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| Depeche Mode – Get the Balance Right! Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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Context is everything. On one level this song seems to be about advice giving, as an adult would to a child. But my suspicion is that this song is about an older wiser gay person advising a younger gay person about how to negotiate being in or out of the closet in the early 1980's. The hardest part of this negotiation is whether to be out or closeted. There are cautions and hazards on either side: staying in the closet means being untrue to yourself. Outing yourself might mean you have to sacrifice your carefully negotiated life, as mainstream society might not let you have it both ways. |
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| The Pretenders – Mystery Achievement Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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This song sounds to me like a person who has been thrust into fame quickly and does not really resonate with being a star just yet. It's as if the world is waiting to anoint her and the rest of the band as this great thing and to give them credit for something they didn't feel like they have yet earned (This is the mystery achievement). Meanwhile, she's still trying to come to terms with the dreams, goals, and ambitions of a young woman she is who is really in it for the music. "All I'm doing is singing my songs" she seems to be saying. |
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| U2 – Breathe Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I think what Bono is saying is that for him and others like him, he experiences the grace of God not through conventional organized religion, but through music. It is only through music that the world makes sense to Bono. It is only through music that God resonates with and feels close to God. Dating all the way back to U2's earliest albums, there has been a recurring theme of Bono trying to connect to God through his voice and through the sound of his music. And God has met him there-- Bono has experienced grace through the sound of music. And it is all he has found. |
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