| Mazzy Star – Look On Down From The Bridge Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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A lot of interpretations here, which I think are good. People are going to interpret vague Dream songs like this in very personal ways, and I think that is good and speaks to the quality of the song. I don't think this song implies suicide or death in any way. The feel of the song does bring about very distinct feelings of loss as if there was a death. I believe this was intentional, as leaving a loved one very often feels as if they had died, or as though one was dead. I feel that this song is simply about saying goodbye and coming to terms with loss. The lyrics in particular bring up a few motifs that help put this song into perspective: The first is the contrast between "fountains down there" and "raining up here". This conjures up images of water falling from the sky (generally a sad motif) versus fresh water coming up from below (a motif surrounding rebirth and prosperity). "Everybody seems so far away from me / everybody just wants to be free" She wants to be free like everyone else she has felt isolated from. "I can't be the same thing to you now / I'm just gone" Something messed up, and she has to leave. This is the only reason given in the lyrics, and it seems to imply something happened with her. At this point she doesn't know how to say goodbye, and "maybe I'll just place my hands over you / and close my eyes real tight". At this point she sees it in the other's eyes that they know she is gone. And now she is waiting for them to say goodbye too. Maybe they never did, and she is still waiting long after. |
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| Liz Phair – H.W.C. Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| This song could also be interpreted to be a sarcastic excuse for having lots and lots of meaningless sex with a man just because a magazine told her so. | |
| Liz Phair – H.W.C. Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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What should be obvious is that this is a song about a girl who tried some beauty advice in a magazine, and loved it. So now she likes sex just because it keeps her happy and beautiful, and feeling young. She sings this song, half sarcastically, to the man who she fucks just for his "hot white cum" so she doesn't become another Dorian Gray and sell her soul for beauty. I suppose some people don't like it because they don't believe it's ok for a woman to like sex for the sake of sex. This is a "reverse" role, because finally a woman is using a man for sex instead of vice-versa. As usual, Liz Phair is brilliant. I say it's "half-sarcastic" because of the way that she sings the chorus. There's no emotion there, so she doesn't really want his cum, she just wants to be beautiful, and that's what makes her happy. |
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