| 30 Seconds to Mars – Buddha For Mary Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I'm pretty sure that this song is just using biblical imagery to describe a girl getting raped by her father. Perhaps Jared is trying to give her the air of a martyr or a saint in her suffering. The whole bridge/conversation is the dialogue between father and daughter in the middle of the night when he comes into her room to rape her. | |
| Tool – Lateralus Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Blck white red and yellow have to do with a navajo mythology. Also, he probably used those colors in order to make it fit the fibonacci sequence. | |
| Hurt – That(Such A Thing) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Here is the other half of the lyrics Maybe I'm morbid but I laughed the children will sing a song in the streets it sounds like the 23rd psalm to the music of 21 guns The flowers are dead in a vase by the bed in the place where the old woman died It's the same place she started her life The papers will all say her name And probably print the wrong date The day that she died Cause we're all gonna die Cute little puppies and bunnies and birds people who sing when they don't know the words You will die cause we're all gonna die It's just part of life Men women children hermaphrodites too animals aliens and certainly you you will die cause we're all gonna die cause everyone dies and all that was every and all that will be single celled creatures and anything green you will die cause we're all gonna die start saying goodbye from the moment you start up this miserable life you should know that it's only a matter of time till you die cause we're all gonna die start saying goodbye and the morons at labels that think they know tunes The army of lawyers who threaten to sue The hookers that blow them when I just want food and the assheads the download and never by tunes you should die cause we're all gonna die I can't wait till you die oh protestants, catholics and orthodox jews you dumb scientologists and guys who bend spoons well buddhists, uh sort of, and atheists too all you wack-job believers nobody's immune you will die cause we're all gonna die kiss your ass goodbye and sarcastic songwriters, guys with tattoos Drummers and bassists and engineers too and every last person person that sang in this room they will die Cause we're all gonna die yeah we're all gonna die cause we're all gonna die we're all gonna die and it's just a reminder of something that's frequently known |
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| Hurt – That(Such A Thing) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Here is the other half of the lyrics Maybe I'm morbid but I laughed the children will sing a song in the streets it sounds like the 23rd psalm to the music of 21 guns The flowers are dead in a vase by the bed in the place where the old woman died It's the same place she started her life The papers will all say her name And probably print the wrong date The day that she died Cause we're all gonna die Cute little puppies and bunnies and birds people who sing when they don't know the words You will die cause we're all gonna die It's just part of life Men women children hermaphrodites too animals aliens and certainly you you will die cause we're all gonna die cause everyone dies and all that was every and all that will be single celled creatures and anything green you will die cause we're all gonna die start saying goodbye from the moment you start up this miserable life you should know that it's only a matter of time till you die cause we're all gonna die start saying goodbye and the morons at labels that think they know tunes The army of lawyers who threaten to sue The hookers that blow them when I just want food and the assheads the download and never by tunes you should die cause we're all gonna die I can't wait till you die oh protestants, catholics and orthodox jews you dumb scientologists and guys who bend spoons well buddhists, uh sort of, and atheists too all you wack-job believers nobody's immune you will die cause we're all gonna die kiss your ass goodbye and sarcastic songwriters, guys with tattoos Drummers and bassists and engineers too and every last person person that sang in this room they will die Cause we're all gonna die yeah we're all gonna die cause we're all gonna die we're all gonna die and it's just a reminder of something that's frequently known |
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| Hurt – Assurance Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Did any of you notice that the line "I touched your face" is repeated in Abuse of SID? Maybe it's the same woman... after she got rid of the crappy man that beat her... And does anyone know the woman singing at the end of this song. She has a pretty voice |
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| Hurt – Abuse of SID Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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During the part where J. quiets down and says "and I see your face" if you listen closely, he says something (I can't quite make it out). After "empty smile" he says "all I see is an empty smile" and finally after "I touch that place" he says "oh my god, what did he do to you?" Makes me think it's about abuse, don't you? |
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| Hurt – Danse Russe Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I'm fairly certain that this song and et al are both connected as well.... | |
| Hurt – House Carpenter Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| So I looked up a performance of the the folk "house carpenter" and the sitar in the beginning sounds like the speed up inverse of the beginning of the hurt song. I love how J. Loren takes his own personal experiences and then meshes them with poetry and folklore... as well as interweaving multiple songs together. Danse russe is another example of where he does this | |
