| No Doubt – Underneath It All Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I can empathize with you; but, only in regards to how I used to enjoy browsing the comment thread, searching for what other people think these songs mean; you know, until I found your ambiguously racist one, which kinda spoiled my enthusiasm for reading more :/ It was Lady Saw, by the way. | |
| Lana Del Rey – Lucky Ones Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I'd say it's more derivative to ABBA; that Chicago song is far Anglo and cheesy, imo, to have influenced this song. | |
| Lana Del Rey – Lucky Ones Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I hate to leave "one of those" comments, but I feel this song inexplicably describes my marriage to a tee; though we may quarrel terribly, not a day ever passes wherein I feel the absence of the deepest beholding to fate, for having me stumble through the dark of life, only to meet her that fateful night, at the birthday of a mutual "friend", that neither of us wanted to visit. All I know for certain is, that If I am to wander this hellscape, I would never substitute our inexorably joined mortal coil for any soul on either side of the aether. | |
| Regina Spektor – Human of the Year Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| ...Just fuck off. I'm sick of you judgemental, holier than thou pieces of shit. I'm giving my honest opinion of a song, that I feel fits. Being a Paedophile is not a crime, or even affliction; it's a sexual orientation with which some people are just soooo 'lucky' enough to play this fascinating game that we call life, while our loved ones occasionally shit on us, unwittingly, with snide comments of 'monsters' and 'wonderful' allusions of 'rape' whenever "the topic" comes up on the television/internet/radio. But despite it all, I still find a scrap of self respect, and an ounce of fight that stops me from hating all of you. You heteros and homos cannot and will not ever empathize, and even worse, you won't listen; but I still have to live surrounded by you snobby hypocritical shit heads who are living in a fantasy world wherein Paedophiles are the rapers of children. You don't even know the damage your hate speech does to a child when they're on the other side, feeling a self-disgust for seeking out a relationship that apparently requires your acceptance. Do you god damn phonies get a feeling of good Sumaritanship when you spew your words of hatred? Again, just please kindly fuck off. | |
| Regina Spektor – Human of the Year Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I never said the song was about "falling in love", but the reaction of someone newly in love that has to deal with being in the public eye, after avoiding it like the plague (since most paedophiles prefer to be left alone). Not intending to 'sully' anything, just giving a personal perspective you'd never hear otherwise. Regarding 'Two Birds', I don't think I was clear; I couldn't even understand what I meant lol. I think it's a narration of these two discussing this new complication (that Karl experienced at the church) over the phone. | |
| The Smiths – This Charming Man Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| lol "trapped"+"creepy"...You must live in a scary world. | |
| Judas Priest – All Guns Blazing Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| That intro still gives me chills when I hear it, as if it catches me by surprise, like my first time hearing it xD | |
| Judas Priest – Hell Patrol Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| "Riding hell", nor "hell-riders" were sung in this song. | |
| Judas Priest – Hell Patrol Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| ...paratamize? We've got some work to do, guys. | |
| Judas Priest – Night Crawler Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| um...worms don't have nails -_- | |
| The Killers – All the Pretty Faces Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Brave post, but you don't have to say "definitely fucked up..." 'cause at that point people begin to suspect you of being a "pedophile". Also, I believe he sings "These trials don't prepare the air (or err, not sure which) of love" + I believe he's saying shake and "bleed" (hard to hear :S) |
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| Rilo Kiley – The Moneymaker Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Is anyone else sick of reading reviews from people who swear they're Gene Siskel reincarnated??? It totally saturates the comments tab full of irrelevant arrogance; when are the peeps behind songmeanings.net gonna wake up and realize they need a thread dedicated completely to REVIEWS to avoid this problem?... Frustrations aside, my interpretation of this song connects it with the track previous, "close call". The way I see it, she sings of a man/woman who lived his/her life in a precarious crab shoot that is prostitution and general hooliganism, but found his/her golden opportunity into the porn industry. Given my view is accurate, I feel it's sad when porn is your only safe haven from a shit, uncertain life; out of the fire and into the simmering pan, I suppose. I've nothing against porn (egalitarian porn that is), imho, it's just another form of an uncertain life wherein contracting STD's is your reason for purchasing an insurance policy :( |
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| Rilo Kiley – The Moneymaker Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I think you need to clarify a bit, because "turning into pop rock" as you stated is indeed "changing your sound" given that 'your sound' is not previously pop rock; unless you have a different definition of the word change. | |
