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The Smashing Pumpkins – Where Boys Fear to Tread Lyrics 10 years ago
"take me down" is the ending song of "dawn to dusk" - a hopeful positive love song
while "where the boys fear to tread" is the starting song of the twilight(a period for nightmares to come alive-where the boys fear to tread)

lyrics interpretation:
"candy cane walks down
to build a bonfire, to break my fall
my baby, my sweet thing
just maybe we could lose ourselves this time"

::::::::>>>the symbolisms of candy canes(attractive sweet things),bonfires(warmth)-probably refers to just one aspect of love which is sex(with a negative outlook against love).

"king of the horseflies, dark prince of death
his tragic forces are heaven sent
in sweet things, in a lovers breath(or fruit?)
in knowing this was meant to be the last
a go-go-kids, a go-go-style
a suck suck kiss, a suck suck smile"

:::::>>>when a loved one of someone dies,the person starts blaming god or supernatural(dark prince here) for taking their loved one away(just to satisfy his own mentality and blaming the other for going on a path he wants to which is to the world of attractions,though deep down the person himself knows that what he is doing is wrong).
his "tragic forces" only makes this person realize that how it all was meant to end(that's why-"his tragic forces,are heven sent") and love is just an illusion and how it all goes away but one can only feel the pleasures,which he thinks this world of nightmares is all really about.

NOTE:if the lines are really:""In sweet things,in a lovers "FRUIT""",than he is totally referring to adam and eve's downfall through the sweet apple(pleasure and lust)

"as always, in young need
a veiled promise to never die"

;;;;>>>>these lines probably refer to how the veiled promise of pleasures( pleasures mean sex) is endless for the young(in need).

on dead highways, her black beauties roam
for june angels, so far from home
for a love lost, a faded picture
to tread lightning, to ink the lavender skies

in the last song,he was talking about angels and trumpets....
but now he has fallen from love totally and like a june angel(far from home) he sees the black beauties(negative seductive forces) attracting him,on dead highways(dead highways refer to a world of broken dreams,roads going no-where lively).

Note:the love lost,fading pictures,treading lightning,inking the lavender skies are all reference to the reasoning for the downfall and making the dark and dense mark on soft and beautiful lavender skies.

"so get on the bomb
get back where you belong"

he know he will finally be destroyed and die,he feels choiceless and enraged.

in the next song "bodies" he's saying
"The crumbled cities stand as known
Of the sights you have been shown
Of the hurt you call your own
Love is suicide"
talking how love is so negative and full of shit.(lol.......though the singer himself has become full of shit talking negatively about knowing how love is "suicide" and it's irony.....he forgets his own irony in talking shit, and how he himself is now full of shit,in pain and going nowhere.)

Note:The title of the song "Where the boys fear to tread" describes the deep psychological disacceptance and fear for the world he is choosing and deciding to tread.

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Yo La Tengo – From Black to Blue Lyrics 10 years ago
if just one wish could bring her back....it's sad :(

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Yo La Tengo – From Black to Blue Lyrics 10 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRWkTs5R5q0
.......hoping that dreams would bring her back....it's sad....and his holiness is proof....he could only love you.....she's not forgotten......he's haunted.....he's searching for escape......It's sad and his loneliness is proof.....he will always love you

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Yo La Tengo – The Crying of Lot G Lyrics 10 years ago
it's good that you know the truth.There have been bad people with bad influence in every relegion and christian relegion is not an exception.
same with hinduism.i am from a hindu family of brahmins,and brahmins are blamed for monopoly over lower classes kind of like the church.
but it's all bull-shit since i believe that hinduism is kind of like the greatest relegion and it's ruined by superstitious people and odd beleifs of the uneducated masses,same with christianity, its the greatest relegion about faith.
it's not unwise to write about relegion,cause their is only one relegion....that is love.....but people are prejudiced that mine is great and your's is shit.each relegion is better than other in some sections.people who are spiritual can learn from any relegion and see how each relegion is talking about the same thing.
watch this and be happy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7JscsZ-52o

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The Smashing Pumpkins – Soma Lyrics 10 years ago
I think billy names the titles of song with great deep meanings.
Soma is a mythical heavenly intoxicating drink many praising its energizing qualities.
In hindu mythology Indra is the chief deity and the god of war and rain.He separated the heavens and the earth by defeating Vrtra, a snake-dragon representation of chaos and obstacles.Another Vedic myth describes his defeat of Vrtra using wind and a thunderbolt as his weapons, enabling the monsoon rains to end. Indra must be strengthened with the drink soma, provided by worshippers, to accomplish this task.
It's a common belief that when Indra cries,it rains from heaven as he is the Lord of Heaven.

Indra also commited stupid mistakes by being egoistical at times.
I mean come on,billy made the song siva(hindu god of destruction),he does'nt give his song titles certain names for shit.

Lyrics interpretation:The song is probably about being sad,alone,intoxicated and crying but being pure at heart.

