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Sun Kil Moon – Carissa Lyrics

11 years ago

Not too long ago, a kid that I had AP Economics with died from exposure because he was drunk and left the party he was at without a coat. I didn't talk to him at all, but I was really saddened when I heard the news. How could this kid, who seemingly had a lot of potential and a lot of friends, die so frivolously? It made me think about my mortality and how fickle it really is. Kozolek did have much more of a connection with Carissa than I did with whom i'm referring, but I bring up my anecdote to show just how strong empathy can be with people we only tangentially know.

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Modest Mouse – Tiny Cities Made of Ashes Lyrics

11 years ago

I think the song is commenting on how futile it is to be so obsessed with commercial culture. He brings up Coca-Cola, T-Shirts with ironic slogans, Spas and Spray Tans, and plastic clothing. We are surrounded with the knowledge of our inevitable decay (tiny cities made of ashes), yet we still can't let go of these objects that we care for. That is what the chorus means when it says "Does anybody know a way a body could get away?" Is there away for my body to get away from death/decay, so that I can keep consuming these unimportant things? Brock's answer would obviously be a no. Although he is known for his disbelief in a god, this song seems to share some ideology with one.

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Modest Mouse – Perfect Disguise Lyrics

11 years ago

After the last two songs ("Gravity Rides Everything," "Dark Center of the Universe"), Brock has started this theme of almost nihilism, or at least that there is nothing more to the universe than it existing. No omnipotent beings, no fate, nothing. I feel this "Perfect Disguise" is one that gives a person a false sense of purpose. They treat Brock as lower than them, but he is aware that they are both at the same level: 0. Whatever Brock is referring to when he says "I hope, hope there's something better up there" could be talking about a good afterlife, or maybe a better job position. That detail isn't fully important, only that it shows this other person trying to get somewhere Brock isn't convinced exists or is worth getting to.

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Local Natives – Sun Hands Lyrics	13 years ago
I feel the theme is "Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all." Or to fight for keep on fighting for someone's love.

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Arcade Fire – Black Wave/Bad Vibrations Lyrics	13 years ago
I think the song is about trying to run away from your sins. To just forget about them. But if you keep doing them, you will, essentially, go to hell. With this interpretation, I think the black wave is death, or dying in sin. That's what I gather.

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Arcade Fire – Keep the Car Running Lyrics

13 years ago

I believe the narrator is supposed to be Jesus. The chorus is what leads me to think this (They know my name because I told it to them But they don't know where and they don't know when It's coming When it's coming). As in the second coming. The song could be the point of view of him both before and after death. The first, second, third, and fifth stanzas are how he felt before he died. "Keep the Car Running" could be a metaphor for being ready for Jesus to return.

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