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Pearl Jam – Yellow Ledbetter Lyrics 8 years ago
@[Matzy94:23996] True or not the lyrics on this site tell a story.
Someone received a letter they didn't want to read and had to pick a box or bag. A decision they wanted to just go away and made them cry.

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Pearl Jam – Black Lyrics 8 years ago
A day that something new was created:

Sheets of empty canvas
Untouched sheets of clay
Were laid spread out before me
As her body once did

of profound meaning:

All five horizons
Revolved around her soul
As the earth to the sun

but it changed:

Now the air I tasted and breathed
Has taken a turn

not happy about that:

And now my bitter hands
Chafe beneath the clouds
Of what was everything
Oh the pictures have
All been washed in black
Tattooed everything

But life goes on...

I take a walk outside
I'm surrounded by
Some kids at play
I can feel their laughter

oh but they are a reminder...

So why do I sear
Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin
Round my head
I'm spinning
Oh, I'm spinning
How quick the sun can, drop away

They are a reminder of that momentous day where I created something so great that was taken away from me.

I can't have even that now...

And now my bitter hands
Cradle broken glass
Of what was everything
All the pictures had
All been washed in black
Tattooed everything
All the love gone bad
Turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see
All that I am
All I'll be

But, my wish for you....

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky


and me....

But why
Why
Why can't it be
Why can't it be mine

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Silverchair – Abuse Me Lyrics 10 years ago
So this song be about a relationship with dysfunctional communication methods. To me.
So like there be a disagreement about something and someone gets upset. So they get abusive with their language. And that be where Silverchair is sarcastic - abuse me more I like it. Getting abusive with our words is an easy thing to do and maybe even cathartic when someone frustrates us.
The part that, to me, was the most enigmatic about this song was the "throw the sailors overboard" part.
What I think it means is that when the only solution is communication, and when the communication is hijacked by someone being abusive, that abusive person is essentially throwing the sailors overboard.
That is, the only method to get to a solution to the problem is the very part being sabotaged by the abusive language.

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