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Teenage Fanclub – Metal baby Lyrics 10 years ago
a song plainly about the dangerous love for metal

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MAP – Even Emo Guys Are Bastards Sometimes Lyrics 10 years ago
fappers...lol.It's been great since i started reading the journals on songmeanings, and i have never been much of a writer my whole life.i was never a diary person,but i really have started to like reading the journals people post here.
well some people try to make you follow their own paths,they sometimes try to force you in doing things you don't want rather than inspiring you....a sad truth (negativity aside),....but what more can internet fappers do...haha.

I feel really good that the posts here are done by people with hearts....Real people.....no matter what you are or who you are.happy or sad.....because....
ain't life a roller-coaster ride and we are here to share our experiences n feelings.

and yes ....don't forget the songs :)

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In Extremo – Merseburger Zauberspruche Lyrics 10 years ago
Smashing Pumpkins-Cupid De Locke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd9Ke6pSu3s
"Cupid Hath Pulled Back His Sweetheart's Bow
To Cast Divine Arrow Into Her Soul
To Grab Her Attention Swift And Quick....."

The song is from the album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
.....so don't be sad :)

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Them Crooked Vultures – Reptiles Lyrics 10 years ago
the is certainly about the music industry and how it puts pressure on the artists.

When the conscious level of a human being rises(most likely the artists experience it)he is attacked by the so called "reptiles".
you can easily describe them as hallucinations.but when the mind is in that state of hallucination (could also be due to drugs)you start questioning it (because you don't know wether the shit that you are seeing is real or unreal) because you start fearing it and when you fear it you disturb the thin line between the reality and dream of the conscious and unconscious mind.,...and the more effort you put on understanding it the more lost you become,the more confused you get,your fear become a reality,subjectively and objectively on levels of conscious mind.
You start realising it as an external force and for that reason
some people call them "shape shifting reptiles".and it is their right description objectively.(Because that's how much powerful our minds are but we never realise its power to see crazy shit,and when these kinds of things happen to ordinary people.....the are gone mad)
i have never done any research on reptiles agenda....but have seen shit myself....and by my own knowledge i know what it's all about....and i know how crazy i sound........the reptiles can take form of your worst fears and form of your softest comforts....thats all i know.
i guess they are called reptiles for one and only reason.....the ability to change colours......and everything we see is nothing but a play of light and colours.......

Some people do LSD and see crazy shit.......and they talk about heaven and hell.....their hallucinations are a reality for them.....and reality is based on perception.

Perceptions are perceptions and nothing more.....and it defines the reality which we want to see.

It's a song defining his worst nightmare.

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Alice in Chains – Pretty Done Lyrics 10 years ago
This song is from Lucifer/satan's point of view,cursing god and his plan,about his fall,and being done with god's orders.(Pretty DONE!)

"So you got the thing you wanted
Don't let it go"
"Though it hurts your hand to hold it
Don't let it show"
::::::>>>>>God created him and now he has discarded him from heaven.God never shows any weakness(because he has none).Lucifer/satan doesn't agree with this, and claims himself the almighty, thinking his power and supremacy was not acknowledged by god in heaven over the others, for which god was hurt holding him in heaven and so he threw him out of heaven.


"I'm pretty done
Once a favored son/sun
I'm pretty done
Slap me 'round for fun" (listen to the snarling manner of singing)

::::::::>>>>>he's pretty done with the following the orders of god,and for this disobedience he is slapped around by god.(since satan thinks god is against him-and he is against god and he likes disturbing god's creation,he thinks god also likes pushing him around)

"Finding no pleasant changes
In old enemies/we're known enemies
Not a lead a bit part playing
In my life story"

::::::::::>>>>He himself does'nt like his foe-ship with god but he hates not playing the lead part in his story and so he has disrupted and confused the script by subtlelity and subliminality(because he is wise and for which he is not acknowledged by god) of his story.

"I don't care to further amuse you
Never had you how could I lose you
Paid in full(or blatantful???there is no such word as it is grammatically wrong), I owe no one at all" (snarling manner of singing, again)

These lines are very important:
::::::::>>>>Being pretty done with following of orders and being a disobedient one he doesn't care to further amuse him in being part of his plan.
The next lines(Never had you....at all) are to justify his hate and arrogance since he himself knows, that without god he would have never came to existence....but being blatant...he owes no one at all.(beautiful solo,yeah!!)

"I'm supposed to smile and ignore it
Better than some"
::::::::::>>>>His cruel style is better that god.(Sublime in his own way)
.............................................
My alternate lyrics:
"I'm supposed to smile, having no riddle
benevolent sun"
Note:I have interpreted these lines by hearing differently.(are these lines subliminal???)
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"High roads are far to fall from
Already hung"
It is easier to find satan and his ways than god,there are no riddles,and also since he is a humanitarian,there is benevolence for his followers, who go against god.
"High roads are far to fall from
Already hung"
Despite losing many battles against god he has hung to his task,and the high roads from which he fell are now far(he managed to hang in his fall) and his path is still leading him to his wanted victories.

