| Keren Ann – In Your Back Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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I think this song is about a woman who was in a relationship - possibly marriage -with a narcissistic person who basically derailed her life. The narcissist needs to feel like the good guy and so they are trying to paint themselves positive and be friends after the relationship is over. But the truth is that they fucked this woman’s “track” over and made her a shell of who she used to be. Now that she is over them, she finds it funny and pathetic that the narcissist is still trying to be a friend to her and also be like a kind of valiant savior making amends and offering “remedies”. But she knows the words are just empty “melodies” and “lies” that actually kill her spirit if she were to believe them. Such a deep and truthful song. |
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| Keren Ann – In Your Back Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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I think the correct lyrics to the chorus are “And you CAN do me wrong...” Also the verses are: “So WE spin in the dance of your absence...” “Your version of glory is dark and it’s covered with SINS.” At least this is what I heard... |
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| The White Stripes – The Denial Twist Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| @[duderino:21955] sorry, in paragraph 19 I meant "...the emotions are still there because you still *haven't* made the final decision..." | |
| The White Stripes – The Denial Twist Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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>If you think that a kiss is all in the lips >C'mon, you got it all wrong, man >And if you think that our dance was all in the hips >Oh well, then do the twist >If you think holding hands is all in the fingers >Grab hold of the soul where the memory lingers and >Make sure to never do it with a singer >Cause he'll tell everyone in the world >What he was thinking about the girl >Yeah, what he's thinking about the girl This part of the song basically says, "If you think the affair was meaningless and superficial, don't kid yourself and don't fuck around with a singer because he will put it all out there for everyone to hear exactly how he felt and what he thinks about you and the situation." >A lot of people get confused and they bruise >Real easy when it comes to love >They start putting on their shoes and walking out >And singing "boy, I think I had enough" In this part of the song Jack is saying one option the scorned lover could take would be to give up on love. Lots of people do that when they get rejected. >Just because she makes you feel wrong >She don't mean to be mean or hurt you on purpose, boy >Take a tip and do yourself a little service >Take a mountain turn it into a mole >Just by playing a different role >Yeah, by playing a different role But then Jack points out that just because you feel bad, it might have nothing to do with you personally. So do yourself a favor and don't make it a bigger deal than it needs to be. Reframe it by accepting that you weren't the one meant to be "the one" with her. >The boat yeah you know she's rockin' it >And the truth well ya know there's no stoppin' it 'Cause you are not over her yet. She is still in your system and you still don't have it under control - no matter how much you deny it. >So what, somebody left you in a rut >And wants to be the one who's in control >But the feeling that you're under can really make you wonder >How the hell she can be so cold Someone rejected you because they wanted to protect themselves by ending the relationship. That's the banal truth of the matter. But, it's your feelings that are making you feel disbelief that she could treat you so coldly. >So now you're left, denying the truth >And it's hidden in the wisdom in the back of your tooth >Ya need to spit it out, in a telephone booth >While ya call everyone that you know, and ask 'em >Where do you think she goes >Oh yeah, where do ya suppose she goes And so now you're in denial of the fact she didn't care about you. And the rotten truth is festering in your soul like a bad tooth. And it causes you to call your friends and you can't talk about anything except trying to make sense of why she left you and wonder what she's up to. >The truth well you know there's no stoppin' it >And the boat well ya know she's still rockin' it All this desperate behavior on your part does nothing to change the fact you were just not that important to her. Meanwhile, the thought of her is still fucking with your emotions. >You recognize the effect and the fact >That it's comin' when she rocks the boat. >But it's the cause hittin' on the cardinal laws >About the proper place to hang her coat. You understand all this intellectually, but the emotions are still there because you still made a final decision on thinking of this girl as "the one" vs. "just some dumb girl who wasn't that into you". >So to you, the truth is still hidden >And the soul plays the role of a lost little kitten >But you should know that the doctors weren't kiddin' >She's been singing it all along And so you are the only one who can't see the truth and you're acting like you're a helpless victim when you should really just accept the advice everyone else was telling you when they said "Dude, this girl is not that serious. It's pretty obvious." >But you were hearin' a different song >Yeah you were hearin' a different song >But you were hearin' a different song You misinterpreted who she was and what she was all about in this relationship. In other words, you were wrong about her. She was saying one thing and you were hearing something completely different. |
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| Motopony – God Damn Me Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| @[duderino:18863] I made a mistake... "her wounds show *him* how critical love is" | |
