| Cursed – Nineteen Seventy Four Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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| Laura Marling – Rambling Man Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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"Oh naïve little me Asking what things you have seen And you're vulnerable in your head You'll scream and you'll wail 'till you're dead" Regretting getting too close to a negative person (depressed?) in her life. Significant other, family? Realizing that they will drown in themselves and never amount to anything meaningful. "Creatures veiled by night Following things that aren't right And they're tired and they need to be led But you'll scream and you'll wail 'till you're dead" Every day people. Working people, family people. Following sheep with no mind of their own. They do what they're told their entire lives and it will lead to unhappiness. "But give me to a rambling man Let it always be known that I was who I am" Let me meet a "crazy" man who follows his desires and can't stay put. Either so I can do it (become a ramblin woman) with him and realize myself, or just that she doesn't need a man who stays. Because she wants to be free just like him. "Beaten battered cold My children will live just to grow old But if I sit here and weep I'll be blown over by the slightest of breeze And the weak need to be led And the tender are carried to their bed And It's a pale and cold affair And I'll be dammed if I'll be found there" Reflecting over the horrifying life she is told she should want. The family life. She basically tells herself that it's a pointless state and that she can't succumb to submission because she will just break apart. She will not be submissive and she will never be led. And neither will the family she will never have. "It's funny that the First chords that you come to Are the minor notes that come to serenade you And it's hard to accept yourself as someone, you don't desire As someone you don't want to be" I'm not very good at music theory but I think she could mean that usually the first thing to cross your mind, is what you actually want/like. In other words, don't overthink it. Just do. Follow your heart. And it's difficult to accept yourself as someone you didn't picture yourself as. Maybe a picture painted by the pressures of society. I think the song ultimately is about someone accepting their own true nature. Their nature as a one night stand kind of girl (give me to a ramblin man) and not a family woman to be depended on. A free and independent ramblin woman. And the climax is at the final two "i was who I am". The answer to all the self-doubt and fear mentioned in the song. The mantra to accepting who you are and what you want out of life and just going for it. The pride in learning to love yourself. If you disagree, please do comment and let's try and figure it out together. Cause I came here to find out the truth, and I ended up trying to figure it out myself. But I'm still unsure about a few lines in the song. |
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| Sunny Day Real Estate – In Circles Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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"Meet me there In the blue Where words are not Feelings remains Sincerity Trust in me Throw myself into your door" - I feel that this is about wanting meeting someone in a place of honesty. A place where you can both be yourself as you are. Naked (figuratively), quiet and just there. No words need to be said, all you have to do is be there, together, in that moment. Somewhere otherworldy (again figuratively). You try to reach out to said person, but they shut you out. Maybe you are going on too strong or maybe the person has trust issues. Could be several reasons for them having a shut door that you hurl yourself into. Maybe you're trying to force yourself in, desperately. Maybe you didn't realize that there was a closed door to begin with. "I go In circles I'm running down In circles Running down etc." - I see this as running down the drain. You are lost in a downward spiral. "Meet me there In the blue Where words are not Feeling remains And I dream To heal your wounds But I bleed myself I bleed myself" - Same as before. Repeating the process. You give everything you have to this other person. In order to help them, or just to fix your relationship. They give you nothing back. Eventually you run dry. To summorize: it's about trying to meet someone in a place of trust, honesty and warmth. In order to heal together (or just heal the other person). But you are simply not getting through to them. You give everything you have in order to fix it, and are draining yourself of life in the process |
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