| Eminem – Legacy Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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This one is interesting with the chorus, it doesn't really let the listener know who it is on that part. Be it Eminem himself, it would of made more sense for him to do those lines himself. But, I do appreciate it could just be a matter of voice. Personally, I think this song is to be the listener's "legacy" if they fit, which is any song with the fit part. I can relate to this song a lot. Where it says it's not up to me, is Eminem saying it's not my choice what to do, it's yours. It's your legacy. The "please have faith in my words" is his way of saying: listen. I know, I've been there. Just trust me. If you fall, I'll get you there: He's carrying part of your load/issue, like any well meaning person does when dealing with this sort of issue "wars going on inside your head." The three verses are him progressing in his mind, growing almost. At first, he's defiant, he doesn't want anything from anyone, and if someone screws him over he just bottles it up and hides in the corner. Notice how the defiance doesn't continue to the kid who put him in the locker in this verse. It shows that there's something going on if he doesn't do it with everything. It was a key point, and a sly point to make. Most would just see: Oh, he was bullied. But, on top of that, it shows that there's insane issues going on at home. He's struggling to find a way of order, so he defies any form of authority. His home life and school contrast. In the second verse, at the beginning he's just avoiding everything basically. As Eyedea said: I don't love music I just use it to escape. It's a way to not have to deal with all the stupidity that's going on around him, and inside him in truth. When listening to music you can focus on that, and not have to deal with your own thoughts. He shows by that, and the bike that he isn't just sitting on his ass though and feeling sorry. He's trying to do things productive. He's doing things himself. He's becoming more independent. As soon as he thinks of the rhymes he wrote, his attitude changes completely in this verse. You can almost hear it in his voice as well in the song. But, he doesn't do anything physical. He does it through his writing, creating a persona that he's too... unsure of to be. He can't just be it for the moment, so he does it through his writing, it's a new voice, and a relief that he can see that came from him. Which leads to the third. Being differently wired is awesome, because he's doing things other's can't. It's unusual, it's unique, and it's one of the greatest releases he's found. He's actually become this persona, well parts of it that I mentioned. He's gotten that confidence to tell someone straight, instead of writing about it. "Now you shut up, bitch. I'm talking" showing the difference of before when he would hide and not talk about/confront the average person in his life. He kind of goes with this theme, talking about people thinking he was "horseshit and now worship the ground he walks on." It's almost narcissistic in a way what comes next. He basically says that he's invincible besides nature. He says "my legacy" here as well though. In truth that can alter what was said before, but I still stand by what I said. But, at the same time if you look at it in this light, it's a big fuck you, I'm the greatest. I'm the king. you can't do better than the legacy I leave behind. He states in other songs kind of a robot feel to himself, which is much different than the martian he talked about in the beginning. Inhale my exhaust fumes, a machine/robot would emit exhaust fumes. He's going, and he's running like a machine. He's on clock work basically. The best part of me, is that I am not you. That line could be taken in a few ways. It could be seen as a "I'm glad that I don't have the same mindset as you, I'm glad I'm different". But continuing with the way earlier theme, it could mean he's glad he's past that position. There has been many contradictions in a way on my interpretation, but in a way those contradictions make sense of what he would do. |
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| Eyedea & Abilities – Birth of a Fish Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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To me, it's clearly about how life can look terrible, but when changing the point of view, it changes things. He was more content "as a fish". But he was still living in the same environment as before. Contentedness leads to incompetence and ignorance. He says he's a fish in the end along with the rest of the human society. As a fish and knowing, he is more content, but I don't think that's what he actually is. He's fed up with it almost, but resigned to it. He wants the listener to do as he doesn't. He is "free" however, because at least he realizes it when others don't. Then in another type of way, looking at the last few lines which are often his most important, "Reality is what you make it, if you take it away you're a fish like me swimming in the powdered water." The main words I looked at/heard here, was take it away. If you don't look at things as they actually are, and choose to live in your oblivious state, then you're a "fish" swimming in the powdered water. Eyedea often used a river as an example of his metaphor for life, so it could mean you go on through life and you can't see anything in it. (The powdered water). It's him resigning it's too late for himself, but hoping that the future will see it differently. Looking at Eyedea, it seems like that's the clear answer to me. |
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