| Passion Pit – Little Secrets Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I don'rt understand why people have voted your interpretation down because you're right that IS what the song is about, generally. If you want to get more literal then refer to the comment above this one and yes it's about drug use but what 2CentSense says is all the stuff that goes along with drug use or any kind of habit that is socially frowned upon. | |
| The Blow – True Affection Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I really like this song. It's catchy and it has good lyrics. I didn't really pay too much attention to what this song means until recently. This song describes my situation with a guy I was seeing to a perfect T and I will explain. "I was out of your league and you were 20,000 underneath the sea, waving affections." -I was out of his league from the get-go, not just literally but figuratively too. "You were out of my league at a distance that I didn't want to see down to the bottom." -He was mentally somewhere else than I was but I didn't know it. "I wanted a junction and often there was one, you'd surface face first and we'd share our thought bubbles and I still believe in the phrases that we breathed but I know the distance isn't fair to cross." -We both had a lot in common and great chemistry and a natural attraction for each other, but we both weren't ready for a relationship so we compromised. I wanted to compromise and still see each other and do everything couples do without the official title and we made it work for a while. We would spend time together and talk about everything together. We shared a lot of things with each other and I meant what I said and I was always genuine with my feelings. "Chorus" -And then it just goes on to explain how we were both on two separate wave lengths but didn't realize it and I didn't want to see gthe difference and wanted him to be close to me anyways. "Your depths made a pressure that punctured my works and all your fluids couldn't tolerate the force of my thirst. I love the place where we shared our tiny grace But just because it's real don't mean it's gonna work." -To me this says that, he had a lot of emotional issues that extended far deeper than just on the surface and they negatively impacted my emotions as well. I had emotional needs that needed to be met and he wasn't meeting them and he didn't want to either. I miss the times and intimacy we shared together and exchanged feelings for each other. We had something real, but that doesn't mean it was going to work and it didn't. "Chorus" -I still didn't want to see the emotional distance between us and I wanted to keep him close. "And true affection floats. True affections sinks like a stone. I never felt so close. I never felt so all alone." -Our affection and feelings for each other were real and genuine and they worked for a while, but then when it was realized that we were both in different emotional states, our affection ended. I had such great chemistry with him and I had never felt so close to someone intimately before. But without my emotional needs being met and having that established commitment, it just left me feeling alone, very alone. So take it from me, if you like someone and they like you and everything seems great and it could work out yet it can't, then just walk away and don't try to compromise and meet in the middle and make something work because even if it's real, it doesn't mean it will work. |
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| Pearl Jam – Nothingman Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I actually do the same exact thing. It's such a powerful line it's like I can feel it all throughout my entire body. | |
| Pearl Jam – Nothingman Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Oh and I also want to add to the thing I said about the line "oh into the sun ah into the sun." The fact that I am the one who flew away and am headed towards a bright future and he wasn't able to keep me caged up reminds me of the quote from Shawshank Redemption: "Some birds just aren't meant to be caged up; their feathers are just too bright." I am the bird who was not destined to be controlled and locked away for someone's amusement. My feathers are too bright and I am free. | |
| Pearl Jam – Nothingman Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This song really speaks to me right now. I understand the general meaning of it but the beauty of music is to reach out to every individual person not just a certain group of individuals. I have recently just cut off all contact with a man who almost succeeded in breaking me down and gaining control over me. When I first met him he was amazing and adored me. I have dated many men and I knew there was something special about him. He had the potential and capacity to love and cherish another and in there somewhere there still is that man. I was the one who initiated our relationship. I knew he was interested but I am confident enough to be the one to get the ball rolling and he knew that. I know he was flattered and happy because he didn't have the confidence to do it himself. He told me how much he admired me and that I was a beautiful person inside and out. I know he meant what he said and he was genuine but over time I started seeing him change. He got to where he would put me down and insult me and try to change me into his inferior and he could be the superior. He would accuse me of bizarre things that didn't make sense and lash out for no reason and blame me for it. He broke me down over time and strung me along like a love sick puppy dog. He would manipulate me and when I would stand up for myself he twisted his insults into constructive criticism and assured me he wouldn't tell me this stuff if he didn't care and to take