| Temple of the Dog – Hunger Strike Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| @[adam101541:34890] I appreciate the info about the lyric book and trust that you're right about its contents, but even if those are the lyrics stated in the book, there's no way that they're saying "growing" instead of "going". The "gr" sound is so distinct in the English language that it can't be silently or even lightly pronounced. There isn't even a hint of "gr" in the audio for this word. The lyric book must be wrong. | |
| Temple of the Dog – Hunger Strike Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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I agree with the vast majority of the interpretation that @FlinkRocker has provided. His is the best analysis out of the ones here. There are a few disagreements that I have with his interpretation though. “And they're farmin' babies, while the slaves are all workin'” @FlinkRocker says that farmin' babies refers to the antagonists living it up, enjoying life's greatest pleasures while others are suffering. I tend to think that instead of showing a contrast between the lives of the oppressor and the oppressed, the lyric is continuing a single consistent thought. Farmin' babies doesn't refer to the oppressors living it up but to their use of people as a crop. They use people to solidify their position in society as an ongoing system. Kids are being born into the system to be used and when they grow up their value to the oppressor is realized. “Blood is on the table . . ." The lyric isn't in reference to rare meat nor a fight that has broken out. It refers to the food as the product of suffering of others. The food is the blood of the suffering. |
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| Deftones – My Own Summer (Shove It) Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| @[SOADeftool:26981], @[oxysean:26982], 2:30 is definitely not the point when the sun is highest in the sky. That is the definition of noon, or more precisely solar noon. | |
| Corrosion Of Conformity – Clean My Wounds Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Also, here is an excerpt from an interview with Guitar.com. He definitely doesn't sound anti-Christian to me. "I think the biggest thing nowadays is more moral issues than political issues. I mean, the Bible means a lot more to me than the Constitution and any f----n politics involved in this country or any other country. If somebody falls down on the ground you pick 'em up. You think clearly like that and everything else comes into place." https://www.guitar.com/articles/interview-pepper-keenan-corrosion-conformity |
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| Corrosion Of Conformity – Clean My Wounds Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| Oh, one more thing. I don't think this song is for or against or about religion in any way. His call to Jesus seems to be entirely metaphorical. | |
| Corrosion Of Conformity – Clean My Wounds Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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I completely disagree with Salivaltow's interpretation. I think Ddadutta is pretty close. Here's my take: In the first verse, the singer laments the evils in the world around him. In referring to how he sees "the world through bloodshot eyes. Streets filled with blood from distant lies. The dogs of war never compromise," he's not glorifying this evil; he's castigating it. In the last line of the verse "No real time for rearranging" refers to how he's giving up hope. This gives us our first hint to the meaning of the chorus. I'll get back to the chorus later. In Verse 2, the singer continues his condemnation of the world. When he sings, "Black on black gives me a heart attack," again he's not glorifying but reproving evil. In the third verse, the singer talks about he's succumbing to the world around him, being "I'm slow and tired," and "falling" to the evil despite his resistance. In the final verse, the singer sings about having succumbed to the evil, that resistance has turned into a blood bath, and that this resistance in the form of guilt for sins is "fading". Back to the chorus. The chorus is a summary of the sentiments from the four verses. The singer resists the evil in the world around him ("Help me Jesus"), starts feeling a sense of hopelessness ("He said he cannot heal that kind."), falls to the evil ("Bleeding soul becomes a bitter mind."), and then eventually gives up resistance ("I'm all over you in time my mind is changing."). I'm not quite sure what to make of the refrain "knock it down". My best guess is that it refers to the singers diminishing/fading resistance. |
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