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I think someone's true personality comes out in the way they react to music. Music has always had a profound affect on me, and I play it way too loud. I play the guitar and piano. I'm diverse in taste but tend to lurk around alternative/metal.
| 311 – First Straw Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I took this song a little differently. It's referring to how a whole bunch of tiny stressors can build up and "break your back" when you get your last straw. Yes, it can relate to love, but I think it speaks about life more generally as well. The first stanza just talks about those little hassles, like ringing phones. You can look at it differently and just chill, let it flow. Just let the stresses go as they come. The first straw, so tiny, whatever. Then the second straw just vanishes. If you don't let it build up, there's no reason for the last straw. One line I found really insightful: Nobody pays attention to the first straw. It seems the last one is all we ever saw. These tiny stresses we don't really process. They're so small that we ignore them, yet subconsciously we're stuffing them away and allowing everything to gradually build up. We don't notice it. We just notice that last straw, when we explode. If we learn to "let it flow," every straw is the first straw. Of course, this can relate to a relationship as well. Address and fix problems as they come, so you don't stifle it all and freak out over practically nothing. |
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| of Montreal – Belle Glade Missionaries Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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You're right; it's gifs. Here: http://www.ofmontreal.net/lousy-with-sylvianbriar/ |
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| of Montreal – Belle Glade Missionaries Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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There are a few mistakes in this listing, so I submitted lyrics today using the edit form. I took the lyrics from the Of Montreal website. http://www.ofmontreal.net/lousy-with-sylvianbriar/ |
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| Billy Joel – Vienna Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I only discovered this song a month ago, and I wish I could board a time machine and give it to myself when I needed it most! I worked my butt off in high school. I was accepted to college at the age of 13. I wanted to go, but my mom wouldn't let me because she wanted me to develop more socially before leaving. I just kept working, taking as many AP classes as possible, getting all the extracurriculars and leadership roles I could tack on... I developed a brain tumor the summer before junior year of high school, but I kept on going at the same pace until my health literally forced me to rest. Like Billy said, I was so ahead of myself that I forgot what I needed. I fried myself out and even endangered my life by pushing myself too hard (you're gonna kick off before you even get half way through). I just about got myself killed (literally). I was so ambitious for my age and just didn't know how to slow down, even if my life depended on it. The song has a lovely dual meaning for me. World travel is another one of my ambitions, and Vienna was one of my top destinations. I wanted to go because my great grandma, who helped parent me, was from there and always spoke of it so well. I actually went to Vienna this year, which was a huge deal for me as I'd never left the continent before. I saw it as a victory, meeting one of my life goals. My great grandmother unexpectedly died only two months after I got home, and I got to show her pictures and recount my experiences to her ad nauseum (she asked plenty of questions). I wish I could have just gone back and told myself to take a rest and be a little easier on myself. I would've told myself that I was going to make it and that everything would be okay. Hard work is wonderful, but don't neglect your own needs. Don't live always looking at the horizon. Remember to look at the ground beneath your feet sometimes! Prepare for the future, but remember that you're young and are living NOW. |
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| Pink – Family Portrait Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Pretty self-explanatory song. I'd listen to this back in '02 and nearly tear up. The way she desperately sings, "Daddy, don't leave" is what got me. My dad left my mom and me to fend for ourselves when she became permanently disabled. I just desperately wanted him to stay. I had no siblings, I was only 8, and my mom was too sick and was either suffering or sleeping for most of the day. I was lonely and had to take care of myself. We really needed him, and he just left. Pink seems to have a high opinion of her dad and a low opinion of her mom based on other songs (My Vietnam), so she probably sees his departure as more justified. Still, I think way too many people these days are abandoned by so-called "parents." | |
| Hed PE – Raise Hell Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Admittedly, the lyrics are pretty simple, but it's cathartic when I'm pissed. I kinda miss music like this. Maybe I'm just not looking in the right place? | |
