| Warpaint – Undertow Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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i think throughout the song the singer is singing in third person "Your brown eyes are my blue skies. They light up the rivers that the birds fly over. Better not to quench your thirst. Better not to be the first one diving in, though you caught me and you know why you breathe in the deepest part of the water." basically she's saying do not fall in love with this guy even though he's so wonderful "What's the matter? You hurt yourself? Open your eyes and there was someone else Now i've got you in the undertow. Now i've got you in the undertow. Why you wanna blame me for your troubles? Ah ah ah you better learn your lesson yourself. Nobody ever has to find out what's in my mind tonight." and this stanza she's taunting herself because i guess she did fall in love, even though she didn't want too because she knew he was going to be a disappointment turns out he is, he isn't who she thought he'd be pretty much unrequited love she loves him, but he doesn't love her or she fell in love, and now is regretting because it's not what she thought it would be now she's hurt, and she's like "i warned you" to herself now her emotion have ahold of her, and are puling her in and she asking herself why blame her emotions, she cannot help it and she telling herself to learn the lesson on her own and not to drag the guy into it, because he isn't to blame but herself because she didn't listen to her intuition in the first place and basically it's a internal battle, and no one knows that she's having this struggle inside her head no one knows she's hurt individual vs them self kind of thing "Let tonight pass us by. Do you really want to be the one to fight? And i said "You're better not to light that fire. It will take you to the darkest part of the weather." she's saying, let this night just end don't have to remember anything do not have to do anything just going to waste away tonight she asking herself, do i really want to fight for this guy try to have him i told myself not to let something happen because it's only going to end up bad "Nobody in my mind. Nobody in my mind. I feel it in my heart tonight." she's trying to convince herself to let go and crap but she still feels this love for him in her heart "I lay on the floor, pressing in my eyes. Seeing little lights. Please light these decisions that only one could make I wanted to stay home but i went running running running running from the troubles running running running running from the troubles running running running running from the troubles runningrunningrunningrunningrunningrunningrunningrunningrunningrunning" basically the entire song is brain vs heart, do i listen to my brain or to my heart she mentions that only one could make the decision but she doesn't know which one so she decided not to make a decision and just run |
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| M. Ward – Chinese Translation Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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i think it's all circle like because the form of the song answers the question "what do you do with the pieces of a broken heart" there really isn't anything you can do, because once it's fixed, it's bound to break again so there really is no beginning or end of the song like there is no beginning or end of love |
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| M. Ward – I'll Be Yr Bird Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"I'm not the tiger you never had I'm not the first hit when you got it bad I'm not your second, I'm not your third But I'll be your bird" you know how people turn to music to soothe them and crap when things are going rough well, in the first stanza i think "first" really means first "hit" (like hit song) basically he's saying you go through a couple of songs then you look for me for comfort referring to himself as a bird, like a pet a bird sings, it tweets, and when this gal is down, and the hit singles that make her happy are not doing it's job, she then turns to him. he possibly even does sing to her. tiger can mean, "hunk". so he's like i'm not the hunk you never had, you may not come to me first when your having a rough day or second or third but i'll be hear and sing your sorrow away. "I'm not your Chesnutt I'm not your Mould I'm not your DJ on late night radio I'll be the first one to ask where you were I'll be your bird" he then again refers to artists, whom are probably the "hits'" song writers, and to the radio dj, who plays these songs "I'll be the first one to ask where you were" is sort of like telling this girl that, unlike these songs (not human beings), he'll worry about what's wrong, or what is happening because he cares for her, he feels for her "Then when there's no one to care I could protect like I've always been there I'll become your bear" let's face it, music my help us feel better, but it is nothing compared to the human touch and interaction right here is relevant to the previous stanza he's telling her he going to be there, no matter what, physically or in spirit protecting her like a bear and also like a teddy bear, something she can hold and tell everything to because all a teddy bear does is listen "I'll sing statistics and hide the truth I'll tell your dad anything you want me to I'll hide your locket under the dirt I'll be your bird " i guest this verse reflects more on him i dont know what statistics can mean but i feel like "and hide the truth" means, he'll never tell her how he really feels i think he's making a reference on how he can be her diary something she can confide to but either way, basically, he's all these things in this girl's room i dont know. the last stanza just messes up my groove. |
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