| Nirvana – On a Plain Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I'll start this off Without any words I got so high that I scratched 'til I bled When you do a good amount of heroin, enough to get high, you start getting ghost itches all over you face, fingers, and different body parts. So you scratch, sometimes a whole lot. Love myself Better than you I know it's wrong So what should I do? This sounds to me like the "who gives a fuck" feeling that comes with being high, and the feeling that you can do and be whatever you want, the rest of the world has to deal, but not you, cuz you're doin just fine. Maybe also the tendency of fiends to take from others to feed themselves, but I think it's definitely in reference to the superman feeling at least. Plus, if you have people who love you and who are close to you, usually your drug use affects them. Either they're worried for your health, or you're a jerk to them, or you steal from them, or whatever it may be, and sure you'd like to not do that, but not really as much as you like to be high. The finest day That I ever had Was when I learned To cry on command I've never faked, or conjured, emotion like I have while on heroin. It's a useful skill, if you're a piece of shit. It'll usually help you get your way. Not just crying either, but I've gotten jobs because I went to the interview high and was super charismatic, appearing genuine. I'm on a plain I can't complain I'm on a plain I see this as being high and flat on the floor or on your bed. I'm chillin, I'm absolutely fine. My mother died Every night It's safe to say Don't quote me on that I personally tried to hide the fact that I did heroin from my mom, but it was probably wasn't very useful since I wasn't all that subtle about getting high in my house. I'm pretty sure she knew something was up, if not knowing exactly what, so I imagine someone like this might've gone on in Kurt's life, but I don't know. The black sheep got Blackmailed again Forgot to put On the zip code "Black" is another name for heroin. People are always out to get you when you're doing heroin, for some reason. I think this is either him referring to that, someone fuckin with him because he slipped something up, I don't know, or maybe it refers to the salesman. Maybe this is more of an anecdote of something that happened, where his dealer forgot to put the zip code while mailing the dope, then got busted for the "black mail." I actually think it's the second one, because right after he continues about loving himself better than you. Before his mom, now his black sheep. Somewhere I have heard this before In a dream my memory has stored As defense I'm neutered and spayed What the hell am I trying to say? It is now time To make it unclear To write off lines That don't make a sense Someone mentioned disorganization in the other comments, and to an extend I think that's true. But also the fact that he doesn't give a shit about it. I never suffered any disorganized thoughts, but when you're high and loopy, you say can say things and just not care. I think he wrote the line "as defense I'm neutered and spayed" because it sounded good, and it goes along, probably, in some way or another, with being made worse off by heroin use. Dope is like a shield, and you don't have to care. You can say fuck it, whatever, and I think that's what this is capturing. One more special Message to go And then I'm done And I can go home Love myself... Let me tell you again, this is all for me. Just me. And only me. Thought you should know, peace. |
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| Radiohead – I Might Be Wrong Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Sounds like a guy having an imaginary conversation with his (or her) partner, whom he suspects is cheating on him. He starts by trying to rationalize "I might be wrong," shaking off his suicidal thoughts as a possible delirium. There's a chance she never cheated on him, and giving her the benefit of the doubt - maybe as a defense mechanism against dealing with betrayal or the idea of abandoning his love or life - he distances himself from those thoughts of "no future at all," reminding us that he "used" to think that way, but no longer does. He wants to "start again, begin again" and symbolically take a leap of faith, trusting her, going down the waterfall which could end badly, but he WANTS to do it. Remember the good times, everything else whether it be in his head or not, doesn't even matter in the end, he tells himself. He remembers how happy they were and that she can bring him happiness again, so he should just stop thinking about it about it and get on. You get a hint of the cause of his neurosis as he asks what he'd do without her, a frame of mind many love-struck guys a girls can attest to. He can't let her go, not like this, under mere suspicion... which he now even claims to have abandoned and was never important in the first place. And perhaps she's away from him emotionally as well, which would explain his following reaction. In the last lines you see that he might even feel guilty about his suspicion, he wants to throw himself to her feet. He asks her to open up, let him know what's wrong and how he can help make her more comfortable. He's convinced himself that his own thoughts (and probably needs and wants as well) are not important, not like hers are. He has it in his mind that she is an angel and that he's lucky to have her around, so all that she does to hurt him, including cheat on him, it's not her fault even if it were true. He wants to go back to the way things were and let the rest be |
