| Todd Rundgren – Future Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| What Todd Rundgren is trying to get across in this song is man's portrayal of the future, and the reality of the future. "I remember the world of tomorrow". What almost seems like a paradox is pretty practical, considering that ever since the mid-20th century man has had many visions of what the future could look like. The narrator is remembering all of these visions, seeing that if they were true, then he would have a flying car, a house on mars, have a longer life expectancy, etc. With the lines, "The future is now", Rundgren is indicating that the same time period that people said was going to an age of flying cars and homes on Mars, is the present today. All the songs on this album are dedicated to exposing the truth, and seeing things as they really are. This song in particular copes with the reality of this so called future, which is nothing like the World's Fair or even EPCOT could have imagined. | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers – Otherside Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I believe that the main theme of this song is about suicide. It's not written from one point of view. I think that each verse puts the listener in different scenarios of suicidal "characters". The line "Take it on the otherside", refers to the narrator taking everything that they are into a better place, similar to a heaven or final resting place at least. | |
| The Beatles – Cry Baby Cry Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Cry Baby Cry, by far, is one of my favorite Lennon pieces. The interesting thing about this song, and a lot of other John Lennon songs is that it really makes you work to find a meaning, which makes you wonder if the songs really have meaning at all. In all honesty, he was probably on narcotics when he wrote this song, going for most of the other songs on the White Album as well. But I've always seen it as the baby representing innocence and purity. Throughout the song, it seems John is talking about the various events that are going on around the baby: love, somberness, scandal, silliness, etc. The baby is crying, which could represent desire or a strong want for something: food, love, peace, and so on. The events are aimless and unrelated, possibly talking about diversity. This said kingdom could be a microcosm of the world at the time: diverse, filled with life. However, everyone is so caught up in their own pleasures and play, that they never realize that the baby's crying, waiting for someone or something to fulfill it's wants. It could very well be a metaphor to how the world treats certain people out of it's own selfishness. "Cry baby cry, make your mother sigh, she's old enough to know better, so cry baby cry." In other words, no matter how long the baby cries, it's mother is at a point where she doesn't care anymore. In a symbolical sense it could go along the lines of: People grow hasty about helping others based off of their own known and unknown selfishness." Or I could be wrong, and Mr. Lennon could just be spatting off random lines on one of his many Trips. All in all, good song, good hidden track as well. | |
| System of a Down – Shimmy Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| System of a Down has a lot of meaningful songs; this isn't one of them. This song is more filler material for the Toxicity record mainly. The song is about defiance, and how in life, some people just do something only because someone says that you're not allowed. Our education system right now is shoving strict morals down the throats of the youth, and as a reaction, more and more kids want to sneak out and party instead of going to class. Also, this song introduced me to a new word: Subjugation, meaning to bring under control or to govern. "Education fornication, in your are, Education, subjugation out you are." That could be talking about students, you would rather hear about things like sex, drugs, and partying, but when it comes to hearing about actual rules you have to follow, then you bolt. Rules, rules, rules. This song is about rules. | |
| System of a Down – Science (feat. Arto Tunçboyacıyan) Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| The very subject of the song is in the title: Science. It's in some ways a praise for science, yet also Serge is being very critical about it. Some people in this section have related it a lot of things, e.g. science is the cure to religion, science isn't helping the world at all, science has holes that are filled with religion, and so on. I think that in some ways, yes, Serge is telling people that science to the greatest extent is causing more problems for the world than solutions. Serge himself is also attuned to nature, and considers it divine. The line "Spirit moves through all things" could pay homage that belief. What I also drew from the song is that science isn't killing religion, it's only drawing more people to it. Serge himself has expressed a dislike for organized religion, like Christianity or Islam. I think that he believes in the Christian god, but denounces most aspects, like going to church and following the word of the Bible. Instead, he entwines it more into his divine concept of nature. Or he could just love nature alone. But the point is, he's talking about how science and religion work as a team to corrupt the world, both harmful when used to a radical extent. | |
| Steppenwolf – The Pusher Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| The lyrics themselves have a literal and obvious meaning to them. It's really interesting because from what are taken from the words, it's as if what he (John Kay) is against drugs. If it's not specifically drugs themselves, then it was about the nature of drug deals. At that time, the drug industry was stagnating into what it is now. It became a do or die agenda. A lot of bums on the street became big time drug traffickers overnight, establishing their own rules, similar to the mafia in the early 20th century. This a direct jab to all of that, saying "God damn the pusher man." | |
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