| Owl City – Tidal Wave Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The meaning of the song really comes out in this stanza: Then I was given grace and love I was blind but now I can see 'Cause I found a new hope from above And courage swept over me So there are obviously religious implications. He's singing about the notion of a God and a heaven making him feel more secure in light of death. He had been afraid of death and the idea of nothing but a void that comes after it. But now he feels that there is a transcendence that gives life meaning. However, a more secular interpretation is also possible when you look and the last stanza: The end is uncertain And I've never been so afraid But I don't need a telescope To see that there's hope And that makes me feel Brave "The end is uncertain" He's saying this in spite of his religious beliefs mentioned earlier. To me, it's possible that he doesn't even know who or what God is, but simply knows that there's hope for something after this mortal life. "I don't need a telescope to see that there's hope" may refer to how even without a specific religion and definition of God, Heaven, etc., one can still feel that there's something more. Besides, if he was completely sure of Heaven and had absolute faith in a specific God then why would he need to be brave? |
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| Owl City – Cave In Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Owl City's songs are always extremely hard to interpret. I think Marcus had great insight in thinking this song might relate to war. Of course, it is possible that he's talking about relationships, but I think we might be biased by the fact that the song sounds too light-hearted to be about war. Almost every song often seems like it's about a relationship, but keep in mind that artists will often make their songs ambiguous so that it may seem like it could be about love or relationships on the surface but actually has another meaning. I think that taking the war references as metaphors would be legitimate if they were only mentioned in part of the song, but he seems to be talking about war throughout the whole thing. I think this song is really trying to describe a soldier's mentality and how they feel. The first two stanzas describe how he wants to just get away and maybe get into some adventure, which is why many join the army in the first place. The third stanza describes the miserable conditions of military life. The "cold integrity" that keeps him awake refers to the way a soldier is strictly disciplined and made to endure. The last stanza refers to the stress disorder that often develops in infantry, making him feel like he might "snap." |
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| Five for Fighting – Slice Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think this song does have to do with music and how in this day and age it's not as meaningful, but I think the underlying meaning is broader. He's singing about how there was a greater sense of community in our country when life was simpler. The first few stanzas describe life back then, and how "we were everyone" in that me would have to go out and see other people and interact with them every day of our lives. These two stanzas show how life is now: Have you read my blog today? Three hundred million little USA's Your doorstep is just a click away We'll get together one of these days How can you be as nice as me? You're not from the same slice as me Where do we go from here my friend? Is this the way our story ends? The second line describes how we've been divided into millions of different "slices." These slices probably made up of a group not much larger than one family, or it could even be a single person. The third lines describes how we get almost all our socialization from the internet, which is truly a poor excuse for relations in the real world. Our individual lives are segregated from the society as a whole, and everything such as cellphones and office type jobs are geared toward this kind of thing. The first two lines in the second stanza illustrate how we are prejudiced against anyone who we don't really know. He applies this sense of separation to music and how people listened to it, which the above comments picked up on. |
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| Flyleaf – Arise Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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It's a mistake to think that Lacey wrote this song, since this whole album was mostly written by one of the guitarists. Whisper is right when he says that the "hammers and needles" refer to evil and pain in general. Like twmac817 says, this song is about dying and awaking to a new life in heaven. The first stanza is where you really get the meaning of the song. Tell the swine we will make it out alive there�s a note in the pages of a book so sleep tonight we�ll sleep dreamlessly this time when we awake, we�ll know that everything�s alright. She says "dreamlessly" because she's referring to death. She might even be referring to the Second Coming and the end of the world. Of course, I think this song was meant to have meaning not just in a Christian context. One could certainly take it as motivation to strive for good in general and realize one's dreams. |
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| Flyleaf – Circle Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| bbchain is right. You really need to read the booklet to get the full context. This song is, obviously, about Jesus, but the people who argue for this shouldn't be so hasty to put down the people who say that it's a love story and that it's about the military, because it is. They were just picking up on the more obscure material. What is happening is a soldier went off by himself and his wife thought he was having an affair with another woman, which he wasn't. Then an enemy soldier came and held her at gunpoint. The soldier then pleaded to be killed instead, which was done. So this song is talking about the great virtue of a Jesus-LIKE action. The most perfect love consists in this kind of altruistic sacrifice. | |
| Flyleaf – Treasure Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think the themes of both God and being a bride can fit in, but separately. The song is about the night someone has just gotten engaged. She's in shock and awe that now one person treasures her above all the rest of the earth. Bearing the gift of a new heart Patience ablaze, I'm slowly burning Refined, I'll become the most dazzling precious treasure I'll be treasured over all the Earth The burning is meant as the feeling of love that washes over her now. "New heart" and "refined" as well as "Just look at what He's done" at the end of the song illustrate how she had trusted her life to God first, and this is the reason she can now feel such pure romantic love. |
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| Flyleaf – Treasure Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Actually, Lacey did not write this song. Sameer B., one of the band's guitarists did. It says so in the album. | |
| Flyleaf – Set Apart This Dream Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The first comment was right to pick up on the fact that the girl is suffering. In context, this song is a father trying to comfort his daughter who had been sexually abused, and who is considering turning away from God. He talks about how he remembers when she was young, even though at the present the girl is actually older. The chorus is asking that she set apart his dream for her, which is for her to be wise and love God. It would be hard to get this from just the lyrics, but album booklet gives you the context of each of the songs. |
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| Flyleaf – Swept Away Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| PADLoK, you definitely get at the core meaning of this song. However, the speaker is not speaking out against false Christianity. The person he (the speaker is always a "he" in this album, since Lacey wasn't the one who wrote it) is talking to is a beautiful woman who is preaching passion and materialism. He is talking to her for some of the time, and at other times to the followers of the woman. You can read the context of all of these songs and lyrics in the album booklet. | |
| Flyleaf – In The Dark Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Great interpretation. Jesus must kill the person they have become so that they may metaphorically begin a new and better life. | |
| Flyleaf – In The Dark Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| It does say that. But it really makes perfect sense to use that word. Words like "damn" and "hell," which are considered profane by some, have real meaning in a Christian context. They are just used to describe the horrors of sin, that's all. | |
| Flyleaf – This Close Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I agree with the above comments saying that this song has to do with God, but I think the person she is watching is God Himself. In the album booklet there is a "journal entry" relating to this song that makes it clearer. The person singing is part of an army fighting against something called the "Dread Army" and they have dream that they and their army were dead and part of the Dread Army, the song is describing how the enemies feel. They all then see a man in the sky, presumably God. It is in this context that the words in the chorus are spoken. | |
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