| Counting Crows – Hard Candy Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Hard Candy is a metaphor to a past girlfriend in this song and represents both his nostalgia (something he longs for in the past) and also something that's sweet but is bad for him. The main character spends the song looking back on the memories he had with his girlfriend, which makes him feel good in the moment but overall prevents him from moving on. Example from the chorus: "And when you sleep you find your mother in the night But she stays just out of sight so there isn't any sweetness in the dreaming" Meaning: He finds comfort in his dreams (the type he would get from his mother), but then again since they are just dreams, the comfort and sweetness are just an illusion "And when you wake the morning covers you with light and it makes you feel alright but it's just the same hard candy you're remembering again" Meaning: His dreams about his love make him feel good when he wakes up, but then reality hits him and it ends up making him feel worse – it's sweet but bad for you, just like hard candy. One of my all-time favorite songs, the nostalgic melody matches the lyrics perfectly. |
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| The Lumineers – Slow It Down Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think this song is about a guy who's in love with a girl who is promiscuous and/or sleeps around. Even though he knows that she's like that and that they will never work out, he loves her anyway and wishes the she would change her ways. I feel her filth in my bones, wash off my hands till it's gone >>He knows she's a loose girl, but tries to forget about it The walls they're closing in with velvet curtains >>Because he has to constantly try to forget about her promiscuity, he knows that all that it'll never work out. The velvet curtains closing are a metaphor for saying "the show is almost over" Some love was made for the light, some kiss your cheek and goodnight >>He laments that there are all different kinds of love, their love is definitely not perfect Lift up a red high heel, lock up your doors with steel >>He thinks that she dresses up in high heels and sluts herself around as a way to keep her guard up. By "locking up her doors with steel," she doesn't have to let anyone into what she's really like or doesn't have to feel anything real They're making noise in my street, my blinds are drawn I can't see >>Everyone is telling him that she's not the right girl for him but he's blinded by his love for her and can't see what they are talking about Smashed in my car window, didn't touch the stereo >>They bash only what they can see (window), but they have no interest in hearing what he has to say about her Slow it down, Angie come back to bed Rest your arms and rest your legs >>He wants her to slow down her fast lifestyle and come to bed where she seems to be herself and where he's seen the real her and fell in love with her Act like you've been here before, smile less and dress up some more >>He wants her to be herself around him, stop putting on a show and start putting on some more clothes to look less slutty Tie up your scarf real tight, these boys are out for blood tonight >>He knows what boys think of her and want to do with her, so he's trying to be protective Slow it down, Angie come back to bed Rest your arms and rest your legs And when she stood, she stood tall She'll make a fool of you all Don't ask for cigarettes, she ain't got nothing left for you >>He knows how smart and confident she is, but knows people take advantage of her and wants everyone to stop I never, she never, we never looked back that wasn't what we were good at >>They both have tortured pasts, neither of them like looking back And when it came to love, we were not good enough >>Because of their pasts, both of them also aren't meant to have relationships and struggle with love constantly because they feel they aren't good enough to have it Slow it down, Angie come back to bed Rest your arms and rest your legs Don't you frown, when you're feeling like that Only love can dig you out of this >>He doesn't want her to get upset about how she is, but just wants her to know that when she lets down her guard and lets love in, she won't have to live her promiscuous lifestyle and feel the need to sleep around anymore |
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