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| The Triffids – The Seabirds Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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I love the guitar riff played throughout the song. If The Triffids were better known outside Australia, I bet it'd be ranked among the likes of Satisfaction and Sweet Child o' Mine.
It's clearly a narrative poem, the only kind of poetry I can dig, and seems to tell the story of a man who separates from his wife, gets drunk and attempts suicide by swimming out too far into the ocean. All told much more artfully than my drab synopsis. It's ambiguous whether or not he actually dies, though; it is only said that the seabirds don't touch the figure washed ashore, who is clearly implied to be the man. It could be that the birds don't touch him because he hasn't died. Alternatively, perhaps they leave his corpse out of pity for the sorry state they heard him in.
Very tragic song. But brilliant lyrics and music. |
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| Warumpi Band – Makes You Feel Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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This is my favourite anti-alcohol song from the Warumpis. It has such a simple, yet potent, warning about the consequences of alcoholism.
Also, 'dessert' is how it is spelt in the booklet on the album. I assume that it's a typo, but I decided to transcribe the booklet verbatim and opted not to correct what I thought were errors. |
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| Nick Drake – Pink Moon Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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This is the only Nick Drake song that really stands out to me. It's because I feel that he was such a consistent songwriter that his albums can only really be taken as whole products (that's a good thing). But that's just my opinion... |
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