"Pushing forward hopeless mission
Curiosity, omission
History colored since the fall"

::::::>>>>CLIMAX of the song:Satan's understanding of nature is great because of his constant experiments with god's creation........but his experiments are only lead by evil curiousness for which he is left out.But history of mankind is nothing without him,and would have never came to it's present condition without his constant occurring.It is just colored since his fall from heaven.The whole universe is affected by his fall.The most historical event.
(but he's going to get a 1000 years in jail....according to bible....i guess)

This is just my opinion and interpretation on the following hypothesis.The song fits adequately though.LAST thing :Cantrell ROCKS!!!
Note:LUCIFER/Satan symbolizes EGO.

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The Smashing Pumpkins – Geek U.S.A. Lyrics 10 years ago
The adam&eve and cocaine refrence really cleared the idea, thanks to dross ahartline.
So here' my throw:
if adam and eve never had the intercourse the human race would have never came to existence
they were like the siamese twins and the whole human race is nothing but a forsaken siamese dream
it is the result of the original sin and so the whole human race is forsaken (maybe the whole human race was not meant to ever exist in god's plan but you can say thanks to Serpent dude)
and expelled from paradise where they were not meant to age or die but because of adam and eve's mistake human beings have fallen to aging and dying.Diseased.

My CRAZY LYRIC interpretation:

"Shot full of diamonds
And a million years
The disappointed disappear
Like they were never here "
::::::>>>>i have seen this movie called "drug-store cowboy" in which he describes the experience of opiates as freeing and beautiful in-short=heavenly, so billy could be talking about the heavenly experience of drugs.I have never done drugs but had my share of different types of marijuana,cannabis,hash,charas,bhaang(liquid cannabis drink) whatever you wanna call the green stuff(did it for only 3 months)...
and have had heaven and hell kind of experience once under it's influence which is not easily describable maybe due to mixtures (but above all mind is the biggest director and all these experiences depend on the state of mind)
I used to meditate and i have had vivid experiences, one of which was experiencing ..as if a time period of million of years (kind of being in a void) from which when i came out to a normal mind-body conscious i felt a great freedom and freedom from all disappointments.....(the disappointed disappear-like they were never here)
Certainly when you can experience such vividness without drugs it is very much possible that cocaine can induce and create such an experience which may seem holy.

"In a dream
We are connected
Siamese twins
At the wrist"
;;;;>>>>i saw somebody's comment that it could be about suicide and getting expelled from paradise, and suiciders(i guess there is no word for self-killers) are forbidden to hell.
well if you put a silver blade or silver knife on your wrist for a suicide attempt you might see your own reflection connected at the wrist.your own siamese twin.(this putting of knife on the hand is probably going in an altered mind state due to influence of cocaine and so he call it a "dream")

"And then I knew we'd been forsaken
Expelled from paradise"
:::::>>>Realizing the truth that the whole human race is nothing but an unending multiplicity of twins, only because of Adam&eve's one mistake of getting expelled from paradise because of ....well... fucking

"I can't believe them
When they say that it's alright"
:::::>>>>and so every thing is fucked up,and nothing is alright (and the crazy guitar solo unleashes)

"Words can't define what I feel inside
Who needs them?
::::::::>>>>This is a great enlightenment....kind of understanding the fucked up meaning of life.....the feeling of this realization is not easily describable

Caught with this virus of my mind
I give in to my disease, of my needs
To my disease, of my needs

we know that billy is a spiritual person: making songs like siva and zero
and for a spiritual person...not knowing the way to freedom is the biggest source of depression and mental illness and so he can't fight that and gives in to his primal desires for sex and drugs(being diseased with sin like Adam&Eve)

"She really needs to break
And give herself away "
"She gave it all away
We really love the USA"
::::::>>>Reference to those who have fallen to drugs, the great irony of Geeks in USA

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In Extremo – Der Galgen Lyrics 10 years ago
I have not read much poetry but i like the poetry of the songs i hear.
Here's a song i would like you to hear.....here are some of it's lyrics,hope u like it..

