| The Rolling Stones – Beast Of Burden Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| McJagger doesn't want to be his lover's vehicle to fame and money. He's not blind to see that his lover only wants him for his money and success, so he's being up front, "I'm not going to be your beast of burden and I just want you to make love to me". But while he's saying this directly to her, from the tone of his voice, I'm not sure he believes things are going to turn out like he wants them to. He sounds wishful, close to surrender, and perhaps a bit hopeless. I think, internally, he knows that he is going to end up being exactly what he doesn't want to be. | |
| Echosmith – Tell Her You Love Her Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I think this is about a mother telling her autistic child how to get and keep a girlfriend... I think she really just wants him out of the house. | |
| The National – Don't Swallow the Cap Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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"Cap" is a nickname for "liberty caps" a psychedelic mushroom. Everything else in the song seems to support this interpretation. These mushrooms cause colors to become brighter and textures to appear richer (because of dilated eyes), intense emotional responses (euphoria, elation, depression, disorientation; often all at the same time), and slight hallucinations though usually these hallucinations are very determined by the context of the environment and thoughts of the individual (lights appear to be tiny bubbles, a face in a painting appears to be grinning, a table looks like a sea). It's very hard to describe the experience if you haven't been through it, but the one adjective I'd use is "religious". Verse 1 explains the visual experience but also the contemplation about what it means. It also describes some disorientation. Verse 2 describes the emotional experiences which are paranoia/fear and love/devotion. Verse 3 has his friends asking him to describe the experience and all he can say is he sees a beautiful heaven over him (probably the lights). Verse 4 describes time disorientation (very common side effect), emotional attachment to the girls who is he worried about saying the right thing to (common side effects), and the nagging heaven overhead. The chorus is about his thoughts, obsession with some songs, but also perhaps regrets for doing the drug during the exprience. |
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