| Thornley – All Comes Out In The Wash Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I think this is a song about a relationship that ended badly, but after all that happened, he finds that their relationship is way better off as friends. | |
| Alexisonfire – Side Walk When She Walks Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think that this song is about a man who cheats on his girlfriend with someone else, who he is using solely for sex and who is in a vulnerable state. The other woman is probably a friend. "Dressed to kill you look so right, I am drunk with Lust tonight" He's talking about how the girl he's cheating on his girlfriend with is beautiful and fills him with lust. "Your wounds are opening wide And they might be just my size" All of the other woman's past wounds are coming into view and the man is finding that he can exploit them in order to get into her pants. "Now I'm afraid of open water But I often bathe in sin" The man is afraid of being single, but he has no problem messing around on his girlfriend with other women. "Let's be honest, you know you shouldn't bother 'Cuz with me, it's impossible to win" The other woman shouldn't get her hopes up because the man has done this way too many times before. "There was always Warmth between us" Talking about the friendship they have... |
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| Hurt – Danse Russe Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| njcollins, if that were the case with the poem, why would he have to wait till all his family members were asleep before he could dance naked in his bed room? | |
| Hurt – Et Al Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I know how many songs on this album are connected to songs on other albums, and I have a feeling this one might be connected to "Danse Russe" in some way. Lyrically they are pretty similar, especially when J. Loren refers to "ghosts." Also the references to dancing and talking about how much he needs the person he's singing to. It's quite possible that I'm seeing ties where there are none, but I think it's a possibility. | |
| Strata – The New National Anthem Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I happen to agree with practically everything he said, and he said it in a much more poetic way than I ever could. It's really a shame Eric left. | |
| Strata – Love Is Life Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I thought this song was called "Natoma Alley." Whatever it's called, it is a beautiful song and one that I hope I can relate to sooner or later. |
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| Chevelle – To Return Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| It's "death stores victims" I believe... | |
| Hurt – Ten Ton Brick Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Oh, and the part about Atlas slipping... Atlas was the Greek titan who was doomed to carry the world on his shoulders. | |
| Hurt – Ten Ton Brick Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Oh, and the part about Atlas slipping... Atlas was the Greek titan who was doomed to carry the world on his shoulders. | |
| Hurt – Ten Ton Brick Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Does the "break the chain" part remind anyone of Fleetwood mac? Or am I just drawing a connection out of thin air because they two songs share a line? | |
| Avenged Sevenfold – A Little Piece of Heaven Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Who sings the girlfriend/wife's part? | |
| Apartment 26 – Backwards Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| where have I heard the intro before? | |
| 10 Years – Half Life Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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The title of the song probably comes from these lines: "Fictitious styles of living We've expected to work But this is all your giving Half of what your worth" The shroud in this song is probably a funeral shroud, since the song is called half-life. The chemical concept is quite interesting. Maybe he's comparing the woman in the song to drugs (as well as lucifer) I have a feeling this song has quite a few layers of meaning |
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| Tool – Parabola Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Well, the part on the nature of reality. Not the idea that we should cherish the chance to be alive and breathing. That's kinda anti most religions | |
| Tool – Parabola Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Well, the part on the nature of reality. Not the idea that we should cherish the chance to be alive and breathing. That's kinda anti most religions | |
| Tool – Parabola Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Look up most eastern religions, especially buddhism. You'll pretty much understand this song. | |
| Fair to Midland – April Fools and Eggmen Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I actually think it's about those who believe only what there eyes can see, those that think too much and don't feel enough. The verses talk about how these men only deal with "facts." The don't spend their time suspending disbelief (i.e. practicing religion, believing intuition) The bridge is basically telling these people not to be so hypocritical and to look at all the facts, the way the tell the overly faithful. It's not really condoning either side, it's just pointing out hypocrisy. The scientific men are as devoted to facts as the religious people they despise are devoted to their faith. |
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| Puscifer – Rev 22:20 Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| What is that whispered part after thighs? | |