SOUNDGARDEN-4th of July

"Shower in the dark day
Clean sparks driving down
Cool in the waterway
Where the baptized drown
Naked in the cold sun
Breathing life like fire
Thought I was the only one
But that was just a lie"

"Cause I heard it in the wind
And I saw it in the sky
And I thought it was the end
And I thought it was the 4th of July"

"Pale in the flare light
The scared light cracks & disappears
And leads the scorched ones here
And everywhere no one cares
The fire is spreading
And no one wants to speak about it
Down in the hole
Jesus tries to crack a smile
Beneath another shovel load"

"Now I'm in control
Now I'm in the fall out
Once asleep but now I stand
And I still remember
Your sweet everything
Light a Roman candle
And hold it in your hand

Cause I heard it in the wind
And I saw it in the sky
And I thought it was the end
And I thought it was the 4th of July"

and i guess real poetry is nothing without singing it,though i don't know much about poetry.
sometimes we have to fight our fears to see the real 4th of july, u know what i mean :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgSY0QRkAQI




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The Doobie Brothers – Rockin' Down The Highway Lyrics 10 years ago
fallen leaves,other than this, i also read your previous journal...
and it's good to know that you are doing well.
someone commented on your journal that people are responsible for their own decisions and that is true for your friend joe but i think that your friend is going through some kind of bipolar disorder.and he really needs your help.
people having bipolar are likely to be gifted with great intellect,keen observation power and artistic talent.
My cousin suffered from bipolar disorder and and he even went to a condition of anorexia, in those days when he suffered from it, i would not understand what was going on with him later he started seeing the psychiatrist and now he is just perfect.

Recently, i went through some same mania, and i came out of it without the help of doctors and medicines.The problem with you and joe is that joe's mind is of intellectual or artistic leaning and your mind is of social leaning and so you are unable to understand what's going on in joe's head.

when i was in a state of acute bipolar i would draw for hours and would see several possibilities in my art that i never saw as if i was seeing a different universe.i never learned how to play a guitar, but i would enjoy it so much that i learned the rhythmic style of playing and made 100's of rhythms and riffs within hours.

the thing is that the mind needs to stabilize when it has worked too much in by observing so many things......if the mind is not given sufficient rest and the thought patterns become confusing than mood swings can happen(and result to bipolar disorder)(and the person suffering from it can behave irrationally), i can tell you that.

advicing your friend to do one thing at a time and setting a routine would really help because people in bopolar think that no one understands them....but people who have came out of it also understand them.

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The Doobie Brothers – Listen To The Music Lyrics 10 years ago
SIVA
"All this pain smothers me
Like a bomb that you can't see
Tell me, tell me what you're after
I just want to get there faster "

"I don't live - I inhale
I don't give - I unveil
Don't want to live in your misery
I don't live - I inhale"

Try meditation!

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The Doobie Brothers – Listen To The Music Lyrics 10 years ago
that was a great song

SIVA
"Way down deep within my heart
Lies a soul that's torn apart
Tell me, tell me what you're after
I just want to get there faster"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3wAtWywrP4


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The Smashing Pumpkins – Siva Lyrics 10 years ago
This song is most probably based on the story of Hindu mythology about ""Siva's"" havoc,rage,his creative and destructive ability,
which all the the gods were unable to:
face,contain or fight, which he unvieled on the world, his unstoppable righteous anger, when a pure person,
His worshipper and lover named "sati" who he was going to marry, died by jumping in fire of a ceremony established by her father, because of the shame which her father threw on her by
disregarding Shiva (SIVA) as an acceptable groom for sati for his "Wicked Way of Lifestyle".

When Siva (or Shiva) came to know that SATI had died by jumping in a prayer fire, ceremonied by her father the following incidents happened in which Many mighty gods were BULLIED by siva's rage:

(taken from wikipedia:Virabhadra)(siva's angry avatar)(angry avatars of shiva are called "rudras" and their are 11 of them)

Shiva came to know about this and with deep sorrow and anger, plucked a lock of hair and thrashed on the ground. Lord Veerabhadra,
and Rudrakali was born. Virabhadra's believed to be the """Destroyer of Ajnana (ignorance or absence of knowledge)""", his tall body reached the high heavens,
he was dark as the clouds, three burning eyes, and fiery hair; he wore a garland of skulls and carried terrible weapons.

Siva also orders Veerabhadra not to fear the Brahmans(holy men) as Virabhadra was part of his very self.

Lyrics interpretation:

I spin off and lose my head
Throwing stray a spark instead
Gather strength down in my heel
And dig it in the world I peel
..................
;;;;>shiva digging his lock of hair in the earth with deep sorrow and anger (probably caved in the earth with his heel)
..................
Way down deep within my heart
Lies a soul that's torn apart
..........................................
;;;;;>sorrow for sati's self mortification as she was a pure soul and his doubtless lover
..........................................
Tell me, tell me what you're after
I just want to get there faster
.........................................
;;;;;>siva questioning daksha (sati's father) in his angry mind for his humanly greed which shiva can't understand and don't want to as he is innocent and angry angry
.........................................
I don't live - I inhale
I don't give - I unveil
Don't want to live in your misery
I don't live - I inhale
.........................................
;;;;;;>shiva telling the truth about himself: that he is an angry meditator (inhaling-breathing fast) because of daksha,
and now he will unveil this truth for the earth and gods to see
.........................................
Sprinkle all my kisses on your head
Stars full of wishes fill our beds
She said, "I'm dead"
........................................
;;;;;>siva thinking about sati and how they would have wed but now she is dead
........................................
All this pain smothers me
Like a bomb that you can't see
Tell me, tell me what you're after
I just want to get there faster
.........................................
;;;;;;>the pain smother and disturbs siva's breathing.....despite of this he cant't forget his breathing meditation and be like a bomb with all this pain,
and so be it for all the gods and realms to see and so they will have to face his unstoppable wrath
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During the spoiling and destruction of Daksha's ceremony gods were bullied by Siva, rudrakali(Avatar of shiva) and the Veerabhadra and Virabhadra(avatar of shiva) cuts off Daksha's (sati's father) head;;
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COMPROMISE WITH SHIVA (taken from wiki)