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| The Mars Volta – Asilos Magdalena Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I thought this song deserved a proper English translation for anyone looking to find one. I'm confident that this is correct. *My source being simply that I'm a native Spanish speaker and my primary language is English. --- Sick, I arrived. And to get well, I'm out in the streets. Don't give me your obedience, Because I'll show you my body of mud, From where the skin is weak, With a hunger that will not let me sing... In my life The darkness maintains me. When I saw you, in the rain, You promised me your blood I will not stay... In my life The darkness maintains me. When I saw you, in the rain, You promised me your blood. I will not stay... And now that you've fallen from this world I carry a knife, my God, for you! How many times you bit me! How many times I left... And no longer am I in love With your lies. (In) Hell I sleep Because Hell is the only truth... In my life The darkness maintains me. When I saw you, in the rain, You promised me your blood I will not stay... In my life The darkness maintains me. When I saw you, in the rain, You promised me your blood I will not stay... Morning Star Samuel, I am after you. And if I burn, without wings, At least I'll die for you. Morning Star Samuel, I am after you. And if I burn, without wings, At least I'll die for you. Morning Star Samuel, I am after you. And if I burn, without wings, At least I'll die for you. Morning Star Samuel, I am after you. And if I burn, without wings, At least I'll die for you. |
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| Morcheeba – Living hell Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Some people are tough on themselves. Some people blow insignificant shit out of proportion. They make life so difficult for themselves, over thinking problems, creating problems out of nothing, unable to let themselves be happy. I know a girl just like this. She doesn't think she deserves happiness, friends, or love. She thinks she's useless, she can't help anyone, and it makes her horribly depressed. This song, for lack of a better term, is like the ultimate "HEY!.. let's just chill out, yah?" Don't be so damn hard on yourself... I don't know "why" you think you need to be, but you don't. And that's that. Let yourself be free. And if you don't think you're worth happiness, I do, so do it for me. I'll help you out. I'm here, I can take you away from your misery - I have no problem doing that. I wanna help you, so let me. And maybe, once you forget your troubles, you'll realize "hey, I don't need to put myself through this. :)" I used to be one of those people, and I knew how ridiculous I was being, but I couldn't help it. A fine white powder called methylone, a night with two old friends, psychedelic mushrooms, an unhealthy relationship, and songs like Morcheeba's "Enjoy the Ride" and Pink Floyd's "Time" did their part in helping me escape my own living hell. And now this song is a testament to that. The person I wanted to be, the happy one, asking my former self to tag along and see what I couldn't before, behind all the "dust" I was creating for myself. It's a marvelous song, so up beat, so much working together - I love it. |
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| Tool – Reflection Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Whoops, I derped. :p First couple sentences should read: Simply on a personal note, I first listened to this song before I'd ever taken any drugs. I don't claim they are the "key" to understanding the song, or even that it has any relation to drugs whatsoever. However, I thought I understood it then, more or less, but didn't exactly connect with it. |
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| Tool – Reflection Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Simply on a personal note, I first listenedn any drugs. And I don't claim they are the "key" to understanding the song, or even that it has any relation to this before I'd ever take to drugs whatsoever. However, I thought I understood it, more or less, but really didn't exactly connect with it. After my first encounter with psychedelic mushrooms, I listened to it again and it was like I'd literally transformed my interpretation of this song. Again, I know it probably isn't the same for everybody, but on a personal level I do feel I understand the song a lot better than ever before. My Interpretation: I see a man who has come to realize he's disgusted with the person he's become. He fears it's too late to turn away, he's gone too far, and perhaps he should simply embrace it (the ego, or "self-indulgent pitiful hole"). Then, in the pit of his disgrace, he has an epiphany. The moon, as "full and bright" as it is, cannot and does not rely on its own self to be at its "maximum," as it were. It seeks the light from the "sun," an endless source of energy and life (for this planet, at least). Just like it, the man should seek guidance, recognize his own imperfections, and accept help from a "higher order" (be it reason, religion, spirituality, anything), in order to be truly whole or happy, or reach a sort of enlightenment. But when you just accept yourself as you are, you're no better than the moon without the sun, just a "lifeless satellite" The man understands, he wants to change what he's become, he doesn't need to sit and simply suffer his 'narcissistic' existence anymore - he wants to be alive. Now that he truly believes he can be saved from himself, he turns to the audience and gives his sort of testimony and call to action. He cries out that we join him in a search for truth, to cast our our pitiful judgements of one another, to want something more than simply what we've come to understand in this world. It's not some contract, X number of years on earth for some heaven after death; rather, it's a promise for a happy life in the now. This world offers so much more than many have witnessed, and he begs we not spare ourselves its beauty and a chance to see beyond our ego. Our lives are a journey and there's only so many steps we can take before "we pine away," so don't take it for granted. I don't claim any superior knowledge over anyone who has or hasn't taken any drugs, meditated, gone through life changing experiences, nor is it my intention to give off that tone. That's what I hear when I listen to this song, and I'm sure I'm not alone. :) |
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| A Perfect Circle – 3 Libras Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I don't claim to "know" what it's intended meaning is, but this is what it means to me: "I threw you the obvious, And you flew with it on your back, A name in your recollection Down among a million same" Here, the speaker seems to be addressing someone he loves (for all intents and purposes, I'll say "he" and "she"). Someone he clearly loves, and has no interest in trying to hide it from her. Yet, she doesn't respond. Instead, he becomes just like any other, just another blurry face a the sea of people. When I hear it, though, I don't think he's talking directly to her - but these are the things that go through his mind when he thinks of her or looks back. Like, when you can't get someone off your mind, during the late stages of a would-be relationship, when you're realizing that it just won't work out or won't be the way it used to be. To me, it's that conversation you have with yourself, and you desperately want to try to justify why it's all okay in your head. You want to find a reason to leave it all behind you. "Difficult not to feel a little bit Disappointed and passed over When I look right through To see you naked but oblivious And you don't see me" I really like this line; he's not saying "oh, I'm sad now." He purposefully understates his pain, saying that definitely isn't nothing. He feels something, at least, which seems like a real world way of communicating something like "you hurt me." He also lets you that he felt he had a real connection. He can see her pain, her troubles, her soul. He KNOWS her, but she just doesn't recognize that, or can't. And as a result, he's left alone to deal on his own. "But I threw you the obvious just to See if there's more behind the Eyes of a fallen angel Eyes of a tragedy" Again, he avoids being entirely upfront with her. Maybe because he's timid, maybe just because he's human. He sees her, why doesn't she see him? After all, he's doing what he can to make it easy - he's not direct, but he is open. I think he's trying to say, "I see you, I feel you... But, can do the same for me?" He certainly wishes she would, which is ironically why he must remain passive about. Otherwise, it's almost forced or just artificial. "Here I am expecting just a little bit Too much from the wounded But I see, seeing through it all Seeing through, see you" Maybe, he feels, that he could be asking for too much. Maybe she's not strong enough to look past her troubles to see him and the way he is. As much as he wants that mutual connection, he knows that it's not an easy thing to deal with, and it's perhaps... unfair to expect it. But he does want it. "'Cause I threw you the obvious to See what occurs behind the Eyes of a fallen angel Eyes of a tragedy, oh well Oh well Apparently nothing Apparently nothing at all" At this point, he's lost all hope. Sadly, she wasn't able or wasn't willing to let herself be moved by his efforts (not to say that he was expecting her to suddenly fall in love with him, but she just didn't respond). He put himself out there, hoping that she could respond to him the way he did with her, but that day never came. "...You don't see me at all" He was always invisible. To her, just another guy. Just another day. To him, well, it's hard to assign words... not great. Not great. Now this may not be what he's saying, but it's all I hear... :) |
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