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Muse – Stockholm Syndrome Lyrics	4 years ago
@[Musicislovemusicislife:38341] Holy Cow!!!! this interpretation was fantastic!! It was so sad, i listened to the song in the background while I read your comment. It brought me to tears. The kidnapper part was spot on, but most of us can't forget a relationship in which we felt over our heads. I'm looking forward to writing my interpretation.

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Muse – Stockholm Syndrome Lyrics	4 years ago
Wow. I have a far out interpretation of this song and I want to compliment those that wrote commentaries, for I had hints of my own interpretation in some of the things you said.

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Muse – Citizen Erased Lyrics

4 years ago

Hello Friends. The fact that this song has received so many comments says a lot for the quality of the song. So this is my interpretation, though if I was objective, I would give full credit to the larger blogs up at the top. He was spot on right! But this is my little interpretation: I feel this is a very sad song whereas a beautiful singer gets dumped by an ordinary guy. The guy did the dumping and the woman doesn't know yet how painful her life will be without him. Now the singer in the song is the ordinary guy, one in whom many listeners can relate to. The first set of lyrics are the deteriation the singer's soul, as was referenced by other bloggers correctly. Now the chorus is significant, for he uses the high note twice but not in the middle. In the middle part of the song, the singer makes up his mind to leave the girl and hope that she can hold the stage with no feelings at all. Perhaps he feels her words of empathy are not like her, the person he knows. This is where the song hits a climax, because he does in fact, leave the girl. he left the girl who probably was dumped by no one and therefore, abused the singer/ regular guy/ main character. But the last stanza is tricky and it almost made me cry at work thinking about it. The character is very resolute. "Wash me away, clean up your body from me." That is sad. Isn't it? Now the music in all of the song re enforces the theme of the song. It is sad and triumphant for the guy, for the music becomes very sad and it seems that the woman will lose out on quite a bit more and it's sad for her. I hope someone will comment to my opinion and see if it is a valid interpretation.

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Radiohead – Karma Police Lyrics

10 years ago

My interpretation is the same as Davos, two or three comments below me. This is perfect!!! I suggest all read his or her interpretation and I thank this person. For the individual that said other people's interpretations are wrong, this isn't true. Great art has several interpretations and even artists themselves write from their subconscious. That's what makes great music great! I love this website. John.

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Cream – Deserted Cities Of The Heart Lyrics	12 years ago
Thanks mbrachman for liking my comment. It made my night. I'd like to read more of your interpretations. I also long for interpretations for Procol Harum songs. Thanks a million!! John.

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Procol Harum – Quite Rightly So Lyrics	12 years ago
Hello sonztwin. I would very much like you to give an interpretation to In Held Twas In I. It's on this website. I wrote mine and I'd like to know what you think. John.

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Procol Harum – In Held Twas In I Lyrics

12 years ago

I love this song and have interpreted many ways in my life. I believe this was one of the original type songs that later were made such as in Pink Floyd's The Wall. Interpretation: I interpret the first phase as a lonely man who is also an intellectual; he can't quite understand life and the world. He flashes back to a romance with a girl others rejected, and longs for that comfort. His intellectual side begins to analyze that, and then the rest of life and stops short of being too analytic. The tea time at the circus was the start of a manic episode, and then the autumm of my madness is when the manic episode turns to depression. The sirens and screams are paranoia, and the following guitars and organs are the deep depths of despair. The following sub song about looking to your soul is when the singer realizes that his soul is good, despite his physical and mental condition. He comes to a denoument that having a soul is better than anything and subdues his intellectual worries and loneliness at the same time. The last instrumental with choir is the rejoicing of his spirit for having overcome such a burden, as if his spirit is engulfed by angels. At the end of the song, the singer is saved from himself through spirituality. The subtheme all along is spirituality coming to the aid of intellectual confusion. That's my interpretation of In Held Twas In I. I would very much like it if Gary Brooker read my interpretation. I would love to know what he thought. I also would love to hear more interpretations of this song, one of my all time favorites. John.

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Led Zeppelin – The Rain Song Lyrics	12 years ago
I read every interpretation here and I love them all. For those that love this song and lyrics, I would recommend Joesss59's comment. The message of lost love and renewed love and spirits is very great. John.

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Led Zeppelin – The Rain Song Lyrics	12 years ago
Fantastic Interpretation Joe!!!! I felt the same about the song but I couldn't nail it down. I used to think of the ups and downs of the same girl but I believe you're correct. He lost a first love, felt down and then got restored by a new one. The sound of the song supports your hypothesis. Because of you Joe, I enjoy the song more. Thanks very much. John.

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Procol Harum – In Held Twas In I Lyrics	12 years ago
Warren. Great Job. I would very much like to hear more interpretations of this song. I think it's a masterpiece!! I'll think of one myself. John.

