| Omnia – Free Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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This song is about freedom, obviously, but the band brings the meaning of freedom closest possible to the day-to-day view. The point here is that being free brings gifts, but also has down sides. The first lines tell of a lost man, who doesn't know who he is, where he belongs and so on. I take it he is suffering, bur that isn't shown through the melody or lyrics. He sees himself "drawning in a sea of fools, tortured by their stupid rules", what points out there is a critic towards modern life-style, as for someone who feels free shall see it as foolish and stupid. I agree with them on this one. Being free requires responsability, after all, to be free you must take care of yourself and your happiness. That attitude in order to maintain freedom is what is sang next. The person will find a friend and understand that there's no reason to be sad. He won't wait around, sad. After that, he acquires his full freedom and starts singing about his relief and possibilities, comparing himself to the rest of the world, not judging anyone worse, or himself better, but different. He sees himself way happier now. Thats a song about happiness and freedom. That's omnia. |
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| Omnia – Alive! Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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This song is about feeling alive, not just knowing you are alive. As a folk lore band, omnia usually appeal to the feelings and emotions instead of the thoughts and explanations. The song starts pointing similarities between the singer and nature, but the singer here should be seen as all the ones listening to the song too. This feeling of oneness with nature is central to the message here. Moving forward, the singer asks the ones listening:Can feel the roots that feed us? It is as a metaphor to being thankful to the land for food, as feeling thankful and respecting the soil. More than just a question, it's an invitation to the listener to get in touch with nature. Can you hear the words that I say? Has the same objective, to make the person feel draw towards hearing not only the song, but all around him, abdicating from thoughts and judgements about the sounds - only hearing them. Can you feel the music move you? Doesn't wwander away from the other two questions, for the meaning here is to invite the listener to grow counscious of the life he lives - as of touching, hearing and feeling it in the now. The part in other language seems to be a ritualistic song in honor of Vana. I know nothing about it, so that's just my opinion. Closer to the end, the singer says the similarities of life to nature itself, comparing it to the trees, wind and the wilds - there is nothing to lose, there is nothing to gain, there's only 'running wild', again, again and again. Lovely song that's better listened just after waking up! |
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| The Killers – Mr. Brightside Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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My interpretation is that a man has just decided to take hold of his life, he's been doing that, but a major step has still to be made, and the symbol that'll make the transition for him is being with a certain girl he's been wanting for some time. (Coming out of my cage And I've been doing just fine) He demands from himself atittude, asking himself to keep going because his wishes are high. (Gotta gotta be down because I want it all!) Now comes the bad thing. He knows the woman he wants tends to be promiscuous, and so he sees her kissing another man, as he has seen before, but this time he realizes the emotion inside of him is way bigger than he had imagined. PS -> I can see that this could mean his kiss on her, and how it turned out to make him fall in love, but i'm sticking with my own interp. (It started out with a kiss, how did it end p like this? It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss) The party goes on, but the man feels discouraged because of the 'failure' of having her picked up by another person, that's why he leaves and goes home. His mind starts torturing him for not doing what he went there to do. As he lies down awaiting to find confort in sleep, he imagines her being the other guy's woman, accompanying him, taking a drag from his smoke and all the things he wanted her to do to him. (Now I'm falling asleep, and he's calling a cap, while he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag) The imagination moves forward to a high suffering point, when he pictures they starting to have sex, what makes him sick and forces him to abstract from his thoughts, what he tries with no success whatsoever. He asks his mind to let him go from that image. (Now they're going to bed and my stomach is sick, and it's all in my head, but she's touching his chest now, he takes off her dress, now, let me go!) His plead for peace continues as he realizes the emotion is transforming him (I just cant look, it's killing me.... And taking control!...) Now it's a part of the song that I believe is sung by someone other than the 'character', as if describing the thoughts and mindset on the character's head. He is very jealous, to the point of sickness and wrong-doing, pointing out there no alibis to cover her up for this 'treason' (Jealousy, turning saints into the sea, swimming through sick lullabies, choking on your alibis...) And now the character continues, making me realize it's not the first time he suffer from such thing, and that this suffering is not the end of his life or anything, but rather a reflect of his new confidence, which manifest itself in seeing only the bright side, but making him blind to the dark side - that that girl is actually something other than he imagined, or already taken. Although he suffered a lot, and has failed many times, hence the emotion is not new to him, it's 'just' the price he pays, he won't let himself fall to darkness again, his eyes aren't turning back to the dark side. He failed, but he will not be brought down by what happened. So he says: "But it's just the price I pay, destiny is calling me, Open up my eager eyes! Cuz' I'm mister Brightside." And he's ready for more. |