| Rilo Kiley – The Moneymaker Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| The lyrics are as deep as you care to perceive them -_- | |
| System of a Down – Sugar Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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'thev' says it best when equating the Kombucha Mushroom people 'wage slaves', however, I have a bit of a different spin on the mushroom part; since mushrooms have no part in the effervescent Kombucha drink. I believe the term 'Mushroom' denotes our heritage of coercion regarding our use of nuclear weapons, yet we're too hopped up on "sugar" to know/care/or even understand, hence the following lines: Whoo can believe you? Whoo can believe you? Let your mother pray... All in all, this song IMHO is just an observation of how twisted our society is. |
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| Modest Mouse – The Stars Are Projectors Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I think what Brock was stating with that line was an observation regarding politics and more specifically, how the parties are all, in actuality, a means to the same end; vehicles of morality to transport us through the aether. | |
| Regina Spektor – Human of the Year Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Don't listen to SunnyD89, he's most likely hopped up on High Fructose Corn Syrup. There is never a "Nope!" scenario when it comes to interpreting songs. Believe what you want; in this world, it's the only known God given right! Personally Lozeli, I think your viddy on the song was quite beautiful. SunnyD89, yours was quite cynical; also, I'm not convinced you've ever been in a catholic church yourself. Furthermore, to quote the song in a more sensical manner: Why are you so scared? You stand there, shaking in your pew The icons are whispering to you They're just old men, like on the benches in the park; Except their balding spots are glistening with gold If you read this as the stanza dictates, you will clearly see that your opinion is quite inaccurate. Have fun :D |
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| Regina Spektor – Man of a Thousand Faces Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Nothing is wrong when it comes to interpretation. That's like stating that Picasso's paintings is only of his lovers. The same is applied to music because you simply cannot read Regina Spektor's mind even if she gives you "her" reason for writing any song. PLUS, I stated that the song Human of the Year was a song about a PAEDOPHILE, not a "Pedophile"; that spelling is the derogatory equivalent of the word "nigger" and it's just as offensive. If my interpretation offends you, read it again, but this time make sure to take your foot out of your mouth, first; I know how distracting that can be :D | |
| Regina Spektor – Human of the Year Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| You obviously didn't read my interpretation. Paedophiles are always forced to hide there true selves. This one hid so well, he received an award from his church. Be sick all you want, because you're surrounded and don't even know it. Just like them... | |
| Green Day – 86 Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I agree, my fav album by far...1,039 is a great debut for the band formerly known as "Sweet Children", and they almost had a different sound altogether at that point. I wish they had kept another secret band with said name, so that only the hardcore fans would know what venues to crowd! | |
| Regina Spektor – Man of a Thousand Faces Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I believe the small lump of sugar refers to the precision of Karl Projektorinski's humdrum ritualistic way of life. In affect, I believe the small lump of sugar more accurately represents a bowl of children's cereal, since that is pretty much what it is anyway. I think this song is the end of a saga which includes the songs "Human of the Year", "Two Birds", "Dance Anthem of the 80's", as well as the two bonus tracks. I have a wild theory that this is a concept album with multiple characters; regrettably, I haven't had the time to string it together. | |
| Regina Spektor – Human of the Year Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Read posts before making duplicates of an "original" thought. | |
| Regina Spektor – Human of the Year Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Crap, I just found them :S | |
| Regina Spektor – Human of the Year Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Why aren't my comments displayed?? | |
| Regina Spektor – Human of the Year Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I'm sorry, but you are absolutely wrong my friend. The lyrics in the booklet read .."and with a sigh grew silent," ergo, unless you pronounce the words the same, there is no room for interpretation. | |
| Regina Spektor – Human of the Year Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This is the most depressing song I've ever heard; my eyes well up almost every time I hear it whenever I'm alone...Many have commented on his name, and yet none have come close to my understanding of its meaning. Of course we all project onto others; however, this is only what allows us to PERCEIVE him as 'human'. A man whose name was dubbed "Projektorinski" has two affects on me, both of which may be accurately applied to my vision of this song: the unenthusiastic way it was announced suggests the person proclaiming his award knew not how to properly pronounce his name (or even why he qualified in the first place), OR perhaps Karl has hidden the entirety of his life through tireless efforts of crafting projections of what he perceived to be normal in an attempt to achieve normalcy, NOT acceptance. The reason I 'know' it is for normalcy and NOT acceptance, is