it from someone I was "romantically involved" with. This made me believe him. Then he said all we had was a friendship and it really hurt me more than anything he had ever said or done to me. He talked to me like I was his enemy and I didn't understand why he would be so mean to me but demand he still wanted to see me. He told me to give him space because he was going through some stuff right now so I did. Shortly after that he liked some of my stuff I posted on fb and was having a lot more activity than usual and I saw it all. I was so hurt over the fact that he seemed happier without talking to me that I assumed he had moved on and deleted my account. Now that I have had some time to get my head clear, the rose colored glasses are slowly coming off and I realize what he was doing. He was intimidated by my confidence and was afraid of losing all control to me. His love of power overcame his power of love. I now have control over my life and took it away from him so I'm not sure what he thinks right now but I know I feel better. This song explains my situation perfectly in my mind. "Once divided and nothing left to subtract. Some words when spoken can't be taken back." -He divided us as a bluff to get me to come crawling back to him so he could have control but I took that division and ran with it and set myself free, now there's nothing left he can take away from me. -The harsh words he said to me trying to break me down and make me feel as insecure as he is can't be taken back esp since he stated how he meant what he said and I started to believe him. "Walks on his own with thoughts he can't help thinking. Future's above but in the past he's slow and sinking." -He can finish his journey alone and reflect on how he lost something good and it's his entire fault. He has a future and he can make it better if he chooses but he can't let go of his past and it's destroying him from the inside out. "Caught a bolt of lightning, cursed the day he let it go." This is my favorite lyric of the whole song. I know many ppl on here have referred to this line as a man who had a great girl but wwere stupid enough to let her go and now he regrets it, and I agree because I feel that I am that bolt of lightning. I also agree with the comment below me. Yes, he had me, the bolt of lightning, an impossible catch because girls like me don't come along very often, and he let it go because he took me for granted and someday he will curse himself if he hasn't already. But he has let go of many things that could've made his future better. "She once believed every story he had to tell. One day she stiffened she took the other side." -I believed him when he told he cared abt me and that he was telling me these hurtful things to help make me into a better person because that is what he said. Soon I caught on and realized he was trying to break me down and control me and pull me down where he was, in his prison of his own petty insecurities and no sense of self worth. I hardened my feelings for him and took my side instead of his. "Empty stares from each corner of a shared prison cell. One just escapes one's left inside the well." -He pulled me into his prison with him and intended to keep me there so I could be just as miserable as he is, if not more. The distance he put between us in his own prison was in vain and we moved to the opposite sides, staring blankly at each other and I could see the emptiness behind his eyes when they were once full of life. I was finally able to escape and he is still down there alone. "And he who forgets will be destined to remember." -He lost sight of what was good and forgot how to love. His intentions became cruel and now he will one day be destined to remember the love he could have had and that he should have let himself love me back instead of letting his fear turn his heart cold. "Oh she don't want him. Oh she won't feed him. Now that he's flown away." -I don't want him back and I won't feed his hunger for power. I won't take him back and I won't give him the love I once did because he doesn't deserve it. He was the one who put the distance there and wouldn't let me get close because he was afraid and I thought he had moved on so I cut him off. Really, his insecurities are his chains that keep him from spreading his wings and setting himself free from his prison. "Oh into the sun ah into the sun." -I see that the song has this line paired with the line "now that he's flown away" but I hear it differently. In my case he hasn't flown away. He is stuck in his prison cell and I am the one who escaped and flew away. Now I am free and headed towards the sun. The future for me is bright. He is nothingman and he could've been something, could've had something great and worthwhile but now he is empty handed. He could have been loved unconditionally because I did and he knew that but instead of nurturing me with love and kindness in return, he beat me down and tried to cage me up. He tried to make it to where I wouldn't realize how shitty he is and leave him. Little did he know that I saw that he had some issues that needed to be dealt with and I saw his insecurities, but I saw the man I fell for and I knew he was still in there somewhere. Instead of using his insecurities against him like he did to me, I turned them positive and would make him feel good about himself because by him feeling good it made me feel good. He just used mine and made me feel bad because the love of power made him feel better, but it is an empty feeling that is backed up by nothing. His love of power overcame his power of love. He is nothingman. I know this was long but I wanted to express what this song means to me and for ppl to understand and maybe to relate to someone else. Thank you for reading. |
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