| Josh Rouse – Come Back (Light therapy) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Great to hear a song apparently on a subject matter that doesn't crop up that often, like SAD. I'm in agreement with all four previous comments; and I love the line with "I miss my serotonin" too. I woke up the other morning with the line "So tired of waking up and it's dark" on my mind and now that it's getting late in November it's so fitting. And "the sun is gonna shine in June" is brilliant; I think it's maybe like he's been told it and clings to the thought like a lifeline... Such a great song. Killer bass line too, which makes me love it even more! On the subject of the instrumentation, the strings when he repeats "Come back" 11 times, and then on the following chorus, are beautifully arranged. Oh, you've got to love 1972... | |
| Josh Rouse – My Love Has Gone Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| You took the words right out of my mouth. I completely agree. Those are my favourite lines in the song. | |
| Don Henley – Nobody Else In The World But You Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Oh my goodness, how has nobody commented on this song?! It's really self-explanatory. Such brilliant lyrics - and relatable, because I'm sure we all know someone like this. I particularly love "the way you act, the way that you don't think". A perfect line about that selfish person who seems not to realise that the whole world does not revolve around them. Fantastic song. Can't do it justice with words, but really amazing. |
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| ABBA – Thank You For The Music Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I love this song so much; it's my favourite ABBA song. It's not just the fantastically cheerful, catchy tune or the elaborate piano part, although they certainly don't hurt. It just sums up so completely and perfectly how I feel about music. Especially the chorus. It's like it was written for me; it's probably like that for lots of people who love their music. It always makes me happy. | |
| Take That – The Garden Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think it's about making the most of "the life we've been given" while we can, and not being afraid to love someone ("... so open your mind and start living" and "... so open your heart and start loving"). Be open to new ideas and taking chances, because this is the only time we've got; we're very fortunate to have the life we have, and we shouldn't waste it. We don't have forever and eventually we'll all be gone ("We all fall in the end...") so while we're here and we have the chance, take a chance, even take a risk ("...so come on, let me love you"). I think they're singing to someone who's afraid of taking risks in case something goes wrong and they're saying you'll never get anywhere like that. I think the line "We're just miracles of matter" is saying one of two things. The first: in a vast universe, we're only matter and we're not going to have any bad impact on the rest of it, so if you take a chance and it was a bad one, the world/universe will recover and so will you. The second: it's a miracle that we're here at all, and we may never be here again so don't rely on having another shot at it to do all the things you were too scared to do the first time. And then the beginning and end... I think it could be about the feeling of being the only people in the world for a moment ("And the city stopped as I held you in my arms" and "You and me, we just lay down in the garden"). That could be about the fact that even if you go wrong, and bad things happen, you can just come back to the peace and quiet of "the garden", with a friend, and forget about the world and enjoy that moment. Like saying, things can go wrong but there are still other good things, so you can afford that. Even if you make mistakes, there are good, familiar and comforting things to return to and you can always count on them being there, like friends. I can't explain every line of this song. But that's my take on most of the lines. Basically that you can go out and live a full life safe in the knowledge that the sanctuary-like garden is a constant and will still be there for you when you need it. I'm interested to hear what everyone else thinks because with a song like this I think there's scope for a lot of different viewpoints. |
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| Take That – Eight Letters Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I agree with sgninaemgnos2. Robbie mainly wrote the lyrics, from what was said in the documentary Look Back, Don't Stare. I'd just like to add a little bit about a few lines. The lyric in the first verse is "Raised on a feeling our lives would have meaning, eventually". In the documentary (if you haven't seen it, I recommend it), Robbie says that having the opportunity to join the band was like getting the golden ticket, and they took it and followed blindly because it was their one chance to make something of their lives, and it was only when he was so far in and couldn't turn back that he became unhappy with it, because it wasn't living up to his expectations. That lyric, then, is about the insecurity that was felt particularly by Robbie, worrying that he would come to nothing in the end and taking the first chance he was offered. Then, in the chorus, the lyric "you can look back but don't stare"... In Robbie's words, "Cuz it's ugly". So it says, it's ugly and I don't want you to dwell on it, but you can just look back, because to move on we have to know and accept what happened, and acknowledge it all from everyone's point of view. We have to look back; we can't pretend it never happened. To move on, you have to forgive; to forgive, you have to accept. Much of the second verse is very telling. "And outside forces didn't make it easy, so I thought I'd go before you'd leave me". On the first half of that, I think the outside forces are specifically the pressure from the media. They were falling apart from the inside, but the additional pressure from everyone else to keep it together anyway made it harder. As for the second half, it's brutally honest. It's Robbie's insecurity again; he was so afraid to be left, so he walked out on them before they could leave him. People will always want to leave, rather than be left. By leaving, he was the one who chose what happened rather than the one being told and having to give in. He had the final word. My favourite line in the whole song (and I love them all) is "At last, we meet on no-man's land". It's wonderful. I think the significance is that no-man's land is in the middle of the two fighting sides, and to meet on no-man's land you both have to make your way there. It requires effort on both sides, a mutual desire to end the fight. Both sides climbed up into the space in the middle, and dropped their weapons and met each other half-way. That's just my take. However you choose to look at it, these are wonderful lyrics. In my opinion, it's an incredible, honest song, and was a fantastic choice for the final song of the set list on the tour. |
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| Eagles – Love Will Keep Us Alive Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| It's on Hell Freezes Over. If you buy the DVD you get the live version, but if you buy the CD you get the studio recording. It's one of four studio recorded tracks on the CD (the others being Get Over It, The Girl From Yesterday and Learn To Be Still). The rest of the songs are live tracks from the tour. | |
| Take That – Up All Night Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Did anyone else listen to this and think it sounds like Simon & Garfunkel?? Two members of my family came to that conclusion independently of each other and I totally agree! I don't know what to make of the meaning, though. I just want to mention the second verse. The lyrics are - "Pour another glass, while I watch the bottle disappear, while I watch the morning light appear, thinking about you". Drinking through the night, brooding, and seeing the sun come up; that's the sort of thing people do when they're feeling depressed and/or alone. There's an upbeat, pretty acoustic guitar playing alongside it but that's not a happy lyric. That's a lyric about someone who doesn't know what to do. Anyway, absolutely gorgeous song. |
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