| The Rocket Summer – Colors Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| To cite my last comment: Source: ryankantor.com/2013/03/23/chatting-with-the-rocket-summer-and-the-royal-teeth/ | |
| The Rocket Summer – Colors Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Colors is a reference to the skies in each city he and his wife went through on tour. He told me this personally. | |
| The Rocket Summer – Ashes Made of Spades Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I asked Bryce Avary about this song after a concert in Charlotte. "'Ashes Made of Spades' (Life Will Write the Words) — Finally, although the meaning is a little more obvious, I had to ask him about my favorite Rocket Summer song. He said “Ashes Made of Spades” is about the “power of the Holy Spirit” (which is fairly clear in the lyrics) and that the “ashes made of spades” are a metaphor for the cards your dealt in life being set aflame and overcome through the power of the Holy Spirit." Full discussion here: http://ryankantor.com/2013/03/23/chatting-with-the-rocket-summer-and-the-royal-teeth/ |
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| Royal Teeth – Wild Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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"One of the opening acts was the Royal Teeth, a new energetic group from New Orleans. They only have an LP thus far with the full album set to release this coming summer. The best song on the LP is one called “Wild” which they are giving away as free download here. I had listened to it a few times before the concert and enjoyed it, so I asked him if it was about what it seemed, a young romance. The Royal Teeth lead singer said it was originally about just that, but it slowly evolved during the writing process and now the playing process to be about “giving up your real job to do ‘this’” (referring to touring with a start-up band). The evolving meaning of a song to its own writer was something I had never considered and find very cool. It prompted me to wonder and ask if bands, and the Royal Teeth in particular, intend to leave their songs open to interpretations. He told me that they do try to write lyrics that are clear and specific enough to communicate their message, but they also want to leave it open so it resonates with each listener’s own life and what they’re going through. So while the broad message remains the intact, it can take on a different interpretation to mean something special for each individual." http://ryankantor.com/2013/03/23/chatting-with-the-rocket-summer-and-the-royal-teeth/ |
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| The Rocket Summer – So Much Love Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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When asked about this after his Charlotte concert on 3/22/2013 he said he often hears about a spiritual interpretation, and he has no quarrel with that, but it honestly wasn’t written with such a direct meaning. He continued saying “It’s one of my most vague songs and it’s funny that it became my biggest.” He also mentioned how hard it was for him to look back and think about a song he wrote nearly seven years ago and always remember exactly what it meant to him at the time. Source: http://ryankantor.com/2013/03/23/chatting-with-the-rocket-summer-and-the-royal-teeth/ |
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| The Rocket Summer – Colors Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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“Colors” (Do You Feel, 2007) - I had always pondered the meaning behind this song and told him my theory was that it was about marriage, and that the “colors” referred to in the line “under these colors” were like the colors of a crest representing marriage, although I originally thought the line was “under these covers.” That was my theory at least. (MetroLyrics actually has his lyrics incorrect, as they mistake “colors” for “covers,” which he said was a common mistake.) Avary said that it in fact is about marriage and touring. The colors allude to the skies in the cities where they toured. The lyrics capture the struggles of the gauntlet that is long nights on the road, but being blessed to do it with his wife. Source: http://ryankantor.com/2013/03/23/chatting-with-the-rocket-summer-and-the-royal-teeth/ |
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