakfast. I feel like this song is less about a lover or a crush and more about a friendship that's fallen out. He probably notices really obnoxious traits about his friend, i.e. the friend probably doesn't take anything seriously or is so fucking bubbly and superficial (hence the references to icing, flowers, money, fun). He's probably in a bad place in his life and everything seems to be working out to his friend's advantage and his dark, sarcasm is masked by upbeat rhythms and chord progressions. What could be more mocking than that? He might be challenging the friend's philosophy of life with his own existentialist perspective, and pointing out to the friend that there are plenty of people that aren't too fond of him ("help's not short when you're digging your grave"), and he'd be more than happy to bury their deceased friendship. |
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| Devendra Banhart – Dragonflies Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This reminds me of a hazy evening in late summer, as the sun is setting behind a bank of trees near a creek or a lake. Enjoying chirp of the crickets, every flutter of the wind breathing against your skin, moist from the humidity. Feeling safe and completely content in the presence of your significant other, and/or a close friend. Does anyone know who the female singing with him is? |
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| Devendra Banhart – I Remember Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Being such an enigmatic and emotional song, I think it can mean whatever you want it to mean. For me, this song represents my situation with a flame I had at the end of summer, once upon a time. "I remember a far away laugh, a sweet caress; you'd help me zip up my dress. and I remember your arms wrapped around my neck, twenty one shells wrapped in a nest. Endlessness didn't last. I won't change given the chance." After making love, always accompanied by laughter and sweet caresses, he'd help me zip up my dress. Countless times, we lay together beneath the stars. I was unaware that we weren't on the same page, in terms of "our future"; I thought our love was endless, and even though I was leaving, that we'd be together again once I returned. That didn't end up happening; after months of avoiding me altogether, he revealed to me that he was gay. It hurt because I was / am still in love with him; it changed my whole life, but I don't regret our past at all, and if given the chance, I wouldn't change a thing. --- "I remember no place for me to hide, before you came home at night. and I remember you turnin' out the lights; all I ever saw was the red in your eyes. No big surprise. Happened nearly every night, your own flesh and blood. I did wonder why." This always reminds me of the times we've hung out at his place since he came out to me, and seeing him interact with his family, none of whom know yet. He always had a pained, sad look in his eyes after talking to his parents or his brother; I know it's a huge burden to continue keep that secret from them. --- "I remember not knowing what to say and how calm you had remained, your child still born with no name." I always felt paralyzed when he talked about his struggles with dealing with this part of him that he finally acknowledged, and having to keep it hidden from everyone. I always felt foolish and helpless, because I never knew what to say to comfort him or what advice to give him. The "child stillborn with no name" represents his homosexuality, something he can't call by name around others, something he can hardly call by name in his own mind. --- "Please don't let what was get in the way of what's next. Don't forget that what's to come hasn't come yet." I think this part is pretty self-explanatory. |
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| Lady GaGa – Bad Romance Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Personally, I think this song is addressing her cocaine addiction. It sort of makes sense, if you think about it. | |
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