| Puscifer – Rev 22:20 Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| It's Martyr, not murder. At least in the original version. Martyr makes a lot more sense then murder in this song, because a martyr is someone who has been killed for religious beliefs. Since the song is an artful combination of biblical allusions and sexual innuendo, it makes much more sense. | |
| Theory of a Deadman – The Last Song Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Isn't it "standing there cheering on?" | |
| Chevelle – Panic Prone Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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One... it's "weak hands" not weekends... Which makes more since seeing this song is about those "save the children" commercials that are on TV; ie the weak hands of the starving kids. Even so... when I first heard this song... My mind saw a connection between these lyrics and the Merchant of Venice... more specifically, of the character Shylock |
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| Puscifer – Rev 22:20 Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| The line "Pray, till I go blind" is about masterbation.... i.e. the urban legend that you will go blind if you masterbate too much. Maynard is useing "pray" as a euphemism for jacking off. Just another thing to piss off christians | |
| Chevelle – Straight Jacket Fashion Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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One, these lyrics are wrong. The real lyrics, right from the cd booklet go: "Don't stand around so far it's empty Just pull close these witnesses that follow so trusting There they go By the way, we last because we're colorful And as for fools, just play the opposite Cause, quitely your over rated anyhow And currently you've spread yourself so thin Climb up your pedastal To hang yourself from it A cold day in hel's the phrase I use when I never ever meant to change Scab His straight jacket fashion I can't believe he could But I'd crawl a mile To say that he should This straight jacket fashion I can't believe he could Starve ourselves just to say You know that you should" Okay, so normally I'm not mean, but there is NO way this song is about religion. Besides the fact that the band itself has said that they keep faith and politics out of their music and they were accidently put out as a christian band, the lyrics really don't support it. What this song is talking about is showy, commercial bands and the pressures that the music industry puts on artists to become such, and how Pete and his band change. |
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| Tool – Jimmy Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I'm not sure she was paralyzed, but I am pretty sure that he uses "light" in referenceto his mother | |
| Tool – Jimmy Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Maynard's mother was paralyzed when he was eleven, and he frequently calls her his light... this song, Judith by a Perfect circle and 10,000/wings for marie as an example | |
| Tool – Jambi Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Perhaps Maynard was speaking from the point of veiw of the man in this myth. Just a thought "The Myth and Legend Oral traditions established the roots of Jambi's relationship with Java and the founding of the kingdom and Islam within it. According to the legend, in the fifteenth century a Turkish prince, shipwrecked on the coast, met and married Princess Selaras Pinang Masak, the ruler of the coastal kingdom of Tanjung Jabung, around the lower riches of Batanghari River. The couple had four children, of whom one, Orang Kayo Hitam, became the central hero figure in Jambi Legend. The Javanese kingdom of Mataram was demand tribute from Tanjung Jabung and when orang kayo hitam was a young man he determined to put a stop to this. He traveled in disguise to the mataram capital, where a master smith was forging a keris with which to kill him. Orang Kayo Hitam killed the smith and seized the 'keris', which he later took back to Jambi. There it becomes known as 'Keris Siginjei', the symbol of royal power in Jambi. The stories goes that the Javanese ruler, fearing the wrath of Orang Kayo Hiram, called for a truce and sealed the agreement by arranging a marriage between his daughter Ratumas Pemalang and Orang Kayo Hitam Another legend tells the incorporation of the upriver region into the kingdom and the establishment of the Jambi capital at Tanah Pilih, or chosen land, its present site. Orang Kayo Hitam is said to have journeyed upriver into the interior where he came across a log with a lock of black hair entwined around it, the hair, he thought of a beautiful girl. He sees off in search for her and eventually came to a village where he found her guardians. As was the norm on occasions when men with magic powers met, he was challenged to single combat. Both he and his adversary leapt, thrust and struck at each other using all the skill of pencak silat, and the fight went on for several days. Eventually, however, orang kayu hitam proved the stronger. As his prize, he asked the girl's guardian if he could marry her, but they were extremely reluctant for this strange black man to marry Mayang Mangurai, as she was called. They set him a test, traditionally considered to be impossible to fulfill. The test was in four parts. First he must hand over a mortarful of gold, second, the hollow of a blowpipe, third the sleeve of a shit, and fourth, a measure of louse heads. He had a year and a day to perform these tasks. Orang Kayo Hitam set off to Java where he easily obtained the gold. Neither did the other requirements present him with any difficulties. On his return, the wedding gifts were handed over and the guardians had to concede. After the wedding, the young couple set off down the river in a small covered boat, following a pair of white geese. Mayang Menguarai's father had told them that when the geese left the water and settled on the bank for two days and two nights, there they should build a city. The place was this occurred was then known as Tanah Pilih. When Orang Kayo Hitam struck the ground for the first time with his knife, he hit a gong buried in the earth. When he hit the second time he hit a cannon. Many believed these to be the parents of the girl, transformed in their graves. Others believed that they had fled into the forests rather than embrace Islam. There they became the ancestor of Kubu People (Suku Anak Dalam), the forest dwellers that have retained their animist beliefs and hunter-gatherer existence." |
