| Of Monsters And Men – Dirty Paws Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| P.S. The reference to the talking trees which "used to sing about the birds and the bees" could be a reference to endless reproduction. As in, nature cannot be killed. Even if humanity wipes out the environment, we ourselves are a product of nature. The wild lives in us and is therefore unconquerable. When we harm the environment, we're really just harming ourselves. Man cutting down trees makes no more sense than birds and bees going to war. We don't get that we're not trully domesticated, but our pets do. So I think the main point of these lyrics is that we are part of nature. | |
| Of Monsters And Men – Dirty Paws Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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I agree with everyone saying it's about man versus the enviroonment. As other coommenters have explained, the WW2 theory doesn't quite fit and the child's fantasy theory is a bit siimple and doesn't explain the word choices. I think Dirty Paws is a dog. She parralels the dragonfly (a wild creature referred to/viewed by the humans a pet). A dog, especially one with wolf ancestry or one with wolflike appearance such as the northern breeds like husky or spitz, is a pet which was once wild. That's why her paws are dirty- she's the protector of man who is destroying the wild, so she is a traitor or has loyalty to both sides. Pets which are refere to as 'dirty paws' tend to be dogs. The lyrics say the son was 'an okay guy', suggesting that many humans are nt okay. They are destroying nature. Man is presented with an animal head as we are in fact animals in denial. Mowing the lawn represents cultivation- even tolerance of a part oof nature- grass-entails destroying a lot of nature and mutilating the grass. The dragonfly and dirty Paws can inhabit both worlds, the wild and domesticity. Dirty Paws is seen as a pet when in fact she is also wild, just like the dragonfly is percieved as a pet when it is not. This mention of the dragonfly alludes to Dirty Paws' true self and the idea that domestication and the wilderness are not mutually exclusive- even for humans. Dirty Paws is seen running around in the nearby woods just as the dragonfly does. The birds represent nature while the bees which pollinate flowers in the garden, represent humans trying to subdue nature. Humans grow flowers and keep lawns but we only want them how we like them; we designate some flowrs as weeds and kill them. Dirty Paws sides with the other wild animals and nature wins over environmental destruction. Because dogs are still wild- and so are humans. We can never truly get rid of the wild because it exists within us. Both the narrator and the son's father are depicted as animals. |
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| Imagine Dragons – Demons Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Why would I get help when I feel happy? I'm very optimistic and confident, and while learning to not need a buzz would make me less restless, it's not a huge issue and doesn't interfere with my daily life. I'd be interested in hearing why you think I have issues, though- I don't think you're trolling, so I'm prepared to hear you out :-) | |
| Imagine Dragons – Demons Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| The verse about the masquerade seems to imply that the narrator won his conflict- the "curtain's fall is the last of all"- the fight has ended and the sinners "crawl"; his enemies are beaten. So he has nothing left to live for- the very next line is "So they dug your grave". | |
| Lemar – Don't give it up Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I used to listen to this when I was fifteen, so the fifteen years thing really resonated with me. I think it's about not being tied down to just one guy, or at least being independent and not depending on a guy. You're your own woman, just because you f*ck a guy doesn't mean he owns you ("love lasts more than one night") and you have a whole career in front of you, you're still young and free so don't rush into being some guy's wife. | |
| Imagine Dragons – Demons Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This song is (IMHO) about the ennui and meaningless that come from a lack of challenge or conflict in life, which leads the narrator to become (potentially) dangerous to those s/he loves, as s/he has no outlet for her destructive energy. "When the saints we see are all made of gold" refers to having no role models to guide one's moral actions (further explored with "the ones we hail are the worst of all". Because the narrator has no guiding light, they are open to potentially satisfying their desire for adventure by harming those close to them instead of fighting their enemies. This is represented by the "demons" who will attack if the person's lover gets too close and therefore presents an easy target. The common use of "demons" in everyday language to refer to past traumas might mean that past experiences of conflict, combat or abuse have acclimatised the narrator to violence (whether physical or not) and she now has a need for it. "When the blood's gone stale" refers to the pursuit of a fleeing, wounded enemy; the pursuit could be through investigation, litigation, activism, whatever; maybe there's no meaning. But now it has gone stale and the person is bored. He feels he is no longer alive because there's no buzz- hence the reference to a grave and feeling that people will say he has failed. There are references to others being fakes- "masquerade", "greed", etc. "Curtain call" refers to the end of the pursuit and it could even mean that the narrator has won their case or campaign ("the cards all fold) but now there are no more thrills. "It's woven in your soul", "I can't escape this" further emphasise that the beast or demon is part of who he is- unless his/her lover can change this. "Heat" seems to mean the fire s/he feels while fighting/pursuing her enemy, contrasted with days being "cold" when the joy of the chase ends. He is hell-bound because though he fights for his lover or others ("this is all for you") he enjoys the conflict too much and is just using good motives as an excuse to indulge his passion for excitement ("don't wanna hide the truth"). He wants to shelter his lover from the ennui of having no thrills and from his own demons. I personally feel that "This is my kingdom come" is kind of sinister. It implies things will be this way for the foreseeable future and there is no way either to find a new challenge, re-start the old one or change and become okay with having no conflict. The line about "no matter what we breed/we are made of greed" implies that the lover shares at least some of the narrator's need for conflict and tactics of using "cover" to satisfy this need; however now that their fight is at an end, the stronger or more sinister appetite of the narrator is a threat to the lover and to protect him or her the narrator must send them away. I've struggled with some of these issues myself. |
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