| Joji – Attention Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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The actual lyrics are "I thought I'd vocalize my troubles but nobody would listen. I know I'm cryptic and I'm weird, that shit comes off as indifferent" they are NOT "I thought I'd vocalize my traumas but I wonder how it sound hm. I know I'm cryptic and I'm worthless can't help losing a friend." ANYWHO, this song is about having feelings for a girl who is fickle and is deliberately leading a boy on knowing full well he wants her to only want him back when she no longer has him around her finger. As with pretty much the rest of this album (and just Joji music in general) there are lots of themes of depression, self-hate, and the concept of love being a superficial construct. People want what they can't have. The narrator wants the girl when he can't have her and the girl he's singing about only wants the narrator when he stops pursuing her. Speaking from personal experience, this happens all the time. When I don't want someone, I'm very relaxed and charming and witty, and this at times has led to me turning people down when I didn't even realize I was leading them on, (and as much as I hate to admit it, sometimes I do realize but I continue to lead people on because I'm scared of confrontation) but when I DO want someone, I put my foot in my mouth and act like an annoying creep... so I identify with this song very well. |
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| Joji – Worldstar Money (Interlude) Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| I don't think it's any secret that Joji has some considerable demons that come in the form of mental illness and the extreme difficulty one has with maintaining meaningful relationships while simultaneously combating said aforementioned demons... I believe this song is about this very real struggle....the meloncholy lyrics with the upbeat music, to me, represent what it's like to be in love with somebody and revel in said love, while also doing your utmost to suppress the crippling fear and anxiety of losing said love due to the knowledge that said anxiety and fear is a self-fulfilling prophecy... a really enjoyable cycle/process for all involved... | |
| Joji – Yeah Right Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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This is a masterpiece. This is gonna be a long one and I apologize in advance. Joji proclaims that this song is coming from the perspective of a person who is "beyond self-hatred" regarding a potential fling. The narrator begins by saying "I'ma fuck up my life" (6 times) and "we gon party all night." That sort of sentiment of "I know that anything I do tonight isn't going to make me happy in the long run, (maybe even the opposite) but I'm going to numb myself for the sake of it anyways." The narrator then adds "she don't care if I die. Yeah right, yeah right" he's acknowledging that the girl that he's with is only spending time with him for superficial reasons and doesn't genuinely care about him. The chorus further illustrates this sentiment: "Yeah you bet I know that she ain't Never give a single fuck about me. Yeah, you bet she know that we ain't Never gonna be together, I see.." But this song isn't about superficiality, it's about self-hatred. The narrator then asserts "yeah you bet I go to see her when I'm feeling like a drum without a beat. Yeah you dance so good and I think it's kinda neat" the narrator is saying, "Even though I KNOW she is being superficial towards me, I'm only using her for a good time and I'm just as superficial towards her, so whatever..." he cites her dancing as being "kinda neat" which is fairly half-hearted and superficial reason to pursue/like somebody. He then goes on a somewhat accusational line of inquiry: "Whatcha know about love? Whatcha know about life? Whatcha know about blood? Bitch, you aint even my type! Yeah right, yeah right!" I think this has a lot of deep sentiment for such a limited amount of words. When joji attempts to explain this part, he gets visibly uncomfortable and flustered trying to explain himself... What I believe this part of the song is alluding to is the fling attempting to get closer to the narrator and the narrator gets frustrated, confused and scared of this attempt and reacts with a sentiment that says "don't pretend this is anything more intrinsically meaningful than it truly is." The narrator hates himself and doesn't believe in genuine love, and even if he did, he doesn't believe he could ever achieve it. "Yeah you know I feel right. Yeah you living right now. She don't ever pick sides. Yeah right yeah right." Now I believe this is him lying to himself and the fling at the same time in an attempt to get her to stop trying to get any closer to him. The tried and true method of "I'm fine, leave alone." He's also asserting "she doesn't believe in anything either, so why is she trying to come off as though she does?" When he repeats the chorus, I think it has even more sentiment the second time. I believe the narrator is proclaiming that even despite the girl's efforts to get closer to him, the girl doesn't truly want to be with him either. She has merely idealized and romanticized him to be some lost soul that she can save; and that this sentiment isn't any less superficial than wanting him because he's good-looking or rich. And yet, despite all this disbelief and frustration and even outright antagonism he has expressed towards her and what she represents, he's STILL not above wanting her and using her for his own superficial desires. He's not going to try to save her from himself any more than she's going to. Their relationship is completely pointless, and yet both of them are going to pursue it nonetheless. I really love this song because unlike a lot of other love songs with themes of self-hatred, the narrator isn't pretending to be noble by saving the love interest from his/her self. It's a lot more honest and relatable. A lot of us have at some point or another doubted the genuineness of another person's affection, and yet we do nothing to challenge our disbelief but wait and see if our suspicion has any merit... |
