| Lily Allen – The Fear Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I agree she could be talking about the tabloids but I always interpreted it as, "I'll look at the sun and I'll look in the mirror I'm on the right track yeah I'm on to a winner" If you stare at the sun, you are left with a giant white spot where you can't see. Looking into the mirror after will leave you looking at yourself with your face blotted out. It represents the path of destroy your uniqueness and individuality to become famous. Such a great song! |
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| Death Cab for Cutie – My Mirror Speaks Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This song tells a story of the realization of a man getting older and the unwanted move to the next step of getting married. "With every sun that sets I am feeling more Like a stranger on a foreign shore With an eroding beach disappearing from underneath" As time passes, the beach (youth) that he knows and loves is disappearing gradually beyond his control. "And when my mirror speaks it never minces words Because these eyes don't shine half as bright As they used to do and they haven't for quite a while" His true older age is validated by looking into a mirror. He realizes that he isn't as young as he used to be. "Because I'm a man who hides from all that binds And a mess of fading lines And there's a tangled thread inside my head With nothing on either end" He's running from anything that binds or the commit of marriage. "a mess of fading lines, tangled thread" refers to his unwillingness to "tie the knot". Nothing on either end means there is no want to tie that knot. "I always fall in love with an open door With a horizon on an endless sea As I look around the ones who were standing right in front of me" He always takes any opportunity to run from commitment, he sees it as endless possibilities. But he realizes he would be hurting the ones around him if he left. "And then my mirror speaks with irreverence Like a soldier I can't command It sees a child in the body of a full-grown man" The mirror shows him that he can't do this for much longer. He feels young in heart but the mirror shows that this isn't true. A beautiful song with such deep undertones. |
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