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| System of a Down – Innervision Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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The song title shows the meaning... it's about the inner vision they believe we have, the power to look inside, instead of outside, for what is right to do. Sometimes we are taken over by the outside forces compelling us to do their bidding,and to believe their 'truths' and thats why this song has lines like "I HAVE TO find you, I HAVE TO meet you" and "I NEED your guidance, I NEED to seek my innervision". The person feel it's a necessity, for his been disconected far too long from this inner knowledge that he feel lost, and he HAS TO and NEEDS to find himself. I myself seek my innervision, been many years since I started... So when I hear the second verse it comes clear to me that when you start reaching in, you realize that you need to slow down to do so. When you actually do it, and feel your 'inner vision', you also feel the world (and you) slow down as anxiety leaves the picture, and regret gives you some space to breathe. Some of the ways we have to find ourselves are meditation or drug usage (like ayahuasca or mescalin, per say), and that's why he says "My pupils dance... lost in a trance", followed by the effects of the findings: "Your sacred silence", the mind goes silent; "Losing all violence" and with it's silence, there's no anger, there's no rebellion against anything, there's peace. Another realization comes in the next verse... "Stars in their place, Mirror your face", now he's talking about something alike god. I don't say it's god because that word has so many meanings, most misleading. But it's mirroring the face of that inner force, the world mirrors it, and it's easier to notice on colossal things, bigger things that make us feel humble. The universe, the stars and so on... And seeing and feeling this, the need to reach even further in comes again. The next part "It's never too late to reinvent the bycicle" reffers to the fact that everyone, no matter what age or whatever he's passed through, can reinvent his life, can seek the inner vision and change who he is - find his own peace. "A smile brings forth energy of life giving you force" is the correct lyrics, and it's quite obvious after all I wrote... Finding this innervision gives you knowledge about happiness, and that's just one of the many conclusions you get to when you're on that path. |
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| System of a Down – Violent Pornography Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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As I see it, the song follows the logic of some television shows and (mostly) advertisement on TV. Banana stands for 'dick' and terracotta pie stands for 'vagina' as people already said it here. And that's the point, you don't see dicks on shows and advertisement, you see bananas... They portrait a dick, sometimes not so obviously, sometimes obviously. You don't see vaginas, you see pies. That's the catch, it's a violent pornography hidden behind non-violent things. It's misleading, but appeal to out most primal instincts in order to manipulate us into buying/watching and so on. The "everybody, everybody, everybody..." part is how the people behind this pornography think. Everybody fucks, so hey, put some fuckin in our advertises. Everybody sucks, so fuck'em, we aren't making them worse buy showing this shit. Everybody cries, so they'll seek confort - usually related to partners and sex, hey! One more reason for dicks and pussys on tv. The 'everybody dies' is more like an enygma to me... I wonder if it's conected to the fact that whatever shitload they throw at us, we'll die and it won't make a difference, or that they (the people behind the pornography) will die and won't pay for the shitload they shove down throats. 'It's a non-stop disco' refers to the 24/7 occurence of the violent pornography on TV. It just doesn't stop, ever. 'Bet you it's nabisco', or 'Bet you eat nabisco' is also related to the fact that this shit is in advertisement for Nabisco is a biscuit, or that you've gotten sucked into it and manipulated to eat it, for the bananas and pies actually work to make you want things. 'Bet you didn't know' goes for the ignorance of those that are manipulated. "Oh, beautiful banana! I want one!" and "Oh my, I need some pie today". That part is obvious to me, most people don't know that behind the biscuit, the bananas and pies there's this manipulation attempt. The chorus only makes the actual point of the song explicit. If it wasn't there, we'd probably never find it's meaning hahaha. |
