| Saving Abel – Addicted Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Sigh. I learned to write in a shit inner city public school so my grammar sucks. My girlfriend (an english major) teases me about this all the time. Doesn't change a damn thing though. I now work in the music industry and I can honestly say this is one of the worst/most hilarious songs I've ever heard. All you little teenage shits need to go watch This Is Spinal Tap and see that this song is today's version of Spinal Tap. The lyrics are horrible and sound like the were written by a 15 year old. Musically, the song is a cliched rip off of stuff that was complete shit almost a decade ago. Please, don't fill your minds with this crap. | |
| Saving Abel – Addicted Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This is honestly the worst song I've ever heard in my life. Musically it is unbelievably cliched and calculated to appeal to suburban teenagers who think that they are angst-ridden because the media tells them they are supposed to be. I mean, what is this? Post-post-post grunge? Do these guys aspire to be Nickleback? Lyrically, I don't think I've ever heard lyrics this puerile and just....stupid. Are they trying to be deep here? How old are these people that they think what they are singing actually means something? This is not even sophomoric, I would have been embarrassed to write such pap when I was in 8th grade. I hate to say this but if you connect at all with these lyrics then you are likely have the personality and intelligence of cardboard and not even the good cardboard, the weak stuff that falls apart far as soon as it gets wet. Please do yourself a favor and expand your horizons and listen to something does not reflect so poorly upon you as a human being. |
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| Art Brut – Late Sunday Evening Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"You were sick, now you're better There's work to be done" That is from the Kurt Vonnegut novel "Timequake" I believe. It was said by Kilgore Trout. |
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| Neutral Milk Hotel – Bucket Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I'm 99.9% sure this is not a post-aeroplane song. I think it appeared on one of Jeff's early cassette tapes. The only post-aeroplane song that I know of is "Little Birds". Either way, this is still a great song. | |
| The Olivia Tremor Control – I Have Been Floated Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| grandpa - it sounds like it could have been included on Black Foliage perfectly cause it was on Black Foliage. lol. Great song. Love that Jeff sings on it. | |
| Devo – Uncontrollable Urge Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I just heard this song used in a car commercial..... I wonder if they realized the song is about masturbation? | |
| Neutral Milk Hotel – Naomi Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I think it's about a girl, who Jeff things is amazing and loves, but is also a prostitute or something. The first two verses seem to be about how he is in love with her but then the second verse, when he sings: She comes and goes most afternoons One billion lovers wave and love her now They could love her now and so could I It sounds like Naomi is a prostitute or something. 1 billion people love her. They could love her whenever they want and so could Jeff, cause she's a protituite or something. In the final verse, Jeff sings: One billion angels could come and save her soul They could save her soul until she shines That seems to imply that while she's done bad stuff, Jeff still seems the beauty in her and thinks that angel could come and save her soul; make her pure and good again. That''s just my interpretation after reading the lyrics. That meaning would kinda coincide with other NMH songs like Song Against Sex, where Jeff rails against casual sex. Anybody agree or disagree? |
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| Neutral Milk Hotel – Circle of Friends Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| This song is amazing. According to Jeff, it's about all the sh*ty moments between friends sometimes. | |
| Neutral Milk Hotel – Oh Comely Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| The guy who yells "holy shit!" at the end of the song is Jeff's HS friend and Apples In Stereo frontman Robert Schnider. I was talking to his wife (also of Apples In Stereo) on a message board and she said that Robert yells "holy shit!" at the end not cause of how good the song was but because he managed to play all 8 minutes of the song without screwing up. That kinda demystifies the song a bit. I don't know if that's true but I perfer the story that he yells it cause the song is so amazing. | |
| Neutral Milk Hotel – Sailing Through Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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I think I kinda know what Jeff is talking about, saying that it's not really about sex and all. I had this girl who I really loved more then anything and while I loved her in a sexual manner I also just loved her so much, I just wanted.....to be in her body, as Jeff said, in a non-sexual way. I just wanted to be with her so much. It's hard to explain but if you've felt it then you know it. Oddly enough, the relationship played out just as the song does. She spat in my mouth and said I love you and she was a liar and she had some heath problems (diseases if you will). This is such a fantastic song. The version on I believe it is the Beauty cassette tape sounds like Jeff strangling a cat but if you hear the version from the 4/12/98 San Fransico show, it will leave you completly stunned. |
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| Devendra Banhart – Poughkeepsie Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| I have lived in Poughkeepsie in the past and live about 5 minutes away now. He pronounces it wrong. He says PO-kip-ssee when it's really more like P-kip-see. The "-ough" is more or less silent. Yeah, I'm just being relly anal though. Cool song. The banks of Poughkeepsie are a very beautiful place (if you ignore some of the pollution around). Wouldn't really recommend swimming their with your love though. The Hudson River is not really known for it's swimming. It has gotten a lot better though, as far as pollution. | |
| Bright Eyes – Lover I Don't Have to Love Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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I'm probably looking into this way to much, but I've always thought this song could be about drugs and being in love with drugs. By being in love with drugs, I mean a sentiment similar to that in the Velvet Underground’s “Heroin” where Lou Reed states that heroin is his wife and his life. Maybe Coner is expressing a similar feeling here. Tell me what you think; if this is all bs or if I’m onto anything. I picked you out Of a crowd and talked to you Said I liked your shoes I said "thanks can I follow you"? The first time he did the drug he was at a party and bored. So it's up the stairs And out of view No prying eyes He went somewhere alone, private, where he could try the drug. I poured some wine I asked your name you asked the time He’s just making small talk to show how he’s nervous; nervous about trying the drug. Now it's two o'clock The club is closed we're up the block It’s late at night and he’s alone and high Your hands on me Pressing hard against your jeans Your tongue in my mouth Trying to keep the words from coming out He can’t talk cause of the drug; it’s in control of him and making it so he can’t talk. You didn't care to know Who else may have been you before She doesn’t care who else he’s been with cause she’s not a person, she’s a chemical. I want a lover I don't have to love I want a girl who's too sad to give a fuck The lover he does not have to love is the drug. He loves it because of the way it makes him feel but he doesn’t have to love it back cause it’s not a girl, it’s a chemical. The chemical doesn’t care. Where's the kid with the chemicals? I thought he said he'd meet me here but I'm not sure I got the money if you got the time He said it feels good I said I'll give it a try The kid with the chemicals is the person who sells the drugs, which he loves. He is talking here about buying the drugs. Then my mind went dark We both forgot where your car was parked Let's just take the train His mind went dark cause he passed out from the drugs. He forgot where his car as parked cause of some memory lose from passing out. I'll meet up with the band in the morning Bad actors with bad habits Some sad singers They just play tragic He’ll meet up with the band in the morning cause the drugs are taking over his life and causing him to be irresponsible and stuff. He’s saying his story is tragic and all. And the phone's ringing And the band's leaving Let's just keep touching Let's just keep keep singing His love of the drugs is taking over his life. He doesn’t care about anything else anymore. Not his band or anything. He just wants to do drugs. I want a lover I don't have to love I want a boy who's so drunk he doesn't talk Where's the kid with the chemicals I got a hunger and I can't seem to get full I need some meaning I can memorize The kind I have always seems to slip my mind Same meaning as above. He says “boy” this time because drugs are gender neutral? He hungers for the drugs and he can’t get enough of them. He has no meaning at all in his life as the drugs take over. But you but you You write such pretty words But life's no story book Love's an excuse to get hurt And to hurt Do you like to hurt? I do I do Then hurt me (10 x) He does the drugs cause he hurt and he likes to feel pain. He wants to feel pain. Sort of an S&M type thing. |
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