| U2 – When Love Comes To Town Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| What is this song about? In one word, "Redemption", or to be more precise, Christian Redemption. \n\nThis song is filled with Christian imagery, initially be implication, ultimately expressly referencing Christ\'s crucifixion in the last verse. The "love" that the song refers to that comes to town is the narrator-singer\'s arrival at or adoption of his Christian faith that saves him from being the flawed, selfish and hurtful person he was. It\'s referencing a Christian "rebirth" through salvation. \n\nBono was raised Catholic and was and is well-versed in such things, and so it\'s no surprise that he, even as part of an ostensibly secular band like U2, could pen such lyrics. BB King was reportedly impressed by Bono\'s writing of them, especially at the young age he was at the time. \n\nThe lyrics are powerful, and the emotion in Bono\'s and BB King\'s performance of them in the Rattle & Hum album both reflect and add to that. | |
| Portishead – Sour Times Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| whybother nailed it. Good work. | |
| Portishead – Humming Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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The lyrics and the atmospheric sound of this song are meant to create a mood more than deliver a specific message or story. The song, which is in the first person told by a woman, is telling of longing, especially romantic longing, that she hasn't had in such a long time "that I can't be sure"; in fact, "... it's been so long, that [she] can't explain" exactly what it is that she longs for. The lyrics hint at perhaps an ongoing sexual relationship, "naked" with a lover who tells her all the right things but that that is unfulfilling: "Is it all as it seems So unresolved, so unredeemed If I remain, how will I know" She needs to leave this relationship to find something that is more substantial and satisfying - it's how she'll resolve it. The ethereal, dreamlike sound of this song and the extremely vague lyrics suggests her level of emotional detachment from her present relationship. It's a song that's beautiful in its sad, stark way of capturing a snapshot in the life of the story teller. Quintessential Portishead. |
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