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| Bastille – Laughter Lines Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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This song is about a very dear friendship or relationship that has to split up for some reason (perhaps due to growing up and growing apart). The pair focuses not on the pain of parting, but on how meaningful their bond is, and how much they will enjoy meeting again down the road. The song has a very passionate and bittersweet feeling.
“Laughter Lines” begins with a hauntingly beautiful whistled counter-melody that appears several other times throughout the song, including after the first chorus. Dan Smith’s vocals are the only ones used for the majority of the song, but he is joined by backing vocals for the choruses. The first two lines of the last chorus are sung a capella, after which instruments join in again, led by strings. Strings feature prominently, especially later in the song. After Smith delivers the last line of the song, the whistling reappears for an extended counterpoint opposite the strings and Smith’s vocals. The vocals fade out first, then the whistling, and the song ends on a single, sweet note, played by the strings. |
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| Wolf Gang – Lions In Cages Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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My thoughts as far as meaning of the song was that you are lost and confused about your purpose, and you feel trapped within a confined space because we can't all be someone, but you want to be someone so you pray for your outlook/goals of your life in hopes you find that direction to go in...tell me if I'm wrong! |
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| Wolf Gang – Lions In Cages Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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at the beginning of the song he is saying that he can't wait long- like he can't be put in a cage like lions are- and he thinks the city is wrong for almost like locking people in cages as well as being so judgemental when he says 'they shoot you down if you're wrong' but no one tries to fix this or break out of their cage because life keeps going no matter what. |
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| Wolf Gang – Lions In Cages Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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he is saying that time is always moving and at the end of all of this and even at the end of you, life will go on. Life will always continue to go on. He is also saying that love comes and goes but if you leave now you'll never know what could have been. Basically, the entire song is about seizing your life and the understanding of our impermanence. |
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| The Feeling – Sewn Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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i relate to this song because of a boy. i meet him about 3 years ago and i thought he was my prince charming. i try to be friends with him but there always had troubles for example his friends never accepted me, and there is also he has a lot of girls after him. and i gave up to fight for him and for his friendship. sometimes, i had tought that he might have feel something for me but i don't want fool me about him. |
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| Wolf Gang – The King and All of His Men Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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"The King And All Of His Men is a song I wrote after having a strange and violent dream where I was attacked by terrorists and they stole my lover away," says Wolf Gang of the track. "It's about getting caught up in something that has nothing to do with you.
http://news.qthemusic.com/2011/07/wolf_gang_-_the_king_and_all_o.html |
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| Wolf Gang – The King and All of His Men Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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http://www.theregoesthefear.com/2009/11/interview-wolf-gang.php
I can’t get enough of “The King and All of his Men”. What’s the story behind it?
The song is fundamentally about a battle between good and evil, but I try with lyrics to avoid being too literal, I enjoy playing around with metaphors so that the meaning can be interpreted differently by various people. Having a woman as some source of focus seems to creep into my writing quite a lot though…The video was great because Dan the director knew exactly what I wanted, which was something different, a little arty and theatrical. It was a good laugh to shoot on the day too because a lot of the dancers were my mates, it was all pretty light hearted stuff. I think as a first statement of intent it gets the idea across quite well that the Wolf Gang project is a little different to the more generic band experience that people are used to. |
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| Wolf Gang – The King and All of His Men Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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What is “The King and All of His Men” about?
Max: It started off being about terrorism — addressing a terrorist — and then it kind of just went through an imaginative process and a romantical tune came out kind of sounding like a love song. I wrote it about terrorism and a man at our gig came up to me afterwards and said, “Man that song ‘The King and All of His Men’ — I’m splitting up with my girlfriend and it’s just exactly what’s happening in my life.” It wasn’t about that at all but I love that he interpreted it that way.
http://www.chinashopmag.com/2012/04/a-word-with-wolf-gang/ |
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| Tori Amos – Cornflake Girl Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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The inspiration for "Cornflake Girl" came from Alice Walker's novel Possessing the Secret of Joy, about a young African woman going through the ritual of female genital mutilation. Amos was angered by the idea that a mother could subject her daughter to such a brutal act, and the song arose as an exploration of the idea of betrayal between women. In the song two factions of women are referred to: the "raisin girls" are "multicultural" and open-minded, while the "cornflake girls" of the title are "narrowminded and full of prejudice".
The reference to cornflakes and raisins comes from their distribution in a box of breakfast cereal, implying that "raisin girls" are much harder to find than "cornflake girls". Amos has spoken in interviews about being referred to glibly as "the cornflake girl" due to the song's title being applied to her, when she considers herself a "raisin girl". Moreover she specifically states in the first line of the song: "Never was a cornflake girl." (In concerts she has also said "cornflakes" vs. "raisins" was a reference to which girls had ready access to marijuana, Tori herself being bereft of the substance.) The confusion is probably related to her 1987 commercial for Kellogg's Just Right, made before her widespread fame. Just Right includes both raisins and corn flakes, so the song and the cereal are related either through coincidence or intent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornflake_Girl |
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| Tori Amos – Cornflake Girl Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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The inspiration for "Cornflake Girl" came from Alice Walker's novel Possessing the Secret of Joy, about a young African woman going through the ritual of female genital mutilation. Amos was angered by the idea that a mother could subject her daughter to such a brutal act, and the song arose as an exploration of the idea of betrayal between women. In the song two factions of women are referred to: the "raisin girls" are "multicultural" and open-minded, while the "cornflake girls" of the title are "narrowminded and full of prejudice".
The reference to cornflakes and raisins comes from their distribution in a box of breakfast cereal, implying that "raisin girls" are much harder to find than "cornflake girls". Amos has spoken in interviews about being referred to glibly as "the cornflake girl" due to the song's title being applied to her, when she considers herself a "raisin girl". Moreover she specifically states in the first line of the song: "Never was a cornflake girl." (In concerts she has also said "cornflakes" vs. "raisins" was a reference to which girls had ready access to marijuana, Tori herself being bereft of the substance.) The confusion is probably related to her 1987 commercial for Kellogg's Just Right, made before her widespread fame. Just Right includes both raisins and corn flakes, so the song and the cereal are related either through coincidence or intent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornflake_Girl |
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