| The Black Keys – Little Black Submarines Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| You could've left out the "much as I have myself in the past" from your synopsis. It makes you sound arrogant. Up until that point you sounded very bright and kind, but that last line is off. I do that too, though. Anyway, I like what you wrote. You should dig deeper. I'd read it. Unless you don't have the time. Otherwise, never give up an opportunity to dig as deep as you can: it's amazing what you find and what you can create. Maybe you already know this, though. | |
| The Black Keys – Little Black Submarines Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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"Little Black Submarines" Little black submarines (perhaps some sort of delusion) Operator please (This could be talking about God, the "Operator" who tells you where to go.) Put me back on the line ("Give me some sense of direction -- I'm drifting.") Told my girl I'd be back (I really can't speak on girlfriends... I skip this line) Operator please This is wreckin' my mind ("I'm going crazy.") Oh can it be The voices calling me (Someone who isolates themselves from others may think he hears "voices" or may actually be more sensitive than others, and so really DOES hear voices. Maybe this person is hypersensitive to others' emotions. Or, this could be the push and pull of our own good and evil intentions and choices.) They get lost And out of time (After all of that, things just get messed up and I lose track of time = depression, definitely.) I should've seen it glow But everybody knows That a broken heart is blind (You really can't trust yourself when you're in love. Sometimes it's more like obsession than love. Love is complex, so you can't trust yourself to make the right choice if you are that overwhelmed. Sometimes you gotta just wait it out 'til you get better... if you get better.) That a broken heart is blind Pick you up, let you down (Ups and downs in life, some kind of tumultuous happening, either mental or part of his environment) When I wanna go To a place I can hide (He is now very reclusive -- he's in pain) You know me, I had plans But they just disappeared (Kind of like saying, "Fuck it." I lost the girl, why care about the future. Now that she's gone, who cares about the future?) To the back of my mind (I'm more focused on my situation than on my plans for the future.) Oh can it be The voices calling me They get lost And out of time I should've seen a glow But everybody knows That a broken heart is blind That a broken heart is blind Treasure maps, fallen trees (Childhood thoughts or ambitions, and then shattered dreams as one grows up, or perhaps personal failures and fumbles... the good and the bad.) Operator please Call me back when it's time (Ok, God, let me know when you need me to move on. Otherwise, I'm just going to wallow in my self-destructive pattern of thought and action.) Stolen friends and disease (Friends betrayed him, and he's lost dear ones to disease: physical, mental, spiritual... people change.) Operator please Patch me back to my mind (Make me sane again.) Oh can it be The voices calling me They get lost And out of time I should've seen a glow But everybody knows That a broken heart is blind That a broken heart is blind That a broken heart is blind |
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