| James Blake – Timeless Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I take the lyrics as a celebration of youth, coupled with the beat, This tune is fire | |
| Beach House – Space Song Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Deep sense of mystery from the lyrics and music. Really enjoy this song and album. | |
| Tame Impala – Let It Happen Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| I can't help but feel this song is encouraging you to venture somewhere you have always been afraid to go. To just leave every preconceived idea at the door and act on pure emotion and feel. I can't think of a better message or beat to open a live set. God, Tame Impala Rocks. | |
| My Bloody Valentine – I Only Said Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I just wish this song would never end | |
| The Horrors – Still Life Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Perfectly captures the emotion of having an epiphany | |
| Built to Spill – Else Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Stop searching for Something "Else", because the beauty of life and reality are overwhelming enough to consume your thoughts. | |
| Vampire Weekend – Everlasting Arms Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Brillant Song, Brillant Album. I have love listening and enjoying the progression of Vampire Weekend. My thoughts on the first few lines.. I took your counsel and came to ruin Leave me to myself, leave me to myself x2 I think the significance of repeating the opening lines should not be over looked. I interpret this line to be a reference to taking counsel from religion, most likely Christianity, and the destruction it provided as an adolescence. Oh I was made to live without you But I'm never going to understand, never understand x2 The realization or acknowledgement that his path in life was not meant to be a god worshipping one. I get a sense from Erza throughout this song and entire album that he has made such a effort to believe and seek truth through religion but has continually let down and betrayed. It isnt an overtly anti-religious album but it has a deep feeling of disappointment towards all religions naive views on life. Hold me in your everlasting arms Looked up full of fear Trapped beneath a chandelier that's going down I believe these lines speak from a perspective of the "believer", yearning for the give of eternal life. "Looked up full of fear Trapped beneath a chandelier that's going down" is an analogy to the god fearing people who based their faith in god through the fear of eternal damnation. Trapped beneath a chandelier thats going down is the death that faces everyone. I thought it over and drew the curtain Leave me to my cell, leave me to my cell This is where my sense of research and effort towards discovering oneself through religion and spiritual mediums from Erza is deepened. The epiphany of realizes that amongst all the options of receiving salvation I am prefer my own thoughts and peace. This part reminds me of John Steinbeck and his quote that no two men ever created one thing. That nothing is more powerful than the mind of an individual man. Erza has found peace in believing in himself and his own spiritual path. Or so I think. |
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| Arcade Fire – Reflektor Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Where to begin with this beautiful piece of art… Arcade Fire continues to amaze with their both musical innovation and progressive lyrics. My interpretation is developed from the lyrics and coupled with the music videos. The "reflection" alluded to is created from confirmation bias we create when searching for our salvation. The song begins with “Trapped in a prism, in a prism of light”, the individual feels alienated. The individual then believes they have found the answer while they begin a journey with love, or with religion, or whatever the object of their affective is. The individual then has the epiphany “I thought I found the connector It’s just a Reflektor (It's just a Reflektor)”. The “connector” is not love or religion, it is just an illusion created by our own perspective. My interpretation is that Arcade Fire is pleading for the audience to lift the veil or ignorance. Pleading to understand that our own perspectives alter the way we see the world. Even so far as the god or salvation we create for ourselves is ultimately just the reflection of who we are. The line with David Bowie “Thought you would bring me to the resurrector, Turns out it was just a Reflektor (It’s just a Reflektor)” creates this belief.” While this interpretation may appear to create a discomforting or sad song, I belief Arcade Fire is celebrating the realization of our own illusion. In the video a celebration takes place towards the end of the song and the chords become much lighter. They are urging us all to “break free” from this prism and appreciate the world for what it is. We can find peace in accepting each other for our differences because we understand that we are all innately human. The genius of Arcade Fire is further demonstrated from the irony that our own perspectives create a reflection of this song. The interpretation I just provided may be more reflective of me and my beliefs than of the song itself. |
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