| Starflyer 59 – Automatic Lyrics | 14 years ago |
|
I can't help but wonder if Jason wrote this song in response to his critics. Jason mentioned Jesus in a few songs, then folks on the internet accused him of forcing religion on the audience, so Jason jokes about being "a messenger like Kissenger". People accuse him of formulaic songwriting, hence the repetitiveness of this song, and the lyrics "with a monotone monotony, call it what you want, it's automatic". People complained that Jason wasn't playing shoegaze any more, so Jason wrote a song with no guitar whatsoever until the final chorus. On the other hand, if these lyrics are intended seriously rather than facetiously, then the line "Death of a salesman, I still have pride" does not bode well. In the play Death Of A Salesman, pride was what kept Willy Loman from seeking help, ultimately resulting in his suicide. |
|
| The Dingees – Test The Champion - The Hardest Game Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| This song is the Dingees dabbling in ragga jungle. Interestingly, Rebel MC--one of the pioneers of that subgenre--also had a song called "Test the Champion". I assume the title of this song was a shoutout. | |
| The Dingees – Conspiracy Against the Youth Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Alright, I was the one who uploaded the lyrics to this one. This is the only song from The Crucial Conspiracy that didn't have the complete lyrics in the liner notes (half of the lines were blacked out for some reason) and the vocals are so distorted that I had to guess for most of the lines. | |
| The Dingees – Smoke Signals Lyrics | 14 years ago |
|
A google search shows that "The crew were mostly just kids..." is a sample from the film Apocalypse Now. The other two quotes are from the film In Like Flint. I can't find any official transcripts of the lyrics, so a lot of these lines are my best guesses. |
|
| Sufjan Stevens – Star of Wonder Lyrics | 18 years ago |
|
The background part at the end is: "These days, days, days run away / Like horses over the hills". Methinks it's a Charles Bukowski reference. I agree that this song is sublime. I would guess it is a metaphorical description both Christ's incarnation on that first Christmas, and of God's nearness to the believer. Of course, the star in the title is a reference to the star which led the Magi to the young Jesus. |
|
* This information can be up to 15 minutes delayed.