| Pink Floyd – Run Like Hell Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I love this song. If you listen to all of The Wall, it becomes pretty easy to interpret this song. He's running away from society, attempting to escape the wrath he imagines that the world holds against him. He sees himself as dirty, and he sees society as wanting revenge against him for his perceived dirtiness. |
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| Misfits – Hollywood Bablyon Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| One of my favourite Misfits songs. It's obviously about Hollywood being shallow and superficial, obsessed with glamour, sex and beauty. Hollywood 'worships' the superficial. Babylon, in the bible, was much like Hollywood is today. | |
| Audioslave – Like a Stone Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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There are some definite religious overtones in the song. I think the overall meaning isn't a specific as accepting God, however -- more like desperately hoping that he (the person whose POV we're seeing here) is worthy enough to be accepted by a higher power... any higher power. Some parts also suggest to me that this POV is not unique to the individual speaking in the song, but one that all of humanity shares. "And there you led me on" could be interpreted as meaning that we spend all of our lives chasing something that could very well not be there -- a perfect afterlife, or worthiness in a higher power's eyes -- or something that was there all along, that we couldn't see because, ironically, we were chasing it in the wrong direction. "On my deathbed I will pray To the gods and the angels Like a pagan to anyone Who will take me to heaven" He/we will call out to any higher power that we believe will accept us. We are desperate to prove ourselves worthy. |
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| Ace of Base – Happy Nation Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Do you guys honestly think that this song is promoting Nazism? If anything, it's speaking out against Hitler's ideas. If you want to look at it as if it's referring to the rise of the Nazis in Europe (and I doubt the song is meant to be that specific), then pay attention to the lyrics: "(praise, all people praise) (the greatest in all time) (and praise my soul) (the greatest in all time)" The dictator (Hitler, in your interpretation, addressing the people). "happy nation living in a happy nation where the people understand and dream of the perfect man a situation leading to sweet salvation for the people for the good for mankind brotherhood" Sarcastic in tone. This is what the dictator tells the masses, and the message the brainwashed masses repeat. They believe that what they're doing is what is best for humanity, which in fact they're doing the exact opposite. "ideas by man are only that will last and over time we've learned from the past" We've seen the same thing over and over again. A man or men claiming to be leading us to peace, when in fact he's usually leading us in the exact opposite direction. "that no man's fit to rule the world alone" This one is fairly obvious. No single human being is capable of ruling the world. Again, this contradicts everything Hitler stood for -- Hitler intended to reign over as much of Europe as possible. "a man will die but not his ideas" Again, easy to understand. You cannot kill an idea, whether it's a good one or a bad one. In fact, killing a man for his ideas will often turn him into a martyr, and only strengthen his cause. "we're travelling in time travelling in time" This one is open to interpretation, but I suspect that it refers to history repeating itself over and over again, which is metaphorically represented by traveling back in time. Again, returning to your Nazi interpretation, what Hitler did in WWII was, sadly, not a unique event. The same genocide has been seen through-out history, almost always beginning in the exact same way -- a man promising peace and prosperity. "tell them we've gone too far tell them we've gone too far" This line, above all, seems to contradict the idea that this is promoting Nazism. In the quest for a perfect world, the leader will often tell the people that sacrifices must be made. However, using Hitler as an example, the mass genocide committed under his reign was beyond any necessary sacrifice. He, like all dictators, "went too far". Much, much, MUCH too far. "happy nation come through" The population desperately attempts to justify everything by telling themselves that, eventually, the ends will justify the means. The repetition of the "tell them we've gone too far" lines suggests that, no, the ends do not justify the means. Of course, I'm still of the opinion that the lyrics are meant to be open to interpretation, allowing for anything from a peaceful deity returning to the people to a warning against trusting men who promise peace and prosperity, especially if it comes with any kind of sacrifice. The song is definitely NOT promoting Nazism. |
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| The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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We blame the devil for everything that goes wrong with th world, when in reality it's humanity that is to blame. That's always been the meaning I took from the song. These are by far the best lyrics the stones ever came out with. Generally, it's more the instrumentals than the lyrics that stands out in their music, but in this case it's the words that make the song so great. Love it. |
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| Red Hot Chili Peppers – Scar Tissue Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Oh my god, I was just commenting about this on another song... EVERY song on this site has at least one interpretation claiming that it's about self-harm, even when it's obvious that it isn't. "Scar tissue" is a metaphor. "That I wish you saw" clearly indicates that these are emotional, not physical scars he's talking about. | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers – Scar Tissue Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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"With the birds I'll share This lonely view" It's lonely at the top. |
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| System of a Down – Chop Suey! Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think it's pretty obvious that this song is about Jesus being nothing more than a performing artist of sorts. 2000 years ago, he pulled a few tricks, gathered a few followers, was crucified, and then turned into a martyr. We're expected to "trust" him because he supposedly died for us, or his "self-righteous suicide". The "why have you forsaken me?" and "father, into your hands" lines are direct quotes attributed to Jesus on the cross, as is written in the new testament of the bible. In other words, Christianity is a faith based on trusting the unproven word of a man who died 2000 years ago. By the way, why is it that every single song on this site has at least one interpretation from someone who thinks that it's about self-injury? I'm sure I could look up the Barney theme song, and find someone insisting that it's really about cutting yourself... Yes, SI is a serious problem, but not every damn song is about it. |
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| Simple Plan – Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I normally don't like Simple Plan's stuff, but this song really gets me. I've lost several friends and family members to car accidents... the number of young lives stolen due to drunk driving, speeding, not wearing a seatbelt, etc. is truly staggering. For such a simple composition and lyrics, this song delivers a powerful message. And deejuks2, why don't you go back to the coffee house with all of your pretentious liberal arts major buddies and have a collective circle-jerk about how your vinyl albums are superior to CDs and MP3s, so the rest of us don't have to deal with you? In my experience, it's people like you -- snobs who have spent hours studying music theory and picking dissecting it -- who have the least appreciation for music, much like a gynecologist is no longer aroused by the sight of a nude female. Music is about expressing and stimulating emotion. It doesn't have to be the Mona Lisa of sound, so long as it means something to someone. Oh, and for the record, dropping comparative references to pop culture (hurr Michael Bay movies hurr) doesn't make you look intelligent -- it makes you look like a insecure nerd who is desperate to have his own inflated sense of superiority validated. If there is a fine line between 'good' and 'suck', I think we all know which side you fall on. |
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