| Death Cab for Cutie – Marching Bands of Manhattan Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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In my opinion, without reading any of the previous posts, I think this song could relate to losing someone close to you. I lost my mother when I was 12 so that could be why I view the song this way. Not too sure why Manhattan and why not anywhere else but that could be personal to the singer. When he says 'If I Could Open My Arms and Span The Length Of The Isle Of Manhattan, I'd Bring It To Where You Are' - refers to if he could take that space and take it to the lost one so they could share it together/be in the same place just one more time. 'If I Could Open My Mouth wide Enough For A Marching Band To March Out, They Would Make Your Name Sing' - If he could be with the peson who has died, he might have lack of words so he is saying that if he could open his mouth wide enough for a band to march out, they would sing the lost ones name for him. 'I Wish We Could Open Our Eyes to See In All Directions At The Same Time' - Emphasis on being together and in the same place. They can see all directions at the same time. 'Oh, What A Beautiful View if You Were Never Aware Of What Was Around You' - If the person who died couldnt recall dying so that they could spend this time as if they had so much of it and not worry about when she has to leave again. They could pretend that nothing went wrong in the first place. 'And It Is True What You Say, That i live like a hermit in my own head' - One can tend to bottle their emotions up instead of talk about them. This can cause them to live very much within their own head and not leave that stage for quite some time. 'But when the sun shines again,I'll pull the curtains and blinds to let the light in' - When he starts to talk about his emotions and things start to get better he will let himself get better, he wont keep holding things in - he will let the light in. 'Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole, Just like a faucet that leaks and there is a comfort in the sound' - (Faucet:any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe). Their time together is ending now as the sorrow starts to drip in and the onewho died is now recalling that she died and things are starting to fall apart. They have been speaking up till now so the words have comforted them for this moment where the one who died must leave again. 'But while you debate half-empty or half-full, its slowly rises, your love is going to drown' - While the one who died debates whether good things can come out of it or not,the faucet has leaked so much and the person as well as the illusion they are in starts to drown and soon things are back to the way they were - the loved one being dead and the person who created this temporary world that they both were in, is now alone. I have been listening to this song for many years and only now have I really listened to the lyrics. Such a beautiful song. Death Cab for Cutie is extraordinarily talented. |
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| Bob Dylan – Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I love the view you have developed from this song. I feel that people are turning every song they find into a metaphor for a love situation. Even though this song stresses the fact that there is a girl involved, Its lovely to read about a view bigger than the girl. That this could very well be about a relationship but its about how he's choosing to go around it - to not think twice because he feels that it will be alright. | |
| Birdy – Skinny Love (Bon Iver cover) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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In my opinion it's about a love that is collapsing: As for the title "Skinny Love" it could be an affectionate term he gave his petite girlfriend, or maybe the fact that their love is wasting away. The love wasting away is probably more likely. "Come on skinny love just a year, pour a little salt, we were never here" Skinny love implies that the love they once shared is no long wholesome and full of joy and that it is wasting away. Salt has healing substances and was once used for wounds to help speed up the healing process. This suggests that he wants to pour salt on the relationship to keep it going, even just for one more year. The fact that the word 'veneer' is used is symbolic as veneer is the thin layers of wood glued together to form plywood - suggesting that apart they are nothing but together they are strong like plywood. The blood and crushed veneer in a sink is as if a vase was broken in a fit of rage. 'Tell my love to wreck it all, cut out all the ropes and let me fall' This basically is telling us that he wants her to end it as he isn’t strong enough and can’t bring himself to hurt her. The third stanza is just showing that they blame each other for the deterioration of their relationship. 'I'll be holding all the tickets and you'll be holding all the fines' - this indicates that the one of them feel that they are always in the wrong (This could not be a problem it’s just a problem that can be fixed while the real problem may not be) Stanza four seems like a mixture of memories, stating why they have gone wrong when we once loved each other so much. Just generally questioning where they went wrong. Stanza Five: ‘And now all your love is wasted, and then who the hell was I?’ suggests that this love is wasted so what was the point of falling in love at all. The last part gives us a glimpse as to WHY it went sour - it seems she led him on, that she wasn't that into him- when he really cared for her. It also seems like he is angry about it and asks ‘who will love you? Who will fight? Who will fall far behind’ is if asking, who will love you enough to fight for you? As if no one could fight for her as much as he did. He then states that it’s unlikely she'll find anyone worthwhile, no one will be able to love her for all the stuff she puts her partners through. |
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