| Soundgarden – By Crooked Steps Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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To me this song is about a girl whose with someone else. Either the person loves them, or the girl loves him and it is still having the same affect. "I'm addicted to feeling, stealing love isn't stealing" - This, to me, is why I think the singer is in love with someone. Being addicted to feeling could mean he tries to be in love with someone/everyone. Needing to feel as much as he can to feel human/alive. Stealing love isn't stealing is him possibly making himself feel it is okay to take her from someone else. Love isn't a physical object, he could argue it's always been there, he's not stealing something someone feels towards him. "Can't you see that I understand your mind?" - This could be the singer saying that unlike her partner/anyone else, he understands her. He can make her happy and is better for her than anyone else. Or he knows what she wants, even if she doesn't/can't accept it herself. "I'm a walking believer, I'm a ghost and a healer." - Probably one of my favourite lyrics on the album. To me it is saying he believes this is right, or will happen. Being a ghost is perhaps the first sign he is seeing things different to her. He thinks they are meant to be and that she loves him. But she doesn't see him. Being a healer could mean he is always there for her, and because he understands her he can always help. Being both of these would lead to the next section, but first is "I'm the shape of the hole inside your heart." Which amplifies that he knows what is wrong, and she needs him. "Not looking for a brighter side Crooked steps will take me higher I don't care if you want to cry." - To me this section changes focus, possibly aimed at this girls partner. When he thinks about how this will affect him, he doesn't need to justify it. Even if what he is trying to do could be perceived as morally wrong (Crooked steps), it will take him higher, or to where he wants to be. He doesn't care if this will make other people want to cry. "I'm a soldier for hire killing all you admire And you live in denial but that will change" - Again to this girls partner, killing all you admire could mean his relationship with her, he's in denial that he will lose her to the singer, but that will change. "When blood is raining down, it cuts a deep deep river And we're diving, yeah, we're diving" - No idea about this, could try to make something up to fit it but I'd rather not. "Right behind you, right behind you Right behind you, right behind you" - Back to the girl, he's saying him, and everything they feel, is right behind her. And will start to make things change soon. The rest is him telling her that he understands her, and soon something will happen. Whether it is good or bad to other people he doesn't care. But he is right behind her and something will happen. Chances are this is way off, but it was my first thought when hearing it, guess as soon as I heard the song I was putting my own situation and thoughts into it. Good how Chris always says he doesn't give a song a meaning, so the fans can. Makes me feel I'm not 'wrong', even if it's just my view :) |
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| Soundgarden – Live to Rise Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I read an interview with Chris saying that the rest of the album will be heavier, because this is on the Avengers soundtrack they had to tone it down I guess. If you want I can get a link to it for you? :) |
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| Florence + the Machine – Shake It Out Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Quite a bit of this goes onto my own view of the song which isn't the general meaning to it, but just how I feel about it based on certain lyrics, just a warning. Only heard this song on How I Met Your Mother, definitely interested in checking out a lot more of their music. Hope that doesn't annoy any serious FatM fans. On a general level my first thought was it is about someone getting over a past relationship, being unable to move on - the reference to carrying the horse around, and realising they need to move on to live their life to the best, aka the burying the horse. Can't say the hangover meaning hit me, but after reading about that it made sense. However to me, purely for certain parts of the song it carries another meaning. And I've been a fool and I've been blind/I can never leave the past behind/I can see no way, I can see no way/I'm always dragging that horse around. - To me the second I heard this I related it to a situation I've been through myself, having been abused for years as a child by two of my mums ex's no matter how many times I try to leave it in the past I can't. It makes me so angry it scares me, but I can't see a way to leave it behind me. It really does feel like dragging a horse around. All of his questions, such a mournful sound/Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground/So I like to keep my issues drawn/But it's always darkest before the dawn. - This is saying that all of the times he told me I was weak, worthless, a waste of time, etc etc is depressing, it's mournful because I lost part of myself when I was younger, trusting people is near impossible (yet I can tell the internet about it, crazy), tonight I'm going to bury that horse in the ground is saying that tonight I'm going to put it underneath me and move on. Not sure about the issues bit, but the last line is about how trying to put it all behind me is hard. It shouldn't be, I'd guess I should be happy to move on, but part of me feels like he'd get away with it if I did that. But the lyric is saying eventually I'll feel better knowing I had the strength to leave it behind. Just hoping this happens now. Kind of went everywhere with this post, sorry about that :L |
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| Slash – You're a Lie Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Now for a post that isn't about my personal link to the song. Hopefully people who thought my previous post was too long will read this, same for those who read my last post, hopefully this is also interesting. In general this song appears to be about a relationship/friendship that was hurting a person. Once the person realised this, they also realised they didn't want/need this person in their life anymore. To save myself making two huge posts, I'll leave lyrics out of this one, just talk about each section in turn. The first section of the song mentions how this friend/partner would constantly undermine the person. Everyday they would hear constant insults. Furthermore this friend/partner is a 'voice of reason'. To me this says that they weren't just a person they knew a little, this is the first bit to make me think it is about a close friend/relationship. Being a voice of reason, this person isn't just attacking them, they are logically saying things that they know will hurt the person, but maybe not bluntly enough to appear like an obvious attack on them. Maybe they want to make them less confident in themselves to take advantage of them? The part about them trusting them, and there being no one else again makes me believe what I mentioned about. Only