| LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I do love how regardless of the meaning of the song, it sparks interpretation of the American society instead of itself. I suppose that's the real point. We, as Americans, are caught in this limbo of believing we are the greatest country in the world, yet somehow knowing that in many ways, we are not. I've been to Europe. I've been all over the world. And I know from experience that people as a group are stupid, but a person is smart. It's easy to convince a person to give you a chance and, if you are not the most stereotypical American ever, be your friend. However, seeing as bands are taken in by large amounts of people at a time (love the masses), a mass ideal is formed because each person is not able to form their own judgement (or are too lazy to do so). This song perfectly embodies all the beliefs that I've had as an American overseas, as well as the doubts that form. Those statements that once I thought in all honesty become tinged with vague sarcasm to the point that I realize that I'm being self-deprecating. I love being an American. But I can also see where European doubters are coming from (also the belief that all Europeans hate Americans is a stereotype, by the way). It's not up to me to prove them wrong. It's up to me to give them a single instance where they aren't totally right. This song is about seeing yourself through someone else's perceptions and how they conflict with your own. |
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| Grandaddy – Lost on Yer Merry Way Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I heard this song while in something of an identity crisis, and for the first time it started to make a little sense to me. Tying me down is, in my mind, as good as breaking me. It just can't be done, in any sense. My parents, my boyfriends, my fiance, and its caused something of a conflict between everyone i know. It's an inability to change, no desire to change, and a lack of respect for the people who you care for when you won't compromise who you are and your selfish tendencies. So for me, tying me down would change me, i would disappear. but I am, undeniably on my merry way, causing havoc in the wake behind me, and I can't quite figure out what it is about me that I'm so determined not to give up that I won't make the compromises that would make others around me happier. getting back home for me is metaphorical, because every day i make it seems like a little miracle lately. Doing whatever I want in an effort to make myself happy, causing little explosions and still tearing on. Home is a place of comfort and happiness, which is nowhere I look anymore. I just have to keep my head on, which is difficult, and truck forward until i find what it is that I'm either looking for or will reconcile this struggle within myself. That's how i see it. It's entirely 100% biased, but the song makes me feel like someone can identify when i view it that way. | |
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