| Cake – Pretty Pink Ribbon Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I think this is about music bands that are kind of blindly obedient. There are bands that participate in different awareness campaigns and do other things like wear tight denim pants just because it will raise their popularity or their manager said so. The song says that if the those bands just stop trying to fit in and do what they want in their own way, then they will be more free. | |
| Cake – Mexico Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| maybe the composer just liked Mexico so he wrote a song about it | |
| Cake – Mustache Man (Wasted) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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it's about John McCrea's experiences when he was younger "It concerns an issue that has been bugging frontman John McCrea since his days as a youngster when so many of his seniors sported facial hair above their upper lip. He told Spinner why he penned a song about mustaches. "I think people are dealing with mustache issues in our culture," the Cake founder explained. "A lot of people grew up with men around them who had mustaches, and I think it's a therapeutic thing for us to talk about it." McCrea added that he saw the song as a means to put to rights some terrifying experiences he had with the unsightly fuzz as a youngster. "The song was certainly therapeutic for me having grown up in California in the '70s and '80s," he deadpanned. "You rarely see a waxed mustache anymore, but I have a few traumatic memories from childhood, like of dudes who used wax to make the ends of their mustaches into a sharp object. Yeah, it's f---ed up. As a kid, I saw this, and even then, I knew this was such a strange world." |
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| Cake – Commissioning A Symphony In C Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Sorry I change my last interpretation because this fits better: The song discusses an ironic situation in the World War II. The message is that there were people/countries who went against Germany/Hitler, but ironically acted like Hitler. So you'll be an Austrian nobleman (Hitler) Commissioning a symphony in C (There were numerous symphony in C compositions and famous ones have a connection to death(in the composer's life). But more importantly is one by Wagner (admired by Hitler) and one by Shostakovich which was said to be dedicated to the victims of war, fascism, and totalitarianism.) Which defies all earthly descriptions (This is intended to the participant countries in WWII which aimed to counteract Germany (totalitarianism and fascism, but acts like Hitler, because of the chaos caused by the war. It's quite ironic.) You'll be commissioning a symphony in C (The participant countries/leaders will be commissioning (counteracting Germany). With money you squeeze from the peasants (There were a lot of slaves that were taken advantaged of) To your nephew you can give it as a present (The participants aimed to win the war so the future generations of their country will enjoy the privileges.) This magnificent symphony in C You'll be commissioning a symphony in C Completely filling the palace concert hall (There were a lot of people involved. Hitler loved concerts and had a sketch of a concert hall then.) It's warm and golden like an oven that's wide open It has a melody both happy and sad (There were victories and losses.) Built on victorious known triads (The triads were the Allied powers (Soviet Union, US, and British Commonwealth) and Axis (Germany, Italy, and Japan) You enter the room with great caution (All countries thought of strategies on how to win.) Though no-one in the hall is even watching (None, maybe except the leaders, actually wanted to participate in the war.) They are transfixed, they are forgetting just to breathe They are so taken by your symphony in C (The people are overwhelmed by the actions of those who were "pro-war"/leaders.) You are sitting there thinking your thoughts They are not about what is but what is not (The leaders always thought about how to improve their standings.) You are sitting there breathing in your breath You are seldom breathing life but mostly death (There were too many deaths around them, so what they breathe in is death.) So you'll be an Austrian nobleman Commissioning a symphony in see Which defies all earthly descriptions You'll be commissioning a symphony in C |
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| Bon Iver – Skinny Love Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| CHUUUUUUCK!!!! | |
| Cake – Commissioning A Symphony In C Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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There are different Symphony in C compositions that were written by different people. Three of those were made in the life of the respective composer when there is a death in his family or closely before he died. One in particular is by Wagner (who was admired by Hitler). It was performed 2 months before Wagner's death. First stanza: This song is about Hitler The Austrian nobleman is Hitler(born in Austria), who will be Commissioning a Symphony in C (deaths). 2nd stanza: The squeezed money from the peasants could have been his cruelty (or maybe he really did squeeze money from them). His goal was for a better Germany that will benefit the future generations (nephew). 3rd stanza: Hitler loved attending concerts and had even made a sketch of a concert hall. The concert hall is a representation of his plans for Germany. The melody in the hall is happy and sad, because he was able to revive Germany, but his dictatorship made a lot of people suffer. This is also a result of the known triads or the famous members of the tripartite pact/three-part pact (Germany, Italy, and Japan. They lost the war, though they were successful in invading other countries). 4th stanza: Hitler is strategic, but cruel. The people are nervous about his actions, and are overwhelmed by his Symphony in C (multiple deaths/cruelty). 5th stanza: There are too many deaths around Hitler, so when he thinks and breathes, what he breathes in is death. |
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| Cake – Wheels Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| and by "backfired" i mean Japan is successful now though they were devastated in the war. | |
| Cake – Wheels Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| btw, before and after the fourth paragraph, there is a sound similar to a bomb explosion. The Bosphorus could mean that it's the place where Europe (Europeans) and Asia (Asians) meet. | |
| Cake – The Distance Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| If you take the lyrics metaphorically, it's about a person who works too hard to reach his goal and in turn doesn't do his other duties (maybe to his family and lover) properly. | |
| Cake – Frank Sinatra Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| It's talking about a person who still uses old ways | |
| Cake – Wheels Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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When you roll a wheel, some parts is at the top but then go to the bottom. The lyrics shows his wheel like relationship with a person and a situation related to World War II. In the first 3 paragraph discusses that he has experienced ups and downs in his relationship. The fourth paragraph is related to the World War II. The Japanese and the Germans were part of the axis alliance in the war, but they lost and the Americans won. The smoke gets in your eyes song represents that when the Americans bombed Japan, their action backfired. The French which was also in the axis alliance after it parted with the Americans. In the song, the Germans, Japanese, and French seemed to be supreme over the Americans in current times. This explains the "wheels keep on spinning round" part. The remaining lines are about his relationship with the other person. |
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