| Frou Frou – Psychobabble Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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6TabY9 has it closest, imo. This song has always been a mystery to me, but now that I think I've figured it out I feel really silly. "I don't know how long I can hold my heart in two" finally clicked, and the rest fell into place. It's about having put up emotional walls to protect your heart, not just from bad breakups but from deeper abandonment issues and trauma. The person who called isn't actually a stalker, but a lover who is trying to get the speaker to break down those barriers and accept love. The caller saying this sounds like bullshit "psychobabble" to the speaker. When someone puts up those kind of barriers, the idea of letting them down feels terrifying and dangerous, which fits with the scary feel of the lyrics and the music. It feels like someone who tries to love you is trying to get you to fall for a cruel trick, and your traumatized brain can't tell the difference between someone who truly wants to love you and someone who really means you harm (like a stalker). The hostage isn't a person; it's the speaker's wounded heart. People say love is war, but the true answer to the question "If love is surrender, then whose war is it anyway?" is "no one's". Because love isn't supposed to be war - it's safety and healing. But you have to surrender and allow yourself to be vulnerable to achieve that. |
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| Imagine Dragons – Every Night Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Molly, it may seem like that on its own, but I think in the context of the rest of the album this song is much more than what you see on the surface. So much of this album is about struggling with anxiety and depression, and this song fits in with that. "Searching to find myself But all I find is you I can hardly stand myself So what am I to you? If you can find a reason You could let me know I won't blame you I'll just turn and go" At least in my experience with depression, so often you feel like you are worthless, not good enough, undeserving of love and filled with self-hatred. It seems to me that this song, like many of the others, is about a very specific part of the healing process. It's about slowly letting go of self-hatred and learning to accept the love of others (in this case, probably romantic love specifically). This isn't just a bland, pop-esque love song. There have been so many times in romantic relationships that I have expressed to a lover that I know I'm worthless, and give them a chance to opt out of being with me because I don't want to inflict myself on them. That seems to be where this song is going, except that the chorus changes direction and shows that the narrator is making the commitment to accept love and be vulnerable. I may be off, but that's how I interpret it. |
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| Smokey Robinson – You've Really Got a Hold on Me Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| My opinion, tainted of course by my own experiences, is that this song is about a dysfunctional relationship that is hard to leave. You love me badly, you treat me wrong, I want to quit you... but I can't. It's unhealthy, it makes no sense - but my love is still strong, and all I want you to do is hold me. | |
| of Montreal – Rapture Rapes the Muses Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Please quit using the word rape in a positive way. Rape is not a great thing, I saw a couple of other comments that said yours was awesome, and I was looking forward to finding it so I could see your analysis of this song. Then I saw it and just realized that all you had to say was that one band was better than another. As someone who has been greatly affected by rape, I would really REALLY appreciate it if you would not associate rape with dominance or superiority in general, especially of mundane things, such as which band is better than another. You may think that I'm nitpicking, or overly sensitive, but please know that I and other rape victims really appreciate it when people don't contribute to rape culture. There are other ways to express what you are trying to say. Please utilize them. Thank you. Now, on with the music! |
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| Rise Against – Make It Stop (September's Children) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Bwahahahaha, you're getting the willies because these guys are anti-homophobia and vegan (which is a more hardcore version of vegetarianism - rejection of ALL animal products, such as eggs and dairy, not just meat)? Wait until you find out that they are anti-war, anti-capitalist, totally beautifully badass anarchists! Why are you listening to punk rock if you don't like radical politics? Maybe you need to be listening to white power metal...! OH and they are also hardcore environmentalists, or as you would probably call them, "tree-huggers." Pay more attention to the brilliant lyrics of RA's songs, because their ideals are probably in direct opposition to most of yours. |
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| Rise Against – Midnight Hands Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Uhhh, this song is totally NOT about sex. It is a love song of sorts, but FistECuffs has it a lot closer than anyone else on here. The members of Rise Against are anarchists, and this sounds like an ELF action more than anything else. If you don't know who the Earth Liberation Front is, you should google that (or watch "If A Tree Falls" on netflix). The story in this song begins at dawn after a night of monkeywrenching (probably sabotaging logging trucks and the like) with the woman he loves. He looks around at all the damage they've done and suddenly is full of fear that they will get caught. I think that we can infer from the lines where he offers her a chance to opt out of the action that she was scared all along, even though she went through with it. Anyway, dawn is coming and he sees all the damage. In that moment he realizes what a serious thing the two of them have done- that they've crossed a line, and he makes a commitment to stick by her (perhaps reassuring her of his commitment and love, but likely accompanied by a dedication to not turn on her like other ELF members have in the past *cough Jake Ferguson cough*). Either way, his message to her is that he's all in, no matter what. The other lines in the song refer back to the action of the night and how he felt while they went about their business. How he was motivated by anger (I feel my temperature rising), the exhilarating feeling of doing direct action (my body explode) and the fear of being caught (I feel like somebody's watching, like I'm not alone). The angel/devil line is his way of expressing that he only has good intentions, but the devils he is fighting against will try to hunt him down. I don't see any evidence of their target being a government building, because they are in a clearing according to one line, the part about laying out the tools just sounds like a monkeywrenching expedition. And in addition to being anarchists, Rise Against are also vegans and avid environmentalists... and all of these ideologies together spawned the ELF movement. This is a great song, but I have to admit that (assuming my interpretation is correct) I'm surprised to hear them singing about it. If any of them have taken part in an ELF action, it's really stupid to own up to it in public. Then again it could be a song inspired by their friends, or just creativity run happily amok. :-) |
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