| The Bird and the Bee – The Races Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Pretty sure it's "Light a little fire" since it's kind of a little saying not "flower" since it doesn't really make much sense ._. | |
| Modest Mouse – Bukowski Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Well I wrote a paper about "Good News for People Who Love Bad News" so I might as well paste my section about Bukowski on here: "The theme of God or religion is eminent in the song “Bukowski”. It is the big indicator in this album of Isaac Brock’s questioning some persons involved in religion. The work is a response to the writings of Charles Bukowski, who was an American writer and an atheist. It is known that Charles Bukowski was an atheist and spoke about it openly in a particular statement. “We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god.” In the beginning of the song it says “Woke up this morning and it seemed to me, that every night turns out to be a little more like Bukowski.” This is showing that the lead singer is losing his faith and becoming more of a realist. Throughout the song he pinpoints certain things he finds to be flaws about religion and the concept of what God is to the general public. Even though he doesn’t believe in organized religion, he still believes that the writings of Charles Bukowski were a little too harsh and generally devoid of human compassion, which is why it says “But God who'd want to be? God who'd want to be such an asshole?” In short the lead singer is on the fence of whether to agree with Charles Bukowski or to be on the side of organized religion." Also Devil's Workday is a definitively a two part to this song. Especially with the "I am my own damn God" he is taking a humorous stance on Charles Bukowski's since in his writings he said "I am my own God" |
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| Modest Mouse – Bukowski Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Well I wrote a paper about "Good News for People Who Love Bad News" so I might as well paste my section about Bukowski on here: "The theme of God or religion is eminent in the song “Bukowski”. It is the big indicator in this album of Isaac Brock’s questioning some persons involved in religion. The work is a response to the writings of Charles Bukowski, who was an American writer and an atheist. It is known that Charles Bukowski was an atheist and spoke about it openly in a particular statement. “We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god.” In the beginning of the song it says “Woke up this morning and it seemed to me, that every night turns out to be a little more like Bukowski.” This is showing that the lead singer is losing his faith and becoming more of a realist. Throughout the song he pinpoints certain things he finds to be flaws about religion and the concept of what God is to the general public. Even though he doesn’t believe in organized religion, he still believes that the writings of Charles Bukowski were a little too harsh and generally devoid of human compassion, which is why it says “But God who'd want to be? God who'd want to be such an asshole?” In short the lead singer is on the fence of whether to agree with Charles Bukowski or to be on the side of organized religion." Also Devil's Workday is a definitively a two part to this song. Especially with the "I am my own damn God" he is taking a humorous stance on Charles Bukowski's since in his writings he said "I am my own God" |
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