| Ministry – Stigmata Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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@[tony765835:19134] I think you're right. I never thought about that interpretation before, but it does make sense. It sounds like a drug addict blaming himself while looking in the mirror. The addiction for him is "stronger than reason" and "stronger than lies" All the times he said he wasn't going to go back to drugs turned out to be lies, and he hates himself. The "chewing on glass" and "eating my fingers" is the feeling of withdrawal. Al Jourgensen famously was addicted to heroin, so maybe the "stigmata" is the track marks from injecting heroin. |
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| The Charlatans – Easy Life Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Sounds like it's a cautionary tale about drugs. The song is about someone who lives for using drugs ("Shoot it up and go for a ride") and doing nothing else ("Kick out all those humans and all"). However, as one would expect, the lifestyle ends badly with an overdose | |
| Led Zeppelin – How Many More Times Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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The spoken part of the song is interesting, because it's a switch in narrative from Plant's usual complaining that a woman won't stay faithful. In that part, Plant sings in the voice of a really sleazy guy within eleven kids who is having an affair with a young (probably underage) girl. What's interesting is if the schoolgirl's name is "Rosie" because of a 1965 Kinks song called "Rosie Won't You Please Come Home." The Kinks song was about a girl who left her working class home to live in the upper class, but the first verse could be reinterpreted to be about a girl who left home-- perhaps ran away: Rosie, won't you please come home Mama don't know where you've been Rosie, won't you please come home Your room's clean and no one's in it Oh my Rosie how I miss you You are the world to me Take a look and see if you like it if you doubt it, please come back etc. What if Rosie left home, and she hooked up with a sleazy guy? "How Many More Times" was done in 1968, so it's a contemporary to the Kinks song. Further, since Page worked with the Kinks back when he did studio work for "All Day and All of the Night", so there could be a lighthearted connection. This part of "How Many More Times" could be an explanation of where Rosie went after she left home. That explains Plant's character pressuring Rosie to leave her home and "steal away" to him instead. The original Kinks song is sweet, while the Led Zeppelin song is rather menacing, particularly with the bow-work that Page does with his guitar. You get the feeling of a guy who is a lot older than Rosie, manipulating her for sex. To top it off, the character mockingly sings to her to "please come home" (around 7:43), echoing the original Kinks song. If this was the intention of HMMT, hats off to Plant for a fun twist on the original song. |
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| Led Zeppelin – Black Dog Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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The song is about an ill-fated relationship. The song is in three parts. First, he's infatuated with a beautiful woman, and he can't think about anything else; he can't "get his fill" of her. They get together, but she treats him like crap, using him for his money. Finally, he drops the infatuation, and at the end, he just wants a woman who will be faithful and make him "a happy man". The lyrics about the progression of a guys feeling about a beautiful woman and how his feelings change after she treats him bad indicate that the song is actually more complex than I originally thought. Plus, the time signature is awesome. |
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