| Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Yeah, the female corruptor figure is certainly a continuing Idea when compared with the lyrics in Dazed and Confused "soul of a woman was created below" kindov a conservative religious viewpoint found in early Judean thinking pointing to genesis (obviously also quite present in Islam) So yeah, the whole Idea that one who shares that viewpoint would in fact be a Satanist is, as I would agree with you quite preposterous. | |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Guinnevere Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Okay, okay... HOLD ON! Guinevere is the wife of King Arthur in ancient english literature. This song is taken from the perspective of Lancelot (Guinivere's manstress) as he is telling another lady about her and how he hopes that they will eventually be free to run off together. I just found it really strange with that mentioning of pentagrams (witchcraft stuff) | |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Guinnevere Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Your king Aurthur's wife? | |
| Paul Simon – The Sound of Silence Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Personally I'm very inclined to believe this was an actual dream he had. In which he saw a bunch of people who were doing everything like they normally would talking and conversing and singing songs and such but everything was put on mute... so then I would think that whenever he was in a situation where it was silent like that again it would remind him of the dream like deja`vu. The poet he naturally is I'm guessing he would try and find a deep meaning in such a perplexing scene. And actually "BGHSSBW's" comment helped me understand it a little it had made most sense to me except for that part with the neon god, and I like that interpretation... so I'm guessing that the whole song is him telling the dream, and his interpretation of his dream... maybe more with the Idea that the important messages of the world are wasted "on the subway walls" and that the total sum of all of humanities words are conflicting to one another and often left meaningless... like we never said anything, so from the noise comes a stark silence. | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience – The Wind Cries Mary Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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and with it's crutch it's old age and it's wisdom it's says "no this will be the last" I recently realized was referring to the voodoo god of fate which is embodied in the voodoo religion as an old man with a crutch waiting by a fork in the road giving people directions. Now certainly this isn't an exclusively definite interpretation, but I found this one made the most sense and was the most interesting. And besides it makes "the wind" all throughout the song symbolize one's fate in general, which also makes plenty of sense. and besides that I definitely believe this is his best song, none of the others really come close. |
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| The Jimi Hendrix Experience – The Wind Cries Mary Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| and with it's crutch it's old age and it's wisdom it's says "no this will be the last" I recently realized was referring to the voodoo god of fate which is embodied in the voodoo religion as an old man with a crutch waiting by a fork in the road giving people directions. Now certainly this isn't an exclusively definite interpretation, but I found this one made the most sense and was the most interesting. And besides it makes "the wind" all throughout the song symbolize one's fate in general, which also makes plenty of sense. | |
| Simon and Garfunkel – The Dangling Conversation Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I love how they note their place with book-markers that measure what they've lost. As they've spent their time in this suspended form of communication and the time they've wasted is measured in pages turned. Such a wondrous literal image. | |
| Paul Simon – The Obvious Child Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I have interpreted it quite different and find it needs this key to be fully understood: Matthew 19:14 Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." He's accustomed to a smooth ride, or maybe he's a dog who's lost it's bite. He is approaching the reality of adulthood like all do with the transition of having more ability/privilage but also more responsiblity/throuble. He doesn't expect to be treated like a fool no more, He doesn't expect to sleep through the night. (a repeating of the last line's similar meaning) He wan't respect in the world for now being an adult, but also expects his troubles to keep him up and night (or his night life to keep him up at night) Some people say a lie is a lie is a lie, but he says why. Why deny the OBVIOUS child? Why deny the obvious CHILD? The general ignorance that childhood affords us is often seen as being only something that should be overcome and avoided. So childishness in any sense is seen as negative. Yet, the simplicity of life, and the clarity of reasoning that childhood affords us can be greater than the "adult" way of thinking in some cases. With stark contrasts of right and wrong being clear as day instead of being muddled and complicated. The "Why deny the obvious child" is said twice to convey two separate meanings. the first is said to someone labeled for namesake "child" (think Jamaican) and thus just asking "Why deny the obvious?" The second time is inquiring to the motive of denying, (ore in the sense of rejection) someone who is obviously a child (in the sense described above). And in remembering a road sign,- a particular moment in his life he recalls setting him on a different path or way of thinking indefinitely- I am remembering a girl when I was young- (literally) And she said these songs are true, these days are ours, these tears are free thusly reinforcing the simplicity and power of childhood. The Cross is in the ballpark,- the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. So it is in a place like a ball park where children are. Relative to them. the next stanza a is... well yeah, and I just love the way he says "sunny get sunnier" to say he gets older... Then the focus moves directly off of sunny, and back on..our guy. He's been waking up at sunrise He's been following the light across his room He watches the night receive the room of his day He has entered a point in his life when the sunrise and sunsets are some of the most precious things he has as he marvels at creation in a way that is so central to childhood's essence. In his older age his is re-discovering the type of wisdom that is found in this idea. HE watches (participates in) as the night gets everything from his day's thoughts and lies there thinking, watching the night sky and getting lost in a well developed peace. and goes to sleep as the night also receives his day's weariness Some people say the sky is just the sky but I say why The awe of creation is often lost to us as we grow older and understand it more, so the sky is just the sky, but there is an implied earnestness to continue admiring the beauty one sees around oneself and continue in the childhood admiration of things we don't understand. Sonny's yearbook from high school Is down from the shelf And he idly thumbs through the pages Some have died Some have fled from themselves Or struggled from here to get there -Sunny is now contemplating the road to adulthood and how many stumble and fall and get into trouble along the way again re-enforcing the fact that adulthood is not all it's cracked up to be, and is not necessarily the main objective. Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls Runs his hand through his thinning brown hair Well I'm accustomed to a smoother ride Maybe I'm a dog that's lost his bite I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more I don't expect to sleep the night Some people say a lie is just a lie But I say the cross is in the ballpark Why deny the obvious child? This part is rather interesting as sunny "wanders beyond his interior walls" that is thinks beyond himself in a philosophical fashion and runs his hands though his now aging hair he stumbles upon the exact same conclusion as his father before him, (so it is sunny now saying the last stanza) and comes to all the same conclusion about childhood and growing up, and there is only ONE last Why deny the obvious Child at the end for the listener to interpret which of the two it means... this is why two "the cross is in the ballpark"s is unnecessary, when he uses them. That line only had one meaning. So it is then implied that this is endless cycle of understanding and going from childhood to adulthood and then seemingly back to childhood and pro-creating to create children from adults is in its harmonic and beautiful unending conclusion with all the drums and the rockin out ending. |
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| Paul Simon – The Obvious Child Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I have interpreted it quite different and find it needs this key to be fully understood: Matthew 19:14 Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." He's accustomed to a smooth ride, or maybe he's a dog who's lost it's bite. He is approaching the reality of adulthood like all do with the transition of having more ability/privilage but also more responsiblity/throuble. He doesn't expect to be treated like a fool no more, He doesn't expect to sleep through the night. (a repeating of the last line's similar meaning) He wan't respect in the world for now being an adult, but also expects his troubles to keep him up and night (or his night life to keep him up at night) Some people say a lie is a lie is a lie, but he says why. Why deny the OBVIOUS child? Why deny the obvious CHILD? The general ignorance that childhood affords us is often seen as being only something that should be overcome and avoided. So childishness in any sense is seen as negative. Yet, the simplicity of life, and the clarity of reasoning that childhood affords us can be greater than the "adult" way of thinking in some cases. With stark contrasts of right and wrong being clear as day instead of being muddled and complicated. The "Why deny the obvious child" is said twice to convey two separate meanings. the first is said to someone labeled for namesake "child" (think Jamaican) and thus just asking "Why deny the obvious?" The second time is inquiring to the motive of denying, (ore in the sense of rejection) someone who is obviously a child (in the sense described above). And in remembering a road sign,- a particular moment in his life he recalls setting him on a different path or way of thinking indefinitely- I am remembering a girl when I was young- (literally) And she said these songs are true, these days are ours, these tears are free thusly reinforcing the simplicity and power of childhood. The Cross is in the ballpark,- the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. So it is in a place like a ball park where children are. Relative to them. the next stanza a is... well yeah, and I just love the way he says "sunny get sunnier" to say he gets older... Then the focus moves directly off of sunny, and back on..our guy. He's been waking up at sunrise He's been following the light across his room He watches the night receive the room of his day He has entered a point in his life when the sunrise and sunsets are some of the most precious things he has as he marvels at creation in a way that is so central to childhood's essence. In his older age his is re-discovering the type of wisdom that is found in this idea. HE watches (participates in) as the night gets everything from his day's thoughts and lies there thinking, watching the night sky and getting lost in a well developed peace. and goes to sleep as the night also receives his day's weariness Some people say the sky is just the sky but I say why The awe of creation is often lost to us as we grow older and understand it more, so the sky is just the sky, but there is an implied earnestness to continue admiring the beauty one sees around oneself and continue in the childhood admiration of things we don't understand. Sonny's yearbook from high school Is down from the shelf And he idly thumbs through the pages Some have died Some have fled from themselves Or struggled from here to get there -Sunny is now contemplating the road to adulthood and how many stumble and fall and get into trouble along the way again re-enforcing the fact that adulthood is not all it's cracked up to be, and is not necessarily the main objective. Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls Runs his hand through his thinning brown hair Well I'm accustomed to a smoother ride Maybe I'm a dog that's lost his bite I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more I don't expect to sleep the night Some people say a lie is just a lie But I say the cross is in the ballpark Why deny the obvious child? This part is rather interesting as sunny "wanders beyond his interior walls" that is thinks beyond himself in a philosophical fashion and runs his hands though his now aging hair he stumbles upon the exact same conclusion as his father before him, (so it is sunny now saying the last stanza) and comes to all the same conclusion about childhood and growing up, and there is only ONE last Why deny the obvious Child at the end for the listener to interpret which of the two it means... this is why two "the cross is in the ballpark"s is unnecessary, when he uses them. That line only had one meaning. So it is then implied that this is endless cycle of understanding and going from childhood to adulthood and then seemingly back to childhood and pro-creating to create children from adults is in its harmonic and beautiful unending conclusion with all the drums and the rockin out ending. |
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