| Regina Spektor – Braille Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I love this song. Not only is it beautiful but it's use of the unusual metaphor "braille" - which is used to describe her stretch marks and wrinkles towards the end - makes it so much better than the crap that's in the charts today. It does exactly what good music's supposed to do - it makes you feel something. She was lying on the floor and counting stretch marks - establishes straight away that the girl in the song is pregnant. "Lying on the floor" I personally think tells us that the pregnancy was unplanned but also gives the impression of acceptance - Perhaps she's finally accepted that she's pregnant and all she can do now is lay on the floor and count her stretchmarks. She hadn't been a virgin and he hadn't been a god - there's definitely a religious reference to this line. "Virgin" refers to the Virgin Mary and as the Bible story states that God fathered Jesus, that's what this line's about. so she named the baby Elvis to make up for the royalty he lacked - as Elvis was typically known as the king of rock and roll And from then on it was turpentine and patches - turpentine's an oil burned in old-fashioned lamps and I think patches is a reference to patched clothing. This line definitely gives the impression of poverty/poorness. From then on it was cold Campbell's from the can - cold tinned food continues this idea and gives an idea of how poor the girl is They were just two jerks playing with matches - I struggled with this line but I think it's to do with sex. The idea of playing with fire might be a reference to having sex without contraception, which resulted in the girl falling pregnant. 'Cause that's all they knew how to play - Perhaps it's the only way of life they knew. To me it means that they were young - teenagers possibly - and teenage boredom played a part in them having sex. They were bored, they didn't have anything else to do, they didn't know of any other way of life. And it was raining cats and dogs outside of her window - raining cats and dogs suggests heavy rain And she knew they'd be destined to become sacred roadkill on the way - I'm not sure about this line but I think she's describing her relationship, like the relationship was destined to fail. She knew it would end badly from the start but she was young and in love. And she was listening to the sound of heaven shaking - another, beautiful, reference to the rain. Heaven shaking suggests a thunderstorm or violent weather. thinking about puddles, puddles and mistakes - the puddles are representing the mistakes she has made in her life. Elvis never could carry a tune and she thought about this irony as she stared back at the moon - this verse is my favourite. Elvis (the musician) was an excellent singer yet her son could never sing very well and it's ironic due to this - kind of self-explanatory. She was tracing her years with her fingers on her skin saying - tracing her years basically means tracing her wrinkles. She's an old woman in this verse and she's reflecting back on her life. Well, why don't I begin again with turpentine and patches with cold, cold Campbell's from the can - I think this line means if she could go back she'd have done things differently. After all I'm still a jerk playing with matches it's just that he's not around to play along - She hasn't changed much. "he's not around to play along" this could have two meanings - 1. the boy, or the other "jerk", is dead or 2. more likely I think, he left her when she was pregnant with their child yeah, I'm still an asshole playing with candles blowing out wishes, blowing out dreams - she's had to sacrifice her dreams and wishes in order to bring up her child. I think "blowing out" means that she's finally letting go/giving up on them because she's run out of time. Just sitting here and trying to decipher what's written in Braille upon my skin this skin - possibly my favourite line in the whole song. This time, instead of being a metaphor for her stretchmarks, Braille is a metaphor for her wrinkles and they tell the story of her life. "decipher" implies that she's looking for meaning within them. I like the way Regina Spektor ends the song the way she started it. She's not only a musician, she's a poet. |
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| Eminem – Going Through Changes Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I disagree with your theory of "bulletproof" relating to Proof. I think it just means that he'll come back stronger than he was before. He'll be bulletproof in a sense that he'll be stronger than his demons and they won't be able to hurt him. Personally I think you're reading too much into it but that's just my opinion. | |
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