| Animal Collective – Brother Sport Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think this song is about Panda Bear bonding with his brother and reminiscing about the good times when they were molested by their father, Ferdinand Lennox. He supports his brother Matt by giving him some pro DSTs (dick-sucking tips): "You've got to open up your throat" = obvious "OH, let him, Oh, let him, Oh, let him go" = when daddy's ready to come, just let it happen, don't be clingy. "I know it sucks that daddy's done, but try to think of what you want" = don't focus on the discomfort of what happened, focus instead on tomorrow when daddy sobers up and ashamedly takes you to Chuck E. Cheese's to make amends. etc. |
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| Elliott Smith – Stickman Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| The slides are his songs. "If I sped it up" = if you looked at his songwriting career as a a sequence, the film would show him trying to escape the lingering effects of child abuse at the hands of his stepfather. I don't usually interpret his songs autobiographically, but this song asks for it. | |
| Broadcast – Colour Me In Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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She's simply inviting you to get to know her better. "You" could be an acquaintance, a family member, or whatever. Or maybe it's sung from the perspective of her deeper, truer self, addressing her conscious self. Either way, the listener has a limited, abstracted perception of the speaker's authentic qualities. There are people all around us, in our lives, that we only see as "sketchy outlines" in a coloring book, when in fact they're just as real and colorful and 3d as we are. "I'll always wait/ it's never too late" = if you want to get to know me, I'll be here; all you need to do is let your emotions get out and mix with mine ("leave the red of your heart to decide") and then you will have CONNECTED WITH ANOTHER HUMAN BEING WHICH AFTER ALL IS WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT. If anything, this song confirms that Trish (RIP) was a huge talent as well as (probably) a huge stoner. |
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| Built to Spill – You Were Right Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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He's addressing pop music in general: When I was young you seduced me with words of comfort and optimism, and since the music felt true, I believed the message, too. Now that I'm older, I realize the "hey man, don't worry, it's gonna be alright" message was a load of crap, and you were only speaking the truth when you said that we're all alone, happiness is fleeting, everything is in slow decline, there's no heaven, "life's a bitch and then you die," etc. It's the same kind of bitterness and disillusionment you hear in "Like a Rolling Stone" and lots of songs by Quasi and, more recently, Okkervil River. |
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