| The Kills – Future Starts Slow Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The song is about two people who can't be together, for any number of reasons. Maybe someday in the future, they can be, but it won't be for a while. So the singer tells the lover, "it's okay, I'll let you go for now. date whoever you want, fuck whomever you want, but in the end, don't forget about me." The singer does the same, and the "shaking like a dog" line is a reference to empty, passionless sex. The singer accepts this because the want for the other person hurts so much that he/she would rather put those feelings aside for the time being. ___"If there's a time when your feelings gone, I wanna feel it" ___"There's a time for the second best" |
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| The Kills – Future Starts Slow Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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"But it's hard to be hard I guess When you're shaking like a dog After a breakup you want to keep your pride and be strong,but it's hard when you're shaking and you're in pain. " No use sugar coating things; The lines mean: It's difficult to maintain an erection when you're fucking like a dog would, lol. In other words, sex without love or passion. The singer implies that while both parties aren't going to be together for the time being, they're still going to see other people. One day he/she hopes they will be reunited, but until then, they're going to be with other people because the pain of longing is overwhelming. The whole stanza is, There's a time for the second best And there's a time when the feeling's gone But it's hard to be hard I guess When you're shaking like a dog |
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| Puscifer – Man Overboard Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This song is about impending Armageddon from a sailor's point of view. Like others have said, its lyrics harken back to Tool's Aenema, with similar chanting to its "Learn to Swim; Learn to Swim." Captain to the Seaman Assume crash positions Toss the extras over About to take on water Blood sky every mornin' (All hands on deck, all hands on deck) Shoulda seen the warnin' (Coulda, shoulda) Poseidon's on a mission (Brace yourself, brace yourself) 'Bout to turn it up to eleven ... ... Brace yourself, brace yourself [at] twelve. The numbers 11-12 refer to the Doomsday Clock in Chicago, with 12 o'clock representing the end of the world. From Wikipedia: "Originally, the clock analogy represented the threat of global nuclear war; however, since 2007 it has also reflected climate-changing technologies and 'new developments in the life sciences that could inflict irrevocable harm.'" This should be familiar to anybody who has watched the motion picture "Watchmen" (2009). The most recent officially announced setting – five minutes to midnight (11:55pm) – was made on 10 January 2012. The song's reference to Poseidon is also a clue to the song's meaning. Poseidon was also known as the Earth Shaker and was a God of destruction (earthquakes and tidal waves). Toss the extras over ... ... Women and children first (Women and children first) Bail sailor, Bail, Bail, Bail (Bail, bail, bail) This part of the song suggests that women and children are the primary victims of the world's disasters and problems, which today are brought on by economic instability, war, government ineptitude and unrestrained damage to the environment. The use of the line "Bail sailor, Bail Bail" reminded me of the current state of banking in the United States and its near collapse in 2008-2010, but that could merely be coincidence. While this isn't as complex as a Tool song, I think its lyrics and tone are equally poetic. |
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| Radiohead – The Butcher Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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| Radiohead – The Butcher Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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My apologies, ilovejazz777. "Man is born with sin" is more accurate I believe. I should not be making generalizations towards all religious people as I only have basic experience with scripture. Nevertheless, this has been misinterpreted many times to support the myth that people are inherently selfish, wicked and cruel as if it were part of our DNA. I ardently believe that a loving society creates loving people. A monstrous society creates butchers. I believe this because I have traveled around the world to witness it myself. The conviction that we are all rotten on the inside has been the basis behind "free market" capitalism over the decades. Otherwise, Scientific breakthroughs in psychology regarding the nature of human empathy, compassion and cooperation would not be making the headlines they are today. If scripture states that "children are saved as they have no sin," then I am grateful for its wisdom and sorry for my offensive oversight. My main purpose was not to discuss religion, science, or even politics. I am merely here to express the awe I have for Radiohead's ability to transform a complex and sad idea into powerful poetry. I hope my post helps others appreciate this song to a similar degree. |
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| Radiohead – The Butcher Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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First of all, I believe "warrior" is the correct word for these lyrics. If you go and YouTube "Sir Ken Robinson - Do School's Kill Creativity." This song will make a lot more sense. First a few quotes: "All children are born artists, the problem is to remain artists as we grow older" - Picasso "Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will grow up believing it is stupid." - Albert Einstein "Children are born true scientists. They spontaneously experiment and experience and reexperience again. They select, combine, and test, seeking to find order in their experiences - “which is the mostest? which is the leastest?” They smell, taste, bite, and touch-test for hardness, softness, springiness, roughness, smoothness, coldness, warmness: they heft, shake, punch, squeeze, push, crush, rub, and try to pull things apart." - R. Buckminster Fuller, American engineer, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor, futurist and second president of Mensa International (1895-1983) Today's global society values profit over beauty, obedience over thinking. Think about how beautiful the innocence of youth is. We see someone getting hurt and don't hesitate to call it wrong. This song's message is in the same vain as MGMT's "Kids" but more sinister. Thom Yorke pointing out how we take these things for granted, tell people to "grow up," throw beauty away so that "the man who has everything," 1% of the super rich, can turn us into warriors. Society teaches "don't get raped" rather than "don't rape." Society teaches not to talk to strangers, don't trust others, etc. We're taught not to be musicians and dancers and philosophers because being a lawyer, banker or CEO will make you more money. It's no wonder the teen suicide rate is higher than it ever has been in decades. You'd think they wouldn't have done it if their friends took better care of them. What are "friends" nowadays anyway? Facebook numbers, it seems. All through our lives and as we grow older, our individuality, creativity and what makes us beautiful as humans gets "chopped up" until we can look at violence and not care. We can see suffering and not give a shit. Eventually we're just slabs of meat going through the motions, alive but not living. 9 hours in a cubical. 9 hours at a cash register. Heart's still pumping. If you're listening to a high quality version of this track, listen closely at 2:24. These are samples of human baby sounds. I used to never understand how anyone could grow up to end up breaking the necks of cows, slitting the necks of pigs, etc. The whole religious argument of "man is born evil" has been increasingly proven wrong. It's ignorant if you think this is normal. Stay beautiful, people. |
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| Oren Lavie – Her Morning Elegance Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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To me, this is about a girl that I once knew and had a short-lived romantic thing with. We are literally a thousand miles apart now and yet I still miss her beautiful smile and creative mind. I wonder what she's thinking about right now, and what she's doing. The lyrics are scenes in my head which I'm imagining her in. Nobody appreciates her like I do. Nobody knows. " Sun been down for days [And only remnants that remind me of her remain:] A pretty flower in a vase A slipper by the fireplace A cello lying in its case " |
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| Radiohead – Good Morning Mr. Magpie (Morning M'lord) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Something I noticed that supports this is the distortion and uncomfortable background noise that builds around 3:40 that makes the song seem offtempo and odd for a few seconds. At first I checked to see if I had anything else playing sound (youtube, movie, advertisement etc) but discovered it was part of the song. I take it as an intentional and visceral representation of how "they" are destroying the beauty in music and how they "took my melody" | |
| Radiohead – Lotus Flower Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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If true then it supports the idea of an affair that many people have guessed at: LisaDeville writes: "IMO this song is about someone who feels there is something missing in their life, which they are filling with an affair, that they know is futile and cannot go anywhere. They are conflicted because of this and realise they are holding the other person back so they set them free. Only to draw them back in when the opportunity presents itself and then the cycle repeats.. " such a beautiful song |
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| Radiohead – Lotus Flower Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Psychologist Sigmund Freud would be proud of you. Discovering homosexual references in a Radiohead song is quite a feat. | |
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