| Jack Johnson – Cookie Jar Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Wow this is so deep. I was just reading about Rousseau and how he helped form the Liberal view point of man is basically good and institutions are basically bad (at least thats what my text book said), and it made me think of this song. Notice how in every line the blame starts in an institution (life,media,entertainment) but a person ends up refuting it. The boy says its not my fault as a person but life's fault. It has corrupted me and has been bringing me down since I was born (Cause life's been killing me ever since it begun). This is very similar to what Rousseau believed we start off blank slates but society corrupts us. Then the dad says don't blame me its killing on the tv that he's been watching (another institution). But look who responds the media man who once again blames it on society (I just point my camera at what the people want to see) Then it seems that songs and movies and all entertainment is blamed, but look who Jack Johnson writes as the defender of these things: the singer of the song and the make of the movie It seems as though through the whole song people are trying to blame these institutions, but as you see in each defense their is a person or people behind every institution, and in reality people are to blame. This is why Rousseau's man is good and institutions are bad theory just doesn't do it for me because well man makes up institutions. And I think thats what Jack is saying it is all of our faults. If we keep demanding and supporting the corrupt the corrupt will become our influence and consequently we will become corrupt and make things corrupt. It's a vicious cycle..... lets step out of it |
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| Mumford & Sons – Roll Away Your Stone Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Most of the songs on the cd lead me to believe he was in a relationship with a Christian and he is mulling over the religion especially this song the first two stanza's he's talking about the falleness and darkness of the human heart. This girl is asking him to look deep inside of himself and he knows what he'll find won't be good (sin). Then he goes on to say she told him theres a hole in soul that he's tried to fill with things that don't exactly fit and are ruining his character. This is a very common christian metaphor about the need for God. The chorus says darkness is harsh term don't you think. Also a christian concept the world and our hearts are filled with darkness and he's admitting to that (and yet it dominates the things I see) next verse he says this girl is telling him about grace and that although he's done it all he'll be welcomed home with loving arms (the prodigal son: a metaphor of the way God welcomes us back with love from our sinful ways) But then in that bridge part or whatever he quotes shakespeare "stars hide your fires" and he's basically saying I don't want to give up the sinful things my heart desires for God. Then he's basically saying who is God to tell me about my soul (which is silly because if he's God he's the one that gave him his soul, but whatevs. its music I guess |
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| Metronomy – She wants Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| kinda sounds like he's talking about date rape, but I assume not because who just writes a song about date raping someone | |
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