| James – Lullaby Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I believe it should be reading and not raiding. That's just a thick British accent. | |
| James – Sit Down Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think its about depression like someone mentioned earlier. And I think this is about sharing in that struggle. And the line "If I hadn't seen such riches, I could live with being poor." I think is about having been so happy once. Knowing that there's something better. I mean it can have multiple meanings, it's a great line. I heard a similar line somewhere, are you poor because you're poor or because someone says your poor. It's about points of comparison. Anyhow, I know when I'm really happy how quickly it can go away. If I hadn't known that happiness would I even be unhappy now or would I think this is normal? |
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| Spoon – My Little Japanese Cigarette Case Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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i think there's definitely an allusion to drugs but it's not just straight forward about glamorizing it or anything. most people have used something to escape the pain of some memories, whether it's alcohol or cocaine. he doesn't need to be a current addict, he could have just did it long ago, or never even (though he has in interviews mentioned drugs), but he identifies with that lifestyle. the cigarette case is a hiding place. he's keeping it secret. it's JUST my japanese cigarette case. that's his secret, he keeps it from his friends or at least acquaintances. the mirror is two fold, it is what cocaine/powdered heroin can be done off. (gives one the effect that there's more!) and yeah it also shows your reflection. but it's all gone once you snort it. until you sober up. anyway, overall, i just think it's about that yearning. the yearning you get after you've stopped doing something. it's so easy to want to fall back into it. and perhaps you do go back here and there. then it becomes even more a secret. and thus you start a mini-secret life. sometimes you just want to be somewhere else. |
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| The Lightning Seeds – Pure Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| i really think this is about having a baby. the love for your own baby. which is also similar to falling in love. it might be going back and forth in the song itself. | |
| Belle & Sebastian – Get Me Away from Here, I'm Dying Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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ok i have a totally different take on this. first verse: totally about a break up. especially when it just happens, you just want to get out of your own skin...like you're dying. a lot of people turn to music to help release that penned up emotion. but no one writes good break up songs anymore. well not just break up songs, but songs about romantic troubles. so he has to do it himself. which is equally effective in his need for such a song. verse two: the story he's settling down with is his own. it's the story of his life. a bit of the self-pity that comes during these times. he blames himself, he's mad at himself for being naive, etc. but he doesn't regret it, the relationship was worth it despite that it ended. this part confuses me though, it's like there's two different things happening, opposite things. i guess it would depend on how you look at it: "With naivety succeeds At the final moment, I cried I always cry at endings" so he succeeds but he cries? oh he cries at endings? so the ending is a positive thing? the crying is happy/sad? probably bittersweet. i think i would take it as coming to terms with it, realizing it's over and to gaining strength from it. but still, it's the end of a part of your life and that is bittersweet most of the time. verse three: at least for me, i know when i go through this, i think about past lovers, but they'd never know it right? and maybe the more recent ones you've still hung on to. he is finally saying goodbye and letting them go. and from the other end, if you're not ready to totally let go too, having the other let go and really say goodbye can hurt almost as much as the break up? as with any lyrics, it's easy to read into it what you want to, or what you're going through. and i did hear it while going through this myself. (far from it now - which gives me that inference of the ending part.) so i won't deny my interpretation is totally biased. |
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