| Lights – Banner Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| @[IsraelChua:6295] That is incredible insight. I have never been a heavy study when it comes to the Bible, and I'm glad a few of you were (@[gravityhappens:6296]). SO beautiful! Thank you! | |
| Lights – Banner Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| @[gravityhappens:6294] OMG I didn't even think of that. I love it! | |
| Radical Face – Welcome Home Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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@[HandForTender:330] - "Sleep don't visit, so I choke on sun And the days blur into one And the backs of my eyes hum with things I've never done" - This is quite honestly the only verse in the song that I have a problem with making sense of... I don't know what the writer was saying, but as a listener I was hearing a relatable description of using drugs. In recovery programs, newcomers to anonymous meetings are given a chip and a hug, and very often the meeting chair says "welcome home" as they literally embrace the newcomer. Many stimulant drugs (both legal and prescription, such as those intended to treat narcolepsy or ADD) can let you go a couple days on no sleep. From my personal perspective, I'd think I was "up late" studying, and when I'd see light coming through my windows my heart would sink as I realized it was already tomorrow and I was starting the day, ready or not. Most embarrassingly, I would catch myself talking about doing something "yesterday" and the other person would say "that was two days ago." Because I had not allowed each day to have a beginning and an end, they literally blurred into one day. The backs of your eyes, where your stimulant-induced brilliance takes place, are often just ideas that you never follow through with (on many stimulants). Another thing taking place in that spazmatic brain is--in the case of many amphetamines--hallucination, delusion, and other shit that looks identical to Schizophrenia, which doctors have dubbed "Stimulant-induced psychosis." During a recovery program, one of the twelve steps is the directive requiring the individual to unload all past wrongdoings (mostly secrets) to another human being. The feeling has been described to me in many ways by those in recovery, and while "ships launching from one's chest" was never one of those descriptions, I believe it very well could have been from the accounts I've heard. The beauty of music of such genuine quality, is that this could have actually been about the writer planting his first backyard garden and his emotional reaction to that, where someone conquering an addiction hears--and relates entirely to--the exact same string of words. That's the divine in music. |
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| Ellie Goulding – My Blood Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Is it possible she is saying "I'm not dying but I'm bleeding out"? The nautical undertones make it haunting. |
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| Mumford & Sons – Awake My Soul Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I love this! I would NEVER have put that together, but now I can't not see it. I agree that the interpretations are half the fun - especially with this band. The versatility of their songs' impacts is fascinating. |
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