| Marina and the Diamonds – Oh No! Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I guess I kind of missed that, but I agree with you there. They're sort of half-aware that their priorities are messed up, but feel they can't stop now, so they're hard-working, but "lost" as well. | |
| Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip – Thou Shalt Always Kill Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Can you assure me that the lyrics are not ironic with evidence, please? It seemed you just stated it. And I think 'Vile' is a bit much. Maybe they are platitudes, I can understand that, but not boring, in my opinion (obviously a different opinion from yours). As for the just a band part, I thought it was profound, it seemed like he was mercilessly cutting down people's idols. People often say stuff like 'Thom Yorke is God' or something, and he's just a singer in a band. I like your elevated speech, though, it makes everything you say sound a bit more believable than an average internet user. |
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| The Smiths – A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Sorry about the double post, but I tried to press enter to start a new paragraph, and it posted it. I think the, 'mystical time zone,' bit is about trying to leave hom but being to scared to. And then, despite not mentioning love, he ends by falling in love after all, and irratated by it, judging by the way it's sung. | |
| The Smiths – A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I thought it was about revolution too. I thought it was about a young man who believed he could change the world, and there were others who felt the same, but he says, 'don't mention love,' perhaps to himself, because in the past he's fallen in love with people who share his opinions too easily. |
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| Radiohead – Sulk Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Yeah, saving the world, I will if you will. But anyway, I think this song is very good to listen to when annoyed, it somehow cheers me up (but when you're kinda disillusioned it makes me worse). I like the part 'you're so pretty, and you're on your knees, disinfected and eager to please.' it reminds me of someone I know. |
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| Radiohead – Climbing Up the Walls Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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It's weird no-one else put this, but this is what I always imagined the song to be about: I thought it was about evil inside us all, which some people have said, but I think it's specific to the book Lord of The Flies. The Drums and ambiant sounds remind me of a tribe in a jungle. "Either way you turn, I'll be there, Open up your skull, I'll be there." This seems to be the beast talking to Simon, saying that he's inside all of them. "I am the key to the lock in your house That keeps your toys in the basement." 'Toys' might be metaphorical, since the hunting the boys did in the novel were at first games, and then became serious. "And if you get too far inside You'll only see my reflection." Is saying that if you got too far into savagey, you'll become the beast yourself. "You know we're friends until we die" The beast telling Simon he should just give in. "It's always better on the outside" Simon is an outsider in the group, and because of this he can see the truth. "Fifteen blows to the back of your head" This seems to describe Simon's death, which is very violent , and then the scream at the end seems to be the other boys all screaming when they see him, and think he is the beast. If anyone's read the book, let me know if you think that's right or not. |
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| Radiohead – The National Anthem Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| yeah, if that's right though, then it seems there is some order at the end, there's the bit that sounds sort of like how you'd expect a national anthem to sound, just at the very end. | |
| Radiohead – How Do You? Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I always thought he was talking to someone who idolises someone he sees as a jerk, and maybe that it was a parody of a punk song, using punk-esque words like 'bigot'. The story seems to be some kind of pathetic person eventually becoming powerful and forcing people to like him, and that Thom is asking someone how they can actually idolise someone like that. |
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| Marina and the Diamonds – Oh No! Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think that the song is about someone has made themselves as described in the lyrics, by telling themselves that they are like that. The first verse is like a collection of mantras, all beginning with 'don't' especially the second part of the verse, which sounds like a chant. (don't want cash, don't want car; don't need money don't need fame). The Chorus is more assertion that the speaker is right in their actions. (I know exactly what I want and who I want to be) and they call themselves a 'machine' to show that they can do this because they're almost programmed to do it. The speaker then says how they predicted this would happen, and because they did, they made it happen (I'm now becoming my own self-fulfilled prophecy) Then they feel some fear of this life because it sounds too easy to work. (oh, oh no, oh no ,oh no oh) The second verse is the speaker telling themselves why they can't get scared because they might fail and they don't have a backup. (One-track mind; if I fail I'll fall apart). Then they explain that they are never happy with their intelligence/skill, so always try even harder (I feel like I'm the worst so I always act like I'm the best). They also wonder if this is a test, in the sense that people who pass it will achieve great success. In the second part of this verse the speaker seems to be warning the audience about material possessions, and teaching people makes the speaker feel experienced, and they go on to explain their experience of it. (The entirety of the second part). The speaker says that 'real life has no appeal', which is explaining why they 'walk and talk like a machine', and also makes the speaker feel confident that they don't need to waste time doing 'normal' things, and can dedicate all their time to work on their career, sort of another self-assurance. The middle-eight (or whatever its called) is the fear that this path will either turn out very good or very bad, and then they go back to the chorus, which is to remind the speaker that they have it all worked out. So in conclusion the song is about hard-working people who doubt themselves and miss normal life sometimes. Correct me if you have any arguments to what I've said. |
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| Eels – Susan's House Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| when I first heard it, I thought it was sort of a noise of sudden understanding like 'ohhh, that's what this song is about' or something. | |
| Electric Six – Broken Machine Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| i think thats its either about a psycologist or a webcam | |
| Tally Hall – Spring and a Storm Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I always thought the meaning was something along the lines of: One time I tried to sing About spring and a storm But you know How it goes I think that means they tried to think of something to write about, but it's all been done before... Blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah Blah All along Won't you please stop complaining I'm playing a song ...but then he decides he will anyway, and picks a topic for the song... But all the rain comes down the same Falling to from where it came On the ground then back around Up into the sky ...he spontaneously goes on a rant about the water cycle... I wish you could have heard the music When the clouds growled overhead I finally felt enthusiastic I finally felt alive ...then says about how inspired he was when he wrote it... Blah blah blah blah Blah blah blah blah Blah So you said Would it please you to listen To thunder instead I think this bit is about people saying the song isn't original. So he askes them if he talks about thunder. Man the rain came down that day And it drained my soul away And I wondered why I even Bothered to try Then he talks about losing inspiration after being critisized. Mr. Moon? Yeah? Tell us about the sky. The sky is deep and dark and eternally high Many people think that's where you go when you die Do you? Well I think you return to obscure Or wherever you were Before you were But I won't let you lose yourself in the rain It seems he decides to change the subject, and puts foreward theories about life after death, while asking people not to think too hard about it all they'll go mad We have so much left to sing There's a storm for every spring He says that despite being uninspired, he can still do a song about every subject All you see and you and me Became from a star Then he goes back to the point about life and talks about how the entie solar system came from the sun. You're a star Yes you are He then repeats this idea, so it sounds like he'ds saying it with double meaning, as in when somebody helps someone, and when they thank them, they say 'you're a star' sometimes. (Silent explosive and Silent explosive and) This bit might mean how people have 'quiet anger', sometimes, and its repeated as this type of anger lasts a long time. Create until nothing is left to create and I think this means how humans will keep on advancing tecnology. The universe bursts with an overworked sigh then I think this is about how the universe will end in 'heat death', a 'sigh' rather than an explosion. Pretend to pretend to re-crown the creation and 'recrowning' the 'creation' might mean doing songs that sound like other ones, or covering them. Sing the same thing 'til the clouds start to cry and then Over and over and over again and then Over and over and Never again I think this last bit may be about pop songs being repetetive, and that life is like this too. The 'never again' is representing death. Correct me if you have any better interpretations. |
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