| Spring Awakening – Blue Wind Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| A paper on the Hapsburgs. | |
| Spring Awakening – All That's Known Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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The Latin spoken is from Virgil's "Aeneid", the first five lines (though the song starts at line 3): Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram; multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem... |
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| U2 – Gloria Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| "In te domine" literally means "in you, lord". | |
| Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| I suppose Vietnam was just one of those things that affected you, no matter how apathetic you tried to be or whatever country you were from. | |
| Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| I was always taught that this song was about the Vietnam War, and it makes sense when going simply by the words as they're written. In the first few stanzas, the boy is a recluctant participator, assuming he was drafted like most kids were. In the second half ("let me go" etc.), he's obviously trying to get out of serving in the war, while in the last stanza ("do you think you can stone me and spit in my eye"), the boy has returned home and, like most Vietnam veterans, welcomed by absolute hatred for the atrocities they commited, though they didn't have much of a choice in the matter. After the initial anger at such a nice homecoming, the boy just doesn't care anymore ("nothing really matters"). As for why there's so many spiritual references in it, it's my assumption that in times of life and death and utter desperation, you'll pretty much beg for help from anyone or anything, from Allah to the devil, or even a Spanish folk dance. :) | |
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