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| Foster the People – Nevermind Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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I just like the guitar in the beginning. Such a nice plucking pattern. After reading the interpretation about how the song describes a breakup, it definitely has a sadder feel leading in. |
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| The Fratellis – Chelsea Dagger Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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It was kinda confusing, but I think I got the gist of what you were trying to say. It might have been easier if the actual lyrics were compared to your interpretations. That said, you seem to be the only person who took the time to explain their answer. |
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| OK Go – Here It Goes Again Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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I mean, sure most people talk about this being a one-night stand, but I feel like he's talking about chronic procrastination, and the feeling you get when you relent from your work for just one second. |
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| Queen – Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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I'm always immensely grateful to people who share what they know about backgrounds to songs. Besides providing good context, I think it's just nice to know someone appreciates the song enough to know the background.
I'm always quick to think "when I'm gone" points to death, so I'm glad that was cleared up. thanks :)
(p.s, greetings from the future :O) |
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| Arcade Fire – Reflektor Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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I can appreciate a good interpretation. Those last parts about the coffin I never would have realized. But I'm still confused as to the significance of the man made of mirrors. Is it someone who has been looking into the Reflektor so long, that he has "become" the Reflektor? It makes sense to me, but I feel his almost dejected body-language means more. |
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| Awolnation – Knights Of Shame Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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Well, he did use this album to explore sounds and verse styles he never would use in the band he plays in, which is what the whole point of a personal project is. Like a full 12-course meal, he made this album, and yet he had so many more ingredients he's been dying to use, hence this last anthemic song which is a nice blend of what he had left. I admire that instead of keeping these final cuts on the side, never to see the light, he adds them in to the album so they can get their own appreciation. |
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| The Killers – Spaceman Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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Do you not want to read deeper into the diction, the choice of his words? If it was about being between a rock and a hard place, there are no doubt better phrases that would have sufficed, and possibly rhymed better.
An interpretation I most agree with [here] is that the writer was stuck between fame and anonymity. I won't read too deep into devil, but it represents the pain of fame, while the ocean is the peace of being lost in a "sea" of faces. The writer was stuck with these choices, and his use of diction clearly shows his views on which he prefered. Of course, this doesn't make sense without the original interpretation, done by this guy:
http://www.songmeanings.net/profiles/submissions/17443049/comments/
Anyway, just look for his Spaceman interpretation. To me, it seemed the most well-thought-out, because he brought in some context about the artist. |
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| The Killers – Spaceman Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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That was very enlightening. I think this was a very well-thought out interpretation, seeing your knowledge of Brandon's situation. Since you seem to have explained everything else, II can only give my interpretation of the Nile stanza.
My global-positioning systems, are vocally addressed. They say the Nile used to run, from east to west.
-With the part about his position being addressed, I can only think that as of recently, his views were heard by the public. As for "they" I have no idea who "they" is. But whether it is the blinded fans, or the starmakers, I feel that they are alarmed by this revelation on what fame really is. The nile, which is always thought to run north to south, has just been shown to run south to north. A complete paradigm shift. And so now, with conflicted views, people are denying the reality. No one wants to admit that fame is noble, or that fame is overrated. Instead, the are now saying the Nile runs from east, to west. And maybe we all don't see it, but his choice of "global" can shows it has spread further than we think. Just my interpretation, and a weak one, for those last lines the writer is drilling into our minds at the end. |
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