| Regina Spektor – Summer in the City Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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When I first heard this song, I completely interpreted it from a woman's perspective. Perhaps she had just been through a recent breakup, or she's lost her love due to distance (maybe he moved away from the city). The fact that she brings up cleavage, was her noticing how many women are exposing themselves in the summertime, and how he could potentially fall for any one of them, which makes her miss him even more. She obviously is taking it hard, and she's lost her ability to feel for anyone else but him. Therefore, she compares herself to castrated men. And as for "I’ve been hallucinating you, babe, at the backs of other woman." I thought it was her hallucinating him with other women, and those other women turn around smiling, almost mocking her, not recognizing her, which means he hasn't spoke of her, and she's been long forgotten by him. Now that I've read some of these, it definitely makes sense that it could be from a man's perspective. This is just my first thoughts of it. |
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| The Beatles – Real Love Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| It sounds to me like he's singing "It's real, love, it's real." Like love does exist despite how you may feel sometimes, when you're lonely and you feel like you're just waiting for that right person to come along. But he's reassuring us that there's no need to feel alone, or be upset, love is real and you will realize it one day. | |
| Rilo Kiley – A Better Son/Daughter Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I really really love this song, and it just makes me smile when I'm feeling like crap. When I first listened to it, I didn't necessarily think about depression or bipolar disorder. It was just such a pick me up because I could relate to it so much. In the beginning, she's talking about waking up and you're so tired, and so stressed and so frustrated, it pains you to even think about getting out of bed. And then your mother gives you a hard time even though she's the one with the problems and you just can't deal with it. Then after you feel bad and crawl back into bed, thinking about your childhood when things were just easier, and how much easier it was to love your family. The rest of the song I feel like she's motivating us. Like even if sometimes things are awesome and sometimes things are shit, you'll live through it and fight through it. Then as time goes on, through all your difficulties, you'll grow wiser, and become a better daughter/son, a better friend, a better person. I think she really described the ups and downs of life extremely well. Whatever happens, you have to live your life. That's my view anyway :) Since coming on here, I've read some really interesting perspectives and I love how this song can be interpreted in so many different ways. |
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