| Blur – Red Necks Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Very stereotypical and humorous. Making fun of red necked Americans or maybe all Americans (all are thought to be red necks from the south with that heavy Southern accent). Not surprising that Blur would write such songs. Haha | |
| Coldplay – Amsterdam Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| A lot of comments talk about how the song is about a depressed person and then a friend, lover or God came to his rescue. But oddly, for me "you came along and cut me loose" didn't sound like a rescue at all. It seemed like instead of pulling him away from the edge of the bridge, this person cut the rope so that he would fall into the water. I wish this wasn't my first thought, now I can't change it. :( | |
| Coldplay – Amsterdam Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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@[IndigoAtHeart:6176] I don't agree with this meaning at all. But wow! That was a really good one. Anne Frank, who could've guessed? |
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| Coldplay – Amsterdam Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| A lot of comments talk about how the song is about a depressed person and then a friend, lover or God came to his rescue. But oddly, for me "you came along and cut me loose" didn't sound like a rescue at all. It seemed like instead of pulling him away from the edge of the bridge, this person cut the rope so that he would fall into the water. I wish this wasn't my first thought, now I can't change it. :( | |
| Coldplay – Crests of Waves Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I strongly feel like this song has got to do with bouts of sudden depression and euphoria. The singer is saying that his condition could've been worse in the sense that he could have been the only one suffering from it but it's not like that. Millions around the world suffer from it ("It could be worse, I could be alone. I could be locked in here on my own"). And he is thankful that the depression he struggles with is not endless and continuous ("Or like a stone that suddenly drops. It never stops, no."). There are frequent breaks in the middle where he's just very happy. Raving means talking incoherently as if one were delirious or mad. It could also mean a lively party involving drinking and dancing. Social raves often exhaust him or bring him down ("Beaten down by the social raves"). But he doesn't let it bring him down anymore ("never again, never again"). Then he talks about suddenly being intensely excited or euphoric ("or like a light lit up on the beach. You wear your heart on the sleeve"). He admits that sometimes when he is depressed, he knows he can get out of the hole on his own but he feels like giving up anyway ("you want to stop before you begin. You want to sink when you know you could swim"). Now the singer is not just talking of the depression but EXPERIENCING it. He talks about how nothing actually matters except for the love that people make to each other. Probably because of the emotions the activity arouses in him ("Nothing matters except not for the love me make"). He is longing for somebody to help him get out of the pit and he's crying out for help but nobody seems to be hearing him ("I'm screaming out from the crests of waves. Where you're longing to be saved"). |
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| R.E.M. – Uberlin Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I think if you consider the song as well as the music video, it could be about an ordinary man who is probably from a small town. But he has moved to a big city in the hopes of getting a better job as he finds the jobs available to him in his hometown to be unsatisfactory (The 'city of dreams' could be Berlin, in the case of the song or London, in the case of the music video). He is relatively new to this place and he does odd or low paying jobs just to get by. Everyday it's the same routine ("Hey now, take your pills and hey now, make your breakfast. Hey now, comb your hair and off to work"). When he's walking on the streets he sees all the crowds and it overwhelms him ("Hey now, count a thousand million people. That's astounding"). And he guesses that the people he sees working or walking to work are also chasing a dream like him ("Chasing through the city with their stars on bright"). At one point he yearns for a change in his routine ("Hey now, don't forget that change will save you"). By the way, he's saying all this to himself as he's probably alone. The verses seem to touch upon his relatively dreary conditions. But every time the chorus occurs, it radiates hope as the man is reminding himself again and again why he came to 'the city of dreams' in the first place ("I know, I know, I know what I am chasing." and "I will make it through the day and then the day becomes the night. I will make it through the night"). After the guitar rift he admits that he's not particularly gifted. He's not great at any skill or have any special talents. ("I don't mind repeating, I am not complete. I have never been the gifted type"). He's just doing whatever he can to survive, so he doesn't have to leave the city and return to his hometown. Now there is a man with him. He's either his friend or a stranger he met in a pub. The narrator wants to forget about his present condition and just have fun and enjoy whatever the city has to offer ("Hey man, tell me something. Are you off to somewhere? Do you want to go with me tonight?") And sometimes he thinks that his conditions aren't changing and he is as poor as he was when he first came. So now he walks the streets to feel as if he is chasing something or to feel as if he has a purpose he's trying to fulfill. Before he used to walk only to get fresh air ("I know, I know, I know that this is changing. We walk the streets to feel the ground I'm chasing. Uberlin"). That's my interpretation. Uberlin has been my favourite song for more than a year now and I think it will remain so. It is my teenage anthem and has given me a lot of hope, helped me cope with depression and made me look at things the way they are. |
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