| OK Go – Louisiana Land Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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"The rich boys get their money back when the banks go belly up But if you're downtown when the levees break well you're shit out of luck. The penthouse paupers need your help so everybody lend a hand And maybe they'll get you a real sweet price on Louisiana Land." It's "rich folks", not "rich boys". Great song. |
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| Cage the Elephant – Judas Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The shadow on the wall line isn't referring to Judas hanging himself, per se. Your "shadow on the wall" is an allegorical way of saying that you can't hide from what you've done, or who you are... your guilt/your past follows you around, just as your shadow follows you around. I don't think this song is specifically intended to be about government. I think it's written in a way which allows it to be interpreted differently by different people. Bob Dylan always talked about writing his songs to be open for interpretation, that he didn't "mean" anything by his lyrics (although we can be sure he did, he just preferred to leave interpretation to the listener). I think that's what they've done here as well. In fact, that quality seems to me to be the most artistic way to write lyrics. I like to think the references to money aren't necessarily literal. "Money" could stand for whatever goal you had in mind when you decided to act as you did. "Money" is the reward, and although it could be literal if you so interpret it, it doesn't have to be. "But at least you made some money" could easily be "But at least you got what you wanted." This idea is similar to "you had to kill to gain control again" -- this could be interpreted to be saying "you had to destroy [something] to gain control again." It doesn't have to mean you actually killed someone, ya know? In any case, the simple fact that we're discussing it and people are coming up with their own interpretations means the lyrics are intelligently and artistically written. Go read the lyrics to a Lady Gaga song and see if you can say the same... *WARNING: completely off topic* Lady Gaga's SongMeanings page: "I turned off my cell phone cause I'M IN THE CLUB!" Song interpretation by fLyGuRl69: "some b*tch wuz prob givin a ho tha runround, so iTz lk b*tch get ya aZZ to tha CLUB n let dat sh*t go on tha danzflo lulz,,, newayz dats wut it ment to me n mah grlz PEACE" |
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| Julian Casablancas – 4 Chords of the Apocalypse Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I'm going to try to interpret only a few stanzas of this song... "I'll take you shoppin', I'll take you dancing too I'll take you out, all the things you want to do I'll give you diamonds, and I'll give you space So be with anyone you want, it's alright with me" He's done all he could to make her happy -- "shopping, dancing, taking her out, anything she wanted to do." Towards the end, she didn't ask for all those things, but for space. I think Julian is responding, "hey I gave you all those other things -- of course I'll give you space too." But at the same time, he's already seeing the end come into sight. It's kind of bitter, too -- "So be with anyone you want, it's alright with me." It's just a sign of the end of things between them; he wants to make her happy, but to make her happy, he has to let go of her. "Our time is over Don't you know that if a time-warp was open I'd stay right in my place That war is over" This is illustrative of the inner conflict he's been through. Recognizing it's the end, yet saying that if "a time-warp was open" (that is, if he could go back in time), he wouldn't go back and change things. "That war is over" in this context could mean that their "war" (relationship) is over -- why go back and fight it again, it is how it is. Like plato1251 suggested, it could also refer to the war between emotion and logic -- trying to reconcile the two extremes... he loves her but knows it isn't going to work and he's accepted that. The solo right after these stanzas is really nice, too. |
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