| Rise Against – Lanterns Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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"This song sums up the feeling we get attending shows, playing shows and interacting with our audience. We all got into the punk scene because we didn't quite fit in with the outside world. This song describes a place we can go to fit in. "Lanterns" is a song about Unity". -Joe Principe, Long Forgotten Songs booklet I think the bassist of the band is a credible source enough ;) However, like many RA songs, I think anyone can come up with their equally good interpretation. Sidenote: This song would fit great with Satellite's music video. |
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| Rise Against – Heaven Knows Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Does anyone know what the meaning of the music video is? The song, in my opinion, is about suicide. However, the video shows Tim coming home to see his friend on the toilet, hands behind his/her back (I'm not sure what gender, we don't see the person long enough) with tape on his/her mouth and a blank stare, probably dead. Then the screen flashes to a letter where we shortly see "They know-Heavens knows". Tim doesn't look sad, he looks shocked. The video ends with him running away. Very conspiracy-theory-like. | |
| Tool – Viginti Tres Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| @[is_this_a_test:7021] "I believe that this could be the last album that we hear from this band for a long while, possibly forever. I AM HOPING THAT IS NOT THE CASE." Looks like you were right :P | |
| Rise Against – Wait For Me Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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For me, this song is about someone (person A) grieving someone who killed themselves (person B). It makes sense, as the 5 stages of grieve are in order. "Do you see the world in different colors? Do you see the world in black and gray? Alone in your thoughts How many others have stood where you stand Where you stand today? I've stood where you stand But all, can you" Person B is going through a depression, and Person A is telling them to hold on, that they are not alone. "Wait for me now? Take off this crown To break all your vows Don't you know? Wait for me now The end's robbed me now Wait for me, wait for me Wait for me, wait for me now" This first chorus for me is Person A begging Person B not to kill themselves. I believe that "take of this crown" perhaps refers to a noose (?) and "to break all your vows" is asking Person B not to forget everything they promised (ex: they are going better") "The promise of safe return undelivered The ocean is wider than I first guessed When roads disappeared, I followed the rivers But somehow got in over my head So deep I felt taken" Person B committed suicide. At first, Person A couldn't believe it, and the shock is even worst ("The promise of safe return undelivered, The ocean is wider than I first guessed"= First stage, denial) The second part is about how he came, when he was overwhelmed with the evidence, that his loved one is dead, and that trying to hide it (following the rivers) was useless. "Wait for me now Take off this crown To break all your vows Don't you know? Wait for me now The end's robbed me now Wait for me, wait for me Wait for me, wait for me now" I just feel so much anger aimed at person B in this chorus, even when Tim sings it. Anger is the second stage of loss. "the end's robbed me now" seems powerful. "wait for me" also is asking the person to stay alive longer, which is bargaining, the third stage. "A lost dream of what could have been A house on fire, a tangled web The key turns to find the locks have changed In time to hear the back door slam A sound that to this day I can't forget The colors drained to black and gray Oh" The first part of the bridge is confusing, I am still not sure of what it means. Perhaps Person A is saying that their mind is in chaos. "A sound that to this day I can't forget, The colors drained to black and gray" is sadness, the fourth stage. In my interpretation, there is no fifth stage (acceptance) because the grief is not over. The song ends with a chorus because of the power it had in this song. "Wait for me now Take off this crown To break all your vows Don't you know? Wait for me now The end's robbed me now Wait for me, wait for me Wait for me, wait for me now" Anyways that's my interpretation :P |
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| Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Knowing that Arcade Fire is from Montreal, for me, this song is clearly about the Ice storm that hit eastern Canada in 1998. It destroyed many powerlines (explaining the power out, and the ice on his parent's hands). The part about the heart is, for me, a message of hope that the victims needed. Even the song's video shows children playing outside in a snowstorm. | |
| Rise Against – 1000 Good Intentions Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| @[AyanTrebik:759] I really find your explanation interesting, it makes sense since RA is involved with PETA and Joe Principe, the bassist since the band began, is a devout vegetarian. However, how can it apply to the chorus? | |
| Nicki Minaj – Anaconda Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| does anyone honestly need to explain this "song" 's meaning? Honestly? | |
| Rise Against – Torches Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| @[blekaut:365] A one-horse time is basically a hopeless situation. This song is (to me) the point of view of a narrator who is sick about our society. I think this quote means "Let's revolt, it's hopeless anyways, so why not make things change?" Btw, sorry for being 6 years late ;) | |
| Muse – Knights of Cydonia Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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You guys are way too over-analyzing this! In my opinion, this song is about revolution. Here is what I think that Bellamy meant (and not what I believe in): Come ride with me Through the veins of history I'll show you why God Falls asleep on the job And how can we win, When fools can be kings I think this part is about all the bad leaders we can find in history (through the veins of history). God is suppose to make good leaders, and he/she (whatever) doesn't do a very good job. This is bringing the people down (how can we win when fools can be kings?) Don't waste your time Or time will waste you Could be a critic that the current political system. Trying as a simple citizen to change the world often fails. Look at all the protests that lead to nothing! No one's going to take me alive Time has come to make things right You and I must fight for our rights You and I must fight to survive The people have enough (time has come to make things right), so the people must begin a revolution (You and I must fight for our rights,You and I must fight to survive) |
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| Rise Against – The Strength to Go On Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think you might be right. Welcome home While away They have tampered with the locks And your things they rearranged Could be directed to the exiled Dalai Lama |
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| Rise Against – The Strength to Go On Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think you might be right. Welcome home While away They have tampered with the locks And your things they rearranged Could be directed to the exiled Dalai Lama |
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| Rise Against – The Strength to Go On Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think you might be right. Welcome home While away They have tampered with the locks And your things they rearranged Could be directed to the exiled Dalai Lama |
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