| Monster Magnet – Space Lord Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| About the last two lines. "The time has come for me to kill this game Now open wide and say my name" This is interesting because it could be about the girl he's leaving the relationship with or it can be about sealing the deal with the next girl. And it's probably about both since he has no conscience and he's driven by sex. He already plans to use the new one and destroy her like the rest | |
| Monster Magnet – Space Lord Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This is a song about a man that doesn't choose happy relationships. "he left this throne a million miles away" meaning he doesn't want to be treated like a king. He'd rather be used and controlled, "kept in your pocket" meaning pussy whipped. Basically he likes miserable relationships, one of which he's about to end. "There's a car in the field now in a column of flame" signifies the end of a relationship (or an action movie) "With two doors to choose but only one bears your name" meaning there is a question of whether he's going to continue the relationship or not. Now here's why he isn't such a nice guy. "Well I'll shave off the pitch now/and the scope of your tune" He's going to shut her up /and make her words mean less to him by ending the relationship (or at least the emotional part) "Give me the strength to split the world in two now yeah, I ate all the rest and now I've gotta eat you" He's going to revive himself by killing the relationship and he doesn't care if it destroys her, in fact he needs it to destroy her to be satisfied because he stopped caring about being a good person a long time ago. This song is extremely sexual, basically every line is sexually charged and most contain innuendo but I think taking it to literally be about child birth is taking it to a Freudian extreme. It's not a stretch to think the song is about a relationship with a woman that is a mother or that he is recreating his dysfunctional relationship with his mother (perhaps the woman who put him on the throne and he is rebelling against by being such a shit) And the song isn't literally about Satan either (though the singer is embracing the dark side so to speak) As for the title and theme of "Space Lord" it refers to his personal alienation because he's different and his need to have things a certain way. He's finicky about relationships and wants conflicting things causing him to be restless and never having a permanent home. But the "My planets call me to the void of my birth" a reference to astrology, he's destined to be a straight guy with a high sex drive, (The pussy calls him, do I have to spell it out for you?) |
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| A Perfect Circle – A Stranger Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| A classic theme: unrequited love | |
| A Perfect Circle – Blue Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The song is about having a friend/lover who is killing herself with drugs. "While I just sit and stare at you " She's killing herslef in front of his eyes. The opening lines "I just didn't want to know /Best to keep things in the shallow end /Cause I never quite learned how to swim" mean that the song's narrator was just interested in having fun with a beautiful girl and he didn't want to know that she was an addict. "Close my eyes just to look at you " means he's disgusted by the revelation of her using. "Ignore the smoke" has a double meaning. Smoke is figuratively a sign of trouble and also the literal smoke from the crack pipe or spoon or whatever. "While I just sit and stare at you" and "Mistook their nods for an approval /Just ignore the smoke and smile" I think that's sort of a confession. That the narrator knew what was he was witnessing (a gorgeous young woman killing herself) And he just sat there and did nothing but watch. Then he suggests that that's what any man would do. The nod is because he suspects something is up or that she had to be too good to be true. But since he (and any other guy) is just looking for some lighthearted fun and is powerless to save her she is going to mistake that nod for approval, like it's cool that she's an addict. I think this song was either written because he found out that she died or he had a haunting dream or remembrance of her years later and kept himself from finding out where she is now because he knows the possibilities and he doesn't want to know her ultimate fate. I don't think she actually has to die. and I also think that "turning blue" has a double meaning that her drug addiction was turning her blue like she was dying and that her addiction was a cry for help and attention like when a kid is going to hold their breath until they turn blue. |
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