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| Glen Hansard – You Will Become Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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This song can be interpreted in a plethora of ways, and I don't want to negate anybody else's; but this is how I interpreted it: The narrator is talking to his lover, whom he is about to depart with and break off his engagement to (hence the "talk about talk of a gold ring". He loves her, but for whatever reason, the relationship just couldn't work. So he wants her to know that despite their relationship's failure, he wants to thank her for helping him grow as a person (you brought me one step closer to the heart of things.) and to reassure her that he still thinks she's a wonderful person who will continue to grow and become even more beautiful (speaking in a broader, spiritual/ethical sense of beauty, not necessarily a physical one). |
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| Glen Hansard – Maybe Not Tonight Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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This song is quite straightforward. The singer and his lover have a long history and a lot of genuine love for one another, but they have grown apart due to both parties undergoing growth and changes that render them less compatible than they once were. The singer (and quite likely his partner) both know that separation is inevitable, yet neither can help but reminisce about all the good times and genuine love they had for one another, and neither can bring themselves to just rip off the band-aid; even though both parties are fully aware that it must be done sooner or later... very relatable song. very beautiful. |
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| Black – Wonderful Life Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| This is a very bittersweet song. Traditionally speaking, the ocean/sea has always symbolized both possibility and isolation and this song is no exception. In the first stanza, the narrator is expressing his bittersweet attitude for embarking on yet another journey, he will feel the sunshine and achieve the dreams that are in the air. The sea also represents freedom, the gulls in the sky are birds and birds often symbolize freedom in literature, but freedom is not free. Isolation and loneliness are the cost of freedom. The narrator expresses how he is sad because his eyes are blue and he feels it is unfair that in order to achieve the dreams and freedom spoken of earlier, he needs to sacrifice relationships (or potential relationships). One cannot have thier cake and eat it. Either we can be free and lonely or we can be devoted to others and be subjugated by them in one sense or another. The narrator has difficulty deciding what he is willing to give up, and ultimately decides to choose his freedom, but cannot help but lament on his isolation afterwards and look back and think on what might have been. He then tries to remind himself that no decision would have been perfect and despite life's imperfection, it is still a good one to lead. | |
| The Kills – The Last Goodbye Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| This is a song about a relationship that has gone cold. The singer is finally coming to terms with the reality that her relationship is nothing more than going through the motions. The two lovers are together more out of habit than out of true love for one another. My assumption is that both parties have identified the presence of a lull in their relationship in the past; but neither party, at least for a good while, wanted to rip the band-aid off and just break up. The singer implies that there was indeed a time where both parties were deeply and passionately in love (or at the very least, she was) but over time, the love became "half-hearted." The lyric "can't quite see the end" implies that she has finally come to the realization that things never will return to the way they were or get any better like she had hoped for in the past. The passion they once had is simply gone and is never going to return. While there may be some lingering love and/or affection between the singer and her lover, the relationship just isn't enough for the singer anymore and she has made the difficult decision to utter the "last goodbye" as opposed to all the insincere and temporary goodbyes made between the lovers in the past. A very sad song to be sure, but one that also shows hope for the future. | |
| The Kills – The Last Goodbye Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| This is a song about a relationship that has gone cold. The singer is finally coming to terms with the reality that her relationship is nothing more than going through the motions. The two lovers are together more out of habit than out of true love for one another. My assumption is that both parties have identified the presence of a lull in their relationship in the past; but neither party, at least for a good while, wanted to rip the band-aid off and just break up. The singer implies that there was indeed a time where both parties were deeply and passionately in love (or at the very least, she was) but over time, the love became "half-hearted." The lyric "can't quite see the end" implies that she has finally come to the realization that things never will return to the way they were or get any better like she had hoped for in the past. The passion they once had is simply gone and is never going to return. While there may be some lingering love and/or affection between the singer and her lover, the relationship just isn't enough for the singer anymore and she has made the difficult decision to utter the "last goodbye" as opposed to all the insincere and temporary goodbyes made between the lovers in the past. A very sad song to be sure, but one that also shows hope for the future. | |
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