| Silversun Pickups – The Royal We Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| That is bizzar, what an interesting take on this song, and I commend you for your imagination. | |
| Silversun Pickups – The Royal We Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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And when it's all over, and you open your eyes, you see the room turned on its side, and you'll be lying by an order on the floor signed: Note entirely sure if "Order" is the exact lyric or if "note" is... either way it has no affect on the overall meaning in my opinion. |
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| Silversun Pickups – The Royal We Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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We are ready for the siege, and we are armed up to the teeth. Be careful how you live and breathe. Release what's brewing underneath. To me this screams someone walking on eggshells, knowing that your on the precipice, that something is going to break, "be careful how you live and breathe." But if you do disturb the water, you are ready, "armed to the teeth," and being honest with yourself you know that it must be done, "release whats brewing underneath." How many times do you wanna die? How many ways do you wanna die? Do you feel safe again? Look over your shoulder. Very carefully, look over your shoulder. This is fairly straightforward, how many times is this relationship going to keep going through this cycle of death and recovery. The repetition of the question even though in different forms comes from a place of despair, not knowing or even possibly not wanting to know the answer, and is punctuated by asking if its now safe. For me atleast this is probably one of their best chorus's om the entire album. We can laugh about it now, and we hope everything works out. Be careful how you lick your wounds. Believe that change is coming soon. This verse tragically serves as the precedent and antcedent condition of their entire relationship depending on when the next or last "fight" was. "We can laugh about it now," is blantantly ironic and is meant to be, this line was not an accident, especially in the context in which we find it currently. The feeling of death and despair in the chorus previous contrasts so obvious with this it is hard for me atleast to beleive this song is about anything but love. Licking your wounds carefully adds even more to the irony, he/she is admitting to that there are consequences to keeping this relationship going, and dissmissing them, ignorance is bliss, the next line futher reinforces this feeling. How many times do you wanna die? How many ways do you wanna die? Do you feel safe again? Look over your shoulder. Very carefully, look over your shoulder. Like I said before this chorus is probably the best on the entire album, and now I will explain why I beleive that. The first verse was essentially to describe the precedent, the build up to the eventual and invetable climax or fight, and the chorus was used to relfect that, a feeling of anxiety and trepidation so ensues, and is instilled in the chorus. Now however the chorus takes on new meaning, because now it is from a new perspective an antcedant one, full of remorse, a poignant sense of dissatisfaction even perhaps, and in my opinion is reinforced by all the irony within the verse that this chorus now follows. You used to do a little, but a little won't fly. Right before you hit your prime, that's when we fell in love, but not the first time. Failed expectations and not realizing potential it seems is what ultimately dooms this relationship. "Prime," has a very disntict connotation within our culture it conveys ones own full or highest potential and its use reflects a sense of dissatisfaction and even anger when used following the line "you used to a little, but a little won't fly," esstentially saying its not enough, you are not enough, I thought you could be. For me this line serves not only as the relationships fatal flaw but a societal flaw instilled on us to abandon our own preceived conventions and to strive for more. Why cant we just be happy with the one we love? The last line in this verse provides us with the core tragedy of this relationship, and that is that it is doomed to keep repeating itself over and over again. This is further reinforced with its useage again later in this song, and also the title of the song and its repetitive useage at the end of the song. However we will also see that, "right before you hit your prime," will take on yet another meaning. Kind of a theme within this song. Can I please you still? Remain in your father's will? Or does it make you ill? The feeling of despair crawls back in, the future is uncertain if we are uncertain. The repitition of questions haunts our own feelings of not being in the know, but still being in the want or need. Not knowing if the love is gone but still needing it. Uncertaintity is insanity, and while the questions seem to be linked by a very clever rhythmic device however upon closer inspection they seem random and chaotic, fueled by the disturbance the pertubation instills. Let us bruise their knees. We went in straight for a defeat. You will be relieved... This verse throws me off alittle, but I get the sense that "let us bruise their kneesw," comes somewhere from those that love and cherish this couples happiness. The act of being on ones knees instantly flashes in my mind a picture of someone praying and in the context of the lines and the meaning of the song I can only come to this conclusion. The following lines seems to provide the context of what the prayors may be asking for, the end of this relationship, the following lines I feel reflect this, "friendly fire," and "misery inspires" best describe this correlation, and if you reverse them you get "misery inspires, friendly fire." Clever. The last verse in this set best reinforces the feeling of urgency the family or the outsiders with "bruised knees," are feeling. They are apprehensive and participant in this couples struggle, "your throat has been cut several times before," but now they feel they must intervene. So relieved, so relieved of all your desire. Feel the sparks of our friendly fire. Misery inspires. Your throat has been cut several times before. Never noticed the size of the flow, 'nd it can't be ignored. Do you feel again? Look over your shoulder. Carefully, look over your shoulder. Again the chorus, and another twist to it, but this time without the inclusion of the questions "How many times do you wanna die? How many ways do you wanna die?." Consider that this is intentional, and now consider what this may be implying. Acceptance, or rather an acceptance based on the tragic cycle this relationship cant seem to fly away from. Abandoning hope, the chorus takes us to yet another level of despair, the last stage in this tragedy, the inevitable conclusion, rather the only conclusion, suicide. The entire song was building up to this, the music the lyrics the meaning, no tragedy is complete without ultimate sacrifice. You said you believed it, but believing won't fly. Right before you hit your prime, that's when we fell in love, but not the first time. Repeating "right before you hit your prime," at this piont in the song is the key component and its other meaning, an untimely death. This song's tragedy is the "vile forfeit of