| Neon Trees – Everybody Talks Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This song actually seems really straightforward. "Hey baby what you gotta say? All you're giving me is fiction" -----> Girl leads guy on. "I'm a sorry sucker and this happens all the time I found out that everybody talks" -----> The poor dude is used to that happening to him. -----> So they start doing their thing, and he kisses her, and they're making out (so much his lips hurt, apparently), but... "I could hear the chit chat 'Take me to your love shack'" -----> 'Take me to your love shack' is in quotes because it strikes me as part of a conversation. The speaker in the song is quoting the people who are chit-chatting about him and his girl, making fun of them. "Mama's always gotta backtrack when everybody talks" -----> Back-tracking is a figure of speech for trying to get out of something you've already said or promised. The girl in the song backs up and calls it off because people are talking. Which explains: "Never thought I'd see the day when everybody's words got in the way" -----> It seems ordinary for the two people in the relationship to have their words get in the way, but the rest of the world? That's ridiculous, and the speaker is experiencing a good deal of incredulity. -----> So ultimately, it seems that she's just giving him lip-service -- "friction," which you can take to mean physical friction (she's ONLY giving him a physical relationship at the moment for fear of what they're all saying) or emotional friction (she's arguing or protesting their relationship in general, for the same reason). It doesn't matter; either way, he's only getting friction. The repetition of "everybody talks" has a double meaning, therefore. 1) Everybody OUTSIDE the relationship talks about the relationship, because people like drama. Whether he's speaking to her seriously or to himself marveling at the irony, he's acknowledging that everybody talks. So what's the big deal? And 2) Everybody he's encountered in a relationship manner talks but he wants more than talk - anyone can backtrack. "Everybody talks" is a perfect title, repeating in a resounding criticism of immaturity towards dating. I feel kinda bad for the dude. |
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| Coheed and Cambria – No World for Tomorrow Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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It seems that this song flashes back and gives us The Telling Truth from the Character's perspective. The opening is a battle, led courageously by Claudio Kilgannon. He gains confidence as the battle continues, up until the entrance of the Writer. The Writer kills Ambellina as he tells them "You all think you've figured me out. Do as I say. Come, Momma, will watch you bleed." This is the best I've gotten so far, only because Claudio K. laments, "What did I do to deserve all of this?" at this point during The Telling Truth. |
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