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| America – A Horse With No Name Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I have multiple interpretations about that song... I'll post the first one now and leave the second to a later date. It's a metaphor about life... Mostly about the mind-set in life. At first, as a kid/children you see life as an all new thing, so he's describing it to himself showing awe and joy in the simple things that are presented. The first chorus is more like noticing the whereabouts and fenomenom, like rain and the feeling of pain, along with the feeling of loneliness. As time passes, the mind turns away from the joy and focuses on the bad things, the skin turning red and the feeling of loneliness in the word 'desert'. But the joy is not totally gone, as we get from the word "desert fun", but sadness take the lead. The second chorus is about missing the first mindset, and noticing that sometimes, alone, you can actually remember it all, and who you are. The third part is when the mind actually let loose from the pain, from the worries and opens up to the good part of existance, but in a more matured way. There's the noticing the world once more, mixed now with the inteligence and science knownledge, where he sees life and wonders about existance of things in a light way, a wide open way. He notices not many people have reached this openess and freedom, eventhough it is in the same place we usually say there's only closure and chains. The third chorus is the same as the first one in matters of joy and awe, but comes along with a feeling of "That's what I lived." Ok, pretty crazy interpretation... Love it. |
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| Omnia – The RAven Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Edgard Allan Poe's the Raven interpretation, this poem is about a man who's lost his maiden and is drowning in sadness. He passes his night reading, trying to cope with his feeling of emptyness and pain of loss. Truth is, he is goin insane for the loss of the maiden... As he hears the ticking sound, he opens the window to see the Raven and puts all the feelings he was trying to supress out, in a unreal conversation with the black bird. It's a poem about the manifestation of our painful feelings, manifested in a man who's lost his beloved maiden. No matter how he flees the feeling, evertually it comes to the surface, even if it's in an unreal conversation with a bird - that, for his sick soul, seems a prophet, or somewhat a being that knows about what comes after death. Actually, it might've been a prophetic bird. That's for you to judge. |
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| Temple of the Dog – Call Me A Dog Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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As I see it, it's about a person who is very kind in heart, so he or she usually doesn't go all out and win over people on work and life in order to favor himself by lowering others... Hence he is called a 'dog', since he has avertion to bringing people down, and our world demands us to do it in order to be rich or famous (at least in many professions and relationships). The song is his view of the opinion of someone he loves, but that doesn't mean it's a relationship in a manner of couple, not necesarily. His kind heart makes him unable to 'throw the next stone' and play the game of negative emotions that run back and forward in many relations - being them love, friendship or work. As I see it, it's more like a person who is really spiritual, caring for others and selfless and how he feels being looked upon by those that don't really get what he or she sees in life. |
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| Cage the Elephant – It's Just Forever Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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This song, as I see it, is criticizing the model of love that our society presents to us at a very young age. The 'fairy tale' kind of love, lasting forever and living happilly ever after. It shows how this idea chains people to obssession and needyness, taking away from them the lightness of living. Of course the lyrics, read alone, point to the other direction, but the melody is what brings the understanding of being against what the lyrics say. That can be noticed in the screams in "Foreveeer (AHHH)!", it seems the person is suffering or is crazy. The song passes the idea that this model is not love, but actually obssession, to the point that its destructive and madening. I noticed this aspect in the verses "Never let you leave my side"; "I'll love you 'till we decompose"; "Maybe we can die together"; "Even in the afterlife, girl you'll still be mine". It's an attachment that imprisons both persons involved in it. |
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| Angra – Late Redemption Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This song is about overcoming something that really put the person down. Maybe it's depression, or maybe a deed or situation he's been through. And obviously he blames himself for it. That 'something' is sang about in the first sentence of the song "You wasted all yout chances... To find yourself lost and lonely..." The suffering the person went through made him wish his own death, that's what I get from the second sentence, in portuguese. Then the possibility of redemption flourishes in the third, the chorus. "Cante uma canção desconhecida" means "Sing an unknown song", and I take it signifies 'embrace what is to come', as if cheering the person for the unknown future. The pain however doesn't pass comepletely, as he finds himself at the end of his life listening to the advices he received before, and wondering about religious beliefs. Beliefs that he doesn't fancy, as if the pain was greater than whatever truth people may trust. In the end its a conflict between wanting to find his redemption in life or in death. |
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