| Dan Mangan – Starts With Them, Ends With Us Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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| Dan Mangan – Starts With Them, Ends With Us Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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A fanzine article reported on some words from Mangan regarding the meaning of the song: "Dan starts to explain an inspiring story behind the upcoming song - Starts With Them, Ends With Us; telling us about the two weeks he spent in Guatemala right after they finished a 30 year civil war. Hearing the stories of people affected by the war made him realize how easy life is back home. The song is about trust and what happens when it breaks, and about the society and the war." |
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| Dan Mangan – About As Helpful As You Can Be Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| This song is clearly describing the IT project I am currently working on. | |
| Dan Mangan – Starts With Them, Ends With Us Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Yup indeed. | |
| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – People Ain't No Good Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think prodigal has a good point there: nowhere in the song does it sound like his love actually betrayed him. In fact, these lines: The winter slammed us like a fist The windows rattling in the gales To which she drew the curtains Made out of her wedding veils Make it sound like that when hard times hit, she helped get them threw it through the strength of her commitment. And the song also has a strong sense of passing time ("Seasons passing") and it sounds like the song's protagonist actually refers to his love's death (although he makes it sound impersonal or hypothetical): They can comfort you, some even try They nurse you when you're ill of health They bury you when you go and die I think this song is so sad because it's about the inevitability of love leading to real pain, not because betrayal is inevitable - but just because everything must come to an end eventually. God that's depressing. Time for bed. |
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