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The Beatles – Long, Long, Long Lyrics

12 years ago

I love this website!!! Long long long is one of my favorite Beatle songs. I can listen to it ten times in a row. My first interpretation was a reuniting with a long lost love, or pursuing a love from the past who wasn't a love then, but the singer has since fallen in love. A second interpretation may be more accurate: The singer is reuniting with his spirituality; his God of choice. I feel both interpretations of mine may be relevant. The sound of the long is beautiful, both from a spiritual and a romantic aspect. I always took George Harrison's lyrics very seriously and I think he was a genious lyric writer with great insight. For those that like the Beatles, you may want to check out Procol Harum. John Lennon used to listen to Procol Harum albums in his sad days of the early seventies. John.

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The Beatles – I Am the Walrus Lyrics

12 years ago

True, John Lennon said the song was "Tongue and Cheek," and had no meaning. But then again, the meaning could have come out of his subconscious. If you watch the video and listen to the words, you hear a lot of tongue and cheek, but then again, there's the persistent theme of trying to understand a complicated society. In the end, you could hear what sounds like John saying, "I educate myself." John said similar comments about another Beatle song, but watching him sing, he's clearly trying to convey a message. So in a nutshell, I believe the song is about a brilliant mind trying to grasp meaning to a complicated society; his spirit very active amidst the confusion. Perhaps Mr. Lennon might agree to that one? John.

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Cream – Deserted Cities Of The Heart Lyrics

12 years ago

In College, a guitar player was kicked out of school for grades and had to head back to R.I. Him and I always interpreted Cream songs. He sang this to me on his way out. My first year away was the best. It was 89 and the peak of the neo Hippie movement. I had a bunch of new friends who all loved Cream. As each year passed, we lost more and more friends. The more, I related to this song and found a special interpretation: One can take these lyrics at face value, but they are opt for interpretation. I feel the singer is lamenting why his special group of friends, including a love, could not remain together and separated. I also feel the singer identifies these people with a setting-- Perhaps those streets? "There's no retreat from time that's died." I relate this song to my old school town of Winona MN, where once upon a time there were nineteen year olds becoming hippies near the turn of the decade into the nineties. The times ended, the people moved away and the settings will forever be ingrained in us. To this day, I wonder why we couldn't keep a good thing going, miss girls I used to like and relationships we all had..... And I miss the landmarks. I played this song on my last trip back to Chicago. I hear it today and think of college. I can empathize with Jack Bruce's singing and certainly identify with the sounds of the song supporting my thesis.....Yearning for the good old days- lost love, lost confidence, lost friends, and lost settings, being streets, party houses or forest sites. This is a great song. Sorry I was wordy, but I love this website and all of your comments. John.

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Cream – White Room Lyrics

12 years ago

I think this is a genious song and there could be many interpretations, that's why it's more in the category of poetry. I feel it's about a separation from a girl, which breaks the singers spirit, but his spirit is desperate to rebound. When he says, "I walked into such a sad time at the station," that is how one feels when they feel no hope in a relationship. "When I walked out, felt my own need just beginning." That indicates to me, that his strength of character, or will to sustain his own self worth will pursue another woman to cope. Later, the girl at the party in the hard crowd was consolation for the old wound, now forgotten. I believe this was not the same woman, but another. perhaps the first woman was sentimental and old fashioned? The new woman was more of a wild one, perhaps not fit to his exact liking, but one that will serve to rebuild his confidence. The music that accompanies these lyrics gives me this interpretation. Many years ago, I always loved to interpret Cream Songs and at College, several musicians loved Cream lyrics too, and we used to interpret these songs at parties. The interpretations varied but we accepted them all as plausible. That's what I love about interpreting well written classics and I just love this website!!!! Thanks All. John.

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Procol Harum – Grand Hotel Lyrics

12 years ago

I always loved this song. I have my own interpretation. I interpret the man planning the perfect date, preparing everything to perfection. In his voice, he seems to be singing toward the past, as if he was thinking "I did everything right. What went wrong?" This to me, is expressed in Gary Brooker's singing and voice. It's a mixture of celebration but regret. Perhaps regret from what the date did, what he did, or how he handled a situation not mentioned directly in the lyrics. What gives me this opinion is the sound of the music and orchestra, especially the part in the middle. I always used this song to lament, if I was hurt or feeling insecure. This piece reflects great beauty, but also hints of insecurity and self doubt. "The Early morning pinch and bite, these French girls always like to fight....Where's my continental bride? If it weren't for the brilliant, genious music to accompany these notions, I may have a different interpretation. But the sound in coherence with the lyrics I believe, makes Procol Harum extraordinary and a true mark of genious. I first fell in love with this song when I was 17, after my first heartbreak. I blamed myself; that was 27 years ago. The song comforted me and I still use the song to comfort me today in similar situations.

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Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale Lyrics

12 years ago

T Dnungester: That was fantastic!!! I believe you are correct and that was the best interpretation I ever heard of. You're theory about the titanic can be supported by "A Salty Dog," and many other Procol Harum songs about history. The other comments about being on drugs at a party may be relevant, for a lonely person at a party might feel the same as one on the titanic. Many others refer this song to Chaucer. The setting in The Cantebury Tales might be the same as a party of the sixties or the Titanic. Perhaps they made a reference? I love procol Harum songs and lyrics and I'd like you to interpret other Procol songs. So for now, you're the winner and your interpretation made me delighted when I read it. John.

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