| fun. – We Are Young Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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@dancersluvmusic4eva - He also says, "Let me get my story straight" and "...the holes in my apologies" When he's lied to her before when he's apologized and he's going to continue to do it. He then also plans to bring her home when she's falling down drunk, while he himself is also that drunk. I wouldn't hazard to guess his entire plan here is to have sex with her. I absolutely hate this song everytime it comes on, the music and the delivery are so catchy that you can't help but belt out the lyrics, but the lyrics are horrible. And not horrible as in they are literarily bad. The song is basically saying, you're a teenager/young adult, go get drunk, have sex, make mistakes, and don't feel bad about abusing your "lover". |
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| Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #2 (Laika) Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| It had nothing to do with budget. They weren't testing reentry yet. Laika was supposed to be euthanised by either a gas or something in her food/water. Until recently the thought was that she had run out of air. She died because some of the thermal insulation tore loose during launch, she overheated to death as Sputnik 2 made reached orbit. | |
| Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #2 (Laika) Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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@tifnz and Bellaz It's such a tangential connection though between the character Alex and the dog Laika though. If they were going for that meaning, then it seems they threw it in there to sound cool. The only connection between the song and the dog is "it's for the good of the neighborhood"; as in it's for the good of mankind. The other connection should the older brother of Lenin thing be true is that they're both Russian. But those are the only two connections. The usage just doesn't fit. |
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| Porcelain and the Tramps – Gasoline Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I sounds like "on you" most of the time, but at one section is sounds like "for." Both actually work and have the same general meaning. Though there are some implied differences. "On you" is more like just a general statement of action, whereas "for you" implies she might not go off on someone else for w/e reason, but for you she will. A little more meaning in that sentence but "on you" appears to be the correct one used in this case. |
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| Porcelain and the Tramps – Gasoline Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| If you really like the song you should support the artist and BUY it. | |
| Nine Inch Nails – Pilgrimage Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Tindalos I think hit the nail on the head here. My first and continual impression is a writhing mass of bodies being swayed/controlled. I understand the feeling of the Nazi army but you got re-evaluate the emotion you get from the song and the title. The Nazi's were never on a pilgrimage so it doesn't fit. As anti-islamic as it may sound I've always envision a sort of Mecca-like scene with hundreds maybe thousands of people pushing and shoving for the devotion of some central subject. Tindalos has a very specific example of this, the writhing mass of the damned clammering maybe to Lucifer for comfort but there is none because of the lack of God's warmth. | |
| Nine Inch Nails – Underneath It All Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I think it is a non descript reference to God or Jesus. I at first thought the song had to with being unable to remove the memory of something painful or once loved. But it was the word "Crucified" that didn't exactly sit well with that. Trent isn't the one to throw around a word to sound cool. To me the word crucified is the part of the song that pins it to God (a god as someone suggested) or Jesus. His last lines make more sense in this context, "You remain, I am stained," Jesus doesn't stop loving you no matter how much you sinned (or have been stained). Now I am by far not a super religious person so I'm not trying to right from that perspective. Its always been my believe that Trent wasn't anti-religion, anti-god (atheist). Rather, anti-corruption, corrupt religious leaders make a religion bad, overly strict dogma ruins religion. Or in a broader sense, corrupt people in general are the evil in the world. | |
| Nine Inch Nails – Into the Void Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I think Norman101 has a good point to the meaning of the song and I can agree with it. Zeffez also makes a good point about making good decisions. This song has personal meaning for myself and I think it applies to what this song may actually mean. He's talking to himself about the changes he needs to make in his life, he can even see the "final destination." But seeing the goal is not enough to reach it, you need to know how to reach it. The person in song is trying, but due to his own failings is slipping farther and farther away from his goal. | |
