| Pearl Jam – State of Love and Trust Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| It's obviously about a murder-suicide. | |
| Morrissey – The Operation Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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It's about political figures and their operations. "You fight with your right hand and caress with your left hand" = they are hypocrites, doing the same things they claim they are against. "With a tear that's a mile wide" = the put on that they care so much. "In the kite that you're flying" = they act as if they are morally superior. "Everyone I know is sick to death of you" = people are sick of their bullshit. "You say clever things and you never used to" = they were more down to earth before they got elected, but now they have speech writers. "You say pleasant things and there is no need to" = they talk a lot about fixing things instead of working on actually fixing things. "How once I was in love with you" = I supported you and voted for you, but it turns out you were a fraud and now I'm disenchanted with you. |
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| Morrissey – The Operation Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| @[kickme8x:45953] hell of a projection, buddy. | |
| Morrissey – You Have Killed Me Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| @[dta2k8:45952] And she killed him, because she was HIV infected. Tragic deflowering. | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Cascade Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| It's about tripping balls. | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – The Rapture Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| It's a song about an orgasm. When you orgasm only your senses remain; reality is momentarily distorted. You lose all thoughts and perceptions of time, place, and identity. This is why tantric meditation is a thing: the only waking state in which the ego can easily dissolve is in orgasm. | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – The Rapture Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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@[paintedbird:45944] I'm pretty sure Siouxsie Sioux is an atheist. Morrissey even derided her in the song Black-eyed Susan with the lines: Oh, Black-eyed Susan What don't you believe in? "No is always easier than Yes" Whoo! Black-eyed Susan You must insist: You are a born-again atheist, oh |
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| System of a Down – DDevil Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| The song is about athiests. The word is the bible, which contains stories on the human condition. Writers are forever borrowing from the stories of the bible in their own works (inc. Shakespeare). These authors and their works gain "independence" from the word and become popular, overshadowing and supplanting the original word among the people. Stupid people do stupid things, but smart people can convince themselves that they are more clever than they actually are. These are the people that think everything can be rationalized away, and so rationalize away God. So, these Godless people end up reenacting the stories of idolatry, degeneracy, and sin of the bible stories because they have replaced the plagiarized biblical stories that contained moral lessons and wisdom with copies upon copies upon copies of those tales. They no longer have the actual word, so they no longer have a moral compass that can point them to higher spiritual life. They think it's all great though, not having religious principles shackling their conscience. They forget that the devil was the most beautiful of the heavenly host, so likewise they see beauty in their degeneracy when they should recognize it as sin. | |
| The Pretenders – I'll Stand By You Lyrics | 4 years ago |
| Great song about unconditional love for someone close. The sentiments expressed could be from one lover to another, a mother to a child, between siblings, or between friends. | |
| The Pretenders – I'll Stand By You Lyrics | 4 years ago |
| @[Coronaboy:38488] You've Got A Friend is Carole King's song. | |
| Rufus Wainwright – Candles Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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Rufus has stated that there was a time when he had a rocky relationship with his mother who had a hard time accepting his homosexuality. One day she popped into a church and lit a candle and prayed and heard a voice tell her (paraphrasing) "He's a person. You have to accept him and be nice to him." After that their relationship was great. Rufus took up the practice of lighting a candle in whatever church he could find when he was traveling, hoping to have the sort of epiphany she experienced. After his mother died of cancer he had a hard time and one evening he desperately wanted to light a candle for her, but the churches were all out of candles. |
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| Scissor Sisters – I Can't Decide Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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First stanza: a boyfriend gets caught cheating on his lover because he overlooked something in the tangle of lies he's been telling. Second stanza: he doesn't see himself as in the wrong, just that the lover's feelings in catching him are inconvenient. Chorus: admission that the lover is right, or at least, right to feel hurt about it. The cheating boyfriend is uncomfortable with the situation and trying to excuse his behavior: "no wonder why (I cheated), I feel dead inside (I just wanted to feel something)". Third and fourth stanzas: they have the same social circumstances and the lover points out that he's playing by the rules and not cheating. The boyfriend is cornered and angered by this because he knows everything the lover is saying is true - "it takes the truth to fool me, and now you've made me angry". *chorus* Fifth stanza: the boyfriend actually does have feelings for the lover he cheated on, despite his cold-hearted assertions, and is deciding whether to take the hard road and make things right or "kill" the relationship, because if he stays he opens himself up to hurt in the future and maybe even gave his lover good reason to cheat on him. *chorus* |
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| Pearl Jam – Go Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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I think Vedder's response to Abrusseze's question about the lyrics was most likely facetious snark. Abrusseze was fired from the band because of political and personality differences with the other members of Pearl Jam. So, no, it's not about Vedder's truck. It dawned on me that 'Daughter', 'Go', and 'Rearview Mirror' are all parts of a single story, like the Momma-son trilogy. In 'Daughter' the "shades go down" signaling child abuse (wouldn't want the neighbors to know) and it ends with the sad refrain "go... go... go..." indicating a connection with the song 'Go'. 'Daughter' is told in omniscient third person narration. In 'Go' the abuser is shocked that the abused has grown as individual, has had enough of the abuse, and is asserting their independence by leaving the home for good. The abuser realizes too late what they've done and is desperately trying to appeal to the abused to stay. The line "turned to my nemesis, a fool, not a fucking god" is important, because it's the abuser recognizing that they are the bad guy - the power they thought they had over the abused was an illusion and now they feel like a fool for destroying the relationship. 'Go' is told in first person narration from the abuser's point of view. In 'Rearview Mirror' the abused has had enough and is seeking emancipation. The line "I hardly believe, finally the shades are raised" connects it to 'Daughter' where the shades being drawn signaled the abuse. 'Rearview Mirror' is told in first person narration from the abused's point of view. This is a good example of any of what a brilliant lyricist Eddie Vedder is. |
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