| The Divine Comedy – Ten Seconds to Midnight Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Love this song! As the title and lyrics clearly show, this song indicates a countdown to midnight (New Year's Eve perhaps?). I read somewhere previously that the whole album from which this song came is a description of a boy and girl having a date. (bathing to get ready, eating a seafood dinner, going to see a French film, etc etc). What I love about this song particularly is the clever way that it embeds the countdown within the lyrics, particularly in the latter stages of the song: "I think, therefore (FOUR), I am a lucky man Three: From this balcony The TWO of us can see The house where we first met ONE wet Sunday" :) |
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| Meat Loaf – Razor's Edge Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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A) Instead of "never calling, unanswered letters" in the first line, it should be: "Never calling, or answering letters" B) Instead of "You're not healing; just conceding", it should be "You're not healing; just concealing". Why? 1) People with emotional damage often try to cover up by employing a front or overcompensating. 2) It actually rhymes with "healing" and 3) in one of the pre-choruses, it says "You see you're losing, yet you still try". If he had conceded, he would have given up, and hence not be trying anymore. C) Also, I am not sure, but when listening to the song along with reading the lyrics, it just doesn't sound like he is singing "Oh brother to brother all the blood runs red" My best guess would be: "Oh brother, little brother, oh, the cut runs red" (and add "ruby" in the repeated line). You could use "lil' brother" equally well. Criminally underrated song by the Loafster in my humble opinion. And from an interesting album too. General online commentary seems to suggest that fans were disappointed by the album (Midnight at the Lost and Found), but, as a big fan of his first 2 albums (and later ones too), I found this a refreshingly different change, that really showcased his voice and passion (this song in particular). Some songs with tongue firmly removed from cheek, that you could actually really get into seriously :) Not that I'm in anyway denigrating his original two albums, which were great too, just in a rather different way! Having said that, in it's original format, it was a vinyl album (or cassette) of two sides - although I only heard the CD version, and noted that tracks 1 - 5 (from side 1) ranged from good ("Keep Driving", "Promised land", "Midnight At The Lost And Found") to 'right up there with his best material' (Razor's Edge", "The Wolf At Your Door") and side 2 was mostly execrable. Mind you, perhaps I haven't listened to it enough, and obviously everyone will have different views on that :) |
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| U2 – Promenade Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I believe the correct lyrics should be: Oh tell me, Tell me you'll dance with me Turn me around tonight Up the spiral staircase To the higher ground... Firstly, if you listen to the track whilst viewing the words above, I feel it matches perfectly, secondly, it makes a lot more sense than the previous version; people have quoted Bono as saying that it was about his wife Ali, so why would he say "Cherry" or "Charity"? (and since they are already married, you could hardly describe Ali dancing with her husband as a charity - unless you *really* hated Bono of course) :p Secondly, he says "Tell me"; if the next line is "Charity/Cherry dance with me", it just doesn't match or make any sense. There could be an argument for "Up through spiral staircase", rather than "up the spiral staircase" as I assert, but again, I think the latter version makes more sense! Just to add my voice to many others on here; a truly great song by U2; up there with their very finest, and criminally underrated/unknown! |
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