| Gorillaz – Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Really love your take on this. kudos. Completely reshapes the way I see it. My initial thought was way underdeveloped, but the finale of the "Monkey" being awoken and destroying everything (especially "there was only fire, and then nothing") reminds me of greek mythology, largely due to just seeing wrath of the titans. Cronus (Kronos) in the movie is shown as a very immense being resembling lava and the cooled lava rock... he "erupts" out of a mountain and is so huge that every movement he makes flings lava about the world (only fire) causing "chaos" and burning things, it is said to be the end of the world.. (then nothing). So I was looking for more greek mythology within this song but quite frankly didn't find much. And before reading your take I actually saw the "happyfolk" and the "strangefolk" as two in the same. We are the happy folk in that we are innocent, happy, and truly good beings in many senses, but strangefolk in our overall view in what we do. The strangefolk are hidden to the happy because we do not ever see any bad within ourselves. It is rare for people to admit their faults and mistakes. So as we continue to destroy what is good (the earth perhaps) by "mining" for the sincerity and beauty we all seek, we are wondering why we are haunted. The song says the happy folk are haunted in their dreams... which points to us not seeing it as reality, we think of our impact as minimal and of little significance so we are confused as to why things are getting bad. And then when it says "the happyfolk are finally fearful" i think it points to the fact that we will not fully understand and fear our own destructive nature until it is to late, when the monkey awakens and is a small noise, their is no stopping it from reaching "castrophany" Your take is great, however, without that premise and I like your view a lot. Thanks |
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| Lupe Fiasco – I Don't Wanna Care Right Now Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I feel that way about the hook in this song, but not the verses... Lupe goes hard in the paint. I fucking love his flow in this song. The hook annoys the shit out of me. But I honestly think it's dumb to say he was "forced" to make this. I'm sure they require a bit more "mainstream" sounds in songs... but he still writes his shit. He puts his own spin on it.. even if it's supposed to be cookie cutter, lupe shapes the cutter, creating his own damn cookie. |
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| Flobots – The Moon Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Am I the only one that realizes in the second verse he says. "Brain waves chill like a sea anemone" Makes more sense does it not, fits much nicer than seeing an enemy..... and its "to infinity and beyond the city" which isn't as big of a deal. Just saying Thats probably my favorite verse of all time. So chill and such amazing flow. I seriously stumble across this on shuffle and will replay it a minimum of 4-5 times before moving on to the next song. Automatic good mood. |
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