| Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| this song is an ironic commentary on the brainwashing which the nazi youth experienced. they would get all pumped up to go kill people but not be fully aware of the reality of what they were doing. the victims are being lined up for execution, the nazis have lost their minds because of the extent to which they have been brainwashed. the victims were also often transported at in the back of army vehicles and they were executed using gas (steam heat). the nazis were trained to be excited and supportive of murders although the exact reasons for the murders were not often known. | |
| R.E.M. – E-Bow The Letter Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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i think this song is about losing a friend to the lure of fame and the pressures of people who dont have their best interests at heart. Look up, what do you see? All of you and all of me Fluorescent and starry Some of them, they surprise ^this is talking about how easily accessible the lives of the famous are and therefore how susceptible to pressure from others they are The bus ride, I went to write this, 4:00 a.m, this letter Fields of poppies, little pearls All the boys and all the girls sweet-toothed Each and every one a little scary I said your name ^about how materialistic the world is with drugs and jewels and everyone in it is consumed by this idea and it is the only thing that can satisfy them, which leads to an intimidating and sometimes destructive motivation, yet throughout it all the narrator is thinking only of how his friend will be affected I wore it like a badge of teenage film stars Hash bars, cherry mash and tinfoil tiaras Dreaming of Maria Callas, whoever she is This fame thing, I don't get it ^people are so proud to know famous people, but its all fake (tinfoil tiaras) and the people who think about the stars the most dont actually know anything about how they actually are, so it doesnt actually make sense I wrap my hand in plastic to try to look through it Maybelline eyes and girl-as-boy moves I can take you far This star thing, I don't get it ^this expands the idea of a fakeness consuming a class of people. just because you put make up on doesnt mean you actually look that way and just because you put plastic on your hand doesnt mean that it is now transparent. none of it is real I'll take you over there I'll take you over there ^this echoes the narrators desire to take his friend back to how it use to be, but it is also representing the temptation of an a-list life as emphasized in the way this line is said as if cult-like chanting Aluminum, tastes like fear Adrenaline, it pulls us near ^the falsities and the drugs are all caused by the fear of rejection and the rush of feeling wanted drags you into the cycle Will you live to 83? Will you ever welcome me? Will you show me something that nobody else has seen? ^this is the narrator trying to convince his friend to think in the long term and realize that actions have consequences (ex. drugs can lead to death). it then talks about the narrator's own fear of rejection because he has not succumbed to the pressure as others have Smoke it, drink, here comes the flood Anything to thin the blood These corrosives do their magic slowly and sweet ^references to the influences, such as drugs and alcohol, that are taken in by the subject and how these things slowly wear away at the person that he once was, watering him down to a mere shadow of his former self Phone, eat it, drink, just another chink Cuts and dents, they catch the light Aluminum, the weakest link ^more drug references and how people (and media) are most likely to notice the things that are going wrong. more about how drugs and being fake catch up with you in the end and are likely to cause tragic events and downfalls I don't want to disappoint you I'm not here to anoint you, I would lick your feet But is that the sickest move? ^the narrator doesnt want to be rejected by his friend by opposing his actions and not thinking that the things the subject is doing make him cool or desirable. the narrator is mocking the people who do fall for the things the subject has done I wear my own crown and sadness and sorrow And who'd have thought tomorrow could be so strange? My loss, and here we go again ^the narrator is reminding the subject that the world doesnt revolve around them and everyone has their own problems. in this specific case he is saying that he has to deal with fame too, and perhaps he is insinuating that he has handled it better, so there are other roads that one could take under those specific circumstances. it is weird for the narrator to see the person who his friend has become and realize that he has lost the person who he was originally friends with. I can't look it in the eyes Seconal, spanish fly, absinthe, kerosene Cherry-flavored neck and collar ^its hard to accept the change which people go through when encountering this type of fame. more drug references, implying that the drugs are primarily responsible for the change. I can smell the sorrow on your breath The sweat, the victory and sorrow, the smell of fear I got it ^the narrator is aware that his friend is unhappy although he has been doing what he thought would make him happy and gotten to the place that he has worked towards for so long. the narrator understands that the security and confidence which the subject was expecting did not come and the old fear was just continued. |
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| The Beatles – Rain Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think that this song is about seeing things in a positive light: If the rain comes they run and hide their heads. They might as well be dead, If the rain comes, if the rain comes. (Most people avoid sad things or topics and pick and choose the parts of life that they participate in, when something negative happens (like rain) they just ignore it, but the people who do this aren't really living) When the sun shines they slip into the shade, And sip their lemonade, When the sun shines, when the sun shines. (When things are good people have no problem acknowledging it, they bask in the glow) Rain, I don�t mind, Shine, the weather�s fine. (come good or bad i'm okay) I can show you that when it starts to rain, Everything�s the same, I can show you, I can show you. (If you look at something in a positive light anything can be at least a little good, blurring the line between the happy and the sad (rain and sun) and then you'll see how i can be okay come good or bad) Can you hear me that when it rains and shines, It�s just a state of mind, Can you hear me, can you hear me? (whether your happy or sad is a choice, you just have to make the right one) |
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| The Beatles – Rain Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think that this song is about seeing things in a positive light. If the rain comes they run and hide their heads. They might as well be dead, If the rain comes, if the rain comes. (Most people just avoid sad topics and try to pick out bad things in life and only face the good things, but i fyou do that then your not really living) When the sun shines they slip into the shade, And sip their lemonade, When the sun shines, when the sun shines. Rain, I don�t mind, Shine, the weather�s fine. I can show you that when it starts to rain, Everything�s the same, I can show you, I can show you. Rain, I don�t mind, Shine, the weather�s fine. Can you hear me that when it rains and shines, It�s just a state of mind, Can you hear me, can you hear me? |
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