| The Wallflowers – One Headlight Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I think the song is about coming to recognize the futility of being a romantic/ idealist/ optimist in a world that does not support such attitudes, yet refusing to change them nonetheless. | |
| Frank Ocean – We All Try Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Ok, this song pisses me off. I think Rolling Stone magazine says that Frank Ocean writes lyrics that are subtly intellectual, separating him from the pack. This is supposed to be subtle? Come on. This isn't even a social statement. It's a string of unrelated moral mumbo jumbo which is brought together by a chorus that attempts to salvage the song by claiming that it is about the importance of faith, be it in something spiritual or in something secular (which I think is a very good message). The verse, however, has nothing to do with that message. It's stubborn, pointed, and self-righteous. Example 1: "I believe a woman's temple gives her the right to chose, but baby don't abort." Translation: "I suppose I can't argue with a woman's natural right, but let it be known that if you do decide to exercise that right, I'm going to be an ass about it and judge you as morally inferior." The other lines, although not as appalling to me as the one above, are merely isolated opinions, aimed perhaps at attracting a wide fan-base of people who agree with most, or at least some, of the statements he makes. To "I believe in heaven," "I don't believe in time travel," "I don't believe our nation's flag is on the moon," etc all I can think of in response is "cool story bro." Enough of this self-centered movement in rap lyrics. Then there are lines like "I believe in war." Well then, Mr. Ocean, start disbelieving in Heaven, cause those two are not compatible. To say that you believe in war is... beyond abominable. Sadistic. Perhaps you believe that war is inevitable, but that is different. I sincerely hope that this was a mis-worded line. |
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| Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I agree that this song most likely has to do with drugs, which is too bad because when I hear that line "I have become comfortably numb", and if I can push the idea of drugs out of my mind, I hear a hint of nostalgia, remorse, etc which says to me that this song is not about how good drugs feel, but about how life can make you numb to your surroundings. When I think of it this way "comfortably" appears to me to be used as an oxymoron because the word has a good connotation, however it feels like floyd is saying that maybe it really isn't as good as you would think. When I listen to this song with this kind of mentality, I tend to enjoy it very much more than if I am thinking "omg lol they r totally high lol omg drugs drugz drugz". | |
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