| Elvis Costello – This Town Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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To me: This song is about a few different people (Charlie Sedarka, Mr. Get-Good, The Girl with...) in a town or community. Obviously they are imperfect people, perhaps unsavory. Either way its about people and the strange emotions they have about certain things. And in this community, unless you're a nutter, you won't make it. |
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| Elvis Costello – All This Useless Beauty Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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To Me: All this useless beauty is a reference to people having at home faces and public faces. People present a persona to their friends and employers and such. What would we do if we didn't have to labor under these facades? Women look pretty and are lady like, and men use these women as trophies... and a good women should like to be a trophy. This is all from the perspective of a young women wondering "Why?" It's all about trying to return to a time before all of this. |
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| Elvis Costello – It's Time Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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To me: This song is sung from the perspective of a man who looks back on his relationship with this person and realizes it's all been a lie and they were never really in love. He also criticizes this person for being away, far too often. This is the last night they will be together, and after that cigarette has been smoked it's done and over with. I can understand it. I just broke it off with my fiance of 4 years. We moved to New Orleans and she left me at home all the time while she want to the french quarter "If you go, if you go /Where passion is squandered and money is spent /It's time, it's time" strike me perfectly. I also have realized I don't think I ever really loved her, and vice versa. As a "Mutual fate" we both agreed to break it off. |
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| Elvis Costello – The Other End (Of the Telescope) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Razajac, that was very well put, and spot on aswell. I bet Mr. Costello couldn't have summed it up better. This song nearly brings me to tears; everytime I hear it I get chills. |
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| Elvis Costello – Little Palaces Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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It's also about... I think the name of the company is Cadbury. As in Cadbury Chocolate confections. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihoYSmmBkG8 At the beginning of this video he talks about what the songs about. |
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