| Wye Oak – Civilian Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I know my interpretation is a bit crazy, but being a fan of the Wye Oak duo, that's what I think the song's about. I am nothing without pretend I know my thoughts Can't live with them (Self-explained.) I am nothing without a man I know my faults But I can't hide them (She's saying she's got needs. She needs to be with a man, no matter who he is. Either being in love or not and that's entirely her fault if something ends badly.) I still keep my baby teeth In the bedside table with my jewelry You still sleep in the bed with me My jewelry and my baby teeth (Although she's a grown-up woman, she likes to have a bit of her childhood around her, as to feel a little more innocent and pure or at least less guilty.) I don't need another friend When most of them I can barely keep up with I'm perfectly able to hold my own hand But I still can't kiss my own neck (Here we learn that she's cheating on her boyfriend/husband and knows she can't keep that double life but needs the sexual satisfaction.) \ I wanted yo give you everything But I still stand in awe of superficial things I wanted to love you like My mother's mother's mother did Civilian, civilian (She's feeling guilty about what she's doing to him but still needs the sexual satisfaction, maybe that's something her husband can't give her. She likes him too much to let go but can't be faithful. That's exactly what she means by "I wanted to love you like my mother's mother's mother did". She states that in her great-grandmother's time things were different, women were faithful. And she's feeling an outsider - a civilian - for not being able to follow the social conventions, like being faithful herself.) |
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| The Goo Goo Dolls – Black Balloon Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Yes, this song is about drugs, more specifically about Heroin. The guy likes a drug addicted and is nearly dragged into her world. I guess the "black balloon" could be a symbolism, like she's getting high but going in the direction of death (Baby's black balloon makes her fly, I almost fell into that hole in your life). He also states that they are alike but she's weak and reckless (You're never thinking about tomorrow, 'cause you were the same as me but on your knees). He stands in awe of the fact that he could get her attention, since she's so out of this world because of the drugs (A thousand other boys could never reach you, how could I have been the one?). He tells her that he saw the way she was being destroyed (I saw the world spin beneath you) and that he knew she was using the drugs as a form of scape, the spoon being her womb because it was her protection, like a womb is a protection to a baby (And scatter like ice from the spoon that was your womb). The guys is suffering because of her death and lacks the reason to continue living but still goes on (Coming down, the world turned over and angels fall without you there. And I go on as you get colder or are you in someone's prayer?) In the second part, he's trying to figure out why that happened to her. If she was lacking something or if someone hurt her or told her things that made her feel like there was no point in trying to live her life (You know the lies they always told you, or the love you never knew. Was the things they never showed you that swallowed the light from the sun inside your room?) Then he makes his decision not to continue living without her (And there's no time left for losing). He says the years had passed but he hasn't forget her (Comin' down, the years turn over) so he's going to do something (kill himself) to be with her once again and become to other people what she became to him, just a memory (And I'll go on and lead you home and all because I'll become what you became to me). That's just what I think the song is about and it makes total sense to me. But like all songs there could be a million different meanings. |
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| fun. – We Are Young Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I guess this song talks about a guy who struggles with regret. He regrets what he did to his lover. He hurted her badly, fisically or emotionally (My seat's been taking by some sunglasses asking about a scar and I know I gave it to you months ago). He's trying to make it up showing that he'll be there for her no matter what (So if by the time the bar closes and you feel like falling down, I'll carry you home). The man also realizes that she could work it out without him, since he's not all that she got in life, but strives to be by her side. And I really don't think that the song is about young people but people who are feeling young and capable of anything at that exact moment. In the end, it really doesn't matter, because the guy who wrote it doesn't know what it is about, so what do we know, right? |
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