| Incubus – I Miss You Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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LiveUrLife, that's coincidental, not ironic. The lyrics are really great, I especially like "three-fold utopian dream" and "I smell your skin on the empty pillow next to mine." The pillow lyric is the one that gets me. Sleeping alone after having shared your bed for a long time makes you feel... really small and alone. Someone and some part of you is supposed to be there and you can sense that it was, but it's gone. |
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| Conor Oberst – Nikorette Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think you are expecting too much from a person you don't even know. Oberst is one of the most prolific musicians out there, and it has always been about the journey for him I think. How many bands has he started and been a part of? 5 that I know of, not to mention his solo projects. It's progression Oberst seems most interested in and he likes to experiment. If you don't like this phase, just hold on and don't doubt that something exciting and new is around the corner. I wasn't a fan of Desaparecidos, but there after Bright Eyes emerged, and then Oberst released his solo album (which was actually in association with Mystic Valley Band) which is, IMO, the best thing he's done yet. So just let it be man. Don't feel betrayed. What you say reminds me of that infamous Bob Dylan tape where he's up on stage getting ready to play the rock half of the concert when someone yells "Judas!" A member of his backing band says "Play it fucking loud," they play "Rolling Stone," and afterward, everyone cheers, the room is alive. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG7cLIjxzqo&feature=related So let him play, don't be dissatisfied, this is Conor Oberst we're talking about and something really great will come of it. Bottom line, artists change and if fanhood depends on stasis, I'm no fan. Besides, I personally love the fast and simple piano progressive scale and the lyrics are still there like they've always been there... |
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| Modest Mouse – King Rat Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Aren't we all just prisoners paying rent? You guys are both right, and I'm not just trying to play moderator. To me this song is very very much about the "revolving door" of our justice system and our society as a whole. In my mind, there is no denying that. As with many Modest Mouse songs, the title itself is an ironic allusion. In this case it alludes to the James Clavell book from the 60's. Here's where the irony is: King Rat in Clavell's book is king of a prison, and he maintains his power by stealing, cheating, and using the system to manipulate. King Rat in the MM song is king of the entire system, the irony being that really all of society is just a prison, and King Rat runs the place by committing the same crimes as those he punishes, stealing, cheating, manipulating. This is actually a predominate theme in the book as well. The narrator of the song, undoubtedly Isaac himself, wishes he could be separate from all the mess of a society that requires him to starve and suffer. The line "We choked on straight tap water/Well, I'm going to have to try the real thing," to me is about wanting to be separate from all the shit, wanting to know what it was like to drink something from the source, not contained and contaminated and pumped in so "they" can charge you money for it. A life outside the system. On a side note, who cares if it says "straight" or "street." There's too much arguing on this thread about specific little words while the context of the entire song goes unnoticed. This is "songmeanings(dot)net," not "perfectlyrics(dot)net." |
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