| DJ Shadow – Six Days Remix (feat. Mos Def) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I'm pretty sure the actual lyrics for the "shot" verses are: Fire! (and there go off a shot!) Escalation Nervous-ation Generation Separation Situation Dissipation (shot) Another shot Another shot The tenth of us who are sure The heart is cold The gun is hot (shot) Im not sure if they're done or not Im not sure if they wanna stop The gun is cold the blood is hot (Sha Sha Sha Sha Sha Sha Shot) The hearts are weak the guns are not |
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| Gorillaz – Every Planet We Reach Is Dead Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I don't really see how everyone can jump to entertaining the idea of a woman's heart so quickly. I suppose the most simplistic answer is always the easiest to pass though. To figure a riddle means to look at all the details and formulate something that fits all the allusions. That includes the place where the general idea is set: THE TITLE! :P If you look at from a humanization on planetary perspective you can easily create your own metaphors. The girl would be a young "Mother" Earth, sun hardly coming through would be pollution, dreams, relevance and perception of time, nostalgic regret, etc. I do have a possible lyric correction that I've heard both ways: "When you go down All the sick and selfless days I want to see you again" to "When you go back All the second selfless days You're in love with him I want to see you again" |
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| Chronic Future – Wicked Games Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Well this song is pretty straight forward I thought, but still has great meaning. They use the metaphor of games to describe how everything that we do or go about things. Though truly it isn't a metaphor because the definition of a game is "anything resembling a game, as in requiring skill, endurance, or adherence to rules." More specifically they are using this definition: "to act in an evasive, deceitful, manipulative, or trifling manner in dealing with others." His first verse goes on to show the needlessness of games if people were open and open-minded with other. But the rest explains how it seems impossible when everyone is creating more defenses for others manipulation and greedy tactics while doing the same so that it creates an endless loop. |
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| Chronic Future – Time And Time Again Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Well I'm new to this site, but I had heard this song for a long time, as you can see cuz of my post date :P. So ya here's my take. I think the first verse of this song, as well as the first part of the chorus, is referring to when someone believes they can understand what it's to experience a situation just by playing it out in their head and being able to control the outcome by blocking their feelings in their heart to come to a "correct" conclusion. He uses a perfect partner type character as a metaphor for his mind and trust in that he doesn't need the perspective of anyone else as well as a splinter as a metaphor for his heart, saying how it's such a burden on his decisions, detracting from the pleasure he could be having. The second verse seems to have a few more elements in it. The first part "Put yourself through the scariest of scenarios. Enter experiences you normally wouldn't dare to go. It's all for the character and the arrogant afterglow" seems to have a double meaning. The first has a bit of sarcasm, explaining how just building assumptions on each other leads to arrogance and foolish philosophies in place of actually living the situation out. The second meaning, as well as the second part of the chorus, seems to be sort of a command to push you to live it out, instead of running away by creating false pretenses. I think they also hint that it is contradictory to claim wisdom to yourself if you're the one making it up. The next part "And what your parents handed down to you to handle Make sure you carry torches when their puttin out your candles" is looks to be talking about ways of life your parents down gave to you as a way of guiding and giving you structure while discouraging you from creating your own philosophies. Then "Prediction can be unkind but unwind them still. Don't erase the part of you that's responsible for your will" is saying that, though it may be hard to figure the truth for yourself, it is better not to just trust and follow people you may respect or have always listened to like your parents and determine what philosophies are actually your own. The part of the chorus that goes "Well I've seen you and those things you do. And the way you hide that shadow can't be good for you. Your dark defines your light," as well as the last verse, is referring to those who have dug themselves into pits of lies and can't seem to get themselves out. He suggests to look at today as a new day and start from the beginning, without any foundation, risking wildness in the hopes of finding your own happiness. Though the "dark defines your light" part looks to be a hint at looking the duality of things, such as a brighter light makes a shadow darker, and how they can also intertwine within themselves such as a light refracting of a mirror into separate dimensions as well as its own. Hope that gives some new perspective. Though I believe Mike Bussi shares the same take as me in leaving forms of expression like lyricism open as a template for everyone to create their own personal significance through something only they have experienced. :) |
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