| Jake Bugg – Seen It All Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I normally don’t like to give interpretations of lyrics, mostly because the music I usually listen to has “stream of consciousness” type lyrics and it’s hardly any use to start interpreting those. But since Jake Bugg has quite a narrative style of writing perhaps some things can be said of his lyrics. Anyhow, after a few listens I figure the narrator of the story (not necessarily Bugg himself) is actually the one who ends up dead. So when he says “and then they took a guy outside and someone stabbed him with a knife”, the narrator is the one being stabbed. I figure this because the last sentences are “I've seen the light but not the kind I would have liked”: the light he’s seen being the proverbial ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ instead a light of ‘insight’. On this interpretation, which is arguably a bit of a stretch, the words “I’ve seen it all, nothing shocks me anymore after tonight” are quite literally true; if you’re dead, you have seen all you’ll ever see and nothing can shock you anymore. To give this interpretation some credibility, I would recommend checking out the video. SPOILER ALERT: Jake Bugg is not the protagonist in it (as he has been in some of his other videos such as “two fingers”), and the protagonist who is not Bugg ends up being dead, but he only figures this out at the end of the video. |
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| Radiohead – Gagging Order Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I dunno if this has been said before 'cause I couldn't be arsed to read it all. anyhoo, I'm not 100 % sure if what I’m about to say/write is what the song is actually about, but we can never be sure anyway since we're all not Thom Yorke (or in Radiohead, for that matter) so here we go: Mr Yorke considered (I’m not sure if he actually did) taking antidepressants (and melatonin) for a while, perhaps it was after the okc era, which makes sense 'cause this song has been kicking 'round since the amnesiac/kid a sessions. (guitarist O'Brian referred to the song in his online diary, although it was still called 'move along' back then) Radiohead chose not to include it in any of those 2 cd's and neither can it be found on 2003's cd 'hail to the thief'. However, somehow the song managed to survive throughout those 4 years, so that, in 2004, the song was included in the Japanese compilation cd 'Com Lag'. Since then the song has been called 'Gagging Order'. For those who really want to have the song on cd, now you know where to find it. I really suggest buying this beauty, although it's a little pricy. You get 10 songs, of which two remixes and two live versions, as well as some great artwork. well worth it's price. OK, and there you have it; I’m done, hope this was helpful to you ;) |
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