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| Coldplay – Amsterdam Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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The speaker longs to get out of a bad situation or stage in life, but just as he's about to despair, he's freed. |
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| Coldplay – A Whisper Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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The speaker realizes he is running out of time and urges his audience to remember and find him in his lost state. |
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| Coldplay – Warning Sign Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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After a breakup, the speaker realizes he was looking for ways to get out of a relationship. Now, he terribly misses his lover, who welcomes him back. |
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| Coldplay – Green Eyes Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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The speaker feels delighted after professing his love to his lover, referred to only by the color of her eyes, and letting her know she is his foundation. |
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| Coldplay – Daylight Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Whether the literal sunshine or philosophical enlightenment, light is necessary for human existence. |
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| Coldplay – Clocks Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Since time is running out, urgently seize opportunities before you and focus on what's important despite the confusion. |
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| Coldplay – The Scientist Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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The speaker tried to treat going into a romantic relationship logically, but after a break-up, he apologizes for screwing up. He pines for the early days of the relationship when things made sense. |
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| Coldplay – In My Place Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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The speaker, persevering in his current position, regrets past mistakes to change things and wonders when they'll be different. He also laments his lover's decision to leave him to wait for something else, but he is persistent. |
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| Coldplay – Politik Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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People need to get rid of their blindness and figure out what they think for themselves so they can love instead of supporting the status quo (injustice and violence). |
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| Coldplay – We Never Change Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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We all desire a simple life--full of kindness, friends, nature, and minimal belongings--but we can't seem to change our lives to achieve this life. |
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| Coldplay – High Speed Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Fast-paced self-absorbed living, whether in a relationship or not, is ultimately unliveable. |
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| Coldplay – Trouble Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The speaker apologizes for the unintential hurt he caused, after realizing the mess he created and is now stuck in. |
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| Coldplay – Yellow Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The speaker expresses his deep devotion for his beloved. Everything about her emanates the happiness he only occassionally perceives elsewhere. |
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| Coldplay – Sparks Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The speaker apologizes to his lover for past wrongs that made them drift apart, but promises, through tears, that he'll protect her and be faithful to her, even while admitting his imperfection. The apology reignites the relationship. |
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| Coldplay – Spies Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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We're all running away from our fears and worries, but we need to realize that they'll always be with us. They can't, however, hurt us, because they're just that--fears. |
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| Coldplay – Shiver Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The speaker professes his unrequited love to his lover, whom he urges to stop being so cold, notice him, and care. |
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| Coldplay – Don't Panic Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Even when the world comes crashing down around you, don't freak out because you've got friends in this great world. |
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| Björk – My Juvenile Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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As the motherly speaker is about to send off her son into adulthood, she wonders if she gave him too much freedom when he was younger and yet possessively wants to hug him one last time to "free" him from her. |
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| Björk – Declare Independence Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The speaker encourages unrepresented nations and peoples to assert themselves as countries. Also, this metaphorically urges people in abusive/bad/submissive relationships to do likewise. |
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| Björk – Hope Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The speaker rhetorically asks her audience to determine the lesser of two evils in the death of a possibly (not) pregnant female suicide bomber. These questions lead them to consider the emotions of the scenario. |
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| Björk – Pneumonia Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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We should stop being so mopey and ultra-introverted so that we can embrace life. |
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| Björk – I See Who You Are Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The speaker has visions of her lover's future physical changes and believes their love will remain constant until death, but because of the inevitability of aging and mortality, she suggests they enjoy each other's bodies while they can now. |
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| Björk – Innocence Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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We have to mature to a state where we can enjoy both fear and courage in our lives. The speaker personally fears losing energy. |
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| Björk – The Dull Flame of Desire Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The speaker enjoys his/her lover's passionate eyes when they are open, but when they are closed, they communicate a message of pure desire. |
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| Björk – Wanderlust Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Fed up with legalistic religion, the speaker endlessly travels and searches for something "more," knowing that she'll probably never find it. |
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| Björk – Earth Intruders Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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A tsunami of people invades developed civilization in order to right the wrongs in developing civilizations. |
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| Björk – Triumph of a Heart Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The song is a celebration of the human body. It describes the nervous system, acupunctural energy, and the respiratory system but they all work together because of the heart. This can be a metaphor for the centrality of love in a relationship. |
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| Björk – Mouth's Cradle Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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After the September 11th, 2001 attacks, the speaker wants to remind the world that there are many more important things going on around the world, like a woman simply breastfeeding her child. |
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| Björk – Ancestors Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Caveman music!
No, really, according to Björk. http://www.bjork.com/facts/about/right.php?id=1147
But anyway, this is the only song of Björk's that I have given a 1-star rating to. I just hate it. The moaning and throat-singing creep me out, and the calm, optimistic piano discords with the dark vocals. Blech. |
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| Björk – Sonnets/Unrealities XI Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The speaker imagines a future in which her lover is with another woman, one in which she would go up to that woman and wish her complete happiness in that relationship. Afterward, the speaker would wander off in sorrow. |
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| Björk – Oceanía Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The ocean muses about how much humans, who live on dry land, have done since evolving from sea creatures. This common heritage links all people together. |
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| Björk – Desired Constellation Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The speaker's problems and uncomfortable situations cause her to wonder how she will fix them, if chance can do anything.
This song is probably the most confusing of Björk's songs, but it sure is beautiful. |
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| Björk – Submarine Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The side of the speaker that writes has been asleep for a while, and she wonders when she should start writing again. The answer is, of course, "do it now!" |
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| Björk – Who Is It? Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The speaker rhetorically asks her audience who is the stable, loving person in their lives that they can turn to when they are stressed and who they can turn to for joy.
First off, since Björk is definitely atheist (but also almost a pagan/nature-worshipper), the *meaning* of this song is not God.
However, since the song is *open-ended*–a rhetorical question to listeners–it *can* be about God to *you*. Or (for women) a strong man in your life (the sort of guy us men ought to emulate).
As a Christian, I find this to be the closest Björk gets to Christianity (the other song being "Generous Palmstroke"). The first verse reminds me of the imagery of Psalms ("the LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer"), and the handing over of your crown reminds me of the imagery of Revelation of laying down crowns at the feet of Jesus.
That is how I answer Björk's question, but since the song is *subjective*, just take away the first sentence as the song's "meaning." |
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| Björk – Öll Birtan Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I think it's very symbolic that this is an instrumental song. Since Medúlla is a primarily a capella album (songs without instruments), the instrument in this song is the human voice–and thus this is a dedication to its beauty without the distraction of lyrics. |
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| Björk – Vökuró Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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This lullaby for children awake at night sings of the peace in dark, quiet, chilled nature. |
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| Björk – Where Is the Line Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The speaker wants really hard to be loving, helpful, and flexible to her friend (or lover), but the latter takes from her and leeches to no end, so she firmly puts her foot down and says, "enough!" |
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| Björk – Show Me Forgiveness Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The speaker realizes she has been involved in some bad stuff, but has come clean about it. Her actions and their resulting shame were so destructive that she merely wants the forgiveness from friends and family in order to stay alive. |
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| Björk – Pleasure Is All Mine Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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It is better for the speaker to give than to receive in her sexual relationship, because even though her lover may be the "dominant" one, it is pleasurable for her to give sex because in the end she receives the joy of motherhood through her child. |
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| Björk – Human Behaviour Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Humans act irrationally, and even though there isn't a guidebook for interacting with them, it's worth it. |
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| Björk – Crying Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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There's people everywhere, but the speaker can't connect with anyone. She desires this unattainable human contact because she misses her lover. |
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