| Arcade Fire – The Suburbs (Continued) Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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I just really like this brief addition. One of my favorite little gems from the Arcade Fire. "You know I would love to waste it again...waste it again, and again, and again." |
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| Arcade Fire – Asleep at the Wheel Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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I wish I knew what the lyrics said before "you wanna hear the funny part?" This could be literal death, father tragically dying on a peaceful Texas night, or it could be a portrayal of his lack of connection to his family. He knows the roads twice as well as them because he's never home with them; Mom's at home taking a bath while he drives around their local roads in the summer heat. "Sleeping through the rumble strip," is another lyric that could go both ways. He's drunk or asleep or already dead behind the wheel and doesn't react to the tires leaving the highway before an inevitable collision. Or he doesn't see the inevitable signs of his family growing away from him, or the need his family has for him. Either way...a very peacefully sad song. |
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| Arcade Fire – Sonata Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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"Sonata" is a love story that was never meant to work out. They're incompatible and he knows it: "He is the one who wants the crowd to disappear; she is the one who draws them nearer. He is asleep, deep and cynical." Yet he is drawn to her, and he admires her, despite himself: "She is the one who plays the piano...she is the one who touched his heart...she stays awake to some sonata." (The word preceding "sonata" is listed as "sing", but that would be grammatically incorrect, and I hear it as "some".) He writes her love letters, but believes he/the letters should've just burned (this one is easy, I know) due to the ill fate of their relationship: "Oh, he mails her a letter; he should've burned." They keep with the relationship, even though they see the wrong in it: "She feels a distance like a feather; he's just a fool for stormy weather." They know it's not working: "I guess that's all. They feel so small." The bitter end follows: "His dreams are a boat; he's sailing away. She's just a wreck at the end of the day." One last attempt: "He mails her a letter." It fails, and that's it: "He should've burned." On another note, what a beautiful song with beautiful lyrics. I even like the word "sonata." Beautiful piano playing, excellent singing, and a perfectly matched tempo and melody. Respect to the Arcade Fire. |
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| Depeche Mode – Death's Door Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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The meaning of the song is not subtle, which is almost refreshing considering Depeche Mode's lyrical history. A child, guilty of leaving family back home, dies just as his parents did and 'comes home.' ("I've been away too long, I know that it was wrong.") I am sorry that I cannot remember a source to cite, but I always heard that the only live version of it exists as Dave Gahan had a medical emergency during/just before a concert of theirs, and Martin, Andy, and Alan chose to play this song with him in mind. (He was "knocking on death's door" through his addiction.) However, I cannot find other evidence to back this up, so it may be incorrect and/or a misinterpretation. |
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