| Radiohead – Karma Police Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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The word karma simply means action. In the late 90's Thom started getting into Buddhism. In Buddhism, the idea of karma means intention and action. There's the idea of action and reaction: If we smoke a cigarette, this will lead to a need to smoke another one. It's not a fatal thing, we don't get punished, it's not a system of punishment and reward(that is a common mistake), it's just how things tend to work in the world. It's about the intention behind the action. According to Buddhism, the things what we do affect the world - that's why we should pay attention to our thoughts, our intentions and our actions, and that's why we are responsible for them. So the idea of a Krama Police an idea that we are being overly criticized by ourselves or by society for our thoughts, intentions and actions. You must pay attention the your thoughts, intentions and actions, or you'll get arrested. Thom said that this song is not meant to be taken too seiously, by the way. |
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| Radiohead – Airbag Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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In my opinion the "fast german car" is a metaphor for the high paced life of a very troubled man, who thinks everything is doomed. He's been in the darkness for a long time and never saw a way out. Suddenly he finds something that saves his life, a way out of the darkness - this is the "air bag"(which is also a metaphor). He is born again and finds true meaning in his life. In a deep, deep sleep Of the innocent I am born again Beautiful. I think this is a very deep song. |
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| Porcupine Tree – Synesthesia Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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I thought it was about a guy tripping on acid And the whole army/soldier thing being just a metaphor. I thought that because before the song the man says:"What you're listening to are musicians performing psychedelic music under the influence of a mind altering chemical called..." I also thought that maybe LSD produces something similar to synesthesia (I'm just guessing I've never taken acid). Another reason why I thought that was because at the end of the song Steven says - "Feeling good. Feeling free." Which sounds like how someone might feel under the influence of psychedelics. It's just an opinion, I'm not sure that it's true. |
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