| Tom Waits – Hang On St. Christopher Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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What does "85 cabin" and "85 hill" mean? Is it a cheap car's cabin? A small one? A ramshackle one? An aerodynamic one? Is the 85 hill a very steep slope? Help me out! |
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| Leonard Cohen – By the Rivers Dark Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Well obviously it's possible to read this song as being about infedility in love. But on a literal level the words strongly refer to God: HE cut my lip, HE struck my heart, sing for HIM. Who else would this HE be but God? The references to psalm 137 are more than obvious (thanx Keljeck for your insights on this). And am i mistaken or does the musical scoring refer to Boney M's song on Babylon? |
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| Leonard Cohen – I'm Your Man Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| imho, the mask is a joke: it's an sm attribute, referring to "another kind of love". | |
| Leonard Cohen – In My Secret Life Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Life is flawed, according to this song, and we struggle through it with our teeth clenched. One of life’s deficiencies is moral bankruptcy. The “I” in this song can’t afford to be pure and genuine, life has coaxed deceit out of him. But deep inside he longs to be a better man. This longing is a continual source of pain, because it contrasts so sharply with his actual condition. Dit lied gaat over de onvolkomenheid van het leven, waar je je doorheen worstelt met je kiezen op elkaar. Tot die onvolkomenheid hoort ook de morele ontluistering. De “ik” in dit lied kan zich niet permitteren om zuiver en oprecht te zijn, het leven heeft hem allerlei groot en klein bedrog afgetroggeld. Maar ondertussen is diep in hem een verlangende plek overgebleven, en die plek weet nog goed hoe het was om wèl samen te vallen met het goede en ware. Voortdurend doet die plek pijn, vanwege het verschrikkelijke contrast tussen wat je eigenlijk wilt en wat je kunt opbrengen. |
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| R.E.M. – How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"Canary got trapped, the uranium mine. A stroke of bad luck, now the bird has died. a marker to mark where my tears run dry. I cross it, bless it, alkali." alkali is a kind of salt, tears are also salt. Alkali can also be used to make soap. The suggestion might be: tears are caused by pain, but they may have a cleansing effect. This positive side is stressed by the line "bless it" and by the metaphor of the canary, whose death prevents the death of miners. The song might be about personal failure and the attempt to carry on, to make the best of it. This can also be read in the lines: "I point my nose to the northern star, watch the decline from a hazy distance." Literally, the singer probably watches the sunset, but on a metaphorical level he might be trying to watch his own decline from a "hazy distance": to not be crushed by his bad luck, but look at it from a distance, to detach himself from it. Still, the atmosphere is bitter. The singer tries to be brave but his failure seeps through every sentence. |
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