| Passion Pit – Sleepyhead Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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oh so THIS is the song that they keep playing in that phone commercial. and here i thought that there were no practicing castrati left. seriously though, i feel like i need a mental enema to purge this from my mind. and i know what you're thinking - "if you don't like it, don't listen to it" but it's too late i tell you. this fucking song haunts me, like the phantom pain the lead singer feels from his gonads. |
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| Fatboy Slim – Weapon Of Choice Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| ........seriously? this song is about 1 thing - weed. yeah, maybe the band enjoys Dune and wanted to throw in a reference. but primarily this song is about, and was probably written during the consumption of, weed. that's all. | |
| Switchfoot – Company Car Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| does anyone happen to know who "Mike" is? | |
| Audioslave – Hypnotize Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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hey - i just submitted a set of lyrics that actually DON'T suck at life. hopefully they'll be up soon. i think this song is fairly straightforward as far as the topic - the rich sharing the wealth with the poor. However, I think that the subject can be fairly broadly applied; i.e. i could refer to rich individuals, wealth sections of society, or entire nations. similar parallels this song is a little bit more...preachy than is typical for cornell, and i think that it tends to detract from both the musical experience and the sociapolitical point he's trying to make. it's also worth noting the very real threat towards the rich person/people/nation here, but i don't think that that's specific hostility ("give to charity or i'll kill you"), but a more general warning about the dangers of hoarding wealth. i have to say, i'm not exactly crazy about his reference to the gaining of wealth though "good luck," suggesting that the wealthy man just happened to stumble onto his good fortune, and hasn't truly earned it. while that's not unheard of (especially in this day and age of game shows, reality TV, and Publisher's Clearing House), generally individuals and/or societies become and remain wealthy through stategic business planning, an innovative product, or good old fashioned elbow grease. this doesn't mean that someone who makes a lot of money doesn't have a responsibility to contribute to the rest of mankind, but it does pose a challenge to the self riteous tone of the song - that there are many rich people/nations that have acquired their resources through hard work, and for someone to come and just demand a piece of it and threaten them is unjust. kind of brings to mind the story of the grasshopper and the ant. the song becomes especially ironic when you realize that cornell's wealth (as well as the rest of the band) could be attributed to "luck," as all they had to do was find the right market of people to think that they sounded awesome in order to find success, and that audioslave broke up because cornell didn't feel that the other band members should get paid as much as him since they weren't songwriters. |
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| Made in Mexico – Yes We Can Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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if anyone could translate the spanish portion of the lyrics, it would help. however, i'm pretty sure that "si se puede" is "yes we can" in spanish. i think that "libertad" is "freedom" or "free" or something of a liberated nature, and i have no idea about Tierra. i first heard this abomination while playing Guitar Hero II with some friends, and it sucked so bad i could feel my ears pop. we quickly began a round of bad catcalls and diatribes to ease the pain, such as "No you CAN'T!!" or "I need more cowbell!" however, i understand that it may not be fair to critisize a song based on one hearing, especially since my Guitar Hero Skillz are far above par. so i actually downloaded it out of a fit of boredom and curiosity, and here is my final review if my translation is correct, it means that the vast majority of the song is some version of "yes we can." either this has some kind of esoteric meaning wrapped so deep in the author's mind that it would take light demolitions to remove it (and thus utterly useless for speculation on its meaning) or they were bored/drunk/high one day and just started banging on their instruments and whatever else was lying around (cowbells?) and started screaming "Yes we can!" basically, there is no meaning. it's worthless indie crap that trys so hard to go over your head but lacks any form of intelligent life. between the near-random scratching and plinking of the lead guitar and the all-random cowbell+whistle, the music is literally painful to listen to. i do like the vocals - a rich, slightly husky voice, but gets kinda whiny during the "yes we can" part. all in all, this song is the musical equivalent of eating a dog crap/broken glass salad. |
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| Danger Doom – Old School Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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this is a great nostolgia song. just reminiscing about the days when you were a kid, and how you were a pimp even then (natch) by the way, what are they sampling in the background? |
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| One Day Left – Walk Away Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Lyric notes: there were a couple of parts on the song that I had difficulty understanding. If someone would like to go to onedayleft.com and listen to walk away and fix these, that would be great; Verse 1: "street beat militainment" I'm not sure about this one, it's the best i could do Verse 2: [please insert line] i absolutely could not understand what he said hear. a little help please -Joe |
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