| Modest Mouse – Ansel Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I'd like to say that this is totally incorrect, and it's about his brother, who obviously was killed in some mountain climbing incident or something. His death was part of the inspiration for their Good News album. | |
| King Krule – Has This Hit Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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"Another disappointed soul Well I try I try to keep it in control Well I I will end up on the dole It's my life And now fall into it I go Well Blue, you've got me on the go So don't worry You'll never know Your eyes Are never cold To me Well at least that's what I was told" I feel like this is Archy's essential break up song. In the first two verses, he summarizes his relationship with this Blue girl, it's a constantly changing and hectic one, and Archy is finding himself disappointed as he realizes that it's spiraling into something out of his grasp. He's doing all he can to save this relationship and keep her with him, but even he's beginning to doubt if he loves her anymore -- "your eyes are never cold to me, at least that's what I'm told." "Girl You made My dreams come true It's all a clue It's all for you Myself is still eighteen In cue And it's all That I want to do" I love the emotion in his voice in these verses, as well as the ones that follow them. He sounds so distressed and angry, bitterly singing about how Blue used to make his dreams come true. He's tried and tried to stay with her, but this is his final clue that maybe things are really done. Whether or not it's her fault or his, he doesn't say, but he brings up his youth as a sort of defense, trying to excuse his mistakes. "I know when I look into the sky There is no meaning And I'm the only one believing That there's nothing to believe in I'm dreaming My aspirations got a ceiling And now I'm constantly cleaning The skies you're dealing" Definitely my favourite part of the song. Archy feels no emotion when he sees something beautiful, like the sky. He feels empty, almost nihilistic, claiming that there's nothing to believe in, and he feels alone in this philosophy, and even when thinking about his future and his dreams, he sets limits for himself, and refuses to allow his hopes to get too high. And Blue, this girl, is dealing skies, much like the sky that Archy finds no beauty in, as well as the one that relates to this saying: "the sky's the limit." At one point, Blue made him feel like anything was possible, like he could accomplish whatever he wanted, but now that they've been torn apart, Archy's cleaning out all those ideas of optimism that she left in his head. "Well my guts are on the floor For you to adore me And all I can be" This is a good summation of the last few very personal verses. Archy has finally admitted all of this, and perhaps, despite the bitterness and the doubt and the hate, he still craves the feelings Blue gave him, and hopes that somehow, she will hear him spilling his guts about her, and see he still has feelings about her, and just maybe, she might return them. I'm pretty sure the last half changes perspective to a grander scale, but keeps within the theme of feelings of betrayal and loss and general dislike of everybody around him. |
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| Modest Mouse – Ansel Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Possibly about Ansel Adams? I imagine him and Isaac would share the same ideals -- both hate seeing peaceful, beautiful scenes of nature being destroyed for civilization. | |
| Modest Mouse – Four Fingered Fisherman Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Eleventy has got it spot on, but for the two parts he didn't get: The weeds pulling weeds part and the all night long part Weeds pulling weeds is one of Isaac's many self defeating patterns that he loves so much. It's basically something bad getting rid of something else that's bad, such as drinking because you're sad about your alcoholism, or doing drugs to get over the fact that doing drugs has ruined your life. The fisherman is basically blaming himself and using that to feel better about himself. Then the all night long is, I think, saying that everyone is like this fisherman. The entire human race are four fingered fishermen all night long, or constantly, making poor excuses for feeling upset about stupid things. |
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| Patrick Watson – Mary Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I may as well just add how I think the lyrics go while I'm at it. As she walks through the door With her hair in the wind She's my golden girl In a beautiful world, with her hair in the wind she's my go there girl There goes Mary walkin' down on a sunny road to Heaven passin' right past all the Gods with a smile and a short remark She looks back once and she laughs out loud She turns her head and she gets back To the original mission There's a castle built on the clouds Just like momma used to read to you about She walks out to the door, a strange noise twists open And the wind changed her smile with precision Then a man walks out the door Takes her hand and says he wants to see more Shakes her head and she turns away Shakes another then she flies away 'Cause all she's lookin' for is a place A place where everything's okay Place where she can rest her head And all she's lookin' for is a place Rest her head... Rest her head... Rest her head... |
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| Patrick Watson – Mary Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think the song is simply about an optimistic young girl who realizes that the world isn't really all that great. "In a beautiful world, with her hair in the wind, she's my golden girl" It starts off happy enough, Patrick talking about how he loves her so and her being his 'golden girl'. He then cuts to the story itself; "There goes Mary walking down on a sunny road, to heaven" She's so happy! Her cheeriness is so great she may as well be walking straight to Heaven. The castle built on the cloud could be Mary's idealism getting the best of her. She's comparing what may just be a beautiful manor to stories her mother used to tell her. She goes up to visit it. "And she changed her smile with precision" A.K.A. She went straight from a smile to a frown. "Then the man walks out the door Takes her hand and tells her he wants to see more Shakes her head and turns away Shakes, and she climbs away" The man who lived in the beautiful house turned out to only want one thing: sex. This shatters Mary's happy view on life, and she runs away. The whole realization of the imperfectness of life does a large toll on her. "All she's lookin' for is a place A place where everything is okay A place where she can rest her head" So weary. She just wants to go back to her old self, where everything was okay and nice. I love this song! Patrick never disappoints. |
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| Ugly Casanova – Diamonds on the Face of Evil Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| The beat to this song always reminded me of a person, bound in chains, marching endlessly. He has somewhere to go, but cannot ever reach it, due to his bonds. | |
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