| Freshlyground – I'd Like Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Couple differences in the lyrics that I keep seeing. I have the itunes version and this is what they are from there. "What would you do if I kissed you? What would you do if I held your hand and laid you down? Would you find me overly familiar towards you? Would you call me insensitive and say that I deserve to die? What do I do with all these feelings tearing me up inside? What do I do with all these wasted hours dreaming of you at night? I'd like you to call you sometime. What would you do if you knew the truth? Oh what would you do if I told you the story of my life? Would you find me overly familiar towards you? Would you call me crude fling me aside to the birds? What do I do with all these feelings holding me back inside? What do I do with all these wasted hours dreaming of you at night? I'd like to call you sometime. I'd like you to need me one time. I'd like to call you sometime. I.... What would you do if I kissed you? What would you do if I held your hand and laid you down? Would you recognize it's a need I've been fighting for so long? Would you recognize it's a hunger only you can fill? What do I do with all these feelings warming me up inside? What do I do with all these precious hours dreaming of you at night? I'd.... Cuz I'd like to call you sometime. I'd like you to need me one time. I'd like to have you all the time. Oh I would like to call you..." As for the meaning of the song... She's uncertain of herself. She is expressing her confusion and turmoil in deciding whether or not to pursue her desires or ignore them. She's weighing the consequences. You could fit this into a lot of scenarios other than ones involving a crush. General indecisiveness, lack of certainty in your decisions, or lack of action when it comes to your feelings. I love this song so much because of how well I can relate. As confident a person as I am, rejection is still something I always fear. |
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| Silversun Pickups – Kissing Families Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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When you get married her family becomes your family and vice versa. Ergo - Kissing families. The song is about a very long commitment that is going through troubles. He realized that no amount of perseverance was going to make it better: "well someone said i made a mistake kept looking forward on paths sideways it's everything that is connected and beautiful and now i know just where i stand seasons always shift too late spent too much time now on paths sideways everything that is connected and beautiful and now i know just where i stand thank god it's over.... " |
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| Silversun Pickups – Catch and Release Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I was relating this line to satisfaction. Usually, "wind in your hair" is commonly referred to as a pleasurable and bliss experience. |
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| Silversun Pickups – Future Foe Scenarios Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Yet another song about self deception. It's funny because I just wrote a comment for Waste it On. |
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| Silversun Pickups – Waste It On Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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emilimo701 was definitely on the right track with this. Throughout the song he talks about how they're pretending to be something they're not. How they're forcing themselves to be like the other while never showing anything of their true selves. Not only are they trying to falsely convince themselves that they belong together. They're trying to convince others that they aren't pretending. It's ironic and strange because he's expressing that they both already know that they're pretending to like each other... and so their primary goal has become to convince everyone else. "cheer up lady I'm really into it candor leaves us far behind Let's see how twisted we can be" He says that being open is wrong and will leave you far behind... being honest is wrong. The recurring theme of "Let's see how twisted we can be" is him telling her that they should try to be as convincing as possible to those around them. "soak up pleasantries of mildew and stitchery the needlepoint has set designs to show how easy it can be when we" They're still pretending. Delving into the normalities of everyday life and typical relationships. "let's start making maps out of all the dead skin that maybe causing false alarms it might be peeling much too quickly" The dead skin is a metaphor for a sudden abnormality that they're trying to cover up. Making a map out of it to make it look normal. If it peels too quickly and they can't cover it, they'll be exposed. "clean up with me the homemade surgeries my veneers sink into you and show how twisted we can be when we" Homemade surgeries are the attempts that they're making to hide the truth about their relationship. Veneers are another symbol of false representation. "on sullen meadows that will fit right in with lisping rivers that will fit right in with mountain ranges through matted lenses that will fit right in connect and dissect so we" Talking about how well their image fits. How perfectly they've covered everything up. They can successfully waste their relationship and their lives without anyone ever knowing. "with all your meadows they'll still see right in with all your rivers they'll still see right in no mountain ranges will stop them sensing and they'll see right in and see right through because we waste it on we waste it on we waste it on we waste it on" No matter what they do. No matter how perfectly or concise they are, they can't hide the truth. They're wasting their lives away by not being open and honest. Give this song whatever application you like. The indisputable fact is that they're trying to hide something from someone... And the act of them doing so is useless... a waste. |