After the destruction of Daksha's sacrifice, the defeated gods sought Brahma and asked his counsel.
Brahma advised the gods to make their peace with Shiva.
Brahma himself went with them to Mount Kailash. Brahma prayed to lord Shiva to pardon Daksha and to mend the broken limbs of gods and rishis.
The compassionate lord (Shiva) took pity on Daksha and restored the burnt head of Daksha with that of a goat's head (now he is a great devotee of siva)......

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siva is called by many names one of which is "bhola" meaning the innocent one, despite of his mightiest destructive power,
as he is eternally righteous and an avenger of his worshippers, and so the wrong doers can never escape his wrath even if they run from him for eternity he will chase them and put them to justice of dharma

he is one of the mightiest hindu gods of the hindu holy trinity among Brahma and Vishnu.
Brahma is all knowing and kind hearted.......
vishnu is protecter of the universe and one of his angry-cruel avatar is "Narsimha"(story of narsimha is really epic 2-that's why i guess pumpkins also like siva) who is the protector of his innocent worshippers,
and shiva is the powerful destructive force and these three are eternal friends

i am a pumpkins fan and from india, so it gives me a great pleasure to enlighten my friends with this, thats why i wrote so much to make it clear
and ofcourse this is just my opinion and iterpretation ;),,,will be watching game of thrones later goodbye :)

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The Smashing Pumpkins – Siva Lyrics 10 years ago
and one more thing.....the hindu holy trinity which creates, sustains and destroys the universe is complete in OM...the ultimate ZERO...
from which the universe came and its purest form is sound(or music)

another pumpkins song ZERO

Emptiness is loneliness, and loneliness is cleanliness
And cleanliness is godliness, and god is empty just like me

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The Smashing Pumpkins – Siva Lyrics 10 years ago
This song is most probably based on the story of Hindu mythology about ""Siva's"" havoc,rage,his creative and destructive ability,
which all the the gods were unable to:
face,contain or fight, which he unvieled on the world, his unstoppable righteous anger, when a pure person,
His worshipper and lover named "sati" who he was going to marry, died by jumping in fire of a ceremony established by her father, because of the shame which her father threw on her by
disregarding Shiva (SIVA) as an acceptable groom for sati for his "Wicked Way of Lifestyle".

When Siva (or Shiva) came to know that SATI had died by jumping in a prayer fire, ceremonied by her father the following incidents happened in which Many mighty gods were BULLIED by siva's rage:

(taken from wikipedia:Virabhadra)(siva's angry avatar)(angry avatars of shiva are called "rudras" and their are 11 of them)

Shiva came to know about this and with deep sorrow and anger, plucked a lock of hair and thrashed on the ground. Lord Veerabhadra,
and Rudrakali was born. Virabhadra's believed to be the """Destroyer of Ajnana (ignorance or absence of knowledge)""", his tall body reached the high heavens,
he was dark as the clouds, three burning eyes, and fiery hair; he wore a garland of skulls and carried terrible weapons.

Siva also orders Veerabhadra not to fear the Brahmans(holy men) as Virabhadra was part of his very self.

Lyrics interpretation:

I spin off and lose my head
Throwing stray a spark instead
Gather strength down in my heel
And dig it in the world I peel
..................
;;;;>shiva digging his lock of hair in the earth with deep sorrow and anger (probably caved in the earth with his heel)
..................
Way down deep within my heart
Lies a soul that's torn apart
..........................................
;;;;;>sorrow for sati's self mortification as she was a pure soul and his doubtless lover
..........................................
Tell me, tell me what you're after
I just want to get there faster
.........................................
;;;;;>siva questioning daksha (sati's father) in his angry mind for his humanly greed which shiva can't understand and don't want to as he is innocent and angry angry
.........................................
I don't live - I inhale
I don't give - I unveil
Don't want to live in your misery
I don't live - I inhale
.........................................
;;;;;;>shiva telling the truth about himself: that he is an angry meditator (inhaling-breathing fast) because of daksha,
and now he will unveil this truth for the earth and gods to see
.........................................
Sprinkle all my kisses on your head
Stars full of wishes fill our beds
She said, "I'm dead"
........................................
;;;;;>siva thinking about sati and how they would have wed but now she is dead
........................................
All this pain smothers me
Like a bomb that you can't see
Tell me, tell me what you're after
I just want to get there faster
.........................................
;;;;;;>the pain smother and disturbs siva's breathing.....despite of this he cant't forget his breathing meditation and be like a bomb with all this pain,
and so be it for all the gods and realms to see and so they will have to face his unstoppable wrath
........................................
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During the spoiling and destruction of Daksha's ceremony gods were bullied by Siva, rudrakali(Avatar of shiva) and the Veerabhadra and Virabhadra(avatar of shiva) cuts off Daksha's (sati's father) head;;
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COMPROMISE WITH SHIVA (taken from wiki)

