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| Sufjan Stevens – Borderline Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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There is no "she" mentioned in the song, but people on here automatically assume so..but I agree that it is definitely possible that the person in the song has BPD.. |
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| Midlake – Fortune Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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A truly amazing song and a most under appreciated album of this year in my opinion...beautiful melodies, amazing lyrics and pitchfork magazine still hates it. Go figure. Also to me, this song is about you can't get anywhere in life on your own, its not a solo journey, but a journey filled with joy and laughter with other people, and maybe a spiritual one too. This will reap the fortune of a good life... |
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| Ola Podrida – Cindy Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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As in most Ola Podrida songs, this one evokes powerful and emotional imagery...in this case its about forgetting the past moving on with new beginnings...and starting a clean fresh slate. Its my favorite off a grossly underrated and unknown album. |
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| Ola Podrida – Day At the Beach Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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This song is full of incredible imagery but the imagery also presents a really sad situation...an unexpected end of a relationship for one person while the other just disappears without warning. It appears that there had been warning signs that the person wanted to break up but never could find the courage to say so...and it all happened one day at the beach. Awesome tune! |
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| Sufjan Stevens – The Owl and the Tanager Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Very nice and I think you are right on...it is a truly amazing song...the tanager is a brightly colored songbird (both eastern and western), and the owl is the much larger mysterious predator. The owl is the "cheater" and "predator", the tanager is the "prey", even though this is the case in the song, it is not the typical case in actual nature. The tanager is a diurnal bird (active during the day), and most owls are nocturnal (active during the night). So the owl and the tanager do not have typical relations with one another, and perhaps this is metaphorical to how the author sees his relationship (boy and boy?) and perhaps it is shunned by society. The following lyrics possibly confirm this hypothesis "In seven hours I consider death And your father called to yell at me You little boy, you little boy" and "You said you'd wait for me Down by Tannery Creek Far out by the roadside where we used to kiss behind the sheets" hints at a secret relationship and it has gone bad with cheating and possible abuse. The relationship ends badly...but thanks for all the comments..an stunning dark and mysterious song.
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