| The Sisters of Mercy – Lucretia, My Reflection Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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This is a song about the blindness of Western Privilege in a world where our foreign and economic policy (said machine) crushes and bombs the other world. And those of us paying for it are oblivious to its effects. We pat ourselves on the back for not having the empire anymore. Even when we try to look at the truth we reject the evidence presented. This is just as relevant today as it was in 1987. The most important lines in the song are "We got the kingdom, we got the key, we got the empire now as then, we don't doubt, we don't take direction/reflection." That lack of doubt in our rightness from our position of privilege is what stops us seeing. The train reference is one used often to refer to the supposed benefits brought by the British Empire especially with regard to India. And that was point of the video. Lucretia is almost certainly the Roman one who brought down the Roman Monarchy with her rape and subsequent suicide. |
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| The Cranberries – Ode To My Family Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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From everything I heard at the time of this being released she wanted to write a song about family life NOT being messed up. Family support. That here being in a difficult place now was not to do with her family and was not by design. The lyrics are confusingly written here and elsewhere "Unhappiness. (Her present) Whereas when I was young, (In contrast to her youth) and we didn't give a damn, (Where she lived carefree) 'cause we were raised to see life as fun (Cos that's how her parents raised her) and take it if we can." (She was taught to grab life by the scruff) |
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| The National – All the Wine Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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A Man in drunken self believe stumbles drunk, bottle in hand, with a smashed up mouth. He keeps telling himself he's wonderful A car comes past, the beams cast his shadow up on to a wall which amuses him. He throws his arms out and spins in drunken joy. This is his wine He gets surrounded by a group of black girls who are probably laughing at him, he's the centre of attention for a moment and then stumbles into the street, a car honks its horn, he won't get out of the way. He's the centre of attention. He picks up an abandoned doll's house which is going to be a gift for the kid he's abandoned. The alcohols drives his belief he can protect as he arrives at his old house bearing his gifted. He meets his ex on the porch declaring in a drunken ramble that they will be fine. |
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