| Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Circles Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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For a long time, I thought the song was about a person feeling lost after a breakup. The bewilderment was always so obvious to me "going round in circles, compass is all messed up" "Got oil on my feathers and I can't fly" (oil possibly representing his hate during the relationship, because when you're in love, everything seems light: it's as if you were flying), and also, well the chorus just states that his days are "long and lonely". The clown metaphor (which I found extremely moving, by the way) was, still back then to me, a pure example of his loneliness despite his many efforts and commitment ("I can laugh and sing and stand on my head: nobody knows where I'm at"); sometimes when you want to impress your crush, you become a whole unrecognisable person, like putting on a mask or 'putting on an act'. I also find it interesting that later on he says "I can't laugh anymore" when he specifically said it was part of his act, which means one thing: he lost his ability to amuse. He lost a part of his identity. And I find the "old Chang surely told me" part rather self explanatory. The reason the relationship didn't work out was his own fault. And then, I realised something not too long ago: all of the song is a description of a pilot landing a plane (and let's be obvious: the album's cover shows it all, and after a bit of research, I found a few photos of the whole band with pilot suits on. I wonder though what drove the band so much for flying, but maybe this is the concept of the album?? Idk) and I find it explains everything. His trajectory is going in circles because he probably broke his compass. He is on a bottle of wine because he feels dizzy after flying so much. The clown without a circus is basically the pilot saying "I'm making all of these circles around in the air like a stage performance, but no one's watching anyway". And well, the "my frozen toes are beginning to melt, I believe I'm catching a cold" part is obvious. The bull in the China shop part is because his aircraft was hard to control as he tried reducing speed on the landing runway, maybe? In any case, the pilot metaphor somehow makes more sense I find. An amazing song!!! And the rest of the album is stunning!! Pure prog at its best!!! |
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| Manu Chao – Bongo Bong Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| If i want to make a relation to today's society, it makes me think of those competant classical musicians who are playing music downtown without having the recognition they deserve; no one pays attention to them, despite expressing their talent(I'm a king without a crown hanging loose in a big town); that much just to describe how these days no one can really dedicate enough time to listen to an amazing bongo player sharing his passion. | |
| Riverside – We Got Used to Us Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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It's a relationship which went wrong for some reason. Both of them were engaged, they loved each other, but something's not right; they are willing to change, but doesn't get any better("We never talk when we fall apart").. So they broke up, but still want to keep contact; not as friends, not as a couple: just ex-lovers who in reality are not honest to each other, pretending they are living it well("we pretend we're okay, surrounding ourselves [...] with so called friends"). The first verse is actually just how the narrator remembers a few good moments("I try to understand How we could forget We made a promise to one another That nothing would ever break what we had"). On the chorus, the narrator misses them being together, he hates that new situation, knowing that both of them love each other but just can't stay together somehow("I know we got used to new us, but I don't want to be there, where we are"). 2nd verse: Both of them know they could try their chances elsewhere("all the doors unlocked") but they both know they've hurt each other("Silence fallen between, [...] and the words unsaid")but somehow this so-called "friendship" at the moment is the only way both of them can still talk to each other without having to let go of their emotions("Started to keep ourselves at a distance that we could control"). As for the title; I'd say it's about couples who have the ability to read their partners/ex-partner's feelings, even when that partner wants to hide them. Now not sure I'm making a lot of sense, but worth a try really. Beautiful melody, but maybe a bit too dramatic for my taste nowadays. |
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