| KISS – Radioactive Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| Gene was dating Cher for a while. He wrote this song about her. | |
| KISS – Got Love For Sale Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I never knew the "have love will travel" part (I always thought it was "I'm no real/rich/witch doctor") But then reading the lyrics, I have absolutely no idea what this song's about. Love for sale, by it's title, implies prostitution but the lyrics deal with loss, dependency and possibly addiction. I'd say it's an "anti-drug" song, but it's so indirect it could (like many "great" lyrics) mean anything. My best guess - it's a warning. When you're desperate, you can turn to synthetic means for comfort (I'm thinking drugs, but, whatever) and it'll certainly cure what ails you, but there's "one price" which is probably as bad, or worse, than the initial condition. |
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| Bad Religion – Finite Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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This one seems straight-forward. Everything has a limit. Even those things that seem to span for infinity will end. Everything ends. This is also way to good to sit as a bonus track. |
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| Gandalf – Can You Travel in the Dark Alone Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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The light house is a crutch. Home is their center/ happy place. The dark is some scary thing. If you could always find your happy place, no matter what the circumstance then you're like... Buddha. But, in the song, this person has never really faced his fear without the crutch and is questioning himself. "I always make it through tough circumstances, but I have always done it with a crutch. Am I competent, or is it the crutch?" I assume he will risk losing the gifts he has (and the benefits they provide) to prove to himself that he can get by without them. All that being said, I think the situation can be tied to a lot of things. Leaving home, changing jobs, doing heavy drugs... who knows? |
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| Ween – Object Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| This is great. I always thought of it as like, a companion piece to Polly but you're right. It doesn't sit with the rest of everything they've done. I like the bit about cheating and at the end "they found her sweater" like, uh oh. He had a weak moment, and rationalized it but damn if he didn't get caught after all! | |
| Bad Religion – In Their Hearts Is Right Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Great song. society values things that are not real. Imaginary things (a persons word, intentions etc) are important.. .they can wound you for a lifetime. But the actual physical things are ignored (unless it only makes you bleed). How did we get here? |
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| Bad Religion – True North Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| ...also, the opening riff is "leave mine to me" - a song summed up in the last line "you create your own reality but leave mine to me" | |
| R.E.M. – Belong Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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the animals were going back to where they belonged. the had been taken away from their habitat and were now returning. The news story (or whatever was on the radio) brought that epiphany to the mom. If you are, where you should be, then you'll be ok. She said a message to her child out of love, distilled to a word - in the hope that it will put him on the right path, one that she strayed from. |
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| Bad Religion – Hello Cruel World Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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This one is a little tricky, at first it sounds like a love song where his girl is his world... but, I'll throw a twist on it, see if it sticks? Hello World! Is the first line coded by pretty much anyone, ever. It's dumb, but there it is. Hello Cruel World would be a play on that in such that the melodramatic (and cliche) suicide note is "goodbye cruel world" so I propose it could be a mix of them both! So, the more he codes, the harder it becomes until he realizes his world is saturated in dense, impenetrable code! His world is cruel, and he's just begun! Or it's about drugs. |
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| Bad Religion – Crisis Time Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I don't quite know what they're getting at with this song, but I love it. The staccato delivery of the lyrics is subtle, but powerful! | |
| Bad Religion – Anesthesia Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Stately is dignified. A slot machine is a solid object, a real tangible thing. To call it stately personifies it, and gives it credence. But a slot machine is addictive. It's actually a very nice metaphor - saying heroine (I assume) is dignified - maybe even popular and likely morally ok. The scene he was in made drugs ok, like gambling is ok to "anyone else" | |
| Bad Religion – Anesthesia Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I would think that all good children... means that we all die of something. |
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| Led Zeppelin – Going to California Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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It's about a person who believes in a fantasy, and ends up lost because of it. The male version of stairway to heaven. Going to California with an aching in his heart because someone told him there's a girl out there with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair. What a great fantasy! but that's all it is. As the song goes on you realize there is no girl. California, as he knows it, is a myth. And he's traded his life for that illusion. And now he has nothing and at the end he's just telling himself it's not as hard as it seems. |
