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| Regina Spektor – Eet Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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I think this song is about growing up and loss of innocence. That growing up is like "forgetting the words to your favorite song", and you want the "sweet" back. Then you grow up and you try to use the songs to "drown out your mind" and take away the pain. Then there's this other segment, of a boy who's deciding to steal (presumably for the first time). He opens the window and hears a boy outside crying. This other little boy is growing up too, it's his turn for something but he's not allowed to. Maybe his brother is already doing it, but he doesn't want him to fall down the same path? Whatever it is I get the sense that it's not good, it's tragic. They're all losing their innocence and childlike wonder, they can't remember a time before desparation and they "try to feel the beat." |
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| Josh Groban – Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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I think this song is about artists, but obviously, particularly about Vincent Van Gogh. He painted these beautiful paintings, with such vibrant colors and beautiful strokes, and everyone thought he was crazy. Vincent tried to speak through his art, but no one listened, he was told he was insane and this only made him more lonely. He tried to paint for others but they rejected him. He committed suicide, "taking his life as lovers often do." Vincent's pain is so apparent in his works, they are full of loneliness and tumbling thoughts. Overall I think this song says something very specific about Van Gogh's art, but about artists in general: Van Gogh had something to say. He was rejected in his lifetime and celebrated afterwards. No one listened to what he was saying. Perhaps even now we don't understand. This song is simply a tribute to this tormented artist whose brushstrokes are forever engraved on our memory, and yet, a tragic story for living artists- when they have something to say, they will suffer for it, but it will always be worth saying. |
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