| Warpaint – Stars Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| @kaioreilly - If I've read enough about Warpaint, I'm to understand some of the band members are not straight. Also - who says that all lyrics are personal? They are a creation. They can be anything a lyricist wants them to be. And yes, there exist clandestine straight relationships. But queer relationships have another layer it, because you have to conceal your identity often times. Straight people never have to conceal their sexuality. Also, if I am to understand correctly, not all members are straight, or at the very least, recent pictures of Warpaint at Coachella suggest otherwise. | |
| Owen Pallett – E Is For Estranged Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| From what I've read of the song, this is the only song on the album from the perspective of Owen and not Lewis. | |
| Warpaint – Stars Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think some of these interpretations are correct in stating that this is about a clandestine romance, but they're wrong about what kind of clandestine romance. This is a song about being queer and closeted and in a relationship. "Glow in the darkness, that's how we do it Just like the stars upon your ceiling that Put you to sleep after" "Glow" as in that kind of glow when people get in relationships. They are not allowed to "glow" in the "light", or in the public eye. They can only glow in the dark, where they're hidden. The stars that "put you to sleep after", I'm assuming are putting the partner to sleep after sex. This line sort of indicates that they're in a serious enough relationship to be sleeping next to each other or having sex or both. "Oh wonderful one why are you like that?" Perhaps the vocalist is asking her girlfriend why she's not being open about their relationship, perhaps indicative of a desire to be open with their friends and family about their relationship. "Cause here We are Apart but not Again And again" They're together in a relationship, in love, but they're apart in front of their family and friends. They're apart in public. They can't openly show love to each other. "Let me show" Basically, "let me be open about us" "And in the end they ask you for Your reply Don't you tell them What you found out There's time" Perhaps a family member or friend asking the partner in this scenario "are you gay/bi/etc.?" They want her reply. "Don't you tell them what you found out. There's time." She can stay closeted if she chooses, even though she's found at that she's into women. But if she lets it out in the open, then there's no turning back. |
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| Antony and the Johnsons – Christina's Farm Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Turtle doves seem to be deeply symbolic of love, faithfulness, and devotion. As a religious symbol, it represents the release of the soul at death. So given this information, Antony sings about being kissed by a turtle dove. In the context of the first two verses, it seems that perhaps the narrator of the song is dying and ascending, but there is also a strong theme of love in here. "Everything was new Every sock and shoe My face and your face Tenderly renewed" The chorus seems to refer to having reached heaven, or some equivalent sort of afterlife and meeting a lover there. She is either a lover from the past, or perhaps she and the narrator of the song died together somehow ("I was waking up to my love", meaning the narrator died, ascended, and woke up to a lover who waited for them, or the narrator and the lover died together and wove up in heaven). I assume that this is paradise, because they are "tenderly renewed". And yet, even though this is paradise, it's still very somber, because they died and their souls ascended from a human body into some ethereal realm and it's been a journey. The verses following the chorus pertain to the visions they see here. The reason I described the place described in this song as "heaven" is because there seems to be a lot of Christian symbolism, such as the turtle dove, the Virgin Mary, halos, etc. "As the rich winds blow kiss each flamingo" I can't find much information about the symbolism of flamingos, but they seem to represent beauty, balance, and grace (all of which seem to be consistent themes of each animal mentioned in this song). I've also read they can represent the sun. On a similar note... "Tousle reckless trains of The wild white horses" It's worth noting that horses can be associated with destruction or victory, depending on the context, but also with resurrection. Some interpretations show the horse to be the mediator between heaven and earth. They are also messengers of birth. Related to the flamingos, horses can also represent illumination, daylight, the sun and the moon. All in all, I know i haven't covered all the bases of this song, but it's very beautiful and very intricate. I personally believe it's about heaven because all of the symbolism points to the afterlife, and also to love. Many of these symbols are also associated with femininity. I think based on the tone of this song, it's more of a somber beauty. It's a beauty that comes after death, which means that it was a long journey to get here, as there's the process of birth, life, dying, and the ascension of the soul, so even though the narrator and their lover are in paradise, it's not a paradise that came without hardships. There is so much to this song that I can't even begin to convey in words, but this is the closest I can come to it. |
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| Tori Amos – Blood Roses Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think this song is about possibly her questioning her sexuality after being used in a relationship and finally getting out of it. "You gave him your blood and your warm little diamond. He likes killing you after you're dead." I think the blood could be symbolic of the first time having sex. Some people bleed for their first time having penetrative sex, so perhaps she gave him her first sexual experience with penetrative sex? Someone made a comment referring to the "warm little diamond" as the vulva, and I think this is applicable. She gave him sex, and he used her. "He likes killing you after you're dead" - you're drained from the relationship, emotionally "dead", yet he keeps on "killing you" and hurting you further by using you. "When chickens get a taste of your meat girl Chickens get a taste of your meat yes" I feel like this is referring to being with a member of the same sex and getting a "taste of your meat", a.k.a. a sexual experience with someone of your same sex. Essentially it's referring to "chickens" tasting what they are, so for her, it would be referring to her getting a taste of what it's like to have sex with another woman. "You think I'm a queer I think you're a queer Said I think you're a queer I think you're a queer" This part might be referring to some mud-slinging at the end of the relationship. "You think I'm a queer", possibly because she's experimenting with people of her same sex, and she might be questioning. When she says "I think you're a queer", I think that's a projection of her feelings toward herself onto another person. I always felt this part spoke for itself and I might be reading into it too much, but that's the fun of it! "I shaved every place where you been boy I said I shaved every place where you been yes" This might be a reference to letting go of her past, a.k.a. "shaved every place where you been", and completely ridding herself of this past relationship. She's onto other things and experimenting with her sexuality. "God knows I know I've thrown away those graces..." Perhaps referring to the homophobic attitudes of the church? The "graces" given to her by God are no longer there, because she's now freely doing something the church preaches against. "The Belle of New Orleans tried to show me once how to Tango. Wrapped around your feet, wrapped around like good little roses." The comment above mine does a good job of explaining the Tango. This definitely feels like a metaphor (but then, when ISN'T Tori using metaphors?) for having sex with another woman, perhaps for the first time. This is just my interpretation of it and I might be completely wrong. I think Boys For Pele has some undertones of questioning your sexuality. The same "belle" in Blood Roses is also referred to in "Caught a Lite Sneeze". I think these two songs are very similar in their meanings because of the aspects about sexual orientation. |
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