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| Bad Religion – Changing Tide Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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this one has a simple message: you're stagnating, and it's not working for you. Don't be afraid to change. or - you're never too old to find a new way. |
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| Bad Religion – True North Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I won't go line by line on this one, but it seems like the person in the song is on a quest to find himself, or to understand his beliefs for himself. The mapmaker is anyone. It's the expectation. You're supposed to believe this. you're supposed to feel this. And the protagonist does, or doesn't. He takes it case by case and builds his own moral structure. There was a map, but he threw it away... "what good is that to me?" it's not his map. It's a slow process. He's been doing it for a long time (and probably wont figure it out any time soon). But his quest will be over when he understands it. True north is the universal understanding as it applies to him (or her). |
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| Bad Religion – True North Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| that's awesome, the only album I would compare it to is no control. | |
| Bad Religion – Vanity Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This seems like a song about misfits. In the sense that they just don't know how to fit into society. The first verse is a fair description of someone who is blunt and aggressive. The second verse is expressing the futility of their existence. If they got their way, and rebuilt everything the way they wanted it wouldn't suit them. They don't have a plan, and their way has not real value. The first chorus, means that no matter how good they feel about their achievements - in comparison to the world's cruel judgement, they will become insignificant. Disgraced to Face seems like a play on words "face to face" as if the face of humanity is on one side, but their face is a disgrace. They are a sad excuse to society, a pariah. The next verse - not sure about the hyper aware and impaired part. the first thing I think of is Autism, or something. And maybe it is. Or maybe it's a reaction to the feelings from the first part of the song... having an urge to fit in, but not being able to. where it used to be aggressive and fun, now it's beat down and paranoid. Yearning etc - they don't belong with their clan, so they must rise above them - if only they would get the social acceptance to do so. the last chorus - Callow Gravity? these are just kids, aren't they? With their experiences of the world a negative reflection of their abilities. |
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| Bad Religion – The Devil In Stitches Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The devil in stitches only has his fun performing for the chosen one - we can run - In stitches (laughing, having a good time) - performing for the chosen one (someone else - someone "important" - someone who is not those two) It means "what's going to happen to us? let's get into some fun!" |
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| Bad Religion – Turn Your Back on Me Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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He left someone, and is saying that it's ok for them to stop loving him. I don't think it was a romantic relationship, because then it's just really egotistical. Instead I think it's parent - child. Probably a song that many older punks can relate to. Their lives have led them away from their kids and for their kids to move on, they have to forget about him. |
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| Bad Religion – Cyanide Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| yeah, missing this person will only cause him harm. | |
| Bad Religion – Only Rain Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Rain fell like judgement - is a metaphor, and he calls it out directly after "but it was only rain" - you guys said it already but I'll say it again! The rain could seem like gods wrath, but it's not. it's just rain. The rest of the song is pretty obvious - prayer doesn't really do anything. They are respectful and understanding of the concepts of religion. |
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| Bad Religion – Generator Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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TL;DR - it's a song about being afraid to leave your comfort zone; probably agoraphobia; definitely not about a murder The first stanza, the guy is stoic. Like a rock - he's not moving. Like a Planet - he's REALLY not moving - like a fucking atom bomb - all that mass is becoming a dangerous force. The second stanza, he's depressed - possibly because nothing can make him feel? He's seen it all before - from the first movements of life (in an orgy) to the end of life. It's illustrating his situation, plumbing the depths of his stoicism. The hummingbird and the ugly laughing man are things behind the window. There's a world outside that is being analyzed, calculated through the window. The ugly man (a person he should be superior to) is laughing. This ugly person is doing something he can't. Blood on the door? All I can think of is Passover, the blood protects your house from the angel of death. Ergo - he's afraid of something outside! Something is keeping him inside. He's afraid to go outside and there's a world out there he only sees through the window. But the blood keeps out the bad things (in passover) but if he washes