| The Dresden Dolls – Good Day Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Ok this is the last one.. Today lol. Anybody love how Amanda Palmer says "God it's been a lovely day" for the last time at 3:47? Sounds so pretty :) |
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| The Dresden Dolls – Good Day Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Also, agirlanachronism's interpretation of this song being about Amanda Palmer's mother is very convincing. But the line about the antagonist being a bitch instead of an ordinary broken heart doesn't go with that interpretation. Why would Amanda Palmer be speaking of her mother's broken heart. That part makes it sound like she was talking about a lover. | |
| The Dresden Dolls – Good Day Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Also, does anybody else here, "eyes" instead of "face" in the line "I wanna do more than survive I wanna rub it in your face" I hear eyes, and "eyes" rhymes with "survive". Face doesn't. |
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| The Dresden Dolls – Good Day Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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"I took out the trash today and I'm on fire" She's so depressed that doing a menial task such as this is a big accomplishment. |
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| Incubus – Promises, Promises Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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You guys, the meaning of the song is here: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promises,_Promises_(Incubus_song) Anybody have any idea of what Boyd means by "the things she knows how to do"? and what he means by "she creates these illusions around her" ?And anybody have any idea what "these illusions" might be? Opinions welcome. |
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| Incubus – Promises, Promises Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| THANK YOU SOOO MUCH DEADKID!!! I go on this site so I can find EXACTLY what you put up: the meaning of the song, straight from the writer's mouth. I love this song so much. It reminds me of myself. | |
| Alex Clare – Too Close Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I agree. The first time I heard the song I assumed 'too close to love you" means something like "I'm too close to you, and that is making it hard for me to love you" but after I read the lyrics I got your same interpretation. I think he's saying "i'm almost to the point of loving you, and it makes me scared, so i've got to leave you" | |
| Lauryn Hill – I Gotta Find Peace Of Mind Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| same here. As I grow, the layers and meaning of this song gets deeper | |
| Lauryn Hill – I Gotta Find Peace Of Mind Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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When I first listened to this song I thought Lauryn Hill was singing about a new love interest. But then, I have studied the work of Eckhart Tolle, which led me to agree with Kweenelle's interpretation of the "I have no identity" line to mean fall of the ego. I think this song is Lauryn Hill’s story about how she finally was able to let go of the ego and find her “peace of mind”. According to Tolle, the ego is identification with the false, mental image of who you are, based on your personal and cultural conditioning. It consists of mind activity and can only be kept going through continuous thinking. He says there's no me without him, She’s referring to the fact that the ego tries to trick her into identifying with it He takes all my energy Trapped in my memory Constantly holding me Constantly holding me One way the ego strengthens itself is by tricking the mind to replay situations that have happened in the past, over and over again. It usually replays painful past situations because these memories are coupled with strong emotions, and it is easy to lose yourself in these emotions, which ensures the ego’s existence.This is what I think Lauryn means when she says “Trapped in my memory Constantly holding me, Constantly holding me. The ego “constantly holds” her in the past because without doing it, the ego dies, and the ego, much like every living thing, badly wants to keep living. To finally be in love, and know the real meaning of A lasting relationship, not based on ownership When your life is run by the ego, you may find yourself in a relationship with someone in order to enhance your sense of self through them. Finding your sense of self through something is in a way identifying with it as part of you. You then fear the prospect of them leaving you because if that happens your sense of self will be diminished. This is not true love. Now that Lauryn Hill’s life is no longer run by the ego, she knows what true love is. All that I've known is gone, all I was building on The ego is something that you build on all of your life. All of your achievements, mistakes, material possessions, past situations, even your personality are all things you identify with yourself to give you a sense of self. Since Lauryn has learned not to identify herself with these things, all that she’s ever known is now gone. I know now I have to face, the temptations of my past Please don't let me disgrace, where my devotion lays Now that I know the truth, now that it's no excuse Letting go of the ego is no easy task, especially if it’s been running your life for most of her life. Her mind will attempt to go back to the same patterns of reliving the past and identifying with form. These are the “temptations of my past”. Now she has to be vigilant so she can ensure that doesn’t lose herself in her ego, especially now since she “knows the truth” and has “no excuse” Keeping me from your love, what was I thinking of? Holding me from your love, what was I thinking of? We all find God’s love by being in the moment and feeling the peace inside of us which dwells behind the compulsive activity of the mind. Being caught up in the ego keeps us from the feeling of stillness and Lauryn realizes this. You are my peace of mind, that old me is left behind Lauryn Hill is declaring here that her peace of mind is God-the peace, the stillness that dwells behind and in between the gaps of compulsive thoughts. She goes on to say that she has left the old her, the one which identified with form and her mind, behind. “When these gaps occur, you feel a certain stillness and peace inside you. This is the beginning of your natural state of felt oneness with Being, ( God), which is usually obscured by the mind.” -Tolle Lauryn Hill implores the listener to explore dis-identifying themselves with their ego toward the end of the song when she repeats the words “free your mind” over and over again. When she say’s “He” and “You’re my peace of mind” she is referring to God. This is supported towards the end when she repeats “”what a merciful, merciful God..what a wonderful, wonderful God” And that’s my interpretation. |
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