| The National – Slow Show Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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A love song. I think this is about a man in love, perhaps for the first time. He's awkward and desperately wants approval from the person he's in love with (to give him a 'blue ribbon'). He also sees her as his sanctuary from the world, all he wants to do is go home and be with her and make her laugh. He's afraid he's going to blow it - "God I'm very, very frightening, I'll overdo it" - because he wants to impress her SO much, and can't think of anything else, and can't find peace in normal social situations. "Can I get a minute of not being nervous And not thinking of my dick?" And "You could drive a car through my head in five minutes From one side of it to the other" And she (I'm just assuming it's a she) is perhaps the love of his life, the one he always dreamed to find. And it scares him. You know I dreamed about you For twenty-nine years before I saw you You know I dreamed about you I missed you for, for twenty-nine years Just a beautiful song. |
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| Temple of the Dog – Call Me A Dog Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I don't know much about Andrew Wood as I don't know his full life story, so I'm not sure if this song is about him in some way? | |
| Temple of the Dog – Call Me A Dog Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I love this song. There is so much passion in chris cornell's voice it gives me the shivers! No one has mentioned the last line yet, I think it's very telling what the song is about. Bad luck will follow you If you keep me on a leash and You drag me along It's about an imperfect relationship, he loves the woman (I presume it's a woman!) but perhaps she views him as not right for her, that is, she tries to change him or control him and maybe uses him (You wore me out like an old winter coat trying to be safe from the cold) and berates him (calls him a dog) when she can't change him. He is what he is and will not change. He sleeps out with the 'badgers and wolves' because he is free. But he tries to be what she wants but it isn't good enough (You threw me out 'cause I went digging for gold And I came home with a handful of coal) He loves her and accepts all that she throws at him but will not throw it back at her. He will either love her fully, unconditionally — or leave completely. (Lovely, passionate man!) BUT at the end of the song he is warning her: Don't put me on a leash because I will leave you. Your bad luck will follow you because you won't accept me as I am. And you can't control me, woman! Lol, I guess it's quite a literal interpretation but it makes sense to me. :) |
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