After the destruction of Daksha's sacrifice, the defeated gods sought Brahma and asked his counsel.
Brahma advised the gods to make their peace with Shiva.
Brahma himself went with them to Mount Kailash. Brahma prayed to lord Shiva to pardon Daksha and to mend the broken limbs of gods and rishis.
The compassionate lord (Shiva) took pity on Daksha and restored the burnt head of Daksha with that of a goat's head (now he is a great devotee of siva)......

....................................::::::----lllll

siva is called by many names one of which is "bhola" meaning the innocent one, despite of his mightiest destructive power,
as he is eternally righteous and an avenger of his worshippers, and so the wrong doers can never escape his wrath even if they run from him for eternity he will chase them and put them to justice of dharma

he is one of the mightiest hindu gods of the hindu holy trinity among Brahma and Vishnu.
Brahma is all knowing and kind hearted.......
vishnu is protecter of the universe and one of his angry-cruel avatar is "Narsimha"(story of narsimha is really epic 2-that's why i guess pumpkins also like siva) who is the protector of his innocent worshippers,
and shiva is the powerful destructive force and these three are eternal friends

i am a pumpkins fan and from india, so it gives me a great pleasure to enlighten my friends with this, thats why i wrote so much to make it clear
and ofcourse this is just my opinion and iterpretation ;),,,
will be watching game of thrones later goodbye :)


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The Smashing Pumpkins – Siva Lyrics 10 years ago
This song is most probably based on the story of Hindu mythology about ""Siva's"" havoc,rage,his creative and destructive ability,
which all the the gods were unable to:
face,contain or fight, which he unvieled on the world, his unstoppable righteous anger, when a pure person,
His worshipper and lover named "sati" who he was going to marry, died by jumping in fire of a ceremony established by her father, because of the shame which her father threw on her by
disregarding Shiva (SIVA) as an acceptable groom for sati for his "Wicked Way of Lifestyle".

When Siva (or Shiva) came to know that SATI had died by jumping in a prayer fire, ceremonied by her father the following incidents happened in which Many mighty gods were BULLIED by siva's rage:

(taken from wikipedia:Virabhadra)(siva's angry avatar)(angry avatars of shiva are called "rudras" and their are 11 of them)

Shiva came to know about this and with deep sorrow and anger, plucked a lock of hair and thrashed on the ground. Lord Veerabhadra,
and Rudrakali was born. Virabhadra's believed to be the """Destroyer of Ajnana (ignorance or absence of knowledge)""", his tall body reached the high heavens,
he was dark as the clouds, three burning eyes, and fiery hair; he wore a garland of skulls and carried terrible weapons.

Siva also orders Veerabhadra not to fear the Brahmans(holy men) as Virabhadra was part of his very self.

Lyrics interpretation:

I spin off and lose my head
Throwing stray a spark instead
Gather strength down in my heel
And dig it in the world I peel
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;;;;>shiva digging his lock of hair in the earth with deep sorrow and anger (probably caved in the earth with his heel)
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Way down deep within my heart
Lies a soul that's torn apart
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;;;;;>sorrow for sati's self mortification as she was a pure soul and his doubtless lover
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Tell me, tell me what you're after
I just want to get there faster
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;;;;;>siva questioning daksha (sati's father) in his angry mind for his humanly greed which shiva can't understand and don't want to as he is innocent and angry angry
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I don't live - I inhale
I don't give - I unveil
Don't want to live in your misery
I don't live - I inhale
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;;;;;;>shiva telling the truth about himself: that he is an angry meditator (inhaling-breathing fast) because of daksha,
and now he will unveil this truth for the earth and gods to see
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Sprinkle all my kisses on your head
Stars full of wishes fill our beds
She said, "I'm dead"
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;;;;;>siva thinking about sati and how they would have wed but now she is dead
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All this pain smothers me
Like a bomb that you can't see
Tell me, tell me what you're after
I just want to get there faster
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;;;;;;>the pain smother and disturbs siva's breathing.....despite of this he cant't forget his breathing meditation and be like a bomb with all this pain,
and so be it for all the gods and realms to see and so they will have to face his unstoppable wrath
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During the spoiling and destruction of Daksha's ceremony gods were bullied by Siva, rudrakali(Avatar of shiva) and the Veerabhadra and Virabhadra(avatar of shiva) cuts off Daksha's (sati's father) head;;
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COMPROMISE WITH SHIVA (taken from wiki)

After the destruction of Daksha's sacrifice, the defeated gods sought Brahma and asked his counsel.
Brahma advised the gods to make their peace with Shiva.
Brahma himself went with them to Mount Kailash. Brahma prayed to lord Shiva to pardon Daksha and to mend the broken limbs of gods and rishis.
The compassionate lord (Shiva) took pity on Daksha and restored the burnt head of Daksha with that of a goat's head (now he is a great devotee of siva)......

