| Pink – Try Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Sounds to me it's about a serial relationship - the couple keeps breaking up and getting back together. I think they're both responsible for the breakdown in communication. This is obviously the pivotal verse: Ever worry that it might be ruined And does it make you wanna cry When your out there doing what your doing Are you just getting by Tell me are you just getting by, by, by They've taken time off, and the singer is expressing the fear they won't get back together. I think the concept of "Are you just getting by" gets across the feeling of killing time while the current issue blows over, but also the uncertainty of whether the relationship will survive. I think the song is about how much work a relationship really is. Two people who love and want each other are inevitably going to hurt each other, and it is a struggle to persevere once there is too much history. |
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| Bon Iver – Beth/Rest Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| When I hear this song, I picture Tom Cruise driving away from Kelly McGillis at dusk, and he's contemplating the big challenges he needs to face after his most debilitating crisis of confidence. | |
| Lana Del Rey – Born to Die Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I like it more as "kiss" actually. I feel lots of the other songs would work better without silly attempts at being edgier that come off just a little desperate, calculating and clunky. | |
| R.E.M. – Man On The Moon Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I feel this song is probably about more than just Andy Kaufman. There's two references in particular that seem to be criticisms of religion - I also feel disappointment is a major theme. Considering the general tone of the album, it sits well within the examination of mortality,loss and regret. I always take more of a feeling from AFTP than any specific meaning - this song is no different as it seems to be lots of lines that fire the imagination and may be connected briefly or not at all. The over-arching idea seems to be that trust is difficult and disillusionment is a very real part of life. |
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| Slint – Nosferatu Man Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| It's about a guy in a relationship or married and a normal life (he's a prince, he has a nice house = castle). But he dreams about being unfaithful or the single life. | |
| Sufjan Stevens – Abraham Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Nice song, horrible story. I can't remember what movie or show it was where the character says "He might have been a great man, but who wants a father like Abraham?" | |
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