| The Smiths – Ask Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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The lyric about "The Bomb" is a line taken from a kitchen sink movie. I can't remember it exactly, nor the name of the film, but, from what I remember... The man and woman are lying together in a park, discussing getting married. They conclude that, even if the bond between them isn't strong enough, the shadow of war along with a feeling of unease and uncertainty, is enough motivation to get married while they still could. |
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| The Smiths – Ask Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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As is the case with lines from Reel Around the Fountain, This Charming Man, and Hand in Glove, this is actually a line from a kitchen sink film. Truly sorry that I can't for the life of me remember which one it is. The woman and man are lying together in a park, discussing getting married (I think.) They conclude that they may as well, because if their love isn't strong enough to warrant marriage, then the threat of the war and death motivates them to do it while they still can. |
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| Belle & Sebastian – Mayfly Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Ooh! And and and! She makes all sort of confessions to the narrator about the other guy. "I am the one who's privy to..." and then he says what she's told him about the other guy. Those bits are her confessions to the narrator about the other guy. | |
| Belle & Sebastian – Mayfly Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think there are two stories going on here. There's a girl, who the narrator is dating while waiting for his love to 'come around' meaning either to come back, or to change her mind about him. I think the twist is, that while he thinks he is using her, she is using him. "you are the one who's making do" shows that she is using him while going after someone else, the one who did his thing at Cana, the one she has been there since the beginning for. She doesn't get really involved with anyone, including the narrator, because she's waiting for the other guy, but this doesn't pay off and she's "left on the shelf." There's probably a second meaning in the "woken up when skies are clear" lines, about only making a move when there's no obstacles... But I can't get my silly head around it. In summary, the narrator and the girl are together while both of them waits for/ longs after another person. |
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| Catch 22 – Keasbey Nights Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think, in the chorus, when the lyric says "singing my, my, my, how the time does fly, when you know you're gonna die by the end of the night" It's a kind of sarcasm, because while someone/ something is coming for him, he's prepared and is not planning to simply give up, while the other force may be expecting to meet no resistance. The little song is humour about his situation because he's not the one going to die. This fits with the song being about growing up in Keasbey, and not giving up without a fight. |
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| Harry Chapin – Cat's in the Cradle Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Yes. It is indeed a collection of folk tales/songs/games, but it has more meaning than that. Cat's in the cradle: This alludes to his young son With a silver spoon: A silver spoon in the mouth is a way of saying that they are wealthy. Little boy blue: The son is sad, because... And the man in the moon His father is so distant, and not able to be there for him. at least, this is what i took it as. The comment of innocence is also a valid interpretation. |
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| The Smiths – Rubber Ring Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I absolutely adore this song, one of those perfect Morrissey moments, like the line "ive spent six years on your trail, and if you have five seconds to spare..." in Half A Person. But. I can't hear him say rubber ring at all... When I first looked up the lyrics there were lots of results for rubber ring castration. He also makes reference to castration in the queen is dead.... Thankyou so much for enlightening me! |
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| The Smiths – You've Got Everything Now Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Thats not true, from what I've read, he had a string of small jobs, but none lasted very long. | |
| The Smiths – Cemetry Gates Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I always thought that the mispronunciation was to imply that he had read the word somewhere, and not heard it so he didn't know how to say it. Realizing the mistake points us out as the big nosed people who trip him up for using a word that he can't pronounce so was obviously taken from somebody else's work... But as much as I hate to admit it, he could just be wrong... |
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| The Smiths – Death of a Disco Dancer Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I really don't think it's about aids. In an interview, I don't remember who with, Morrissey was asked if he was ever tempted to sing about the AIDS crisis, to which he replied, that no he never has and probably never will |
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| The Smiths – A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| No, agreed it may sound like that, but Morrissey does have a very expressive voice. I think as someone whose lyrics have so many references and meanings, he wouldn't sacrifice the , umm...purity of these interpretations by meaning for one word to sound like another. It just doesn't seem to me like something Morrissey would do. | |
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