| John Mayer – Daughters Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I relate to this song so much. While I think that the overall song loses some power when you consider the way John has treated his girlfriends in the public eye, I still love it. This song encompasses the idea of the lifelong effects that a father's treatment of his daughter has on her love life, and her life in general. The narrator is singing about a girl who is presumably his girlfriend, or someone he wants to become emotionally/romantically involved with. He's done everything he can think of to show her he's worthy and that he will treat her right, but she's showing resistance. While it seems that he initially thought that her behavior was due to his actions, he reaches the conclusion that the way she acts has everything to do with the way she was treated by her father who walked out of her life when she was little. |
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| John Mayer – Daughters Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| That can be interpreted as a metaphor. | |
| John Mayer – Slow Dancing in a Burning Room Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I love listening to this song after going a while without playing it; it feels like I'm hearing it for the first time every time. From the second this song starts, it's obvious that it is a song of heartbreak and sadness. I don't think that there's any hidden meaning - I just think it's about two people who are in a relationship, and they both feel that it's coming to an end, but neither are willing to actually break up yet. I think that both had gotten so comfortable and secure in the relationship that not being together scares them. I get the sense that both feel so out of control of what's happening to their relationship - especially the line "You try to hit me just to hurt me, so you leave me feeling dirty because you can't understand we're going down." My favorite line of the entire song is "how dare you say it's nothing to me - baby, you're the only light I ever saw." I think that encompasses the entire feeling of a breakup, and how both people usually blame the other and initially feel very bitter toward each other. Despite the fact that he's obviously in pain, he's acknowledging that she is/will always have an important part in his life. |
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| Taking Back Sunday – A Decade Under The Influence Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| *was written, not IS written | |
| Taking Back Sunday – A Decade Under The Influence Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Disregarding the band's situation/circumstances during the time that this song is written, I think that this song is about a guy who feels a certain protectiveness over a girl who he seems to have broken up with, or somehow hurt emotionally. He realizes what he's done and that she's "delicate" and hurt, and now "has a bad feeling about" it. I also think that the line "anyone will do tonight" means the guy is anticipating hooking up/hanging out with other people to get his mind off of her - anything to keep him from remembering how much he's hurt the girl who seems to have at one time meant a lot to him. | |
| Taking Back Sunday – MakeDamnSure Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I love listening to this song; it immediately brings back memories from high school and elementary school when I honestly didn't know anything about the band, I just loved this song and had it on repeat for hours. When I was younger I thought that this song was about abuse, but now that I'm older I feel that it has a whole different meaning. (Obviously, the song is going to mean a million different things to a million different people.) I now think that it is about a couple who who used to be together, but no longer is. The guy in the relationship, the singer/narrator, still clearly loves the girl, but for whatever reason he knows that they are not good for each other. I guess it's about that whole idea that sometimes love isn't enough to keep a relationship together...sometimes no matter how much in love you are with someone, it just isn't meant to be, and it's better for both people to be a part, even if it is painful. The line, "And we lay, we lay together just not too close, too close" makes me think of the former couple who are now friends, hanging out and resisting the urge to hook up or just get back together. They're questioning the new boundaries because they were used to being romantically involved,and now that they're not, they're not sure "how close is too close." I don't think that this is a "stalker song." The guy evidently feels so much for the girl, which to me suggests that they have a past and are somehow emotionally connected. Despite the tone/melody of this song, it has always seemed like a sad song to me - trying to keep your distance from someone you'd give just about anything to be with, because you're putting their well being above your own. |
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