| Eyedea & Abilities – Sky Diver Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I love the reference to the other song "Smile". "I apologize for lying about smiling I'm a frightened little cat that learned to act like a lion" Anyways, the song is very vauge at some parts and is very open to interpretation. I'm guessing that the general story about this song is that a girl a lot like Eyedea is dying and he's trying to get over her death and pick up where she left off in battling the people who suppress others. The only line I really don't get is "While leviathans beach in the grip of their patience". Or rather "grip of their patience". But yeah, great song. |
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| Eyedea & Abilities – Hay Fever Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I've had this song on my iPod for many, many months. I've only now realized what a genius this song is. So glad I've rediscovered it. | |
| Lupe Fiasco – Paris, Tokyo Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| That's a stretch considering he's going to Japan in the song. If you can find another example of that then your may have a case. Otherwise your're just taking the two lines out of context. | |
| Brand New – Gasoline Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Wait, what am I thinking? This song is a direct reference to Isben's "Ghosts"! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts_(play) The play is basically about a bunch of hypocrites. The main character's son dies from syphilis, the pastor actually burns down a school and claims it wasn't him (or believes he burnt it down, forgot which). But regardless, the mother's wishes to get rid of her dead husband's baggage fails as her son, who was shipped away off to France so he wouldn't be corrupted becomes the living ghost of his father. The play isn't long and it was a play which tried to put a strong woman fighting all the corruption around her. As a result the critics of the time hated and loathed the play. Shows how right Isben was, doesn't it? The "You" in the song refers to each of the characters at separate times but, more importantly, the people it refers to are the authority. Whether this is a blast at the industry, Church, or anything I don't know. But the feelings behind it are clear as well as it being based of "Ghosts". It shorter words, "Like many of Ibsen's better-known plays, Ghosts is a scathing commentary on 19th century morality." This song is a scathing commentary on the morality of now. |
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| Brand New – Gasoline Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Quite obviously this song is about a man who is part of a Church. "I think your drowning in holy water I think it's time we all come clean." The absurdity of holy water not making him clean means the water is tainted, or at least the person in it is. It seems like Lacey, or whoever wrote this song or whoever is supposed to be taking the first person, knows about the secret (It could be child-molesting, it could be burning down a church, it doesn't matter really as much as the person reacting to it. My money is on child molesting due to the lonesome line.) and is facing one hell of a battle trying to point out the guy for the bastard he is (having a train going into him, catching a ghost when dead...as if that would do anything, holding on to smoke....all impossibly...or practically impossible things to do/live through.) Notice that the man is also a taker. He won't fight for things (front lines) but will hastily take lives at the same time. He wants the spoils. Whoever is in the first person wants to know what separates him from others (great divide) which is reflected in that the crook thinks that he is special for being lonely. But, with "I want to know what I’ve become." and the references to killing himself he may be saying he wants to be judged because he is guilty too. It may be that he has done the same thing as the crook but isn't getting away with it. This comment is more of just a jumping off point I guess. |
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