| Motopony – God Damn Me Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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OK. So I have 2 interpretations of this song. THe first is pretty simple. The song is about a guy who is blown away by the beauty of a woman who is able to love deeply and has emotional scars from the heartache and sorrow life has given her. Her wounds show her how "critical" love is and how anything he has suffered pales in comparison to her. He goes on to say that if all the bad shit and heartbreak she's been through has made her this beautiful is an act of God's damnations then goddamn and he wishes god damns him too so he is transformed as much as her. The idea of damnation could also be linked to the idea of sin and infidelity. Maybe the woman's heartbreak is from having too many lovers or an adulterous relationship. Or the man could be committing an adulterous relationship to be with her too. The singer is kinda saying that it's okay for him to commit the sin of getting involved with her because his "man's hands" are really god's plan. Ok. So that's the simple interpretation. The second interpretation is a bit unconventional but I think actually fits pretty well. It's that the singer is a man who is in love with a transgender woman. In this case the reference to her beautiful "wounds" are would be scars from her surgery. So in this interpretation the singer's exclamation is like "wow, she was once a man but... Goddamn! She is beautiful! And if God damns her or my feelings for her then well... fuckit! Let him." Many fundamentalist Christians see transgendered people as committing an act of sin and damned by God for their lifestyle hence the whole "God Damn" theme. But then the singer also talks about how Christianity also preaches Love above all else, and the idea that God is all knowing and everything that happens is part of his plan. So, he reasons, god planned for him to love this transgendered woman. The last stanza's lines: "if god's hands, are man's hands" makes me think the woman has hands of a man. This was the main line that got me thinking about the transgendered interpretation when paired with all the other things. The one line I wasn't really sure about is "monsters are so impersonal." Im not sure what that would mean for either interpretation except maybe the idea that she is a monster seems to not really fit when he is with her up close and personal? For the first interpretation I'm not sure what it could mean either... anyway, those are just my thoughts and theories. |
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| Catatonia – Mulder & Scully Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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This song is about a girl who wants to be an independent, single, unattached, empowered 90's woman, but finds she is falling for one guy. In the 90s, the "Girl power" movement was just starting to come into being after the wave of 80s feminism. Young women were still trying to reconcile the institution of marriage with independence and empowerment. The edgy, independent, almost masculine woman was something many young alt women aspired to be. It was cool. Even more so than today because society was a lot more sexist and feminism was still a bit fringy and not as widely accepted in western society as it is today. When she sings "must we all march in two by two?", she is expressing her frustration that despite her desire to be "single and thin" empowered woman, she still finds herself thinking about stuff like marriage to this one guy and becoming a comfortable fat person in a relationship, which in her eyes is soft and weak not sexy or empowered. For her the institution of marriage means giving up on her individuality as an empowered woman |
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| Serge Gainsbourg – Lemon Incest Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| uh... this song is clearly about a pedophilic dad who wants to bone his innocent and naive daughter who is also attracted to him sexually but assumes it will never happen. Meanwhile he totally wants to shag her for her youthful purity. How can one NOT see otherwise? especially with the video. I can't decide which is more disturbing... The song, or the people who can't see it's obvious meaning. Cmon people! | |
| The Pretenders – Kid Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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this is a great song. I had some questions about the meaning of lyrics.... "some things we never outgrow" - is she talking about the shame the kid feels for his mom and how she can empathize with it and feels it herself? Also "BUT YOU FORGIVE THOUGH YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU'VE TURNED YOUR HEAD YOU'VE DROPPED MY HAND" is that like the kid saying "its okay" to his mom even though he is still upset and confused? I can't figure out that line to mean anything else since it seems like he does forsake her in his disappointment as implied by the other lyrics. i think it's 'Dropped MY hand'btw... I was also wondering about the lyrics SHUT THE LIGHT, GO AWAY FULL OF GRACE, YOU COVER YOUR FACE I think there is no "YOU" there. and that would change it dramatically since it would be the mom telling her kid to cover his eyes because she doesnt want him to see her in her shameful state. In that respect it is like she wants to preserve his innocence and grace. KID GRACIOUS KID YOUR EYES ARE BLUE BUT YOU WON'T CRY I KNOW ANGRY TEARS ARE TOO DEAR YOU WON'T LET THEM GO Who is the kid angry at? At first I thought he was angry at his mom but is it more at the whole situation in general? Like that basically he discovered his mom's a prostitute? but not at his mom herself? Is he "gracious" in that he is angry but he is not expressing it because he wants to give his mom face? this is such a great song. I love how the song is in the style of a sorta teen rock song and the solo makes me think of tears of shame falling like rain. I love how Chrissy Hynde sings the song too. It has so many layers going on. |
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| Cake – Let Me Go Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This song is about a guy who likes a girl who is a straight forward, no nonsense girl who is kinda self centered and not into him. when she walks she swings her arms, instead of her hips when she talks she moves her mouth, instead of her lips She doesn't walk or talk in a stereotypically demure or seductive female way like other girls swaying their hips or using lips seductively to get guys to like them. She walks to get places and talks to say shit. She also talks a lot cause people who move their mouth a lot when they talk usually talk faster and a lot. They are more extroverted. when she wants she wants the sun instead of the moon Her desires are more practical, reality based, and wholesome(sun) as opposed to romantic, dark, fuzzy dreams(moon) when she sees she sees the stars inside of her room She is also rather self-centered, concerned with her own world(her room) which might also be superficial and vanity based(stars as in pictures/posters of celebrities on her walls.) Or it could just be stars as in stars painted on her walls or stickers which would mean she would rather see representations of stars in her own insulated world than real ones "outside the box" And so the rest of the song is about how this guy has been waiting for this girl to wake up and pay attention to him and hoping if he sticks it out long enough she will see him. And its obvious to her that he likes her, and so she is telling him to get over her and she will start to like him because she doesn't like clingy, needy guys. |
