| Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Personally I think this song is about all the things people have suggested. It's about drugs It's about sex It's about S&M! It's about LIFE It's about addictions, addictive personalities, obsessive compulsive behavior and the human condition. At it's core is codependency, the need we feel to define who we are through people places and things "Everybody's looking for something", some meaning to life, a purpose for their existance, and often we try to do this through others, but 'I believe' we must look for the answer within. The song is completely non-judgemental with the key words "Who am I to disagree" - clearly implying I have also used others I think that the key message of this song is the ultimate paradox: That we have to accept our base desires, and to some extent immerse ourselves in them, in order to transend them. And that this transendence is not an overnight phenomena but rather a search which will last our whole life, all we can do is to keep our heads up and keep moving on from one experience to the next. |
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| Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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When I listen to this song it has always given me the same feeling, and until I read the comment by Mikhailbacunin I thought that I was the only person to have picked up on this (sorry to any other posters who might have expressed the same sentiment. Personally I agree with previous posters that the song is not about any specific war but is more generic, although I can see that it's meaning might be more immediately accessible to in terms of a civil war. I believe this song specifically addresses the tragic irony that the source of many of humanities' greatest acts of loyalty, bravery and even love is often it's most futile endevour, namely war. Mark sings about the feeling of comradeship of the soldiers, the fact that they would give their lives for each other, a testiment for their love for each other. Then he ironically notes that the soldiers of the opposing army are very similar and have the same emotions when they go into battle. The song is about the overwhelming sadness that despite our shared humanity we just don't seem to be able to get along with each other despite the observation that in the greater scheme of things are similarities far outweigh our differences. Finally I believe that there is a note of regret that we do not seem to apply this sense of loyalty, courage and love to the good of all humanity. |
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| John Lennon – Imagine Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Despite this song being clearly anti-religious, I think it is probably one of the most spiritual songs ever written, and this is not surprising given the exploration of the Beatles of many religeous beliefs most especially eastern beliefs. John basically asks us to suspend disbelief for a moment and imagine a world where many things that we associate as being part of the human condition don't exist, things such as: GREED ENVY JEALOUSY FEAR POSESIVENESS ANGER HATRED PRIDE DESPISING of others INSECURITY etc... The interesting thing of course is that in his life (probably arising from a dysfunctional upbringing), John displayed many of these characteristics often displaying arrogance, and he freely admitted that he had problems with Jealousy, he was certainly no Saint, you could say he had feet of clay, and while he mellowed somewhat towards the end a streak of arrogance remained in him to the end. Having said all this, John Lennon was first and foremost a seeker after the truth. The song I believe (as most songs) was written for John himself in an effort to explore what might be required for him to break away from a self centered way of looking at the world and find an inner peace within himself. By asking us to imagine that there is no heaven or hell, he is asking us to take our minds off some future reward or punishment and instead make the best of the here and now, living in the moment. He points out that by concentrating on our differences, culture, religious, political ets, we alienate ourselves from each other, and rather we must learn to overcome our differences and live in peace. Finally he tells us that we must give up the idea of ownership, and learn to let go and share all we have with others. Personally I believe that John Lennon is spot on with these words. The interesting thing is that the words of this song echo ideas of the major figures in western and eastern religions who were probably considered anti-religious at the time. Concepts like the first will be last, indicating that those who believe they have a right to enter heaven in their pride, will be the last to be considered. Rather people are instead urged to get on with their lives and be the best they can without thought of reward. In the end as I stated earlier John Lennon was trying to find a way to be at peace with himself and I would like to think that at the end of his life he found that peace. |
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| Pink Floyd – On the Turning Away Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I have always loved this song because in a humble understated way it lets us know in no uncertain terms that if we are not trying to see how we can be part of the solution, then we are part of the problem. Sometimes the problems of the world can be so great; like children starving in Africa in great numbers, millions of people around the world, homeless and living on the line of starvation, the abuse of children and other helpless individuals and people driven to suicide because they are not accepted by society, that we want to try to pretend that they don't exist and ignore the pain, but this is what we must never do. In many cases, perhaps most cases, we are powerless there is little we can phisically do, but we can always offer our emotional support, our compassion, even if not in person. Personally I have suffered much pain in my life as I suspect many of us have, and there are times when I am grateful for the pain because through this pain I derive the depth of my compassion. As people have stated this is a call to arms and reminds us that the fate of humanity is in all our hands. |
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| Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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This song is a double metaphor in my opinion. The race to space is framed in the form of a relationship which socially can never happen, where two people came together for a brief moment in time and in that time discovered a perfect form of bliss which it seems can never be repeated. The singer is assigning the blame to the other party for opening her eyes to a possibility, which fate appears to prevent from ever being fulfilled. And yet in her heart she was just as keen to embark on this adventure. This story of unrequited love is in turn a metaphor for man's exploration of space where after an initial blast of activity, which seemed to promise so much, the dream appeared to die. The sacrifice in question I believe is that in order to have an 'impossible relationship', in order to make space exploration a reality going into the future, it will be necessary to question our fundamental understanding of the society we live in. I think a question is being asked: "How much are we prepared to sacrifice for the chance to be true to ourselves?" |
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