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Staind – Outside Lyrics 8 years ago
I don't know if I agree with most of these analyses. It seems to me that he's talking about being in a relationship where they both have the same inherent flaws, but only he's aware of it.

"And you
Can bring me to my knees
Again

All the times
That I could beg you please
In vain

All the times
That I felt insecure
For you

And I leave
My burdens at the door"

Meaning, he's put his emotional toils by the wayside to shoulder hers. "Burdens at the door... I felt insecure for you." She's aware of his weaknesses though and can use them against him. This is why he's on his knees, begging. It's the same thing as in their song, "Right Here Waiting."

"I know I've been mistaken
But just give me a break
And see the changes that I?ve made
I've got some imperfections
But how can you collect them all
And throw them in my face"

So, back to the Outside. Here's the chorus:

"But I'm on the outside
I'm looking in
I can see through you
See your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly
You're ugly like me
I can see through you
See to the real you"

This shows that while she knows his weakness, she can't see the true the depth of her own and neither does she acknowledge just how aware he is. "I'm on the outside... I'm looking in." He doesn't have her own defense mechanism stopping him, so he can look inside her and see her for what she really is.

The versus deal with the same idea as the first:

"And I taste
What I could never have
It was from you
All those times
That I cry my intentions
Full of pride
But I waste
More time than anyone

All the times
That I've cried
All that's wasted
It's all inside
And I feel all this pain
Stuffed it down
It's back again
And I lie
Here in bed
All alone
I can't mend"

Again, he has his own deep flaws, but they are put to the curb as they both suffer for her emotional security.

"But I feel
Tomorrow will be okay"

Self explanatory.

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X Ambassadors – The Jungle Lyrics 8 years ago
Alex Da Kid explained to Billboard magazine: "It was my goal to write and produce an anthemic song that would resonate with anyone that has grown up in or been around underprivileged surroundings."

"I feel too cold to live, too young to die," "Ain't no god on my streets in the heart of the jungle." Makes sense. When you grow up in suffering, cynicism and aloofness can become stronger than they would have been otherwise.

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Core – The Angle Lyrics 8 years ago
"Have I ever thought of this before? Did I ever look behind the door? Have I ever tried to understand? Did I listen to the other hand?" "Why am I so blind, so narrow-minded? Why am I so dumb" "Lead me to the angle! Of your life! Let me see from there!"

It sounds as if he sees himself he sees himself as someone that doesn't understand the perspective of others, either an individual or a group of people in society as a whole. With how he asked if he's "drifting with the flow" it makes it sounds like the latter; his attitudes are the same as the majority or whatever's popular and wants to see the world anew. Like, from a new "angle" if you must.

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