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siva is called by many names one of which is "bhola" meaning the innocent one, despite of his mightiest destructive power,
as he is eternally righteous and an avenger of his worshippers, and so the wrong doers can never escape his wrath even if they run from him for eternity he will chase them and put them to justice of dharma

he is one of the mightiest hindu gods of the hindu holy trinity among Brahma and Vishnu.
Brahma is all knowing and kind hearted.......
vishnu is protecter of the universe and one of his angry-cruel avatar is "Narsimha"(story of narsimha is really epic 2-that's why i guess pumpkins also like siva) who is the protector of his innocent worshippers,
and shiva is the powerful destructive force and these three are eternal friends

i am a pumpkins fan and from india, so it gives me a great pleasure to enlighten my friends with this, thats why i wrote so much to make it clear
and ofcourse this is just my opinion and iterpretation ;),,,will be watching game of thrones later goodbye :)

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Failure – Let It Drip Lyrics 12 years ago
i had no clue of the meaning of the lyrics of this song

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Tool – The Patient Lyrics 12 years ago
i think this song is about his mother and longing for spiritual unification:
he fears to lose her but he believes that the pain is an illusion but he can't escape the situation and the only way, is to be patient(patient also resembles his mother) as the path of spiritual unification that he has chosen can only be achieved through patience.

if he had known already that their is going to be no healing through this path he would have totally broken down a long time ago

mother and spiritual unification have a common meaning as every mother loves her child and the unification with god is gaining that love again and being loved

but to go through this he has to be patient and not lose himself in emotions

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Tool – The Patient Lyrics 12 years ago
i think this song is about his mother and longing for spiritual unification:
he fears to lose her but he believes that the pain is an illusion but he can't escape the situation and the only way, is to be patient(patient also resembles his mother) as the path of spiritual unification that he has chosen can only be achieved through patience.

if he had known already that their is going to be no healing through this path he would have totally broken down a long time ago

mother and spiritual unification have a common meaning as every mother loves her child and the unification with god is gaining that love again and being loved

but to go through this he has to be patient and not lose himself in emotions

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A Perfect Circle – Sleeping Beauty Lyrics 12 years ago
just thought of it the same way you did

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Tool – Flood Lyrics 13 years ago
i agree with you, this song is about rising above the belief system
but he also understands and realises one more thing that his new knowledge didnt help him see the light (that's why he say that i thought the sun would come and deliever me) and the truth right now for him that he is still living in the same state as before.

maybe thats why we can understand why enlightened people recommend meditation and emptying mind.

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Queens of the Stone Age – The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret Lyrics 13 years ago
doesnt anyone else think that this song could be about illuminati and corporate controlers?
this song couldn'nt be about fucking----then how could it be a secret he can't say, if he told you(the secret must be something he can't openly reveal)

"I think you already know
How far I'd go not to say
You know the art isn't gone
And I'm taking this all to the grave"

other bands and people(the art isn't gone) have also tried to reveal these secrets without openly saying
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there are big dangers in revealing the secret, so he says:
"Whatever you do
Don't tell anyone
Whatever you do
Don't tell anyone

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Failure – The Nurse Who Loved Me Lyrics 13 years ago
i think this song is about a patient in a hospital who is being kept alive on heavy drug dosage and he is slowly dying as the song nears its end
.....this patient has fallen with his face on the rug and he is slowly drawn to the thoughts in his mind (from conscious to subconscious state) ...and in his thoughts he sees good things ..like nurse is caring for him and he is taking her home with him...(he finds comfort in it)
...while he is on the rug, the blood is coming out of his eyes and nose....

you will notice that the music gets more distorted as it reaches the end,,it gives a feeling of life being slowly snatched out of the body

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Soundgarden – Room a Thousand Years Wide Lyrics 13 years ago
i think that the opening 2 lines are about accepting satan as real in him and god a fake
"Listen, hear, he is inside
One who lives while others lie"

the 2nd paragraph tottaly on satan
one who loved death and cruelity which love denies

"It seems he's near me as I walk
One who loved what love denied
He lives these years that I walk blind
All these years cannot be mine"

no clue about thousand years wide room

just like let me drown has some dark satanic lyrics

so here is my throw

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At the Drive-In – Arcarsenal Lyrics 13 years ago
I think these lyrics are about a pilot of an ultra sonic bomber plane who has bombed many people through upper orders

it seems he doesnt want to kill them and feels guilty and aggressive for the killings

