| Pretty Balanced – Genuinely Bad Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| This sounds like a song about serial rape, to me. | |
| Metallica – Enter Sandman Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Schizophrenia. Voices in one's head, horrible things that aren't there, visions and madness. Okay, so maybe that's stretching it, but it makes more sense than drug abuse, and fear seems too obvious. |
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| Metallica – Dyers Eve Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Amabex, grow up. | |
| Metallica – Dyers Eve Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| This matches up too closely to his childhood to not be about parents. That said, that doesn't mean there isn't another meaning, and now that I think about it "To Live is to Die" could definitely be linked to this song--the one line that exists in that song is talking about how lies are bad, and this song is all about his parents lying to him to 'keep him safe.' | |
| Metallica – Dyers Eve Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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The lyrics on Saint Anger weren't bad, and Invisible Kid would have been awesome if there hadn't been so much repetition. Frantic was pretty badass, as was Some Kind of Monster (again, too long). Purify was, uh, okay. The problem wasn't that St. Anger was a bad album, overall--it was about average. But it didn't match up to the standard that people have for them. |
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| Metallica – Dyers Eve Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Look James up. His parents were assholes. It pisses me off how many people seem to think that they know how he feels because their parents shout at them a little when he was literally kept from knowing the world. | |
| Metallica – Dyers Eve Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| A dyer is also someone who dyes. It might be a reference to the way the parents in this song try to change the way the kid perceives everything? | |
| Metallica – Dyers Eve Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I don't think the song was trying to imply that there's something wrong with religious belief, specifically. I think the fifth line was the modifier there--like using a knife meant for cutting bread and meat to stab someone in the eye. | |
| Metallica – Dyers Eve Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Doesn't really feel like this song is condemning anyone, though it certainly expresses the rage many people feel about their parents well. Many parents intentionally limit their children's exposure to the world in order to keep them safe. That's not good, but the intentions behind it are. I think the idea is to show parents what this does to their kids. The narrator has been turned completely against his parents, and repeatedly states that he blames them for everything that's wrong with his life. This is as much a warning to parents as it is a thing for kids to relate to. |
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| Metallica – Dyers Eve Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| The song also sort of tries to imply that the parents aren't doing it because they think their kids are stupid, but because they want to protect them. Which is another problem, especially these days. | |
| Metallica – Dyers Eve Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I'm not sure you could say that; the second-to-last verse, at least, seems to be saying that "Well, yeah, but your parents /were/ trying to help." | |
| Metallica – Dyers Eve Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| A little more than that. The parents in question seem to have been pretty damn overprotective; the narrator states outright that once he got into the world he found out that it was much, much worse than his parents were trying to make him believe. | |
| Godsmack – Awake Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Two things: Stop being a bitch. If you're writing a reply, click the reply button. |
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| Godsmack – Awake Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| There's exactly one lyric that reinforces that notion, and no evidence that Godsmack supports that theories. I think you're grasping at straws, mate. | |
| Godsmack – Releasing the Demons Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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"It's taken me all of my anger And taken me all of my hate To learn how my life came together Releasing the demons again." Pretty simple, honestly. He released all his anger and hate, and finally found out what was wrong with his life. That caused him to start hiding from people in order to try to avoid going through that, but that only made it worse--he had no-one to talk to, so his anger started coming back 'three-fold'. That caused him to withdraw more, which caused him to get even angrier, etc. It's about a vicious cycle. It has no happy ending, like many Godsmack songs. |
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| Rise Against – Behind Closed Doors Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I like this as much as I like mine. I'd argue, though, that if the ideal is harmed it's because the people fighting for it are subverting it to fit their own purposes over time. It's very hard to harm an ideal unless it's being tortured to mean something different by the people who claim to support it. | |
| Rise Against – Behind Closed Doors Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Sounds a lot like a group of people who keep rebelling against the same thing, over and over, but who are never willing to actually martyr themselves for their cause. Which suggests they don't believe in it that much. "Chairs thrown and tables toppled, Hands armed with broken bottles, Standing no chance to win but, We're not runnin', we're not runnin'." This is the bit that suggests rebellion to me, which makes what follows extremely interesting. "There's a point I think we're missin', It's in the air we raise our fists in, In the smiles we cast each other, My sister, my brother. About the time we gave up hope and We never find these locks still open, Stumbling on stones unturned, The hurt we feel, we all have found." They're rebelling by this point, judging by the first paragraph, so what's the point they're missing? He says it's in the air they raise their fists in; air is often used symbolically as a symbol for peaceful change (note that it isn't in the fists themselves). It's also in the smiles they cast each other which seem familial to the singer. That leads me to believe that he doesn't think they should be doing this violently. The answer is in the air, and in smiles; that means it isn't in fists, broken bottles, flames, etc. "Time out, let's stop and think this through We've all got better things to do A talk in circles, run in place Answers inches from my face." After that, this is obvious. The singer is trying to get people to stop the violence for a while so that they can all think about what they're doing, but the rest of the band is either unwilling to do it ("We've all got better things to do,") or isn't willing to actually consider anything other than what they're already doing ("A talk in circles, run in place.") ("Black eyes, broken fingers Blood drips, and I let it run, down my lips and into my swollen gums. When hope is nonexistent Our instincts all scream run We never turn our backs or even bite our tongues.") He presents several very unpleasant images, then immediately associates them with not running, not thinking about what one is saying, and not following one's instincts. Most importantly, the chorus is about giving up. ("Although we have no obligation, to stay alive On broken backs we beg for mercy, we will survive (Break out) I won't be left here Behind closed doors.") Honestly, that should pretty much prove my point. The singer isn't willing to die for his cause. |