untimely death" (Romeo and Juliet) As I said previous that this couple is doomed to repeat this cycle of death and rejuvination, consider that while reading the last line of this song, and keep in mind the themes we've uncovered. The feelings of hopelessness despair of poignant loss and inevitable conclusion that there was only one way out. And when it's all over, and you open your eyes, you see the room turned on its side, and you'll be lying by an order on the floor signed: This last verse is the most obvious to us that this entire song seems to be a commentary on a suicide note, it speaks from beyond the grave so to speak. "And when its all over, and you open your eyes," conveys a bargaining aspect to it almost, saying this was the only way for us, the only way to be free of eachother. "And you'll be lying by an order on the floor signed...." Order 5th definition: a condition in which each thing is properly disposed with reference to other things and to its purpose; methodical or harmonious arrangement. The note is essentially the summary and the justification for the actions the person took, not having to constantly be "looking over your shoulder," for death but taking it into their own hands, ending the cycle. The Royal We. (x8) Love, The Royal We I've read some interesting things about the "Royal We," whether it be a pronoun for a majestic plural, or an elected body, or a military connotation with which many have seem to be drawn to when basing their conclusion as to the meaning of this song. Though in contrast to what i've just stated doesnt seem to make much sense for a title of a song. Until you think Shakespears Romeo and Juliet, and the term out of the context it is usually applied do you make a new picture of what the "Royal We" stands for, the tragic young couple. |
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| Silversun Pickups – The Royal We Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I feel that people need to stray away from the literal intrepretation of this song, I dont believe it has anything to do with war or the military, but actually a relationship that is constantly tested and broken until it cant be put back together anymore. If you suspend that literal intrepretation the meaning is less convoluted. "The Royal "We" (We) as Mark Twain once said is an editorial term that can only be used by kings, presidents, and people with tape worms. (Not exact quote) But I think that what SSPU is trying to provide another time where that term can be acurrately used, in love. The Royal We in this sense is the partnership, the perfect couple doomed for failure. Just my two cents. | |
| Jimmy Eat World – Gotta Be Somebody's Blues Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| This song is so depressing I dont think I even think about sex when listening to it. | |
| Jimmy Eat World – Gotta Be Somebody's Blues Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| the man is in love, but its not a person hes in love with its teh Earth itself. | |
| Jimmy Eat World – Gotta Be Somebody's Blues Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I think I am wrong about the first verse I think it is about Earth "She" is earth. | |
| Jimmy Eat World – Gotta Be Somebody's Blues Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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They first came for the Communists, And since I wasnt a communist I did not speak up. Then they came for the trade unions, And since I wasnt in a union I did not speak up. Next they came for the Jews, And since I was a Christian I did not speak up. Finally they came for me, Everyone else is now gone and there is no one to speak up for me. Breaking down the lyrics line by line you can start to see something very interesting. Within the first two verses there appear to be two seperate streams of consciousness. The first stream is the teste from a man desperately in love and: "Shes the only one I love" "Shes the sweetess hunny pot" "Shes the only one I trust" "Shes the silk lining in my bed" The Second stream of consciousness is from a narrator who finds life absurd, and reaching out from an existential postion that we are ultimately doomed and will eventually be destroyed and person in complete dispair and in probable hatred of the condition he/she finds the world or his life in. "Let the water come" an allusion from the Bible (The Flood.) "Let the fat man drop" a reference to the A-Bomb (The bomb dropped on Himorshima I believe) "Let the factories rust" speaking to the ultimate conclusion of our extinction our footprint will be erased. "Let the virus spread" Some theorist/"prophets" think this is will be inevitable cause of our extinction, due to either a biochemical weapon or to a super bug created as a result from resistances to medicines. The third verse as well as the chorus is from a third stream of consciousness/narrator and in my opionion seems to be either trying to console the other two or seems to be speaking about them from a different time. Ultimately I get the impression that what Atkins was intending with the narrator was to offer an after the fact account of the past. Speaking from a future generation about the testimonials of the other men. Or men people in general, people that just wanted love and peace and happiness, and people who knew that if we continued in the same direction catastrohpy would occure. After listening to the first two speak their minds in the first verses the narrator does two things with his reply in the chorus "will they see the sky again? who will sing their blues for them?" he makes us question whether or not the narrator exists or is just a personification of our ultimate regret that we did nothing to stop it (this become more clear with the next verse the narrator says) and second that without anyone left (including the narrator) who will ever know what ultimately ended us. "when youre feeling moved you can have your conscience all you want you cant say I do nothing I put it off" This whole verse is speaking from the perspective of the apathetic complacent and unmoved consciousness of our time. Basically its Atkins spitting in the faces of all those who preach and preach and do nothing to change anything for the better. It speaks of our ultimate flaw as a society and a species, that the problems of our time will not be solved. It speaks of from a man in total dispair and scepticism that anything will ever change. The Title, I think if anything points out to the basic meaning of this song its this. "Gotta be somebodies blues" speaks to the heart of the current condition of our planet and the absolute complancentness and apathy for the problems of our exsistance. Its gotta be somebodies problem, but whos and when? Will it be too late before someone finally does something.... |
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| Cat Power – Speak for Me Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Intense and powerful lyrics and yes the correct lyrics are those that "blanksky" has posted. This songs speaks from the perspective of a spouse thats being abused by her partner. The song itself seems to me as a testimonial from the abused, dissillusioned and passionate, with the difficulties of letting go and realizing whats actually happening while being blinded by how it used to be and the love that was once there. Very great song. |
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