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| Josh Ritter – Orbital Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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This song is an ingenious poem celebrating the beauty of the unfolding of the universe, the laws of physics, life and nature, and finally love. Everything is portrayed as a series of orbits, whether electrons, planets, hawks, or him being drawn to his lover. The song finishes with Josh Ritter putting his lover as the finale of it all! The entire universe is made into a metaphor for his love.
Most of the references people are confused by are to quantum physics. The first whole verse is the big bang and the ensuing formation of the elements, and stars and planets and such. The middle is straightforward but the last 8 lines or so refer to Einstein's theory of relativity, where energy, time, and matter are all linked. |
submissions
| Arcade Fire – The Well and the Lighthouse Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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you have read your own favorite themes into a song that has nothing to do with it, and doesn't fit at all. It's why you have to use only a couple lines and ignore the rest. congrats. |
submissions
| Matchbox Twenty – All I Need Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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You nailed it.
"someone I can lean on, until I don't need to any more" This track is much more cynical than it sounds. |
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