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| Radiohead – Bloom Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I agree completely. I sense the theme of global warming throughout the album, especially in terms of weighing our human legacy. The speaker is moving out of orbit--becoming detached from Earth. The demise of humanity. Yet this event is not significant. ("The universal sigh" "Jellyfish swim by") The world will go on after humanity. The key lyric to me is: "So why does this still hurt?" Knowing that, in terms of the evolution of the universe and our planet, humanity is an insignificant blip doesn't make it any better. The course of the album is the process of coming to terms with this. Finally, in "Separator": "Like I've fallen out of bed from a long and weary dream/ Finally I'm free of all the weight I've been carrying". |
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| iamamiwhoami – ; john Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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agreed much with xoco's interpretation. this song/video is about deciding to continue the iamamiwhoami project. in many ways, the project relies on "filthy" tactics to create interest in jonna's music: overt sexuality, mystery of the artists' identities, groundbreaking viral video release of material, etc... "the god of me" refers to her artistic integrity--she begs forgiveness for "staying here" in "this dusty rabbit hole": using such base means to share her art, and more specifically staying out of the public eye--hiding behind the mystery of iamamiwhoami. the video speaks volumes. she is isolated in a room, having her image projected (the parallel to the youtube release of videos is undeniable) to men who are presumably pleasuring themselves while watching her dance without joy on her face. when she enters their chamber (completely covered--a reference to the intrigue of the earlier videos) the viewers avert their eyes--she is captivating when she is not in public eye. it openly questions whether she, as an artist, could have the same impact without the viral youtube technique of iamamiwhoami. |
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| Sufjan Stevens – Impossible Soul Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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All of the arguments against Sufjan's supposed homosexuality based off his music--that the song is from the perspective of another person (Predatory Wasp), that the song is about God or Jesus (To Be Alone With You), that the song is actually about a woman (Casimir Pulaski Day)--do not apply to this song. It is clearly from Sufjan's perspective--he addresses himself. In the song he clearly addresses both a man and a woman. I feel it is clear that this song is about earthly concerns, not the heavens. I feel that this opus is nothing less than an obvious declaration of his homosexuality.
However, none of that really matters. The art is not the artist. We could intelligently argue that the song is about the coming out process--that is at least one interpretation that applies. But any arguments made about the artist himself is simply speculation. |
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| Radiohead – Separator Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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i don't know about anyone else, but i get a very global warming feel from the entire album. this song i interpret as the realization that the world will go on, even if humans are eliminated from the earth. the "long and vivid dream" is humanity. the woman mentioned i presume represents mother earth. "if you think this is over then you're wrong" is pretty obvious: the earth ("sweetest flowers and fruits") will exist even after humans. the speaker is accepting the end of humanity (the falling imagery, "i was just a number", "i laid back under") and actually begging for it ("wake me up"). after all, the demise of mankind wouldn't be so bad: "finally i'm free from all the weight i've been carrying." |
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