| Muse – Blackout Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Here's my translation of the song. I'm not saying it's definite, but it's at least what this song means to me: Don’t fool around And don’t pretend This love can’t last forever And I'm too old and grown up to believe otherwise But don’t grow up all at once And don’t let the past define you This life can’t last forever But I'm too young to care about it right now So don’t fool around And don’t pretend This life could be the very last And we’re all too young to understand |
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| OK Go – Needing/Getting Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Actually sgilmore454, that's not the only part in the background. I'm not 100% all of this is true since it's very quiet. Starting at the calmer part, you hear a plane taking off. Then you hear a little girl say "Dada", and a older girl yell "Whoo!". I think they're at a beach. I believe there's a dinner party afterwards, because of the clanking dishes and people talking. THEN you can here "It's a Disaster" in the background, though in it he sings, "Yea it's all we got! Caught in the moment!". It's very hard to tell that line. And lastly, you hear tides at the beach. The song lyrics alone are pretty self explanatory, though there are some parts that are worth looking into. The first section is angst. It's what he feels like saying to her; How he'll never have her, what she's done to him. Though it's the second part that's interesting. It's a "shedding of skin", if you will. It's what he's really thinking, what it's like in his brain. I think all the background tracks are past, present, and future, in a sense. This is of course my interpretation. Putting emotions into words is HARD. It's a very beautiful song, and I can't wait till the video comes out! |
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| OK Go – Down for the Count Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| "Down for the Count" is an idiom meaning you've lost a battle. With that in mind, I think he's talking about a girlfriend who's depressed, and this song takes place after a fight. The lyrics are pretty obvious from there. I'd be only too happy if anyone needs an explanation. | |
| OK Go – In The Glass Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I agree with willhirsch's comment, though I'll give a deeper analysis: “Well at first there was, there was just no question” - In the beginning he didn’t question “Who wouldn’t rather be their reflection?” -Wouldn’t you be happier in a place with no problems or worries? “And when I got here everything was cold and perfect” -When he switched with his reflection, he found the place had no emotion, but because it didn’t have emotion, there was no faults, and it was “perfect” “It was clear and bright like midwinter sunlight” -This could mean 3 things; a) the decision, b) his last day in the real world, or c) the reflection’s land (Though I doubt it since bright = warm, but he said the place was cold) “My heartbeat counting down the moments, precise and quiet” -He was extremely nervous beforehand, heart beating heavily, but decided to keep quiet “I looked out and saw my own reflection, helpless” -He looked in the mirror and saw his reflection “I looked out and saw him overwhelmed and helpless” - Between the last 2 lines the switch takes place, and he is now the reflection looking at himself “What have I done?” -He regrets his decision “And as time went on, you could feel the silence” - The more he stayed there, he realized the lack of emotion was getting to him “Solidifying the sound of my thoughts was paralyzing” - If you mesh these two lines, he’s saying the lack of public discussion (prevention of speaking ones mind) crushed his thoughts/idea’s (he lost hope) and was unable to do anything about it (trapped, paralyzed, helpless) “I tried to call out to him but the glass was perfect” -He tried to escape, but since the glass has no faults, it wouldn’t let him, for reasons unknown “What have I done?” -Again, regrets his decision “What wicked penance to get what you want” - He put himself through this horrible torture because he did something wrong, all for this one person “Everyday is the same: we’re praying for rain” - Rain is considered a miracle is some tribes in the desert since water is so scarce, so basically they’re praying for a miracle “And when it finally came, and when it came” - Now we’re in past tense, saying a miracle did come “Everyday was the same: still praying for rain” - if you split the sentence in two, he’s saying after the miracle nothing happened, and they continue praying for another one, since there’s nothing else they can do Please understand that it is VERY hard to try and explain these things. There are other interpretations of some lines, so I could be wrong. I also realized that the third and last stanza remind me of communist lifestyles, though I could be mistaken because in the chorus he’s talking about “to get what you want”, so it could be about a girl as well, and the singer in-between in his real life and his rock-star life. |
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| OK Go – Skyscrapers Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I think it's an apology song. If you did your research, you'll find out about the singer's failing marriage and how he wrote most of the songs when he was waiting for her answer. If you replace "Skyscrapers" with "(insert girl's name here)", the song is crystal clear. That's just my thought's, though. | |
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