| Modest Mouse – Broke Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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ROUGH DAY? "BROKE" WAS RELEASED ON MARCH 26, 1996 AND WAS WRITTEN BY ISSAC BROCK, WHO IS KNOWN FOR HIS CLEVER METAPHORS, PHILOSOPHICAL LYRICS, AND THEMES OF BLUE COLLAR ENVIRONMENTS AS WELL AS OPPRESSIVE RURAL LIFESTYLES. MOST OF HIS LYRICS ARE BASED ON BIBLICAL CHARACTERS WITH RELIGIOUS THEMES, ALTHOUGH BROCK IS AN ATHEIST, HE ADMITS THAT HE LIKES PLAYING AROUND WITH THE IDEA(S) THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE IN A HIGHER BEING. BROKE - IS WRITTEN ABOUT HIS STRUGGLE WITH DRUG ABUSE AND HIS MEANS FOR SURVIVIAL. DRUGS ARE COSTLY, IT PUTS HOLES IN YOUR POCKETS,HOLES IN YOUR LIFESTYLE, AND HOLES IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP. TRY MENDING THE WOUNDS...SOMETIMES THEY JUST MOVE ON TO OTHER THINGS... |
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| Howie Day – Ghost Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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A RELATIONSHIP TAKES A LOT OF WORK.. AND WITH ALL THAT WORK, YOU ALSO PUT IN THE TIME.. SOMETIMES IT CAN BE TOO UNBEARABLE.. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU BOTH FEEL LIKE YOU'VE EXHAUSTED ALL THE POSSIBILIES OF TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK.. IN ANY EVENT.. THERE'S NO TIME FRAME ON, "MOVING ON.." WITH THAT SAID..IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THEIR BOTH LAYING THERE UPON A BED TOGETHER..HIS HOLDING HER, AFTER THEY HAD BROKEN UP..AND HIS THINKING..I WAS ALONE BEFORE THIS NIGHT, UNTIL THIS ONE NIGHT, THEY LET THEIR EMOTIONS GET THE BEST OF THEM AND SOMEHOW THEY GOT LOST IN THE MOMENT.. SHE ENDED UP SPENDING THE NIGHT.. AND IN ALL OF HIS PAST RELATIONSHIPS HE WAS ABLE TO MOVE ON, AND GET OVER IT.. BUT NOW WITH HER.. HE CAN'T SEEM TOO.. NOW, IT'S LIKE HE HAS TO START THE PROCESS OF 'MOVING ON' ALL OVER AGAIN.. THIS WOMAN SOUNDS VERY CHARMING, AS HE UTTERLY MOCKS HIMSELF BY SAYING, YOU TAKE YOURSELF A PHOTOGRAPH AND LAUGH AT ME.. IT'S ALMOST LIKE HE KNOWS THAT SHE HAS THE BEST OF HIM.. AND THAT HE'S ALLOWING THOSE FEELINGS TO SHOW THROUGH. IT'S ALMOST POINTLESS TO CRY, BECAUSE THEIR MEMORIES HAUNT HIM IN THE DAYTIME..AND HE STAYS UP THINKING ABOUT THEM..HE HAD THOUGHT AT ONE POINT THEY WOULD BE TOGETHER FOREVER.. NOW.. IT'S ALMOST DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO SEE HER, CAUSE HE MIGHT JUST "GIVE IN" AGAIN.. THEN HE'S THINKING... IF IT WASNT FOR ALL THIS ANGER..WE WOULD BE TOGETHER, BECAUSE HE SEES HER.. BUT SO MUCH HAS HAPPEN.. THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BE TOGETHER, BECAUSE HIS HURT.. SHE'S HURT.. YET SHE ASKES HIM, "SHOULD WE TRY AGAIN?" AND EVEN THOUGH HE VERY MUCH LOVES HER AND WANTS TO BE WITH HER.. HE KNOWS, THIS ISN'T A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP.. AND SADLY.. SAYS NO.. HE LOVES HER.. HE LOVES HER VERY MUCH.. JUST A CHANCE TO GET LOST IN THE THOUGHT OF BEING WITH HER THROUGH THE GOOD TIMES.. JUST A TASTE OF HER LOVE... BUT THEN.. HE REALIZES, THEY GOT TO MOVE ON.. THEY BOTH DESERVE TO BE HAPPY.. SO NOW, HE GETS UP.. AND HEADS FOR THE DOOR.. THE LAST TIME, IT WAS HER.. NOW HIS STANDING IN HER SHOES.. AND HE TURNS TO HER..AND EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS THE ONE WHO BROKE UP WITH HIM THE FIRST TIME, AND NOW SHE'S ASKING FOR A SECOND CHANCE.. NOW HE FEELS AS THOUGH, HE HAS TO GO ALONG WITH HER WAY.. AND JUST END IT ALL.. AS HE LEAVES.. HE'S THINKING.. THEIR BOTH GOING TO REMEMBER THIS MOMENT.. A PHOTOGRAPH.. AND HER SMILE.. AND HEARING HER LAUGHTER.. REMEMBERING ALL THE GOOD TIMES... WHEN THINGS WERE GOOD... LET'S END IT THERE... MAKE YOURSELF A PHOTOGRAPH.. AND LAUGH AT ME... PLEASE... |
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| Buffalo Tom – Late At Night Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| THIS SONG IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL "LOVE' SONG..BUT RATHER ABOUT BEING TERRIFIED OF BUGS & TRYING TO PROTECT HIS LOVER FROM THESE NIGHTLY CREATURES. WHETHER ITS ABOUT A SPIDER, A COCKROACH, OR A STINK BUG, THE CHOICE IS YOURS, SINCE THE ARTIST DIDNT INDICATE PRECISELY WHICH, HE LEAVES THAT UP TO YOU. THESE 'BUGS' COME OUT LATE AT NIGHT, EVEN WHEN HE CLOSES THE DOOR AT NIGHT..HIS GIRLFRIEND TURNS ON THE LIGHT AND SHE BECOMES SCARED, SO HE TRIES TO COMFORT HER BY HOLDING HER HAND..HIS NOT SCARED OF THEM ANYMORE, THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM..THAT HE DOESNT KNOW THE SCORE.. HE WISHIES HE COULD HOLD THEM IN HIS HAND, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT HE MEANS NO HARM, BUT TRYING TO LET THEM GO..BUT, HE WOULD PUT THEM IN A JAR, JUST TO PROVE TO HIS GIRLFRIEND HE TRYING TO PROTECT HER..HE JUST WANTS HER TO KNOW, THAT HE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR HER.. :) | |
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