| Nirvana – I Hate Myself and Want to Die Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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@[BradRat:1789] To me this song has a very clear meaning. The first verse is a play on the sort of twee sentiment "I don't mind if you make me sick", here used to describe being trapped in a negative one-sided relationship and the cycle of self loathing that it causes, but while still keeping yourself somewhat removed from the actual pain. She is sick in general - "has a runny nose", he is sick from the relationship - "broken egg" (dali, humpty dumpty?). He uses the metaphor of catching a cold off a lover to explain how he has caught his self loathing, but he still doesn't mind letting her "cough on him again", because he still is in love and isn't fulfilled (pun on full fill from her runny nose in an attempt to refill his lost "yolk"). The chorus is about how the cycle continues - wishful thinking of love "in the someday" keeps him holding on, where the negative aspects make him want to "end it someday". I'm not sure about the second part of each line, but it sounds to me more like "what's the hassle" which would make more sense to me. ("can't wait to meet you there, but I don't care", "my heart is broke but i have some glue" etc) The second verse continues in similar vein, but from the point of view of the relationship being over. Incidentally I'm pretty sure I hear "Finger plaster cast and horse pills". He sarcastically compares mending a broken finger with a finger plaster cast, to trying to mend a broken heart with ketamine (as if it was that easy). He refills the bottle of pills but it's not working because really she is the one he wants to "refill" (sex or possibly also a reference to the earlier "full fill" where he want's to give her back all the shit she filled him up with when they were together). The quirky cliched phrase line is a reference to the surreal imagery throughout. This and the quote at the end is really to show that the tone is really just him ironically laughing at himself. Or trying to convince himself that he should laugh at himself. Ha ha ha. |
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| Kyuss – Happy Birthday Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think it's about trying to get over some traumatic life event. The birthday in question marks two years since the event happened. "Happy Birthday" is said with a scornful tone, since the birthday marks the day he was forced to run away from his old life - "two years dead today" - and become the metaphorical "burning baby" that was created in its place. No matter how much his new self is determined to run away from what happened, he is still haunted by it. And it makes him ANGRY! Anger at what happened is now what's driving him forward, so much so that he sees his new life not as living but as "burning higher and higher" into the future. One of my favourite songs to listen to at extreme volume levels when I am in a fuck everything mood. |
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