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| Thursday – Wind-Up Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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again, i believe geoff is talking about a spiritual crisis, questioning all your beliefs, everything seems to fall apart. i interpret a lot of thursday's songs this way, but of course most of them have other meaning as well. |
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| Thursday – A Hole In The World Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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Great song. I think it's clear these guys are talking about life in general, nothing specific. Fell into this hole, ie. we were born by chance, there is no hope in death ("and the exit sign offers no light to see by"). This is existential philosophy, with influences like Nietzsche, Camus, and Sartre. There is no hope in death, but just find hope in life "adjust the aperture to focus on the negative..."). In the end, though, our mind is always subject to death, there is a hole in the world. |
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| Thursday – I Am The Killer Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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I think these lyrics are quite a bit more profound than just a break-up. His lyrics are so somber, so full of despair, talking so much about death and killing, that I find it hard to believe it has to do with breaking up. I personally think he is expressing what is philosophically known as "existential angst." I think he is expressing total disillusionment, feeling like life is meaningless and hopeless. Sleep is an escape, where one can feel like there is meaning, joy. But then you wake up, and the pointlessness of life kills those fake dreams ("you can't change the letters when the ink dries": you can't escape this reality). Also, when he says "the distance is streamlined between decision and defense," I think he means every pursuit now just seems like a form of escapism, a defense against this feeling of nihilism, not really a decision any more. Alienation is expressed by his loss of identity, nothing to trust in, so he hides his face, but still cannot escape. He has killed his previous blissfull ignorance and hope in life.
Anyhow, that's my interpretation. It's just so dark, he must be considering some deep stuff.
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