| alt-J – Deadcrush Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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This is about the band's dead crushes. First verse refers to Lee Miller, a fashion photographer. Man Ray was a photographed her and was apparently pretty obsessive over her. The chorus I think refers to them just piecing together the song. It's sort of thrown together with a nice catchy vibe. So I think it's literally them in the back of a Volvo sampling and then selling out to LA to get their money for the song. It comes off as tongue in cheek. 3rd verse refers to Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry the VII. She was beheaded for not producing a male heir. Keepa, keepa, keepa, keep me damn down Let it low Let me know where you go (watch me now) Papa, papa, papa Get me down Deep, deep down How low? Let me know If you don't have the ace of hearts My dear, you're a lost man (oh) Falcon for you, Anna, from the left arm of the falconer Anna, Anna, Anna, Anna L'Arlésienne These verses I'm honestly not sure about. The first one above is in the same tone as the chorus so it may just be adding on in that line of though. How much do they want to give in to the industry? How much is too much? etc. Would love to hear thoughts on it. |
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| alt-J – 3WW Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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Simple song about chasing love. 3ww or three worn words is "I love you" as already stated above. The song explores how we quickly apply the need for love to all romantic encounters. It's a reflex response. "Love is just a button we pressed." Oh, these three worn words Oh, that we whisper like the rubbing hands Of tourists in Verona I just want to love you in my own language The rubbing hands of tourists in Verona probably refers to people rubbing Juliet's bronze statue in Verona, Italy. Verona is the setting of Romeo and Juliet. It's supposed to promote good luck with love if you rub her breasts: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/10660642/Verona-commissions-replica-Juliet-statue-after-one-too-many-brushes-with-tourists.html The song seems to be about a lad who is falling easily for girls and is throwing out I love you in a desperate attempt to find solidarity. Maybe he will get lucky and it will stick. |
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| Tool – Schism Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"They had to get the idea somewhere." I believe in God, but that is a very simplistic and lazy way of putting why you believe in God. So you really think the Greeks were on to something when they started worshiping Zues and the Olympian Gods when the defeated the Titans? That sentence gives credibility to way too many religions that don't necessarily deserve it(one of them has to be wrong). My problem with religion is that people follow it without knowing anything about its roots or the foundation of the religion they follow. Most Christians in America have no idea what THEIR religion actually stands for. After talking to most of them I find out that they don't stand for a lot of the same ideals, but they still follow it happy in their ignorance. They want to follow, but they don't want to question or actually learn their religion. It sickens me. My dad is a pastor and he is very knowledgeable in his religion of choice(and in many others). Needless to say, I have been surrounded by church goers all my life and most fit into the uninformed category. Most people who are educated about religion are far more skeptical because they have read scripts of different religions. The more and more I read, the more and more it looks like people are making up stories... Back to the original point, you have no idea of "knowing" if the Greeks and Egyptians actually "knew" that there was a God or not. They probably got the idea from a story, a story they made up... |
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| Tool – Schism Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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schism    /ˈsɪzÉ™m, ˈskɪz-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [siz-uhm, skiz-] Show IPA —noun 1. division or disunion, esp. into mutually opposed parties. 2. the parties so formed. 3. Ecclesiastical. a. a formal division within, or separation from, a church or religious body over some doctrinal difference. b. the state of a sect or body formed by such division. c. the offense of causing or seeking to cause such a division. Taken from dictionary.com. yes, you can take the song on a level where Maynard is talking about a relationship or a friendship, but by doing so you are simply "hearing" only what you want to "hear." It's true that on a simple level you can interpret the song to those meanings, but the song is heavily rooted in religious references. Schism itself is typically used in a religious sense. Maynard references religion in many other songs also. He may not of had The Great Schism in mind, but he definitely meant to reference religion. Read my synopsis posted above. This song is primarily about religions falling and building back up again only to have the new religion to fault and turn a blind eye to its own shortcomings or lack of explanations. Religions are so focused on others shortcomings instead of their own. Instead they blindly except that "their pieces" fit together and that everyone else is wrong and should be brought down either by verbally denouncing or by physical violence. |
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| Tool – Schism Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Tool — Schism: Schism approaches the view of a fundamentalist religious believer who believes that his/her religion is the right one. The song deals with this individual seeing his religion rise and fall. This is apparent throughout many of the lyrics of the song. The title, Schism, is defined as a division of unity often associated with a division within churches. This religious believer states that he knows “that the pieces fit, cuz I’ve watched them fall away.” This refers to religions and how they are often formed, rectified, or reformed by denouncing other religions and pointing out what is wrong with their practices or scriptures. This is a common practice amongst religions. Christianity is a great example of this. Instead of unifying to one religion, there were many separate divisions of Christianity and there still are. While schism especially applies to the separation of Orthodox and the Roman Catholic church, this song can be applied to most religious sects. In the 4th paragraph of the song the speaker is saying that, they are not sure if their pieces fit anymore, but for the sake of their church they still need to hold on to their religion. Their religion is now not as large or not the new religion to follow and they are envious, hence the line “mildewed and smoldering, strangled by our coveting.” The last two lines deal with followers second guessing or moving away from the speaker’s religion, so they need to gather more members or else their religion will crumble. Maynard is pointing out the systematical cycle that encompasses religions. A new religion rises at the death of an old one. Religions don’t unify, all seeming to point out all the flaws of other’s practices instead of focusing on or admitting their own flaws. This religion begins to lose members and a new religion arises and starts to take over. The speaker and his followers do not unify, but instead try to grow out the church and conform more people to their belief in a last ditch effort to save their church. The last lines are mocking how most religions are peaceful and point out the unification of humanity, like saying that we are all brothers and sisters, these organizations themselves go to great lengths to distance themselves from other religious groups. The repeating of the words, “I know the pieces fit” further emphasize that these people are typically fundamentalists who are closed minded and do not “think” that their ideas are right, they “know” without question. |
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