| Bishmanrock – Cracked Plaster Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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I recently talked about this song on Reddit, so thought I'd pasted the relevant section here: "The two 43DM albums were originally part of one and carried a wider narrative, following a shut-in character fearing the outside world, the people in it, and cowering in fear in a dilapidated flat, with the hint that this was the surviving character from the preceding album, Devil Road. That idea mostly got shelved when the album was split into two, but it's not hard to see what was there as Cracked Plaster still has an air of isolationism about it. Specifically focus was built in the concept of someone who's domain has crumbled, and they are unwilling/unwanting to take the steps to fix it, perhaps even further damaging themselves in the process. Note that what exactly has been lost is left ambiguous, whether it is a physical thing such as property, or something more like a friendship, is not defined as it's not relevant to the subject of the song: the person who has lost it has shut themselves out, are unwilling to co-operate, and are actively pushing people away. There is a hint that some salvation is possible, but they are unwilling to put the work in, and even concede that it might be too late to even pull off, perhaps just wishful thinking. It's not clarified in the song what role the recipient of the lyrics in this song plays - whether they were the person who were wronged, or just someone trying to help out. I personally gravitate towards the latter, but it's open to both. Despite the concept it's not done in an aggressive way, but more of a sombre "this is over" manner, hence why I gravitated towards imagery of places devoid of people. The imagery of Cracked Plaster came from my own issues with damp in my house. You can plaster over it all you want, but if you don't fix the underlying issue it'll keep on cracking and falling apart. This was briefly used literally in the full 43DM album for the apartment, but is more just used for imagery here." |
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| Jon Hare – Narcissus Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Did my best with this, although I don't have the best ear in the world for picking out lyrics. Some bits that I wasn't 100% sure I had correct: "Didn’t know that you could be someone with me", actually sounds like "Didn't know that you could be so warm to me" too. I'm pretty sure it's not either, though. "It wouldn’t leave me, saying see you in tomorrow". That's what I hear, but it doesn't seem to fit right. "Wrapped in the glisten crying silently together". I'm pretty sure this line is incorrect, but I couldn't figure out what it was actually saying. |
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| Annihilist – Incriminated Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Pretty much bang on. The idea was it was someone who could save and heal us from death, but was misunderstood as attempting to kill up and outcast. They continue to "save" us by night, but each day harbors regrets about saving people who don't appreciate their work. I believe a lot of it was dragged from witch trials and then evolved from there. |
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