| Paul Simon – Peace Like A River Lyrics | 1 month ago |
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The song is about being part of social movement or campaign. The first verse is about the idealism and joy you feel when you are first in the movement. Every thing is great and positive. The second verse is when things break down and and fracture. There is uncertainty, factions and you may not know who trust. The bridge reminds you of why the movement is importaint and why you must keep fighting. The last verse is the reflections of the verteran activist. He has endured a lot. The work has become a grind, but he knows its worthwhile and he will keep going. I love the guitar playing, they rhythem reminds me of a train thats going to keep going no matter what. |
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| Morrissey – Alma Matters Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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This is a lovely melody that reflects the tone of the lyrics. There is not a whole lot to the lyrics. Just two similar short verses and a reported chorus. The verses repeat that the listener may not understand or respect his choices, but he is committed to them and willing to accept their consequences. It is impossible to know the details of these choices and consequences from the lyrics. The chorus explains why he made these choices. It focuses on a play of the Latin phrase “Alma Mater”, which apparently means “nurturing mother”, but I always knew it as a refence and fidelity to the school one attended. Either definition reflects loyalty, inclusion, community, relationships and safety. The words of the rest of the chorus reflect the same themes. Spinning Mater in to Matters adds emphasis to these themes. I think it is one of Morrissey’s most beautiful songs. Sublime. |
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| AgesandAges – No Nostalgia Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| A beautiful and inspiring song | |
| Bob Dylan – Neighborhood Bully Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| @[hellopeople:14478] Did you even read what I posted? or are you replying to someone else? I am not disagreeing with you, | |
| J.B. Lenoir – Eisenhower Blues Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Even in the realitive good times of the Eisenhower, the peace and prospertiy did not trickle down to everyone. Eisenhower Blues is Lenior's lamitation on that fact LB ask "I don't know what, I'm gonna do?" As a nation, the Social and Civil Rights unrest of the 60's is what we did in responce. |
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| Elvis Costello – Blue Chair Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I think the Blue Char is the strangly familar comfort you get from looking back at the heartache of love lost. The "you" in the song is a friend in love with the narriator's Ex. The narriator takes some comfort knowing that the other's heart is likely to be broken too. | |
| Randy Newman – Rednecks Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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This song really hits at many levels. The overt message is a ridicule of southern white racist. Although the voice in the narrative is a white racist explaining his views, it is presented sarcastically, and obviously not intended to be a defense of his actions. Neumann’s alternate intent is exposing the views of northerners, who think they are guiltless in maters race. The narrator in the song is stereotype of how some northerners view white southerners: ignorant, drunk, and dumb; with a singular goal to oppress blacks. The real sting is in the last stanza. Though the enlightened northerner is happy to call blacks a slightly less offensive racial epitaph, they have systematically segregated blacks in to ghettos in order to “keep them down.” This is a complex song and everyone needs to listen with their own mirror in hand, and not assume it is directed at someone else. |
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| Leonard Cohen – Who by Fire Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I see the song as an assessment and reflection on one’s life. “And who shall I say is calling?” is simple enough. A common phrase a doorkeeper or receptionist asks when a visitor wants to be presented to the boss or master of the house. But in this case it is a metaphysical question back to the listener, or an unnamed subject of the song. I suppose this could be someone presenting themselves to God or some personal assessment of one’s life. The “Who” is one’s personal character or spiritual essence. You may have another word for this: soul, spirit, values etc. The rest of the lines reflect how that essence was formed by one’s experience. We have all had these experiences, but react differently to them, and they have they have shaped us differently. The first verse is basically saying: “How did you end up you after going through the fire and the rain of life, both bright sunny happy days and dark nights of life? Who are you after going through both exception challenges and mundane day to day toils? What are you now after once being young an hopeful and now growing old?” The other verses mention other common experiences every life, and asks to reflect on who we are after being shaped by such events. OK - the Mirror is self reflection, don't make it too hard |
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| Bob Dylan – Neighborhood Bully Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Reading this lyric makes me think that the 3 Billion a year that the US send a year in Military aid is not really appreciated or acknowledged "Well, he got no allies to really speak of What he gets he must pay for, he don't get it out of love He buys obsolete weapons and he won't be denied" |
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| Bob Dylan – When the Ship Comes In Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I agree as others have said that Ship in the song is social change. Specifically what movement of change is unspecified, and unimportant I think. The images he uses are universal. Though I don’t know it was Dylan’s original intent, when I listen to the some almost 50 years after it was written, I think of misguided movements that have destructive consequences to the ‘foes’ that get in the way. They think their mission is just and divinely ordained, though it has a fatal impact on others. (as described in ”With God on our Side”). Some of the images in the song are so ridiculous that they seem almost sarcastic. My mission is so just and righteous that the fish will get out the way and gulls will smile at me?” This sounds like a delusional rant. The visual image I get from the lyrics is Columbus (or some other imperialist) on a self righteous mission of conquest. The ‘foe’ are natives on San Salvador who must succumb to their power. The theme of “Won’t Get Fooled Again” carries a similar message. |
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| Wilco – Handshake Drugs Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Some times the simplest explanation may be the best explanation. Tweedy seems to parallel his feelings of disorientation with his general social anxiety and awkwardness with this disorientation of the times when he had his drug problem. In both instances he feels out of place and not himself. Also the anxiety seems to lead him to take to drugs and the drugs increase is disorientation. In both cases he felt that fans and media perceived him as either odd, inappropriate or not living up to their expectations. |
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