| Fair to Midland – Coppertank Island Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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If the right built the anchor And the wrong have set sail I'm a whale, I'm a well, I'm a whale from this i get that one side 'the right' makes a decision or a choice which would be the 'anchor' while the 'wrong' go the opposite way or 'set sail' meanwhile the speaker is the 'whale', looking on and watching this all take place, like a whale could see an anchor underwater as well as the boat setting sail, still attached to the anchor. Assuming the anchor and boat are attached to one another (presumably by rope) what does that make the rope? The 'middle ground'? the situation? |
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| Fair to Midland – Musical Chairs Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I like what you all have said about this song and definitely can see the connections. To me (and mostly just in the chorus) hear darroh speaking his frustration about the band not fully being recognixed for their talents. Fables was an impressive work of art that didnt get get nearly the amount of recognition that it deserved and i think that- It makes you wonder If shooting for stars is like darts in the dark It makes you wonder If the beaten path is the promised land -can mean he wonders if trying to make something original and beautiful is pointless because no one cares, or no one will hear it, that 'taking the beaten path' or making music that is the same as everything out there (the popular music of our time that is for the most part incredibly mindless and has very little artistic expression) is the 'promised land', thats where everyone is making money and achieving fame. And the line "im a stick in the mud" could show his stubbornness to go with the flow and 'sell out' |
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