| Trifonic – Broken Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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First verse should be: This house is cold and empty, Just a ghost of who I used to be, Stare my own reflection, Wonder if you'd even recognize me. |
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| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – As I Sat Sadly by Her Side Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Before I read the interview with Cave as to the songs meaning, this is how it always struck me: The narrator's wife has newly converted to Christianity (or any religion you care to mention), explained in the line "with brand new eyes open wide"; she's looking at the world with new eyes. "Reborn", one might say. The next verse is her explaining all of the things to Cave/The Narrator God has created, and how 'lovely' and 'amazing' it (her God's creation) is. The next small part is just her waiting for the rebuttal which will surely come from her grumpy husband (the hair-brushing gesture is quite intimate, I imagine she'd know him quite well). Verse 4 is, of course, Cave's rebuttal; the world is not as beautiful a place as you think. Look at the people crying out for help and simply being ignored by those who COULD help. We're selfish animals, and even IF we notice the plight of others we're not likely to stop to help. Next verse is just him brushing her hair from her eyes and the kitten moving back to her lap (it's like a hairy talking stick :P). The last verse is the 'victory'; his wife loses her temper at him and gets all haughty. She insults him and the two sit quietly. He knows now that the religion is just an addition to her life, she's still the woman he married and, consequently, loved. The refrain ("As I sat sadly by her side") would just be his sadness at her 'succumbing' to religion. That is, this is what I thought until the interview. Close enough. |
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| Slipknot – Psychosocial (Album version) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The song seems to be critical of both the way the world works and, to a lesser extent, the failure of religion to give us an answer as to why. Bear with me: I did my time, and I want out. So effusive - fade - it doesn't cut. The soul is not so vibrant. The reckoning, the sickening. Packaging subversion. Pseudo sacrosanct perversion. Go drill your deserts, go dig you graves. Then fill your mouth with all the money you have saved. Sinking in, getting smaller again. I'm done, it has begun. I'm not the only one. (I've been a part of this consumerist paradise for too long, and now I want something real. I've realised that there's more to life than money, and I'm not the only one) And the rain will kill us all. We throw ourselves against the wall. But no-one else can see, the preservation of the martyr in me. (Yes, we will die no matter what we do, but nobody realises how willing I am to die to prove a point. We're not invincible, and your life should be spent LIVING rather than EARNING.) Psychosocial! Psychosocial! Psychosocial! Psychosocial! Psychosocial! Psychosocial! Oh, there are cracks in the road we laid. But where the temple fell. The secrets have gone mad. This is nothing new, but when we kill it all. The hate was all we had. Who needs another mess? We could start over. Just look me in the eyes and say I'm wrong. Now there's only emptiness. Venomous, insepid. I think we're done, I'm not the only one. (In the past we've looked to religion for answers, but when we realised how fruitless it was and abandoned our religions, all we had left was hatred of our world. You can't deny that we could ALL make a concerted effort to make the world a better place, but you'll never do it because you love your money too much. Because of greed, the world is a grim place, filled with hate and stupidity. I'm sick of it, and I'm not the only one.) Fake anti-facist lie. I tried to tell you, but your purple hearts are giving out. Can't stop a killing idea if it's hunting season. Is this what you want? I'm not the only one! (You compare our democracy to extreme forms of government so we'll think we have it better than anyone else, but it's obvious a few rich elites REALLY rule this place. I've tried to warn people, but they'd rather not hear the truth. We're all looking for an answer, and you can't stop people believing what's most convenient for them. Is to continue to be lied to and led what you REALLY want? I'm not the only one who's sick of this.) At least, this is my interpretation. I could always be wrong. |
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