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| Metallica – All Within My Hands Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| No, it isn't. It's "Love is control, I'll die if I let go." | |
| Metallica – Enter Sandman Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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"I hate this album, and the new Metallica sucks. Now excuse me while I try to advertise my new album, which has this song on it." And some people complain about Metallica selling out... |
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| Metallica – Enter Sandman Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| ... It's just you. | |
| Rise Against – Whereabouts Unknown Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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The "Tainted Crown of Thorn" isn't necessarily Christianity or any other religion; it could easily be a reference to martyrdom in general. Perhaps his target believes what he/she's doing (running away from someone who obviously cares for him/her) is for the greater good. The idea of the crown of thorns in Christian mythology (NOT saying it's fake; mythology in structuralism is a term that refers to widely held beliefs, and I'm looking at this from a structuralist perspective) was meant to represent suffering for a good cause, not to be a symbol of Jesus, specifically. The 'tainted' bit suggests that the suffering is for a bad or pointless reason, rather than a good one. In this song, he searches for a sign in the sky when he's about to kill the person he's talking about ("I see your face/In my sights/I hesitate/and then look for a sign/somewhere in the sky"). That seems more religious than it does anti-religious. The song isn't really all that religious otherwise, though. I'm not saying the song's about religion. “I long for the moment/our silence is broken.” So obviously they were very close. The constant repetition of “alright,” especially closer to the end of the song, makes it clear that it was the person who's running that did something wrong, not the narrator. I'm pretty sure that, unless the song-writer is a bit of a git, this isn't directed at someone who left the band because he couldn't handle the constant touring. “Even then the saddest sounds/Were nothing laughter could not drown” This suggests that this isn't the first time they've disagreed over something. The line “We toed the same side of the line” suggests to me that they've either been aggravating someone or each other (possibly pulling pranks on each other or yelling at each other or fighting physically), and that the runner went too far (“But we are not laughing now.”). “It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.” “Swallow the sun, erase the sky!/An invitation has been declined!” Um. Wow. That's a little harsh, don't you think? Especially since he was screaming the lines in the song... Obviously these two were very close; likely family members or people who were in a relationship together. That supports the “Kid who ran away from home” theory. It doesn't support the “abusive boyfriend” theory, but if the partner (male or female) was abusive, it might. In many cases involving abusive relationships, the abused party still feels attached to the abuser despite everything (As does the abuser; see “All within my hands” by Metallica, but don't listen to the music. Just read the lyrics; you'll get the idea). Personally, I feel the 'runaway kid' idea fits a little better; perhaps a kid stole something or was doing drugs or committed murder, and they could have told the police but they just wanted their kid to come home? I don't like the “It's a war” idea. I envision that whenever I listen to the song (the gun metaphor about halfway through does that), but the lines that indicate that they're searching specifically for the person who hurt the narrator (“As the hungry sails unfurl/We are thrusted from the shore/And it's you that we search for!”). Don't worry; almost done here. “Even together, we stand apart” (Which, by the way, is a separate line from the verse with “Swallow the Sun, Erase the Sky”) showed that even though they were covering up the differences with laughter and they saw eye to eye, they were never really friendly or close. They might have been able to respect or understand each other, but they never really felt attached, and perhaps they even felt awkward together. Finally, the last two verses. They seem like they're desperate pleas for the runner to stop. They don't say anything about coming home anymore, though, and the end of the song is very final. The last few notes are loud, and on the last “It's alright,” the song ends. It feels as if some final action has been taken–if we go with the earlier interpretation I made, the kid has been turned in. ...I probably spent more time on this than I should have, but oh well. Here you go! |
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| Rise Against – Whereabouts Unknown Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| SEEMS LEGIT. | |
| Rise Against – Whereabouts Unknown Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Not bashing you, but it's heavily implied that the person this song is talking about did something wrong. | |
| Rise Against – Whereabouts Unknown Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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"We toed the same side of the line" "Swallow the sun, erase the sky An invitation has been declined" "I see your face In my sights I hesitate And then look for a sign Somewhere in the sky" Not God, then. |
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| Metallica – The Memory Remains (feat. Marianne Faithfull) Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I believe it's about an old star, probably female, who was once famous and believed she was the biggest thing ever, but lost her fame as she grew older and, therefore, became less attractive and less able to sing. "Heavy rings" are a stereotype of stars who achieve lots of fame. "Fade to black" implies imminent death. But the memory remains. That last part is why I didn't just straight-up say "It's a girl;" I believe that the 'na na na na na na na' bit is supposed to be the old star trying to sing his or her song. "Dim the light on an already faded prima dona." Saying that someone is 'faded' is basically another way of saying that someone is old. "See the nowhere crowd, cry the nowhere tears of honour." The crowd isn't actually there; she thinks there are still fans who love her but in reality they're all gone. I'm pretty sure the Guns 'N' Roses thing is true as well, because it sounds too right to be wrong, but lyrics can have more than one meaning. |
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