| Nine Inch Nails – Heresy Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I really don't think people are taking this song in the correct sense. I don't think this song is about Christianity as a whole or religion as a whole. It's about some of those fanatical denominations and sects of Christianity or religions that pop up. And I am not going to point fingers at any in particular because that would bog me down in unrelated topic. First think about the title. Heresy, which means, 1. Adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma. 2. an opinion or doctrine contrary to church doctrine. 3. dissent from a dominant theory, opinion, or practice. This automatically tells you he's speaking of some sort of heretical belief within some sort of religion. First, we need to learn to differentiate between "God" and "god." Let's start with the latter; "god" refers to a deity that people might worship and is not a proper noun and refers to a thing, a word versus a name. Now the former, "God" is a proper noun or a name to simplify and is refering to the Christian god (notice the lack of capitalization there) God. So where you find Trent saying, "your" or "a" before "god" he is using the word not the name. And in other cases he is using the god's name God. So lets replace "god" with "deity" and "God" with "Yahweh". Example: "He dreamed a god up," change to "He dreamed a deity up," and "God is dead" to "Yahweh is dead." This will make the song make a little more sense and help you to understand my explanation of the song. Now on to actually explaining the song. And as such please note which version I am using by noting the capitalization. /He sewed his eyes shut, because he is afraid to see,/ Trent speaks of the fear people have of the truth, particulary in a later song he created called "Right Where it Belongs." These two lines mean that this person whoever "he" is has decided to blind himself to the truth. /He tries to tell me, what I put inside of me, He's got the answers, to ease my curiosity, He dreamed a god up, and called it Christianity./ This person after refusing to see the truth has created his own answers and truths, and has decided to tell others what he thinks. Some sects do not pass judgement on some questions because they are not of any significance and are up to the judgement of the individual to decide. This person has answers to some of these unanswered questions and others. Either because he believes what he is preaching is Christian or because he feels it would draw more followers has decided to call his "religion" Christianity. /God is dead, and no one cares, if there is a hell, I'll see you there./ Trent or the person in this story referenced in the first few lines has discoverd that what he got into is not Christianity and that the real god, God, is dead to the new leader's followers and those followers don't or seem to not care. The last two lines here I think affirms some sort of belief in god or Christianity. The last two lines Trent is saying that due to this group's heresy they are going to hell and because he as either taken part in it he will be there with them. /He flexed his muscles, to keep his flock of sheep in line, he made a virus, that would kill off all the swine, His perfect kingdom, of killing, suffering and pain, demands devotion, atrocities done in his name./ Obviously, his following has grown enough to include people who are not as fanatical or devoted to the religion, and as such some sort of dissent from within has formed. To keep any rebellion from happening he must remove the dissenters or the "nonbelievers" and scare the people who might go either way from becoming nonbelievers themselves. The "virus" is a representation of whatever he may have used to remove these nonbelievers. This kingdom of killing, pain, and suffering is of the nonbelievers and the devotion he demands is by the true followers of his order. /God is dead, and no one cares, If there is a hell, I'll see you there, Your god is dead, and no one cares, if there is a hell, I'll see you there./ /God is dead, and no one cares, If there is a hell, I'll see you there, (your god is dead) God is dead, (and no one cares) and no one cares, (drowning in his own hypocrisy) if there is a hell (see you) I'll see you there, (you there)/ The last section of this song is basically the same as the chorus except now the hypocrisy of this man's god is evident and his followers still have not realized it. Now this is my own interpretation, but I think the basics of the song is not that religion or Christianity as a whole is bad, but that there are religions or denominations of Christianity that are wrong and hypocritical. I've never fewed as Trent as anti-religous but rather anti-corruption, so against corrupt religions. I think he may have realized that people have put religion on some pedestal and whether religion is a product of God/gods or man, religion is not whats evil and wrong but the people that use it for such ends. I've used the cliche sentence, the sword isn't inherrently evil, but the person that wields it. |
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| Nine Inch Nails – Capital G Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| One problem I have with his story is that a dirty bomb goes off in LA. A dirty bomb would not cause radiation poisoning in most people. Nor would it do much damage. A dirty bomb mearly spreads radioactive material and causes little damage beyond what a normal explosive would. Which is really what a dirty bomb is. | |
| Nine Inch Nails – Capital G Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I really think that Year Zero as well as this song deal more with Iran and the future implications of a nuclearly armed Iran. While I admit this song would seem to some to be about Bush or some shit. The idea behind Year Zero seems to be about a post-nuclear attack world/US. | |
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