| Steely Dan – Any World (That I'm Welcome To) Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Twilight Zone - A Stop at Willoughby Steely Dan was never afraid to talk about escaping one's own prison and starting anew somewhere else or hoping that someone or something would come and shake things up becaue we just keep painting ourselves into a corner. Sign in Stranger Josie The Royal Scam Bodhisattva Hey Nineteen Do It Again Bad Sneakers Time Out of Mind King of the World sounds almost ecstatic because the subject of the story is finally the king of his own domain, albeit a domain that may be short-lived. It seems a fair trade to him. |
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| Steely Dan – King of the World Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| Read the book "A Canticle for Leibowitz" to understand all of the references in this song. | |
| Third Eye Blind – Graduate Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| See also: Saturday Night Fever {the movie with John Travolta) | |
| Lou Reed – Perfect Day Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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A song about addiction from the addict's point of view. No day is perfect unless they are with their very best friend, the very most important thing in their life, their addiction. The final chorus is the warning, you will not get back the love and attention you give your addiction and it's going to bite you in the ass. If you have ever loved or cared about an addict or tried to connect with one, you know they are in their own world and you are merely in the periphery, a lesser part of their addiction. If it isn't you with them, it can be someone else, doing things or not doing things that people normally would enjoy- no matter as long as they've got their addiction taken care of. Eventually, there is nothing else. Nothing but their addiction. The narrator in this song is still a functional addict, I'm guessing, but he sees the impending doom. This song aptly describes what they (the addict, not you) seem to be going through. Songwise, there is a definite Bowie presence. |
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| R.E.M. – Everybody Hurts Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| This song is to me is what a bottle cap is to Sam Malone. | |
| R.E.M. – Losing My Religion Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Great song about unrequited love and the lengths someone will go to to win over the object of their affection. I admit it, I have lived this song. It was excruciating, exhausting, humiliating, and simply amazing! I learned so much about myself going through that ordeal and, ultimately, found my humanity. | |
| R.E.M. – Sweetness Follows Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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My impression is that it is an internal dialog someone is having about how to live their life. It seems he has come to a crossroads. Does he continue to live a muted, "respectful" life according to some dogma or tradition that he barely believes or actually follows or should he live according to how he sees fit and try to find joy (a life he, so far, has chosen to ignore) and not worry about the consequences? The first life will be worth it because he will get his reward in heaven. But what if he's wrong? His life will have been wasted. He is struggling to find that answer. See Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" but imagine this song is when the traveler is still at the divergence. The music's somber tone really adds to this because when a person is asking these types of questions of himself (or herself) they are feeling quite down and empty, perhaps one of the stages of grief? |
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