| Crossfade – No Giving Up Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I listen to this song when I feel suicidal. It speaks to how difficult it is to be faced with one obstacle after the next, when you just barely picked yourself up from the last hit. But you didn't give up before, and you can keep fighting now. You will become a "better person because you lived through those days." "What we make of this lifetime is always here within." You have more control of your life and your future than you might think. Take control of your life and don't give in to depression or external factors. In my experience, when I was 16, I was in an abusive relationship, was being abused at home, got a brain tumor, began to have psychotic hallucinations and horrific migraines, was institutionalized, and was diagnosed with Bipolar II within a few months of each other. That was just the beginning. I was frequently suicidal and felt like I was running on fumes. I'd pick myself up just to be thrown down again. But as they say, when it rains it pours. At 26, my life has improved drastically, and I have many years ahead of me. It's definitely a good thing I didn't commit suicide, and this song was an inspiration for me. |
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| Sick Puppies – All The Same Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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This song is about unconditional acceptance and love. He accepts her for her flaws and won't try to fix her. She jerks him around and has left him on multiple occasions. She comes back when things go wrong with "scarred heart in hand." He repeats that he doesn't care, as long as she's there, because he either loves her just that much or is dependent on her. I don't think this is a healthy type of love, but nonetheless, it's the sort of relationship many people end up in. As someone with a checkered past, that first verse is always what I wanted to hear from people. The way he sings it particularly caused me to feel reassurance and peace. However, I think that the subsequent verses change the song's tone and meaning substantially. |
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| Katy Perry – I Kissed a Girl Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Let's strip this down to the bare bones: She has a boyfriend, gets drunk, and cheats on him by kissing someone. She's drunk and kisses a girl, "just to try it" and because it's an "experimental game" to her. As someone who's bisexual, wow... This song paints us in a really bad light, regardless of Katy's orientation. I was kind of happy to see the issue paid any attention in popular music at all when the song came out, but I'd say that my negative feelings outweigh the good. Just, to anyone who doesn't know many bisexual people and sees stuff like this, PLEASE don't think we're all getting smashed and having random sex romps all the time. It's not just a phase or us getting bored/horny, and we can be monogamous just as well as anyone else. Case in point, I'm bi and have been in a same sex relationship for seven years, and we're engaged. |
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| Green Day – Brain Stew Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Totally agreed. I took it to be meth instead of coke, because of the mention of crosstops and being "spun out." But yeah the part about his face being numb got me thinking about cocaine. | |
| Green Day – Brain Stew Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I'm about 99% sure this song was written about being high on methamphetamine, rather than simple insomnia. He's probably at the point where the zenith of the high has finished, and he's just starting his unpleasant comedown. To me, the most convincing aspects are that he mentions crosstops (meth in pill form), literally says that he's "fucked up and spun out" ("fucked up" is lingo for being intoxicated, with "spun out" referring to meth specifically), and that some of these symptoms seem a little bit severe for simple insomnia. I'm having trouble trying to sleep I'm counting sheep but running out (Meth keeps you up.) As time ticks by And still I try No rest for crosstops in my mind. (Crosstop is slang for speed in pill form.) On my own... here we go My eyes feel like they're gonna bleed Dried up and bulging out my skull (Painfully dry eyes are a common side effect of meth use.) My mouth is dry (Dry mouth is another textbook side effect of meth use, which can make you reluctant to eat or drink.) My face is numb. (Meth can cause areas of your body to go numb, especially the face and hands.) Fucked up and spun out in my room (Generally, the term "spun out" refers to being high on meth.) On my own... here we go. My mind is set on overdrive (Meth leads to racing thoughts.) The clock is laughing in my face (Often, meth users can stay up more than 3 days at a time, to the point where they forget what time or even what day it is. Paranoia is also common, as in wondering if a clock is laughing in your face.) A crooked spine (On a meth comedown, joints can become painful. It can literally feel like your spine's crooked.) My sense is dulled. Passed the point of delirium (He's extremely intoxicated, just out of it.) On my own... here we go My eyes feel like they're gonna bleed Dried up and bulging out my skull My mouth is dry My face is numb Fucked up and spun out in my room On my own... here we go |
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| Ylvis – The Fox Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Clearly an insightful analysis of the universe's greatest mysteries. | |
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