| Rise Against – Alive And Well Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Personally, I think this song is about activism and the feeling of self-worth it gives you. It also has references to the selfishness and lazyness of the rest of the people. "Now's the time To rearrange your life Live for something Outside off your own mind" Like think of the bigger problems. Not just if you should ask Bob out or if you should go to the dentist's about your toothache. This is about uniting to fight for something bigger, and making a difference that will help others, like protesting or only buying Fairtrade things. 'Alive and well I live to be alive I live to always strive For something more' These are my favourite lyrics. I think this is about the self-worth thing. You'll always have a reason to live as long as you're fighting for something, and until this world is perfect you'll always have something to fight for. 'I'll never understand The who, what, why or when Of you tonight' To me, this sounds like Tim's questioning why people are selfish. Like he can't understand why they won't cycle the few miles to work instead of driving, or why they buy battery hen eggs. 'We face the stares of judgement And almost everyday The shaking heads Of disapproval say, "pray for you to give me something Then find out that there was nothing else."' I think this is about people who think that we're just causing a fuss. The last two lines are the people saying that they want to get involved, but they're skeptical. Not sure about that, though. This also seems to be connected to the perjudice that all protesters are drug addicts who can't be bothered to get a job. 'Recite the words inside (your heart) Realize that this is nothing Without your voice I'm not giving up Not giving up Not giving up And I'll blame the worst on you I know what's wrong.' Again, this is about the laziness and selfishess of people. Tim's disagreeing with them when they say that their voice won't make a difference. Tim's saying he's not going to be defeatist and give up or not try like the people, and if something goes wrong he'll blame them for being that way. 'Alive and well I live to be alive And I live to always strive For something more 'cause I'm alive and well Nothing ventured, nothing gained And I don't need to explain Myself to you' I've already explained the chorus, but this one's a bit different. "'Cause I'm alive and Well' is Tim saying that he's living proof that activists are normal people, not unemployed junkies, who have just as much place in this world as the rest of the people. 'Nothing ventured, nothing gained' I think this is saying that if you don't do anything audacious then you will never achieve anything, and sometimes you have to pluck up the courage to go agaist authority to do the right thing. 'I don't need to explain myself to you' Is Tim telling the disaproving people that he doesn't need to do right in their eyes, because he isn't conforming to mainstream beleif, he is expressing his OWN beleifs and his OWN morals. |
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| Rise Against – Chamber the Cartridge Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I'm sorry, but there's no need to impose your opinions on people so strongly. If people want to make a less generalised interpretation, then who are you to belittle it? In my experience, Rise Against songs usually have double-meanings, one being about personal affairs and the other being about bigger issues like the oppression of the Government or the destruction of this world. |
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| Rise Against – Chamber the Cartridge Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I like how you have a different interpretation, I never even thought about drugs, despite how this song is obviously talking about self-destruction! | |
| Rise Against – The Dirt Whispered Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| It was freaking amazing when I heard it live... | |
| Rise Against – Gethsemane Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Sorry if I'm waaaay off, but this is what I think: Basically a guy and a girl being friends, and the girl making a move on the guy and the guy feeling like he has to go out with her. He misses how they used to just be friends, before it got all complicated. The girl wants the guys virginity, and because the guy is innocent and all he doesn't realize he's being used, but he knows there's something going on. OR: It could be about how the Government is sucking money out of our pockets, and people are pretty much oblivious to it. And because we grow up with patriocy, we trust our Government, and they're abusing out trust. I think this one makes more sense because of the title... Considering Tim's Agnostic, I doubt it's about Christianity with Judas etc,however I think they're using this as an extended metaphore. |
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| Rise Against – Making Christmas Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Yes. | |
| Rise Against – Done with the Compass Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Actually I disagree with Hugo... I think Diaspora would've been a better title, 'Prayer of the Refugee' seems to make the guy singing sound as if he's a criminal. However, maybe this was intentional because perhaps that's the way America sees the guy? idk, this is Death Blossoms, not Prayer of the Refugee. | |
| Rise Against – But Tonight We Dance Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Tim is Agnostic, and even though he was Christened he doesn't practice Christianity at all. Tremble before my creepy knowledge of Tim! | |
| Rise Against – Boy's No Good (Lifetime cover) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Basically it's a guy saying to a girl he likes that she's better off with him than with her current boyfriend who is, in the singer's view, a scum bag. Tim sang this freakin' amazingly, as always. | |
| Rise Against – Boy's No Good (Lifetime cover) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Instead of 'I'm gonna have a talk' it's 'I'm gonna have my say'. | |
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