| Descendents – I'm Not A Loser Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| It's worth remembering that this album came out in 1982, when society's views towards homosexuality weren't quite the same as they are today. | |
| Blood Axis – Walked In Line Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| On "Im Blutfeuer" at least, the 2nd line of the 2nd verse is actually: "And tattooed arms while children cried" | |
| Agalloch – Not Unlike the Waves Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Not an explanation of what the song means, but to clear up a few of the references: Aurora is the Roman goddess of the dawn; Sol is the Norse goddess of the sun; Heidrun is a goat in Norse mythology who makes mead; and Solstafir is the Icelandir word for radiating rays of sunlight (crepuscular rays) |
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| Beborn Beton – Being Boiled Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| This is a cover of a 1978 song by The Human League. Although The Human League were in the 80s a synthpop group, that far back they had kind of a cold machine-ish pop, Kraftwerk-influenced. So the original song is rather odd. I think I prefer the Beborn Beton cover. | |
| Darkthrone – Too Old, Too Cold Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| The line currently listed as "Racket (Wrecked?) Church / It' stillborn" is actually "Your attitude / It's stillborn". | |
| Team America Soundtrack – Everyone Has AIDS Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| As with a lot of their stuff, this song is a parody of a musical. In this case, it's a parody of the musical Rent. | |
| NOFX – American Errorist (I Hate Hate Haters) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| As with much else on this album, the title is an allusion to early-80s punk, in this case the Reagan Youth song "I Hate Hate". | |
| Swans – Where Does a Body End? Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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The lyrics above are missing the first two stanzas: I saw you kneeling on a desert plateau Your eyes were melting from inside your skull The wind was burning holes into my skin Where does a body end? Your voice is drifting through the stratosphere My mouth is drinking from your pool of tears I saw your heartbeat in the radium screen What does a body mean? |
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| The Smiths – Handsome Devil Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I'm not sure how you could think this is about sex with a male of any sort, since it clearly says "let me get my hands on your mammary glands". How could a song that talks about grabbing a woman's breasts be about having sex with boys? | |
| The Cure – Where the Birds Always Sing Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| I like it quite a bit. It clearly shows the influence of existentialism of the Camus variety on Robert Smith (cf "Killing an Arab", a pretty transparent reference to Camus's "The Stranger"). Essentially, the world is what it is; no gods or devils or universal cosmic justice. | |
| Sol Invictus – Death of the West Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| It might be worth noting that this was originally a Death in June song, written before Tony Wakeford split off from DiJ to form Sol Invictus. (The Death in June version has slightly different lyrics.) | |
| Neuroticfish – Care Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| Mm yeah, no idea how I messed that up. I think I might've been listening to a different mix of this song back in 2002 when I wrote those lyrics up. Fixed now; thanks. | |
| Anti-Flag – You've Gotta Die for the Government Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| Well, I'm a PhD student, and probably know more about foreign affairs than anyone else posting in this thread. And I like Anti-Flag. So how does that fit in with your viewpoints? =] | |
| Coil – Slur Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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And it seems to me That when I close my eyes All the lights in the world Go out RIP John Balance February 16, 1962 - November 13, 2004 |
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