| The National – Gospel Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Agree with all posters who think this is about love. Agree with all posters that nothing in Boxer is meant to be overtly political. These are stories of personal and interpersonal struggles. | |
| The National – Gospel Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Agree with all posters who think this is about love. Agree with all posters that nothing in Boxer is meant to be overtly political. These are stories of personal and interpersonal struggles. | |
| The National – You Were a Kindness Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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You and me both! -Everyone male over the age of 25 |
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| The National – Cardinal Song Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I don't think that's the advice this song is giving at all. "jesus christ you have confused me cornered, wasted, blessed and used me forgive me girls i am confused stiff and pissed and lost and loose" There's the important part. He says all the stuff at the beginning but then admits he's just confused and is sorry for being such a fool. |
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| The National – Slipping Husband Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Hah. If you look past the English majors writing stories to describe this song or apply it to their own lives, this is the one I felt described the song most aptly. | |
| Sufjan Stevens – Vesuvius Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Looking back, I think his ending is correct but I'm still sure the first line is "Oracle, I follow men less". | |
| Sufjan Stevens – Vesuvius Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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A few other corrections: "Oracle, I've fallen at last But they were the feast Of a permanent blast" is "Oracle, I follow men less But they were the feast Of a permanent blessed" |
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| Sufjan Stevens – Vesuvius Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| And a key mistake in the posted lyrics (basically changes the whole slant of the song) is that "I cannot be made to laugh" is actually "I can now be made to laugh". | |
| Sufjan Stevens – Vesuvius Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I'd rather be burnt than be living in debt, is my take. | |
| Sufjan Stevens – I Want to Be Well Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Epic, epic, epic. Anyone lamenting the death of the "old Sufjan", shame on you. | |
| Arcade Fire – Suburban War Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Fairly sure it's... "The night's so Yeah the night's so long" Brilliant, brilliant song. A great year for nostalgic melancholia with this and High Violet... |
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| The National – Conversation 16 Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| While I agree with most everything you said, I believe that the zombie-like behaviors are performed precisely because he believes his "shitty thoughts" will cause him to "eat her brains" and thus, he is "afraid" to speak them to her. To me, the song describes a Catch 22. He is afraid to speak to his own insecurities about his life (in particular his marriage) so instead he goes through life as a prototypical husband which is unsatisfying to him and I suspect, to his wife as well. | |
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