| Simon and Garfunkel – The Boxer Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I always thought it was "just a come-on from the war-zone on Seventh Avenue" By the next line I understood he meant a red light district, but I thought it was a metaphor for a backstreet area with a lot of suffering. |
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| Ramses Shaffy – Wij Zullen Doorgaan Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Such an inspirational song. Here is my (not infallible) attempt to unlock it for those we don't read Dutch: We will carry on With the momentum of the lenient strength To carry on In a speechless night We will carry on We will carry on Until we are together We will carry on With the faltering certainty To carry on In an immeasurable time We will carry on We will carry on Until we are together We will carry on With the sweat on our face Just to carry on In an unenlightened trench We will carry on We will carry on Until we are together We will carry on Every time we stall To carry on yet again Naked in the hurricane We will carry on We will carry on Until we are together We will carry on When nobody expects that we will carry on In a speechless night We will carry on We will carry on Until we are together |
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| James Taylor – Carolina In My Mind Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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When I first took a look at the lyrics I was convinced the song was about someone lying on his deathbed. I took "I'm dying, ain't I?" as a literal question. The repetitive "I'm going, I'm going" and that he sings "I'm gone (to Caroline)" provided further backing for this interpretation. I read "The holy host of others" as the people gathered around his deathbed, maybe joined by a priest ('holy host'). And of course, as he is dying, he reminisces about his life in Carolina. That he is eventually going to Carolina seemed like a spiritual rather than a physical departure. Especially because he only is up to Carolina "in his mind". So he is not going there in person. Yet the last line says "got to carry on without me, I am gone". So although he only went there in his mind, the people that stay behind got the carry on without him. This seemed like he had passed away. It seemed to make much sense to me, but going by the comments on here this is actually not the case at all. Still a great song though. |
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| The Proclaimers – Sunshine On Leith Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| The unofficial anthem of Leith-based Hibernian FC. And what an anthem it is. "You"ll never walk alone"? Eat your heart out Celtic and Liverpool. | |
| XTC – Then She Appeared Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The song contains some metaphorical references. "Apple Venus on a half open shell" is about the the goddess of love from Roman/Greek mythology who was born out of a sea shell and later received Paris' apple as a symbol of her being the most beautiful of all the goddesses. Referring evidentially to the beauty of the girl that the song is about. Most other metaphors seem to have to do with the sudden and unexpected character of her appearance. "Fox Talbot" was a British innovator of 19th century photography. The first photograph with his new technique probably came as a surprise for most. The "Marie Celeste" was a ship that was found abandoned in 1872. The giggling crew, apparently just fooling the world for playing hide and seek for over a century, appear very unexpected to say the least. The same goes for Atlantis that turns out not to be a myth after all. The "tricolour and phrygian cap" are symbols of the French Revolution. I guess this has to do with the overthrowing of the old world order and the narrator having a similar experience in his personal world, which will never be the same again now she has appeared. And the "brittle shooting star" isn't something you expect to fall in your lap. Other metaphors having to do with the 'bubbling' of the senses, like the Hookah, that is some sort of waterpipe. Some things remain unclear to me. Who are for example Catherine and Edward who are mentioned? |
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