| Otep – Invisible Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I think the song is a lot more about the relationship between her parents, and how her mother finally realizes that her children were being abused by their father. Even though the verses focus more on her major depression, home life, and rape, the chorus really focuses on her father and how he was viewed by her mother. The father loves abusing her mother and loves how she spits back at him. And even though the Father abuses the shit out of them, her Mother holds him up to these insanely high ideals only to see it all eventually come crashing down (hold me up to watch me die). The lines “You never saw it coming, you never knew what hit you” is faded in the background because he knows that his wife is going to be so shocked when she finds out, and he’s honestly amused and entertained by that, because it was all “invisible” to her. But the big thing that really drives this song home for me is what Otep says here: Behold, Feast your eyes as the peripherals explode. Can you see me now? Can you see me now? The ugly will resign/When the young blood eats the light. And one day/ this pain could save your life. This is pivotal since it's showing how her mom eventually realizes the horrible things that her father was doing to them. The unimportant/pointless matters (the peripherals) disappear, the Father (the ugly) disappears and resigns from the picture after the truth about the children surface (when the young blood eats the light). And in a way, Otep feels like it's this twisted cycle because it was her mother finally recognizing her abuse and rape that got her out of the situation (one day this pain could save your life). Even though she realizes that the abuse went on as her mother was preoccupied with her broken marriage, at the end of the song she makes sure not to blame her and actually reassures her, saying it was her who got them out of that horrible spiral of abuse. All in all, even though it's pretty fucked up, it's a fucking awesome track since it perfectly illustrates the dynamics of a broken home... |
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| Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Yes Phil, couples say it all the time, but it should not be said to a stranger in the club who is telling you to fuck off. That's like the opposite of what you should do. | |
| The Offspring – Self Esteem Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Both sexes can get away with this shit, everyone knows that. It's not exclusive. Get off your fucking high horse. | |
| The Birthday Massacre – One Promise Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Is it about Lolita? I've never read the book or watched the movies, but some of the lyrics are similar to Blue Jeans by Lana Del Rey, mainly the December lines, trying to remember love, never noticing that a person fell out of love with you, etc. It's probably a long shot and has nothing to do with Lolita, but I have no idea and I really want answers as to what this song is about, lol. |
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| Otep – Menocide Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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You guys do realize that this song isn't about killing all men, but rather killing a "select group of them", the "old white men" that are ruining this country (as a commenter stated earlier)? Otep herself has confirmed that. Still butthurt? Aww, please, tell me how that feels! I have NO idea what it's like to be degraded in a song just because of my sex. It's such a RARE occurrence for our kind. It's not like it's been happening to us for our entire existence. Most men tell women to shut up when we speak out again misogyny, yet, when we write a "misandric" song, most guys cry bloody murder and sob about it all day. Seriously, grab your little boxes of tissues and quit your sniveling, all this song is doing is evening out the playing field. Harsh? Definitely. But it's the truth. |
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| Otep – Menocide Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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"women tend to look at the people running the world and think "oh theyre all old white men, therefore i hate men" but the thing you ignorantly tend to ignore is the fact that youre not talking about MEN youre talking about s select group of them, which do not represent us as a whole." And Otep herself has confirmed that this song is about destroying that kind of swine, and not all men as a whole. Do your fuckin research before you shit talk an important movement, okay? Thanks. |
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