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| Cake – Pretty Pink Ribbon Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| by the "realities of the world" i think it would be better expressed as having to deal with the practicalities of cruelty and repression of emotions in order to uphold the feministic ideals. he's saying basically "in your world, if you were a dude noone would give a fuck. your emotions or feelings would be flushed down the toilet, and you would have to deal with the cold , harsh, cruelties of life alone, head on, with no feminine comforts like dying leaves(flowers and such)." It's interesting how he implies that women are fake cause they don't just say what's on their minds cause they feel as women they can't. he is inconsistent but to me it captures the angst and inconsistancy men sometimes feel towards certain women. I think the underling idea is that any form of gender glorification at the expense of the opposite gender is ridiculous. | |
| Cake – Pretty Pink Ribbon Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| by the "realities of the world" i think it would be better expressed as having to deal with the practicalities of cruelty and repression of emotions in order to uphold the feministic ideals. he's saying basically "in your world, if you were a dude noone would give a fuck. your emotions or feelings would be flushed down the toilet, and you would have to deal with the cold , harsh, cruelties of life alone, head on, with no feminine comforts like dying leaves(flowers and such)." It's interesting how he implies that women are fake cause they don't just say what's on their minds cause they feel as women they can't. he is inconsistent but to me it captures the angst and inconsistancy men sometimes feel towards certain women. I think the underling idea is that any form of gender glorification at the expense of the opposite gender is ridiculous. | |
| Cake – Pretty Pink Ribbon Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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yeah. i think the song is trying to expose the double standards of feministic ideologies. He's saying that girls who revel in their femininity and girl-power expect to enjoy a level of comfort, safety and over-all specialness that the average dude does not ever get to enjoy. While the females enjoy the benefits of their femininity, your average man must deal with realities of the world alone like killing off the weak and being practical without ever getting to feel special. I like how the song style is kinda teenage teeny-bopper girl music and it makes you think of teenage girls who wear ribbons in their hair or on their wrists. This also makes sense cause it is young youthful attractive girls that would revel in their femininity and most receive the benefits it affords them. I think the statement implied is that the girl-power mentality is one of adolescent immaturity and while it can be expected in teenage girls, it is something one should quickly grow out of. depending on who the singer is addressing the song can either be mocking an adult wooman or schooling a young lady. |
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| Damien Rice – The Blower's Daughter Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| yeah. i think you nailed it Ceptor. I was unclear about why I liked this song, but I listened to the song with the action of mocking in mind and the whole song resonated truthful to reality. When you fall for someone and something happens, but for whatever reason the other person can't/won't let the relationship continue- unless you are a very wise, selfless, or experienced person- the usual human response is to get upset and blame the other person for being chicken-shit or an idiot for not to want to take things to the next level "I mean how can you pass up this opportunity of what we could have?!?! Oh well then. I guess it's all shit huh?" And the other person is stuck in a rock and a hard place saying "hey don't ruin it by putting words in my mouth. Its just not happening..." This is such a good song cause its really hard to be that honest and truthful about what goes on in situations like that even when the truth is staring you in the face. It's so easy to sugarcoat things according to what makes you look good for vanity's sake. Good song and good analysis. | |
| Thao Nguyen – Beat (Health, Life and Fire) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Anyway so i think the main point of the song is how she feels her parents failed to love her the way she needed which I think lots of young people who are disfranchised can relate to. | |
| Thao Nguyen – Beat (Health, Life and Fire) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Anyway so i think the main point of the song is how she feels her parents failed to love her the way she needed which I think lots of young people who are disfranchised can relate to. | |
| Thao Nguyen – Beat (Health, Life and Fire) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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for some reason I think this is a song about an angry girl who is angry at herself and upset with her parents and bewailing her dysfunctional state. They raised her to believe she would have a prosperoous future but she grows up to find that she is in a world of shit and she aint happy. I think she is always leaving home when she gets pissed off or they get in a fight cause of "how can you stand it when I run when I run like a bandit." I also think she runs around with a guy they don't approve of and she doesnt love him but she likes that he keeps her "warm" from the part about wearing him in the lining of her jacket. I think she is also is trying to kick heroin which she uses in times of "emergency" cause gunpowder is also a slang for a type of heroin. and the battle she is reffering to is the battle without heroin. The last stanza I think might refer to her living in another city or something and neither side wanting to make the move to visit the other or symbolically reach out to the other. Its like a war and for this reason I really like the choice of the military drums. It seems really resonant to me also cause, I dont know if this is the case with the song writer, but many Vietnamese americans in America who are around 20's to 30's were either refugees or their parents were supporters of south vietnamese govt. and often involved in the military and probably affected by the vietnam war. I think this might have some influence on the song on some level. but who knows unless the song writer says something specific. This is just my guess. |
