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| Bosnian Rainbows – Eli Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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Just my personal imagery:
I see a boy (Eli), probably mentally impaired, who is being tormented and abused by his mother (first person narrator). She repeats "why do you smile at me" out of sheer confusion to why, after all of her abuse and torment, he would continue to treat her with love, or at least disregard for her behavior (and this is why I said he is mentally impaired, he doesn't know any better). In the line "I've been so cruel, mother of mine" I imagine that the woman treats a lot of people around her with disrespect, including her mother, and by everybody responding with compassion, she is being driven mad. Killer song, haunting vocals, expressive melodies. Very rad! |
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| Shakey Graves – Roll the Bones Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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I think the message is pretty simple and he is telling us to take a chance and live life with risk, because in the end, we all die alone. And knowing that we die alone, we should live by our own standards, be ourselves, and do what we want to without hesitation. I fuckin dig this song. Hard. |
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| Deer Tick – Standing at the Threshold Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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God damn I love this song. Raw, primal, poetic. I think that it tells a story of a relationship that began as one shared based on two coinciding personalities, characterized by intensity and self-destructive tendencies. The story proceeds to show an unsatisfactory demeanor when one person grows out of the troubled lifestyle and the other is stuck in the rut of self-destructiveness. DEER TICK RULES! |
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| Band of Horses – Monsters Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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I've always considered this one to be the feeling when a person gets when they indulge in nature when things aren't going their way. They come to realize the important things in life and the "monsters" could be referring to the people "feeding" on one's soul. "At tree" still makes me think of how we tend to look at superficial, manmade things as the most important aspect of our existence, but I think that Ben is hinting that there is far more to it then that. "Then for all past efforts, they're buried deep beneath out hearts and somewhere in our stomachs" may refer to one's past attempts to solve the same problem, and "eh, transform all others, when awful people surround you" is simply implying that we should change our perspectives regarding the people who cause us the most stress, grief, or nuisance in our lives. This may not be the "official" interpretation of the most beautiful song EVER (which is usually the case in a beautiful song, it should speak to every person individually in order to provide the most meaning), but this is how I have understood it for years now, and every time I use it in the interpretation I heard, I feel so much more relaxed and happier living this life. |
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