because he simply wishes, and more than likely has prayed, to be normal and more importantly to be left alone. Projecting normalcy was his only cloak, and in a twist of cruel irony, he had been exposed in a deafening spotlight of 'adulation' in the most degrading way he could never have imagined possible. He was shaking in his pew in a mixture of rage, disbelief, and a sprinkle of spite, NOT fear, as the outside perspective would attempt to translate. Rage, because the moment came very much too soon. Disbelief, since he never believed it to be possible. lastly, a sprinkle of spite, because one will ALWAYS come to resents those who store you into your proverbial closet. In further extrapolation, I believe that Karl is a Paedophile who has lived isolated in the proverbial closet his whole life, and yet has accepted it, along with the devastating loneliness which naturally and imminently ensues. I also believe the following song "Two Birds" is the result of this 'award', wherein Karl rushes home almost immediately--I don't think he ever went "...to the front, over the Cathedral..." to accept to accept what he had "...won", which is why Regina sings of cars beeping outside, never singing of the ACTUAL acceptance, and abruptly ends her song with a repeat of the droll announcement--to call his "little bird" (a nephew, son, or grandson) with whom he's having an affair, to break it off, which is something he never wanted to do, since I feel it was true love, and ultimately the boy's decision to make. In regards to the first stanza of "hallelujahs", I believe it is sung in congratulations by the choir, while the second stanza of "hallelujahs" is the residual audio-memory interpretation burned his mind, repeating the song with a twist of sorrow onto every note, already projecting his own emotions in his memories, finished by the haunting announcement of his one and only chance at normalcy, all whilst racing home to inform his loved one that he's been selfishly praying for this moment to come, and in the bittersweet narrative of his fate, ineffably too soon. To make it blatantly clear, if it isn't by now, the significance of the line "and though they do not know it, all mankind are now your brothers" is to stipulate that these 'Christians' have all been hoodwinked [by his projections] into accepting him, a Paedophile, into their ranks of 'prestige'. Please reserve your hate comments--which I'm assuming by now (had you read my entire post) would be festering in your gullet--for your bigoted friends; I still love this song, so please just express your disdain via selecting -1. Otherwise, explain yourself as an ADULT as to why you hate my perspective. P.S. If anyone's curious as far as my perspective on other songs on the album, Dancing Anthem of the '80s is the perspective of the child after his confidence had been utterly dismantled by this predicament, and the "Man of a Thousand Faces", besides alluding to the 1957 film, is another song about Karl, and how he decided to lead his life after trudging through the Orthodox Jewish Community, and barely surviving the Catholic Church... |
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| Regina Spektor – Man of a Thousand Faces Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I believe you are wrong, because being socially inept is not a disorder. You cannot expect everyone to understand everyone all of the time, and this man clearly does not understand anybody, only because he did not understand himself and his moral compass; which is what the moon represents to him, not a friendship as you stipulate. Allow me to analyze the significance of the stanza: He used to go to his favorite bookstores And rip out his favorite pages And stuff 'em into his breast pockets The moon, to him, was a stranger The words "used to" suggest that this was in his past when he would pilfer knowledge, and the reason the moon is included in this stanza and described as a "stranger", is because he knew not of his true self. Personally, I believe this is the last song about Karl Projektorinki, while the extra two songs were the epilogue of his love affair from both sides of the argument. |
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| Regina Spektor – Human of the Year Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I believe that Karl Projektorinski is a Paedophile who had fallen in love with a child (maybe Regina) and near the peak of their relationship, he's taken off guard with this award. He's thinking, "I've been a recluse my whole life, and now they've accepted me as their own...with this spotlight on me, I can never physically love her(assuming it's Regina)/him now..." Afterwards, the album follows with the song Two Birds, which expresses his sorrow for this fact without explicitly explaining to the child how it's come to this, or even why. He was a very good man, but he was still a Paedophile. That's my two cents on this song. |
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| Regina Spektor – Human of the Year Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I believe that Karl Projektorinski is a Paedophile who had fallen in love with a child (maybe Regina) and near the peak of their relationship, he's taken off guard with this award. He's thinking, "I've been a recluse my whole life, and now they've accepted me as their own...with this spotlight on me, I can never physically love her(assuming it's Regina)/him now..." Afterwards, the album follows with the song Two Birds, which expresses his sorrow for this fact without explicitly explaining to the child how it's come to this, or even why. He was a very good man, but he was still a Paedophile. That's my two cents on this song. |
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