| Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I never got the idea that this had anything to do with someone being gay. I always thought when she sang "They don't love you like I love you" instead of being gender specific, that it was about fame and touring ruining a relationship. Also mentions Maps, like traveling. I think of "they" as in fans and the press. |
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| MGMT – Weekend Wars Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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What I immediately think of when hearing this song is the evolution of humans that eventually leads to our own destruction. We started out with nothing, develop everything (buildings, cars, firearms, etc.), until we have so much it overwhelms us. This song is so beautifully eerie. |
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| of Montreal – She's a Rejecter Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Well now that I think about it and listen to it, I guess it is "God" which changes how I interpret that line now. I guess I just find the phrasing "probably God" very strange. "Gone" just makes a lot more sense to me. | |
| of Montreal – She's a Rejecter Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I agree that this is about Eva and goes hand in hand with "Bunny Aint No Kind Of Rider". This is a good song, but I don't find it funny at all. Perhaps I would if I didn't know what it was about (same with "Bunny..."). By the way, it's "because the girl of my dreams is probably gone" (meaning he felt he had lost Nina). |
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| Mindless Self Indulgence – Prove Me Wrong Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I like this song. It's different both lyrically and instrumentally speaking. It's kind of silly, but it also seems more honest then a lot of MSI's songs. If any of Jimmy's songs are about Chantal (his wife), I think this one would be it (and I'm sure that's her voice in the song too). I particularly like the lines: And looking back on my life I would have liked it if society Had gone through the trouble Of protecting you from me This kind of reminds me of my husband because he likes to say I don't deserve him. |
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| Mindless Self Indulgence – Never Wanted to Dance Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I don't think this song is about masturbation (perhaps it's one of the few that isn't? lol!). The lyrics are very passive aggressive. I couldn't figure out if he was saying "not you" or "but you", but apparently it's both. It seems like it's about someone who is in an unhealthy relationship and is torn between wanting to be with them and wanting to get out of it. Like they know they are being used and it pisses them off, but at the same time, they don't want to be alone. | |
| of Montreal – Keep Sending Me Black Fireworks Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| As far as I know, Nina and Kevin are still together. She and their daughter, Alabee, were on the stage at the show I just went to on 10/27. | |
| of Montreal – Death Isn't a Parallel Move Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The guitar on this is absolutely beautiful. My ears perked up when I heard him say "lille venn" the first time because that's what my mom called me when I was a little girl, however I don't feel that it is used as an endearment in this song. It sounds like it's about the battle with the negative things controlling his mind. |
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| Ben Folds – Gracie Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This is a beautiful song that Ben wrote for his daughter, and has a happy feeling about it, but I don't listen to it much at all because whenever I hear it, all I do is cry. When the album came out back in '05, I had just found out that my father was dying of cancer and only had a few months left. Not just the fact that it's a song about a father's connection to his daughter, but the relationship expressed in it reminds me very much of my dad and I. "you nodded off in my arms watching tv i won’t move you an inch even though my arm’s asleep" When I was a baby, the only way my parents could get me to sleep sometimes was by having me watch MTV with them, or my dad would take me on long car rides in the middle of the night. This line hits me the most: "one day you’re gonna want to go I hope we taught you everything you need to know" I had just moved away on my own far away from my parents, and I wondered if I was making some big mistakes, but my dad kept telling me while he was going through chemo how proud he was of the woman I had become. I wish I could listen to this song again but after 3 years, it's still just as painful to hear now as the first time I heard it. |
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| Joanna Newsom – Emily Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I apologize if this was already mentioned, but I didn't see it in anyone's post: I think it's important to note that Emily Newsom provides the faint backup vocals in around the middle of this track. |
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| Joanna Newsom – Sprout and the Bean Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Someone also mentioned on YouTube that this song is about her dog who has a white coat. | |
| Joanna Newsom – Sprout and the Bean Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Sorry about the confusing first paragraph, here is the edit: "The idea that this song could be about abortion is interesting but when I read the lyrics I can't help but think it could be about someone who is depressed and possibly contemplating suicide." |
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| Joanna Newsom – Sprout and the Bean Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The idea that this song about abortion is interesting but when I read the lyrics I can't help but think it song could be about someone who is depressed and possibly contemplating suicide. She mentions that she has been sleeping in and dreaming "seamless dreams of lead" (uneasy dreams or nightmares perhaps). Someone who is deeply depressed can either sleep way too much or not enough, and can have awful dreams due to whatever problems they may have in their life pestering them in their sleep. "That the difference between the sprout and the bean is a golden ring, it is a twisted string" Maybe she feels out of place, unloved (incomplete like a sprout). Maybe everyone she knows is going off, getting married, starting new lives (becoming beans). Not very long ago was a woman over a certain age considered an "old maid" or "damaged goods" if she wasn't married with children. "Should we go outside? Should we break some bread? Are y'interested?" Before Jesus was to be crucified, he broke bread with his disciples, which was as we know The Last Supper. When she asks if anyone's interested in going out and breaking bread with her, she could be referring to having her own "last supper" with her friends and family before she (or whoever the song could be about) kills herself. References to white coats and water running beneath a white throat could mean being institutionalized and trying to drown. Now please keep in mind that I am not suggesting that the lovely Ms. Joanna is or was suicidal. The song could be about anyone really. Also, I am not saying that I am positive that that's what it is about (because quite honestly, I'm not really sure, and I would like to keep the mystery of this song's meaning alive). I actually really hope it isn't about something as melancholy as suicide or abortion, the song is so beautiful and innocent sounding, and Joanna looks pretty happy in the video for it. I just wanted to get people thinking about other possibilities that hadn't been mentioned yet. |
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| Gnarls Barkley – Blind Mary Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it. It makes me really happy. I don't think it's about weed (doesn't weed see the sunshine?), though I guess it could be. I prefer to think of it as a feel good love song. |
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| Tori Amos – I'm Not Stupid Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This is her response to the irresponsible celebrity girls that have been getting themselves in a bit-o-trouble lately. *coughlindsaylohanparishiltoncough* |
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| Air – People In The City Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I love this song and have listened to it millions of times, and to this day...it still sounds to me like they are saying "Big Bird in the City". That makes for a very entertaining picture in my head. The dirty version is humorous and sounds more like a parody than a remake. It makes me laugh a little, but you only really need to hear it once. There is also a bossanova sounding version on Everybody Hertz, that I think is pretty good. |
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| Air – Sexy Boy Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Lol, nowitsdark, though they use women in their tracks now and then, in this song, it's two guys singing. That's just the way they sound, they have very feminine voices. | |
| Tori Amos – Winter Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Regardless of the true meaning of this song, it has a very deep personal meaning to me. A year and a half ago, I lost my father to cancer. He died slowly all during winter and the day I had to go to the hospital to see his body, the snowflakes fell hard. My dad spent my whole childhood trying to save me from the bad things in life, and I often misunderstood him as being mean or over-protective. He did it because he loved me. Before he died, I had just gotten out of an abusive relationship which made him worry about my future. He never got to see me find someone special and get married. He never had a chance to see me happy. Many of Tori's songs have personal meaning to me, this is one of the big ones. As much as I love it, I don't listen to it very often because it makes me cry. |
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| Tori Amos – Me And A Gun Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The fact that this song has no instrumentals is very important. I think it's perfect the way it is. It sounds candid, raw, like a confession or recollection of events. It feels cold and lonely like the way you feel after you've been raped. It's ok if this song makes people uncomfortable, but if it bores you then you are missing the point. I'm glad she wrote this, it means a lot to me (it really helped me in the past), and I wish I could thank her personally. |
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