adding that maybe this was the only person that they though they could trust with something, and the answers/replies they got made them doubt whether they were right. The second section is obvious, they hurt and weakened this person. Now it's over, their time of doing this is ending. The third section is the person saying their friend/partner was a lie, not really a person they could trust with anything. They wasted their time and trust with them. They now have either new friends/people to confide in/a relationship/can go it alone. But the point is, they have something else to save them. Something they can trust, the old person isn't needed or wanted. The next section is them admitting this has left them weak, fragile. However, they aren't a fool, they are now careful about who they trust with anything. They've learned from the last person hurting them so badly. And now they can't hurt them anymore, they know what this person can do, and won't fall for it. The two lyrics from the fifth section are saying, I thought you were there for me. It took me so long to realise that wasn't true at all. You were there for you. Section 6 is already covered, I won't sit here and take this anymore. The person has moved on, gotten up and left the old friend/partner behind. The seventh section is them telling the person this. Anything you can will make no difference, I stopped listening to you ages ago. I don't care anymore, my attention isn't focused on you anymore. You aren't who you say you are, you're not my friend but my enemy. And I will deny you the chance to hurt me again. That covers it. Sorry for two huge posts. The lyrics in this song really connect with me, I hope these two posts, either and/or both of them have been interesting to read. And maybe helped you see the song in another way, if you interpreted it differently to me. Thanks for reading, and feel free to post lyric corrections if you see any. I didn't copy the other lyrics for this song I've seen as they had typos and obvious mistakes. Hopefully I haven't added any ironically here :) |
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| Slash – You're a Lie Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The meaning to this, to me at least, was obvious and painfully easy to relate to myself the moment I first heard it. To me this is about a guy who used to love a girl unconditionally, he either does see the pain he feels because of her. Or he is unable to stop it/doesn't want to risk losing her by tackling it. This is him after realising how she treated him and made him feel. He's telling he doesn't need her to 'save him', he can live without her and wants to do just that. "You're the voice of reason that I can't escape, you cut me down a thousand times a day." - This is how this girl made me feel, she'd constantly come to me when she was upset, get my hopes up that I had a chance with her. Then ditch me as soon as I had given her whatever she wanted. The voice of reason bit may not fit with my personal example, but the rest hit home straight away. "I don't need you anymore" - At this point in the song this is just a reply to the first two lines, the guy admitting he doesn't need the girl anymore. As simple as that is. "I trusted you, and there was no one else, all you did was make me doubt myself." - The one example that best fits this lyric (in my life, which was the first lyric to really make me go 'I could have written this about her') is this girl had just broke up with her boyfriend. She texted me asking how I was, we got talking. She said she'd been dumped, I tried to be casual about my replying, knowing how she got to me. We planned a trip to the cinema a few days later. Then she suddenly stopped texting, sent one text saying she couldn't make it. Then I found out through my friend her and her ex were back together. Not heard from her since. Simply put, it made me doubt myself. Why wasn't I ever good enough for her. Was I just a safety net when she needed cheering up, and she knew I'd tell her she was amazing. That shattered my self-confidence. "Don't believe you anymore, don't believe you anymore." - This is how I feel now, I don't believe her lies. I know what she does, and I won't fall for it again, if she ever has the balls to try and come to me again. "You bled me out, you tore me down, Your time is gone, you can go." - Pretty much that last bit again, she tore me down. She made me feel like nothing. Now I've had enough, I've got better people in my life, I don't need her. She can go. "'Cause you're a lie, lie, all my faith has been wasted, wasted, 'Cause you're a lie, lie, I don't need you to save me anymore." - Again, similar to the rest. All the time I felt like she was my best friend, that I could trust her with anything, and that she cared. That was all wasted. I don't need her, I have better friends who are there for me. She is effectively a lie. "I am fragile, but I am not a fool, I won't hear another word from you. You won't hurt me anymore, you won't hurt me anymore." - I've been hurt by her, so much that I find it hard to let people I don't know get close to me. I feel fragile, as if a small mistake with who I trust could break me. I'm not a fool sounds ironic reading this. I take it to mean that I know how well a person can act now. It won't happen again. You won't hurt me anymore is, again, me letting her know I won't fall for this again, she's out my life for good. Unable to hurt me. "Your hands are here to tear me down, it's took so long now I know." - I felt that she was there to help me, the truth was she wanted me to help her feel better about herself, with total disregard for my feelings. And it took me way too long to realise that, but now I do. "'Cause you're a lie, lie, I won't sit here and take this anymore." - I've had enough, it's over. I'm not going to just let her do this again, I'm moving on and leaving her behind. "You can say anything that you wanna say, but my attention is long gone and turned away. You're such a lie, you are only my enemy. Everything you are I will deny." - Finally, (if there was one thing I'd tell her now, but I don't want to ever think about her again) this is the one thing that I would want to say to her, or send her. No matter what she could possibly say to me, it wouldn't make me forgive her. I stopped caring ages ago, I never think about her (apart from when songs like this make me go, 'This could be about her.'), I've turned away from her, I have new friends in my life, and hopefully a new girl, who I am trying to trust despite what this one did to me. I have no reason to ever think about her again. She's the enemy is obvious by now. She wants to stop me ever being happy. Finally, 'Everything you are I will deny' - This is me saying that I won't let her be the desperate, low person who uses others to boost her self-esteem when she is going through a bad patch. I'll try to deny her the chance to ever do this to anyone else. Sorry this was so long and about myself more than the song. I hope people can see through this personal meaning, what I am trying to say the song means. Effectively that it's to someone you can now see for who they really are. I may put a general meaning up as I'm thinking about this song a lot now! |
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