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| 10cc – I'm Not In Love Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| he dude who wrote this song wrote it after divorcing his wife whom he did not want to break up with. He said after writing it that it was cathartic or something. So I think that this song is about a guy who is trying to make himself fall out of love by smothering his true feelings. It's also kinda a passive aggressive song in a way. Like Flight of the Conchords "not crying". | |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Helplessly Hoping Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| i like the analysis of the 123s. 3 together. It makes sense cause romantic love is supposed to link people to a higher spiritual force. ie"this love is bigger than the two of us.." Im not religious, but like i guess some people would call that a link to God . so I could also see the relation to the Holy Trinity | |
| Muse – Dark Shines Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I ran across a real nice acoustic cover of this song on youtube. I like it cause Its softer but, to me, still captures the essence of the song. http://youtube.com/watch?v=YuWgElV2l-Y |
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| Muse – Plug In Baby Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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yeah. i think it has something to do with when you realize someone close to you really only cares about themselves and is only into you because of how you affect their self image or outer appearance. So you go into your art or music whatever you feel passionate about and are good at. It lets you express your feelings while at the same time, when you really rock, they feel jealous and drawn to you in spite of their inability to love you and in some twisted way you get your own private revenge. i think what he means by genetically engineered puppies and whatnot is like how people often treat pets, children, lovers as sources of affection/admiration/image enhancement rather than actually being concerned about their personal wellbeing/development. So like these people would love to have a puppy that was a robot like furby or a dog/child that stayed a puppy/baby and gave them unconditional, dependant forever. |
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| Muse – TSP Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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for some reason i think of a cult leader or some dark, rogue priest. yeah. like satan i guess in milton's paradise lost. someone who has the powers of sight and understanding of some divine truth but at the same time they are jaded and out for themselves. they want to enslave others who were once like him cause to him thats what the game is all about. Like the lyrics are similar to satan's views on god in milton as this guy who is just a tyrant. Satan views himself as a guy who sees the truth of god's ulterior motive and says "you should follow me instead" and says he is fighting for freedom from gods tyrany, but he is really just wanting followers. in some ways it could also be like a song to his fans. like his groupies are his minions and he is like this dark prophet of the 21st century. and so he feeds off the energy he gets from the tortured souls of his fans. i get this feeling from a few bands' lyrics like muse and also rivers cuomo a little. i think their music is cool, but sometimes i feel like it is a bit draining on the soul... |
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| Muse – Dark Shines Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Its about a guy who likes a girl because she represents to him something good and pure and wholesome, but then he views himself as all dark and twisted. he is drawn to her goodness, but he knows that if he gets closer to her his presence will defile her. and yet he cant help but be drawn in. it reminds me a little of Valmont from dangerous liasons. or it could be the opposite... but then "dark shines" is the lure of the girl who lights up his "darkest skies" meaning she brings out his darkest desires. like the sort of person that makes you desire them in an evil way? Like some girls have this quality. they look all innocent and child-like, but they are at the same time alluring and... naughty. like natalie portman's character in closer.. i like how the song is interpretable in two different ways. I think it shows how the singers world gets all mixed up by his desires. i like the vampire comparisons. i like also how in his psychology it is unclear who is the predator and who is the prey. who is luring who in.. |
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| Muse – Stockholm Syndrome Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| i think this is about someone who is trapped in a stale relationship where the other person just wont let go. the person cries and screams and begs for the person to stay and so the person keeps coming back and when they are comforting the person who won't go, they say that they will never abandon them again but inside they feel resigned and trapped at the same time. Its basically about a co-dependant relationship. | |
| The Beatles – Your Mother Should Know Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I always imagined this song was sung by a husband who was teasing his wife about being much older than he. or it could be something a drunk old man sings at the wake of his wife's funeral. i like the song cause its both a romantic and nostalgic song but at the same time really silly. The song also has a rejuvinating quality to it. i think it is the idea of motherhood and birth. and the idea of singing a song that the old mom knows growing up reminds us all that everyone was young once. It has the same sort of feel in this regards as "oblahdeeohblahda." good song. |
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