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I'm a human, and I believe that music is a very effective tool, in which people can express an extremely rich and large range of emotion.
| fun. – All Alright Lyrics | 10 months ago |
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After listening to this song a few times, but trying to reserve myself to hold onto the nostalgia, I've found some similarities between this song and another by Nate Ruess, Great Big Storm. The concept that I see crosses over is, rather grimly, the theme of death. In Great Big Storm, we hear the following words: "I watch my mother cry Father Time is catching up I keep the phone by my side Afraid she’ll wake me up to catch the next flight In time to say goodbye" Aside from being very emotional, it details a charachter's father, supposedly in a critical condition, where they could be lost at any moment. In this song, however, we hear: "And I got the call soon as the day hit night As soon as the headlights lit up the Westside I stopped the car and came outside Cause I know that tone I remember the first time we wished upon parallel lines Waiting for a friend to call and say they’re still alive" This details a similar feeling. The character is shown to have received a call, and clearly some bad news, because he had to stop the car and exit. Additionally, the "tone" suggests that the first time they "wished upon parallel lines," or to make a lucky wish at 11:11 on the clock, it was to hear news that someone had survived. This also suggests that the same situation is happening again, with less hopeful overtones. I just thought it was interesting, because I can relate to the feeling of waiting anxiously to hear whether or not a loved one is still alive or not. There really is no other feeling quite comparable. |
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| fun. – All Alright Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| @[artsyemma224:52095] I've never actually noticed this, and I will probably listen to this song a few more times to see. Also, I admire your taste in television. Upvote. | |
| David Byrne – Everybody's Coming to My House Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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I always thought this was a song about a murderer (such as Jeffrey Dahmer, though likely not him for reasons I'll explain later). At the beginning of the song, the speaker feels like a tour guide, trying to convince people to enter his house ("The view is very nice"). Now for the part of the murder. It is said that "Everybody's coming to (their) house, And they're never gonna go back home," and "they're never gonna be alone." This, at least to me, seems like the description of a mass murderer who lured people to his house to kill them, because they had no friends of their own. It is backed up by the existence of 'Psycho Killer', although the lyrics are thought to be about David Berkowitz, the music video is very clearly about Jeffrey Dahmer. Also, I'm pretty sure I heard that, in an interview, David Byrne said this song was about the feeling of anxiety as too many people surround you when you're supposed to be in the comfort of your own home (a feeling I'm all too familiar with), so I suppose my interpretation is just... interpretation. But that's the great thing about music, it can be interpreted in different ways, and have different meanings to different people. |
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| David Bowie – Rock 'n' Roll Suicide Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| @[Hime17:52003] I'm very glad that you pulled through your difficulty. This is probably my favourite song, and it did help me out of a dark place, albeit I wasn't quite on suicide's front door... | |
| fun. – All Alright Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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This song awakens a level of emotion in me that nothing else has ever come close to, every time I listen to it. It could be because we had the album back when it was released, and we used to play it in the car, because that was the only radio we had. I remember that our favourites were Some Nights, and We Are Young (the two most popular of the album), and we'd play them on repeat again and again. If it were a particularly long car journey, we'd sometimes even make it through the entire album, but that happened once in a blue moon, because everything we needed was a few minutes from where we lived. A simpler time, through and through. I have no idea why, but this song holds much more nostalgia than any other song in the album, and I actually found myself crying while listening to it on a car journey very recently. Again, I have no idea why it's only this song, because at the time, I'd have played the second and third songs on a loop for hours. Verdict: I love the song, holds a lot of emotional weight for me, great album too. It's a rare occourance that an album shows up without a single bad song. You know how you buy an album for a single song, and overlook the rest of them, Some Nights is a truely consistantly great album. 10/10. |
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| CALYPSO – The Exorcist Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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I feel like this song is quite clearly about "traditional" Christians, some of whom are homophobic, ableist, transphobic, racist, misogynistic A lot of very bad things. I believe this song is quite clearly a jab at those people, who are prejudiced, and sometimes much worse, but who pass it off as preaching their religion. It is not against Christianity, even through it may seem like that, especially in the line "'cos there's just no hate like Christian love." This is mitigated, however, when it is said "Jesus would’ve hated the way you’ve portrayed him Love they neighbour right? Or is that only if they’re rich, able-bodied, cis, hetero and white?" Repeat: Not anti-Christian, anti-discrimination. |
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| Nate Ruess – Great Big Storm Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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I believe this song is about the protagonist, and their struggles with grief, and/or anxiety, but eventually managing to overcome these struggles. ⠀ It was said that: ⠀ "I keep the phone by my side Afraid she'll wake me up to catch the next flight In time to say goodbye" ⠀ This implies that the protagonist's father is ill (possibly terminally). ⠀ It was also said that: ⠀ "I can't stand myself" ⠀ This, fitting in line with the previous interpretation, describes one of the seven stages of grief, guilt. Although the protagonist may not feel directly responsible for the (implied) death, it is likely there was some guilt about lost time, and missed opportunities. ⠀ In the end, it appears that the protagonist may not have completely recovered, but is healing, and learning to cope with the loss of their father, as seen in quotes below. ⠀ "I think I'm gonna finally give myself a new try," "Because I'm holding my own in a great big storm." |
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| Talking Heads – Psycho Killer Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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There is a version of the song with a different second verse. In the acoustic version, from Spotify, (https://open.spotify.com/track/5cE2nMYDgYj9gqG4KLafKy?si=b5c519342b614cf8) the verse: 'You start a conversation, you can't even finish it You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed Say something once, why say it again?' To a different verse, but with still the same ending: 'I passed out hours ago I'm sadder than you'll ever know I close my eyes on this sunny day Say something once, why say it again?' Isn't that interesting? |
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| Scissor Sisters – Mary Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| @[ReActor:51149] That is so wholesome, and I love it. | |
| Jamie T – Salvador Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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@[red_pen:51148] There are only two that I know of (Both very good songs): Sheila Sticks and Stones These two songs are simply amazing, and I recommend them very highly. |
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| David Byrne – Everybody's Coming to My House Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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I always thought this song was about some sort of murderer, who lured people into his house, then killed them, storing their bodies there. The luring of people in is evident when he states "I welcome you to my house." The idea that the people are dead stemmed from "And they're never gonna go back home." The idea that there are many people stored in the person's house came from "And I'm never gonna be alone." This is especially interesting, because I feel like it could describe someone who feels lonely, but cannot make friends, so they kill people, and keep them to have someone to be with. Quite sad. All in all, I feel like this is all the more credible, thanks to the existence of 'Psycho Killer', and, although David Byrne has explained the meaning of this song to be the anxiety concerned with having too many people around at once (a feeling I am all too familiar with), I still think this outlook on the song is interesting. |
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