| The Cure – A Forest Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| The basic theme is that love can be dangerous and different from what it seems. You look for something in a person and by the time you realize it was never there and you're disillusioned, you're "lost in a forest, all alone." I think the final lines, in which he sings "it's always the same, running towards nothing again and again and again" could mean that he goes through this pattern in relationships time after time. I also kind of like the concept of a recurring dream...many people have dreams in which they're attempting to catch up to someone just out of sight, but are unable to. The dream ends with the person disappearing. | |
| The Cure – Let's Go to Bed Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| To me, this song is pretty simple. It's just about the games people play in relationships. People are reluctant to admit that they care or talk about their feelings unless the other person does so first. It's an endless tug-of-war. The two people are going back and forth, not willing to admit that they want one another unless the other person comes out and says it. It becomes exhausting, so that in the end he becomes upfront about it and says "Let's go to bed," sidestepping all the game-playing. | |
| Santigold – You'll Find A way Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I know there are a lot of drug references, but to me in this song it seems more like she's discussing her relationship with this person and the problems involved there than any problems specifically contained to that individual. I see it as simply a "watch yourself" song, in that she knows he's going to do what he wants and "find a way" regardless of the consequences his actions will have, and she's warning him that she won't go down without a fight. | |
| Santigold – Lights Out Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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To me this is about her sort of taking on this persona in which she's snapped due to all the pressures and hypocrisy of day-to-day life, technology, the media, etc., and starts wreaking havoc and chaos (or at least imagining/fantasizing about herself doing so). At the same time, she's reassuring someone she loves, who possibly feels similarly lost in the modern world but doesn't hold the same rage towards it, that her "darling" is safe and has nothing to fear from her, and should just turn away and ignore what she's doing. So basically, someone who's snapped and has gone insane is professing their love for this person who's afraid of them while intertwined with their fantasis of rampage and destruction. I don't know, I just kind of envision these random scenarios in my head whenever I hear a good song with ambiguous lyrics, probably not actually the case, but it's what I imagined. :) |
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| Ke$ha – Blah Blah Blah Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Whine whine whine. Like classic rock bands didn't glorify 'sluts' in their day? | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers – Otherside Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"Turn me on take me for a hard ride Burn me out leave me on the otherside I yell and tell it that It's not a friend I tear it down I tear it down And then it's born again" The best verse in my opinion. He describes the effect drugs have on him, at first creating excitement, exhiliration, and euphoria ("Turn me on take me for a hard ride") but ending with him as a wreck ("Burn me out leave me on the otherside"). He struggles to confront his drug addiction, realizing that it is not helping him but instead destroying him ("I yell and tell it that it's not a friend"). Sometimes he succeeds in kicking the habit for a while, but it always begins again, leaving him despairing and hopeless ("I tear it down I tear it down and then it's born again"). To me, the concept of the "otherside" is the place he goes to cope with and forget his problems when he's on drugs. More and more, when something bad happens, he feels he has to "take it on the otherside." |
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| Red Hot Chili Peppers – Otherside Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"Scarlet starlet and she's in my bed A candidate for a soul mate bled Push the trigger and pull the thread I've got to take it on the otherside Take it on the otherside Take it on Take it on" In this verse, he seems to be sleeping with a very desirable woman ("Scarlet starlet and she's in my bed"). This woman turns out not to be right for him ("Candidate for a soulmate bled") and accelerates his downward spiral. He continues to use drugs, but realizes that this is self-harming and suicidal behavior ("Push the trigger"). cont. |
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| Red Hot Chili Peppers – Otherside Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"Centuriees are what it meant to me A cemetery where I marry the sea Stranger things could never change my mind I've got to take it on the otherside Take it on Take it on" His problems and sorrows seem to go on forever ("Centuries are what it meant to me"). He is in a very confused and delirious state of mind due to his emotional state and his drug use, and discusses strange things he sees while tripping ("A cemetery where I marry the sea"), but says that despite the toll the drugs are taking on his mental state, he will continue to take drugs becase that is his only way of coping ("Stranger things could never change my mind/I've got take it on the otherside"). "Pour my life into a paper cup The ashtray's full and I'm spilling my guts She wants to know am I still a slut I've got to take it on the other side" He feels that his life is pitiful and worthless ("Pour my life into a paper cup") and makes references to both smoking and drinking ("paper cup" "ashtray"). In this verse it seems that he may be attempting to reconnect with someone he loves, speaking emotionally and honestly to her ("I'm spilling my guts")but she refuses to trust him or take him seriously, possibly because he hurt or deceived her in the past ("She wants to know am I still a slut"). He decides to cope with the pain and rejection this causes by using more drugs ("I've got to take it on the other side"). cont. |
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| Red Hot Chili Peppers – Otherside Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Amazing song. From the first time I've heard it, I never had any doubts that it was about drug addiction, although there are probably other themes and subjects woven in there as well. "How long how long will I slide Separate my side I don't I don't believe it's bad Slit my throat It's all I ever" For me, this verse is about him questioning how much longer he can go on like this and how much deeper he will sink ("How long how long will I slide"). He tries to justify his drug use to himself ("I don't believe it's bad") but this just causes self-loathing and suicidal thoughts ("Slit my throat"). I heard your voice through a photograph I thought it up and brought up the past Once you've gone you can never go back I've got to take it on the otherside In this verse, he mentions someone who was clearly important to him in the past but is no longer a part of his life ("I thought it up and brought up the past"). It seems that he misses this person, as he is looking at their photograph while thinking about them ("I heard your voice through a photograph"). Then he dismisses thoughts of this person and returns to speaking about his drug abuse. He says that it is impossible to stop taking drugs once you have started ("Once you've gone you can never go back") and must continue taking drugs to cope with your life ("I've got to take it on the otherside"). cont. |
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| Death Cab for Cutie – Crooked Teeth Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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A great song. The first song I ever heard by DCFC, probably because it's one of the best-known ones. I'm not entirely sure of what the song really means, but there's a scenario that generally comes to mind when I listen to it. In my mind, the narrator and his girlfriend or a girl he's romantically involved with are on some sort of road trip. They may have gone on this road trip for the purpose of saving their relationship or rediscovering the reasons they initially fell for one another. While they are traveling together, the narrator gradually realizes that he and this girl are not really in love or meant for each other, and he comes to peace with this to a certain degree. |
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| Death Cab for Cutie – Transatlanticism Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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So simple, yet so profoundly moving. Such an amazing song. In my opinion, the song could be either about a metaphorical or a literal distance. Literally, it's fairly easy to interpret--he or the person he sings about (presumably a love interest) has moved somewhere very distant from the other person. This distance is unbearable to him. In this scenario, it seems likely that he and the person he sings of are on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean (maybe America and Europe?) and are no longer able to interact in the same way or as much as before because of this physical seperation. Metaphorically, something occurred to create an emotional distance between him and the person he's singing about. They could literally be in the same room, or even touching, but to him it feels as if they're separated by a vast ocean. In this context, the line "I need you so much closer" could be thought to imply that even though they may still be in a relationship, holding hands, kissing, sitting next to one another, etc., he feels the distance and disconnection between them and is saddened by it. Their physical closeness is not enough: emotionally, he needs her "so much closer." I kind of like the metaphorical interpretation more, because I feel it's something that almost everyone has been able to identify with at some point in their lives. Either way, it's a haunting, beautiful song. |
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