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| Genesis – Home By The Sea Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I saw Genesis live this year and they played this, with a humorous introduction by Collins who talked about ghosts and things that go bump in the night. Anyway, I've liked this song since I was a kid, and for some reason I thought "home by the sea" was an expression for someone who had gone crazy, as in "What happened to Ed? Oh, that poor bugger's finally moved to a home by the sea." I can envision some of forboding institution on the English coast. The lyrics kind of illustrate a mental struggle to return to normalcy and picking up the pieces of their old lives. Photos of family members are often used to help restore memory. In other songs, Collins shows us that he's empathetic to the mentally challened, as in "Take Me Home." He tends to write songs about books he's read as well. It may be about a ghost story. But something doesn't feel quite right. |
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| Nirvana – Heart-Shaped Box Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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So I'm not the biggest fan of Nirvana, but I did hear this song on the radio tonight, for the first time in quite some time, and was intrigued by its lyrics. I don't know much about the Cobain/Love saga but Cobain does paint a vivid picture of Love, as a Cancer, being domineering and manipulative in their relationship. Someone beautiful and alluring but vicious like an orchid who is incapable of forgiveness. As a Pisces, Cobain was naturally passive, weak and easily wounded (even by docile things such as hair and flowers.) I sense that in the chorus, he speaks from her point of view--in that she seeks to keep him from leaving her only to complain about him more; that cycle is repeated, and he is aware of it. And the advice and opinions expressed in the bitterness of it all are always sarcastically appreciated. Perhaps by eating her when she turns her back he is seeking revenge or even violence on her, but he knows he could never do it. I'm sure the heart-shaped box was a real thing between them, but it seems also to be a great metaphor for an unfeeling organ he felt was there in its place. The umbilical noose does suggest that her pregnancy kept their relationship alive much longer than he expected, while she treated him like a child as well. Either way, it isn't as complex as one would think and is surprisingly real and human. It's a break-up song from a sensitive man's point of view, and in that respect it's quite unique. |
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| Cibo Matto – Moonchild Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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To me, this has always seemed to be a lost-love song for someone born under the crabby zodiac sign of Cancer. Not only do cancers often refer to themselves as "moonchildren" for being ruled by the moon, but this song also references "crab" symbols like the tide and the shell. But like most zodiac things, it could relate to anybody. |
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| Tori Amos – Horses Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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This is my favorite Tori Anus song because I don't understand the lyrics. It reminds me of how in all my own relationships there were a whole bunch of inside jokes and stories that no one else would ever understand, but I treasure dearly, long after it ends. If something happened to me involving an afro and a pharoah, I would probably never forget that. |
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| Björk – Venus As A Boy Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Bjork has been quoted saying that Bataille's "Story of the Eye" is her favorite book. There is an interesting correlation between the egg in the video and the novel's rather imaginative subject matter. |
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| Tori Amos – Blood Roses Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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The first time I heard this song I knew exactly what it was about, and each time I heard it after it became more and more confusing. It's a song you can't expect. |
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| Tori Amos – Cornflake Girl Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I don't know exactly what it's about, but every time I hear this song I can't help but think about how it's true that Dr. Harvey Kellogg invented Cornflakes as a remedy for chronic masturbation, and was an advocate of circumcision in males as well as clitoral mutilation to curb self-pleasure in adolescence. Tori once worked for the Kellogg company--she starred in an 80s commercial for some short-lived cereal brand, so you know she must have contemplated all of this. |
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