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Soundgarden – Kickstand Lyrics 13 years ago
"Kickstand, you got the juice to fill my cup"= full adrenaline

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Rise Against – Prayer Of The Refugee Lyrics 13 years ago
The video clearly shows how marketing leads to child labour in many poor countries

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Oasis – The Hindu Times Lyrics 13 years ago
"the hindustan times" is a newspaper in india (which comes in english not in hindi,maybe he used the word "hindu" rather than "hindustan")
or maybe this song is about a trip to india

the cover of the single shows local shops of india

one more thing is that the video of this song was going to be filmed in new delhi,india
also in india many foreigners come and get involved in marijuana or ganja

i am just telling what i know, maybe it helps figure out the meaning

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Mad Season – I Don't Know Anything Lyrics 13 years ago
at first he finds violence as a stupidity in the lines
"Why we have to live in so much hate everyday, oh yeah
Why the fighting and the coming down, am I sane?"

but when he is angered through violence acted on him
he goes to the darker side of his heart and follows his instincts and finds relief through revenge and violence .....that is what the coming lines mean

"When the teacher put the ruler down on my hand
I laugh!
Cross my heart and hide reliever in trails of blood"

this shows that the singer is ultimately aware of his mind and instincts
and hence from a state of not knowing he has finally understood something about himself and the whole society and gained some knowledge

what seemed to him as a stupidity first (violence and hate) is not the stupidity but a part of his reality

but also , it's not his heart that makes him follow violence
but instincts (this is something great that he is able to understand that his heart will lead him to better state)







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Tool – Third Eye Lyrics 13 years ago
i was going to post a comment like this.....
its good that someone had alresady explined it

the theory that we are one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively has been the part of eastern religions and philosophy from so long ago

the world is maya or illusion
we projeect it as we want

but the truth never changes

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Mark Lanegan – Methamphetamine Blues Lyrics 13 years ago
philosophy of lanegan has remained the same about drugs as in the screaming trees song "shadow of the season"

where he choose drogs just to move on the path of life

"to find a reson to carry on ,to carry home"

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Failure – Another Space Song Lyrics 13 years ago
She'll always be what I can't find
She'll always be where I break down
She'll always hide behind a star
I'll always dream she can't be far i guess these refer to mother earth

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Failure – Smoking Umbrellas Lyrics 14 years ago
By digging out failure i have found that 90's is nothing but a treasure ground

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Failure – Magnified Lyrics 14 years ago
i guess all the rockstars who accuse god for suffering in the world don't have even just a little clue about the theory of buddha that all beings are born to suffer only

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Failure – Wet Gravity Lyrics 14 years ago
i guess all the rockstars who accuse god for suffering in the world don't have even just a little clue about the theory of buddha that all beings are born to suffer only

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A Perfect Circle – Passive Lyrics 14 years ago
this song could also be on layne, as i have seen them in a concert singing together...i don't know much about thier relationship
to conform this i saw the release date of the album and it was after 1.5 years after layne's death
so this song could have been written during this gap.

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Alice in Chains – A Looking in View Lyrics 14 years ago
this song is surely for layne:

"Hear footsteps creak the floor
The shadows give away
Someone outside the door
Wont let them in"

"layne is able to listen to the creeking of the floor and sees the shadows of his
band members but 'someone outside' which may refer to the grim or yamraj or the
dark energy or soultaker who won't let them in"


Life damaged, gears to grind
A run-down broke machine
That steals your peace of mind
Before you know it's gone

"the first two lines are of this para are for detireorated condition of
layne and the next two lines are about thoughts about layne which takes away
the peace of mind of the thinker who can be any member of the band, but they don't know that he has already died in his apartment while they are concerned about him"

Lay down
Lay

"asking layne to quit his addiction and protect himself or he will die"

Silence burning, hold your tongue
Keep us separate, sullen, dumb

"they are seperate from layne and the silence burns their tounge as they feel guilt for their will to not speak about him and hence not taking any serious action to protect him"

These things I hate in you
Also reflect it seems
Distortion laced with spite
Takes you out of me

"jerry hates his addiction but he also finds it in himself in a different way,
the music erases the thoughts of him"

Hiding in a darkness under
Boiling to the surface something
Crawling on your skin, discomfort
Makes you break and run, stumble, fall

"effects of drugs on layne"

It's why you never tell me (what's on your mind)
It's why you never tell me (what's on your mind)
It's why you never tell me (what's on your mind)
It's why you never tell me (what's on your mind)

"layne has already predicted the time of his death so he thinks that there is no use of telling
it to anyone which is now understood by jerry and now has known why he never told what was on his mind"

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A Perfect Circle – Pet Lyrics 14 years ago
i guess the lines:
"Counting bodies like sheep" is about seeing the dead bodies of soldiers
"To the rhythm of the war drums" with the sound n rhythm of firing of guns

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