| The Pretenders – Boots of Chinese Plastic Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Great song. It is about all the different world's religions, and one person's journey: The first verse is about buddhism. "Nam Myoho Renge Kyo Buddha" being a mantra from the religion, "Can you help a little peasant that's begging on her knees" representing the practice of monks to beg for their food, as well as how one should feel compassion for the suffering of others, "Illusion fills my head like an empty can" ties in strongly with Buddhism's focus on overcoming desires and emptying the mind. "Spent a million lifetimes loving the same man" is about reincarnation. The next verse is about the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and Hinduism. "Hare Krishna, Hare Rama too,Govinda I am still in love with you" Hare Kirshna, Hare Rama are important figures, and Govinda means god in sanskrit. "I see you in the birds and in the trees" I'm almost certain is part of a famous passage from the Bhagavad Gita, but don't quote me on that. I'm not sure about Krishna Mayee verse, maybe it expresses a desire to achieve godhood as well? "Hoffa told us we should tolerate the people and the things that make me wanna hate" No idea. Maybe she's talking about Jimmy Hoffa, and how teamsters used hate to win concessions, lol? "Jesus Christ came down here as a living man If he can live a life of virtue then I hope I can Unto others as you would have a turn" This represents Christianity, and how believers often try to be "perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect" and emulate Jesus. She quotes one of his most famous verses with a little twist... "Back here and repeat until you learn, learn, learn" This represents the church tradition of Christianity, where you keep coming back to church every week and repeating these lessons until you finally learn them. "Whoa! Every drop that run through the vein Always makes it's way back to the heart again" Here she starts to come to a realization about how every person, and by extension religion, runs their course but eventually returns to the "heart" again, the source, truth, etc. "And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic" But right after she comes to that realization, she gets drawn into the most widespread religion, materialism. Every time at the moment of epiphany, distracted by some "fantastic" boots of chinese plastic. |
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| The Killers – Spaceman Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think the song is about a delusional person who tried to end it, and is stuggling with his view of reality. The opening verse is really interesting, because when you read it you can either interpret it as him being abducted by aliens, or going to the emergency room after a suicide attempt. I don't even think the narrator knows, revealing his confused mind. "It started with a low light," Either a UFO low light, or the hospital lights coming into focus. "Next thing I knew they ripped me from my bed," Being abducted, or moved from the ambulance. "And then they took my blood type," Alien tests, or hospital procedure. "It left a strange impression in my head." The whole experience was surreal, and changed something in me. "You know that I was hoping, That I could leave this star-crossed world behind," He kind of hoped he could escape the wold, or die. "But when they cut me open, I guess that changed my mind." When the aliens cut him open, or the surgeons tried to save his life, he realizes he doesn't want this. "And you know I might Have just flown too far from the floor this time," This isn't the first time its happened. "Cause they calling me by my name" Either aliens, or people in the hospital room, signifying how serious this situation is compared to previous ones. "And the zipping white light beams Disregards the bombs and satellites" The alien's are shooting down people or the electric shock from the hospital paddles explode like a bomb in him, and rouses him from his hallucinations. The night was a turning point, as it made him realize he didn't want to die. During the chorus, I can just imagine him on the street with a tinfoil hat trying to warn people of the UFOs. Star Maker could be the entertainment industry trying to placate people. Dream Maker are the people who decide who makes it and who doesn't, and makes the hobo mad that they think they have the right. Space man is the aliens in his mind, controlling people to ignore them, and he is the only one free of their influences. The next verse, he's out of the hospital and trying to live a normal life. He's saying how you have to be careful before you cross over the other side, caught between either dying or going insane, and to look before you leap. Sometimes he still hears the voices at night telling him he was right about the aliens. Whatever the case, the public doesn't care about his previous warnings. People are saying the nile ran from east to west, and he is just trying to accept it. He is trying to convince himself it was all in his mind all along (which makes you wonder if it actually was or not). |
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