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| Silversun Pickups – Comeback Kid Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The "She" and the "He" are having an argument. She is bound by social principles in society and cannot act outside of them while he can. He uses the term comeback kid in reference to himself. Basically saying "The comeback kid isn't held back by society; the comeback kid will speak his mind" The pyre is a metaphor for the way we act in society - it's uncontrollable, volatile, infectious, and powerful from a dark perspective. You start the pyre anytime you enter a social situation. The pyre is conformity to society. "With all the fire set in her eyes Without a cornerstone to realize That later on we'll build the pyre And burn so easily Well, everyone but me" He isn't effected by the pyre of social occasions. He doesn't conform to all the rest and he doesn't let the pyre burn with him. "And soon we'll see in better moods A singularity Well, everyone but you We'll pull the nerves out Through the pores That bruise so easily The comeback kid's not bleeding yet" After the pyre is started and burning, everyone will have better moods as the fire spreads and grows infinitely. Everyone else is fine and happy with being bound by society... But she isn't yet she can't escape from conformity. Pulling the nerves out illustrates pain - The pain of trying to FIGHT conformity, trying to fight and go against the social regularities. It's so easy to be hurt by others when you don't conform... but the comeback kid isn't hurt at all. " And now we sing in better moods Together whispering Well, everyone but you And later on we build the pyre And burn so easily Well, everyone but me Everyone but me" Basically a repeat of the second verse while showing a lapse of time. Now they're all in better moods. Now everyone is "whispering" or mingling with the crowd as they conform to the ways of society. Except the comeback kid. "And with words that defied all our social gestures No one could have known what the comeback kid did No words can describe all our social pressures That leads to the time when the comeback kid wins And wins And wins " The comeback kid wins because he isn't a victim to conformity like the woman he is speaking of. He can operate within and outside social occasions because he doesn't HAVE to conform and he doesn't HAVE to be effected by the pressures and expectations of society. She loses because she can't escape. |
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| Silversun Pickups – All the Go Inbetweens Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I like the other comments on here - They seem to be close to what my take on this song was... Also, with longer songs they need less explanation - Ironic, eh? The writer is a child that believes he is beyond the other's around him... As he consults a wiser-person or a role model of some sort - He is told that he is unique, that he can change the world, and he should start with those closest to him. |
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| Silversun Pickups – Booksmart Devil Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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The song says so much with so little words... There's a lot of possibilities as to what the song can mean. Obviously the streetwise angel and booksmart devils are conflicting ideas. The silversun pickups tend to focus on teenage / mid 20s life and drama... So I assume that this song is no different. Eventually, as a teenager, you reach a certain point in your life where maturity performs an overhaul on all the childish bullshit that exists in the drama with relationships at a young age. The booksmart angels and the streetwise devils become one and the same as the person matures and becomes more rational and less driven by emotion. As you get older, you retreat from the ones that you would usually seek out, the "land-locked lover", and move on to be more open... The angels will seek the devils as they have now become one and the same because of their growing maturity. Sobering from the illogical contructs of your past ways of thinking... Sobering from the impaired judgement of childhood... Sobering from a childish mind to an adult... converting into a streetwise angel (or booksmart devil) ;) |
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| Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I've been listening to Silversun Pickups for a while and some of the comments on here made me want to sign up. ;) Namely capgun and a few others. Anyways, the song starts with him expressing that his optimism was quickly replaced by regret. "I've been waiting for this moment all my life... but it's not quite right" He's found love... or what he thinks is love and jumps into it; only to find that he's not sure if he actually HAS found love. The next verse is him hearing the advice of others (Possibly parents / role models) telling him that love is more complex than he realizes... But he doesn't listen. "So clear yet so unheard" "I've been waiting for the silence all night long... It's just a matter of time" He's waiting to try and truly express his love and attempt to become more intimate. For some reason I think that the Lazy Eye has more to do with infidelities and inexperience on his part rather than the other comments I've seen on here. The Lazy eye refers to him trying to keep his attention on her but his main focus doesn't rest on her... He can only manage to keep his "lazy eye" rested on her. Possibly my own biased being a teenage boy and having experienced such a situation myself. ;) "Everyone so intimately rearranged" Here he's noticing that noone else seems to be feeling the same way as he is. He may be feeling some guilt along with the regret - I think he isn't ready to move on with the relationship and begin to be more intimate... Because he doesn't feel that it's right when all he can manage on her is just a lazy eye. The rest is pretty funny to me - "that's why i said I relate, i said we relate, it's so fun to relate" With this line he's showing clear regrets and saying that he basically lied to everyone else... He told people that he relates, he's been intimate, he is just like them and has no problem moving on... But of course he's lying. "The room, the sun, and the sky..." He did it anyways. He's seeing the bigger picture of it all and goes past his inner feelings and regrets to go with the flow and avoid pressure. The ending of the song reiterates on this same idea. Very saddening. :( |
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