| Of Monsters And Men – Dirty Paws Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think nowadays people are addicted to find criticisms in songs lyrics. This song must mean nothing about war, but about renovation. As said before, the dragonfly symbolizes ressurection and renewal after hardships. And it's normal that birds, bears, foxes, skunks and many other animals (the birds and the four paws) eat bees in the summer. Every year, there is a natural war for surviving. The human being is only one more animal that take part on the incessant cycles of renewing, not only each year, but through the entire life and the generations. |
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| Agnes Obel – Riverside Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think the only meaning that fits all the verses is that the river is the life, and the riverside is a state of meditation about the life. The first strophe talks about the death, illustrated by the down of the river, where everybody goes to be alone, where you wont see any rising sun. The second strophe is a picture about the carpe diem philosophy. When you drink to the dregs, is because you have never meditated about the life meaning (the riverside). The third strophe retracts the influence some people have over others on determining the sense of the life. The fourth strophe talks about when we deceive ourselves, then the life (the river) comes and washes our eyes. The fifth strophe is a reflection about when we face the life after meditating so much about it. The chorus is a meta-reflection, a reflection about why the writer is reflecting. "I see how everything is torn in the river deep, I don't know why I go the way down by the riverside" would mean something like "Nothing makes sense, I don't know why I keep on meditating". Of course, this is my vision about the song meaning. I consider it could be perfectly interpreted as the thoughts of commit suicide, or attacks of anxiety. |
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