| Kid Cudi – Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare) (feat. MGMT & Ratatat) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This is a great song, and it's very enduring. My two cents on the meaning - the overall message is that he's going after his dreams, but he's also acknowledging that some of the things he's doing are just giving him pleasure for that moment. But don't worry, he knows that "everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold". He's going to live his life to the fullest even though that involves taking some risks. He also casts a critical eye toward his detractors, saying they don't know what pain he's lived through, "Tell me what you know about night terrors, nothin". And they're happy to just sleep through their lives and their troubles, but he's not going to do that. Anyone who's had fucked up shit happen to them knows what he's talking about. You have memories that you can't get rid of, scars from things that have happened, and you drink or smoke or do whatever to escape that. To a certain extent, life is a race to just get away from those memories. But you also have a heightened sense of your own mortality, and an appreciation for truly living life and appreciating the important things. Great song, and not just a rationalization for getting high as it might appear to be initially. |
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| Adele – Set Fire to the Rain Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This is a very emotionally intense song. I've listened to it several times over the last few days and having been in this situation, it's difficult to think back to feeling this way. She loved someone, and he hurt her, lied to her, etc. and she's finally setting herself free, while still acknowledging very strong feelings for him. Couple of things to point out: "My hands, they were strong but my knees were far too weak to stand in your arms without falling to your feet" She's saying that she was weak and perhaps submissive while she was with him; she let him have a power over her and do things to her that she shouldn't have. She might be saying that she had a dependency on him, but I could be reading my own situation into it too much there. These other two parts of the song: "when I lay with you, I could stay there close my eyes Feel you here forever, you and me together, nothing is better" and "Sometimes I wake up by the door, that heart you caught must be waiting for ya Even now when we're already over, I can't help myself from looking for ya" Are really painful to read. She's acknowledging that he's gone and it's over, but she still loves him, thinks about how it felt with him, and misses him. Ultimately, the song is very strong because it's about how, despite her personal weaknesses in a relationship, and the power someone has/had over her, she was able to recognize that he was bad for her and was, ultimately, able to "set fire to" what was between them, burn it down, and push him out of her life for good. I wouldn't have been able to listen to this song while I was going through it. Adele is an amazing artist and her voice with these lyrics is just incredible, I hope she continues to make music for a very long time. |
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