| Bad Religion – Infected Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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I never wanted to be a person to tell someone how they should interpret a song, but I just wanted to give my thoughts: Instead of an abusive relation, it's more co-dependent. Why would an abuser address their victim on equal grounds ("You and me, you and me") and give them any sort of power over them ("You affect me, You infect me)? Unless it's utter lip service, which abusers are known to do granted, but then the song loses a lot of it's meaning, you know? It's an unhealthy cycle, and they balance on a delicate line in order not to break out fighting again. In a normal couple, people can trust each other. But these guys, anything thing can set them off. Hell, maybe there was some cheating in the past, and that's why she can't even mention another person without him getting suspicious. The second verse is difficult because there's so many different combinations how the lines should match. Is he telling to further herself from him because he's close to snapping, or is it that he needs to cool himself off before he does snap? Is there still a lingering urge to smack her (regardless of what the previous line is)? Is his confession that he learned his lesson which is they need to stop before they start another fight, or is he referring to the other person learning that they need to stop before they repeat their actions? Is the entire verse about how he's admitting that he has out of control angry that's unjustified because she's already apologized or is this all about how they just push each other to the breaking point, forgive and forget, rinse and repeat? And a like codependent relationship, there's the extreme emotions; obsession, control, caretaking, people-pleasing, and denial. |
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| Pearl Jam – Daughter Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I know there's a lot of different interpretations, I'm not sure if this one's been thrown out already, but for awhile I thought it was about divorce. The first part is how the father is taking all his things and moving out and the table is the only thing left in the dining room; she's alone and tired of her parent's fighting (physical or not). What her mother's reading aloud is visitation rights/custody, which she doesn't understand at all, but she wants to make things easier for her mother and seem mature. She keeps all her emotions to her herself (and the hope they'll get back together), but when she sees her mother has repainted their room, she's finally starting to understand just how serious things are. And it's literally the dad telling his daughter not to call him. I always had trouble deciding whether the "not fit to" was referring to him being ready (or feeling worthy as a father) to talk to her, or him saying it's for the best for her not to, but either way, he's always going to be thinking of her. He wants her to let go of the memory of him ("holds the hand that holds her down") and move on ("rise above"). At the very end, she finally stops, and while she kept the emotions to herself for a long time, she shares her feelings ("the shades go, go, go") | |
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