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| Tool – Hooker with a Penis Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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The title refers to the lines "He thought We were sellin' out, Layin' down, Suckin' up To the man"- thus making him a hooker, and the lines "Before you point the finger You should know that I'm the man, And if I'm the man,Then you're the man, and He's the man as well so you can Point that fuckin' finger up your ass" Which is where penis comes into it. |
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| Chevelle – Another Know It All Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| This song is about the problems the band had when Joe was still part of it. He left because he couldn't get along with his siblings, so the kicked him out and added their brother in laws. From what I undersatnd, Joe Loffler was a bit of a know it all and drama queen, so the lyrics fit perfectly. And, he was chosen over their original Bass Player. | |
| Chevelle – Another Know It All Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| This song is about the problems the band had when Joe was still part of it. He left because he couldn't get along with his siblings, so the kicked him out and added their brother in laws. From what I undersatnd, Joe Loffler was a bit of a know it all and drama queen, so the lyrics fit perfectly. And, he was chosen over their original Bass Player. | |
| Chevelle – Grab Thy Hand Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| "How I long for release?" That line is talking about lust, sex, etc. He wants release from the nearly painfull desire he has for a woman... and when he says release, he means sex. Get it? The God reference is added for emphasis... to show that he speaks the truth... like "God, he's hott" The whole song is about a man who just longs to touch a girl he wants, and wants so badly he screams in fustration. He uses "thy" to show just how much he wants her. She is so special that he can't use mundane language. | |
| Chevelle – Grab Thy Hand Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| "How I long for release?" That line is talking about lust, sex, etc. He wants release from the nearly painfull desire he has for a woman... and when he says release, he means sex. Get it? The God reference is added for emphasis... to show that he speaks the truth... like "God, he's hott" The whole song is about a man who just longs to touch a girl he wants, and wants so badly he screams in fustration. He uses "thy" to show just how much he wants her. She is so special that he can't use mundane language. | |
| Chevelle – Saferwaters Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This song is, as even the band themselves have said, is about a misanthrope who seeks to distance himself from the world. The man that society is alienating is the city's saving grace; he could help the world out but noboy knows because they never take the time to find out his point of veiw, a view that sees all the shallowness and stupidity of the people who won't accept his help, which is why he rolls his eyes. Since the masses won't listen to him... those eyes are heartless. He has no pity for stupid, and will probably end up thinking "I told you so." He's not lying, he won't be fake for the sake of the rest of the world, and he gives up trying to make others see. And they say he doesn't understand what's going on. When he leaves, the public ridicules him for leaving society... saying that he's devolving. And once he's gone, the world starts to realize what their created choas killed when it pushed him away (still learning what choas killed). He's kind of like a cowardly Howard Roark |
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| Chevelle – The Clincher Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| In order to get the full meaning of any Chevelle song, you HAVE to look at the entire song, not just each line individually. If you look at this song line by line, I see how anyone could get a connection with Jesus on the cross, but there are so many lines that jsut don't fit. If you look at all the lyrics, the Jesus explaination doesn't work. This song is about the clastrophobic feeling of being buried alive, both litterally and figuratively. Lines like "these are the limits when ones buried," "helped to nail down" (in reference to a coffin lid) "The brain needs oxygen" "his catacomb has got me by the chin" talk about the literal idea of being buried alive. The lines "I'll stand for nothing less, or never stand again" say that unless he makes a stand now, he'll never be able to again, because he will be buried by others... a meaning that is supported by the lines "His catacomb has got me by the chin..." In the sense that he's up to his neck in dirt, and if he doesn't do someting now, he'll suffocate, and the lines "Made cold and Crippled..." meaning that the actions of others bury is capacity to chose or act for himself. If you disagree, I'd be more than willing to argue with you. | |
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