| Death Cab for Cutie – Marching Bands of Manhattan Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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| DyE – Fantasy Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think the lyrics and the video have two different meanings. The lyrics are fairly ambiguous, so the actual meaning could and probably is different from person to person. Generally, though, the lyrics tell a story about someone who is hurt as the result of a past or pending failure. His "walls are so high" meaning that he lets no one in; he is withholding his feelings and distancing himself from those he cares about. Eventually, he decides whatever mistake he made was the final straw. He's giving up the fantasy that he could ever be successful. He's facing reality. He just wants to stop taking the failure personally. It hurts just to think about it - can't he just stop taking it in pain? He's given his heart to a cause (most likely another person in a relationship). His heart was exposed, vulnerable to injury and pain - and it happened. Now, he has to move on from the fantasy of happiness. ------------------------------------ The video, in my opinion, has a different twist to it. LITERAL PLOT: The main character of the video is a teenage girl (Girl 1) who is hanging out with her friends (Girl 2, Boy 1, Boy 2). They sneak into a pool and have fun. Soon, it turns into a promiscuous night, as Girl 2 and Boy 2 start making out. Boy 2 begins fingering Girl 2. This encourages Boy 1 to make advances on Girl 1, but she feels uncomfortable and out of place. She's but an innocent girl likely in her pubescent years. When he leans in to kiss her, she panics and dives into the pool. She sees something moving around in her pants, so she panics and swims back to the surface. She sees Girl 2 and Boy 2 have transformed into extremely alien and terrifying creatures. Boy 2's hand has turned into a large tentacle that is inside Girl 2's entire abdomen. Girl 1 dives back into the pool to escape, finds a portal through the bottom of the pool, and finds herself in a terrible wasteland, where she collapses in defeat. INTERPRETATION: The video is a metaphor for the loss of innocence. The anecdote of the girl being sexually confronted, her attempts at escape, her view of sexual activity as alien and terrifying, and her eventual defeat are all representative of the internal conflict that every person goes through when he or she loses innocence. The cause of this can be death of a loved one, bullying, or anything traumatic. The loss of innocence is what transforms a child into an adult. |
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| Linkin Park – Burning in the Skies Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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It's not as literal as it seems. Just because there is talk of burning and smoke does not mean it is about a war scenario. The song is about painfully admitting to oneself that your significant other is not the one, that you two are not meant to be. "I use the dead wood to make the fire rise The blood of innocence burning in the skies" The one who realizes the relationship is not right is intentionally trying to destroy the relationship (breaking up) to prevent pain in the future. That person feels bad because it is causing pain for the other (the innocent one). "I'm swimming in the smoke Of bridges I have burned So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve" The heartbreaker is feeling the pain of breaking off, too, because of how much the relationship meant to him or her. However, he or she doesn't want the other to feel bad because the heartbreaker knows he doesn't deserve him or her anyway. "We held our breathe when the clouds began to form But you were lost in the beating of the storm But in the end we were meant to be apart In separate chambers of the human heart" They both knew it was coming, however it was impossible to stop because "the beating of the storm" was already acknowledged. They simply weren't meant to be. Sad song. :( |
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| OneRepublic – Secrets Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"Something to delight those ears" He wants to make good music with honest lyrics, even if it's not some juicy story. |
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| OneRepublic – Secrets Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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He wants to tell us about his "boring" life and hopes that we still enjoy his music, even though he doesn't pull publicity stunts like many other celebrities. "Don't care if critics ever jump in line" He loves what he does and doesn't care what anyone else thinks. "When a situation rises Just write it into an album Send it straight to gold But I don't really like my flow, no" He believes that he could solve many problems simply by singing about them with passionate lyrics, thereby bringing them to the public's attention. (Maybe like this song??) Lastly, he wants us to not let him fade away simply because he doesn't have a juicy, drama-filled life with problems that can be "blamed on his family." ___________________________________________________________________ Just my interpretation. Apologies to OneRepublic if I'm wrong. |
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| OneRepublic – Apologize Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"I'm holding on a rope Got me 10 feet off the ground" He's clutching onto her because it's too dangerous not to. He has nowhere to go but down, where he will only crash and be hurt. "You tell me that you're sorry didn't think I'd turn around and say: That it's too late to apologize" He doesn't forgive her. That surprises and upsets her. "I'd take another chance, take a fall, take a shot for you I need you like a heart needs a beat, it's nothing new I loved you with a fire red now it's turning blue And you say Sorry like the angel heaven let me think was you But I'm afraid" He'll still go back to her despite his lack of forgiving because he has no choice. No choice not because he still loves her; in fact, he's not sure if he still does. What she did to him has affected him so severely that he can't love her with his whole heart ever again, but he can't be without her. His former love for her had distorted his perception of her character, causing him to believe she was a good person. He's afraid to go back to her because he knows that it's likely he will be hurt again, but as said before, he has no choice. |
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