| Marina and the Diamonds – Oh No! Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| That's because it supposed to be a follow up. Marina said so herself. | |
| Marina and the Diamonds – Numb Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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^ The way she writes her songs, there is more than one interpritation. They have meaning on a personal level, but also apply to other things. Like Mowgli's Road, it was about her having to choose between being a mainstream singer and something lesser know, but it apllies to choices in general. Plus, isn't stardom part of her dreams? She has said she used to be hung up on it all, wanted to be a big pop star, and "Oh No!" is certainly about sucess. So if this is applying to her dreams and need to be the best, it applies to her fame too. |
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| Florence + the Machine – Girl with One Eye Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| "Well she's lucky that I didn't slip her a smile" means the Glasgow smile (when you take a knfe to the edges of someone's mouth and cut into them, often at an angle that makes it look like a demented smile). | |
| Marina and the Diamonds – Numb Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think it's about stardom; The singer feels empty inside when theyexpect happiness to come with their fame. As they climb the ladder of stardom nothing changes. In the chorus the singer remarks how ironic it is that while they're shining for the whole world to see they feel so low ("I feel numb most of the time, the more I get the higher I'll climb and I will wonder why, I get dark only to shine"). "I can't open up and cry, cause I've been silent all my life" obviously means the person doesn't know how to show their feelings, so they bottle it up. "Ooh I get dark ohh and I'm in hell, I need a friend ooh but I can't yell" is again the singer unable to properly show their feelings, even in the darkest hours. "Yeah I'm no good no good to anyone, cause all I care about is being number one" they push aside everythig else to react that goal of fame, in a hope that maybe this time it'll bring happiness. "And I'll light up the sky, stars that burn the brightest fall so fast and pass you by, spark like empty lighters" means that though now the singer is a budding star, it won't last and they'll soon be forgotten like all the others. |
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| Marina and the Diamonds – Shampain Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Sorry typo, I mean NOT "a very sad ending". | |
| Marina and the Diamonds – Shampain Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Making a correction; It's "toast to the bride, a fairytale ending" or "very sad ending". |
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| Florence + the Machine – Cosmic Love Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Its supposed to be about vunerability and walking into darkness for love (comparing love to blind faith; "a falling star fell from your heart and landed in my eyes/and now its left me blind"). Sort of like saying; you both just have to take a leap of faith and walk into the darkness, because you don't know whats there but its worth finding out together. | |
| Florence + the Machine – My Boy Builds Coffins Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I wish people would stop saying all her songs were about sex, I doubt Florence is that shallow. I think its very literal, with a few implications if you just look behind it. This boy does a thanless service, and accepts everyone who comes to him because it doesn't matter if they're rich or poor because we're all going to die someday ("kings and queens have all knocked on his door/beggars and liars/gypsies and thieves/they all come to him cause he's so eager to please"). He enjoys knowing what a great service he provides but also, no one truly appreciates him for his work ("some say its a blessing/some say its a curse"). |
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| Marina and the Diamonds – Oh No! Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I believe the song is about wanting to suceed and change things yet at the same time becoming what you were originally against ("I'm now becoming my own self-fulfilled prophecy"). You let your need to suceed take over your life while everything else takes a backseat ("Don't do love, don't do friends/I'm only after success/Don't need a relationship/I'll never soften my grip") so when you lose you have nothing left ("One track mind one track heart/If I fail I'll fall apart"). In the middle it adresses that things like the media have an infuence on us, that they impose a way of thinking and feeling ("TV taught me how to feel/Now real life has no appeal"). How do you truly know what is your own opinion and what you have been influenced to believe? Are the things to believe in as right as you once thought they were? Which leads to the moral dilema; do you stick to your morals and fail or sacrafice what you stood for so your efforts don't go to waste? Either way you'll somehow lose ("I'm gonna live/I'm gonna fly/I'm gonna fail/I'm gonna die"). At the end when the word die is repeated it could possibly be a hint that the person has chosen to hold to their guns even if it crushes them. |
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