it, it will still be there. This is cool because if you wash it - it will run. It doesn't get clean. He can't leave. He's trapped by this fear. Wash me clean and I will run until I reach the shore - is also a nice play on words! If he could only escape he would run away!! Washing him clean, probably means helping him overcome his fears which are trapping him inside. I've known it all along - The next 3 things are witnessed by their action. You know they are there, but you can't see them. Well, except for actors - you know they're not real, but you can see them - so, I suppose that's a reverse description. The hammer by the window is a means of escape (breaking the window). The knife on the floor is a means to escape (suicide). He's only got two options if he wants his situation to change. I think the turbines in darkness suggests the power to do something is constantly working. He's motivated to do something. He's tormented! the blood on the door is his protection, but because he's scared to go out it's also his lock. The generator is his will to act. Stifled by his prison. |
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| Bad Religion – Generator Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Tommy Araya is a Catholic. The other guys are Atheists. | |
| Bad Religion – The Henchman Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Stranded - you're in this on your own Upbraided - you're in a bad situation with no way out Henchmen - is a type of person who ignobly succumbs, bending to the will of this situation Rise above this, stand for what you believe in the face of the world, and lift up mankind. Why? because it's the right thing to do. |
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| Bad Religion – Sanity Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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That first/second line is a nice metaphor for someone who is going insane. The face is blank but the gears are turning. The watch, like the person isn't showing you what's going on! Sanity is a full time job in a world that is always changing - I guess that means the person has to work at being normal. And they can't rely on the shifting mess of the outside world, and (implied) they must work from within. The shadow on the wall where the paint is peeling isn't as obvious to me and I want to say it's just prose, invoking solitude. Things you notice when you've got nothing else to do. |
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| Leon Russell – Stranger in a Strange Land Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| It seems like he was thinking about mortality. My guess is he was considering or looking at a baby and the innocence they have. That they don't belong, and maybe he doesn't belong too because the world is as strange to him as it is to a baby. That it's become complicated and hurtful, and he doesn't feel like he belongs. | |
| Belly (US) – Full Moon, Empty Heart Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I would say that Tanya is the mom, the song is about a kid falling asleep. Out the window backwards is a reflection in the night. Falling on the tile part is the kid getting up and out of bed, crying alligator tears. | |
| Pink Floyd – Welcome to the Machine Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| something else, I was watching the dark side of the moon classic albums (netflix!) and roger said that his mom was a teacher and she was always preparing him, that life would begin someday. He woke up to the realization that life was always there, that he could take the reins at any time. I can't help but think that idea is also in here somehow as well. | |
| Pink Floyd – Arnold Layne Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| everyone thinks he's collecting woman's clothes. the song doesn't say that. it doesn't even hint at it. it's an interesting conclusion, since it's accepted universally, but it's just not in the song. | |
| Pink Floyd – Welcome to the Machine Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think it's about the nature of our wants and desires. the machine is society, our society. We are raised to be good, we grow out of it and we strive for success (whatever that means). Welcome to the machine could also have said Welcome to the world or something. The lyrics make sense as if read by a single voice, a person who is very aware of where you came from and what you're going into with an unspoken reason why you're going there. We know where you've been (you're all the same) we told you what to dream (we dangle the carrot). the scouting for boys is probably a reference to the boy scouts handbook. along with the line that proceeded it implied they did what they were told for a while. The rebellion thing with the guitar probably means they got sick of it and wanted independence - so welcome to the world! The second verse is talking to their motivation. i wouldn't be surprised if there was a scrapped third verse, talking about how they either got chewed up, or became part of the clockwork of the machine. |
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| KISS – Black Diamond Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| picture, as in movie. like motion picture. Picture's only begun = this is the start of the story. And since he "left a good job in the city" that means it's the beginning of his problems | |
| The Mountain Goats – Pale Green Things Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I have to add to Timbo, I think pale green things are plants which are barely alive. With just enough chlorophyll to sustain them. A metaphor for his stepdad, or maybe his life up till that point. You may not have everything you hope for but you have something. And from his perspective it's everything. And if you think of it, the experience is rich and bears its own fruits. | |
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