| Regina Spektor – On the Radio Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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| Regina Spektor – On the Radio Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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@[halfpintlemon:30600] I read your analysis and many others on this page over a decade ago, but this song is one I keep coming back to and have never fully figured out. There are just so many things to extract, which is kind of the beauty of the metaphor of life in itself. To address a direct point you made though: I think the ancient bees part could be a deliberate homophone: on the surface, listening to the line “a million ancient bees began to sting our knees” draws an image and understanding of bees equating to bumble bees, flying insects with stingers that make honey and pollinate flowers. The other possibility is that “a million ancient bes” as in “a million ancient lessons; the omnipotent forces of powers that be; que cera; whatever will be will be”. This would reflect and parallel other main messages in the song - life is about accepting the inevitability of occurrences; even when things are obvious, we can still not get the message - even when it’s paired with pain signals. We don’t always learn the hardway or learn from history; we may get hurt but we still might not get the lesson and repeat the mistake. We have the input of experience to use as a past warning, but we don’t listen to it. “Walking arm and arm you hope it don’t get harmed, but even if it does, you’ll just do it all again” - learning from the past doesn’t mean we should refuse the future. Try again. Song ends with “the solos awful long, but it’s a good refrain” which is a change to earliest verses “the solos awful long but it’s a pretty song”. A refrain in lyrical definitions is “A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, "to repeat", and later from Old French refraindre) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in poetry; the "chorus" of a song.” She’s ending by saying that the lessons of the past night repeat, over and over, “ancient bes” are still stinging |
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| Arctic Monkeys – 505 Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| @[scottBITW:3656] Thank you. I can't believe that what @[caspar:3657] said is the most upvoted interpretation on here. It couldn't be farther from the meaning. @[scottBITW:3656] is right, it is about long distance relationships. | |
| alt-J – Fitzpleasure Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I love they way that Joe Newman sings the word "corner" in the second line when he says "Deep greedy and Googling every corner" He pronounces it in such a way that the word itself BECOMES an actual corner. ("deep, greedy, and googling every coooor-ner). The rhythm in which the entire line is sung adds to the overall imagery that is evoked in the listeners mind almost as much as the words do. Alt J pulls these little tricks in many of their songs and these small subtleties are what make them truly amazing. |
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| Electric Guest – Troubleman Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I think this song is about accidentally ruining a relationship by over thinking it and creating problems where they don't exist. The "troubleman" is reflecting back on how he had a perfectly good girl and a perfectly great love, but he was constantly worried about "what if" scenarios that weren't real which lead to the loss of love. Evidence: 1: "she's got it bad for me, she's got it bad for me, the only game she played, now turned the other way" Although the girl genuinely loved him, the Troubleman always assumed she was playing games with him or being dishonest because he was too insecure to accept that she might really love him. When he reflects back in this song, he realizes that she wasn't being deceptive and that the only "game" she was playing was enjoying what they had. Now that he has ruined it, the game has turned the other way and she is not interested. 2) "Back at the start, I was still in love with the way. It's a long way, From what's become." When you first fall in love, all you notice is the good things about a person, big or small. Here, he is saying that in the beginning he was in love with "the way", which to mean that he was simply in love with the way she was and everything about her. There were not any pet peeves, annoyances, mistrusts, or doubts at the start. As time wears on, the honeymoon affection wears off and "troubles" and the worries set in though and now they are a long way away from the feelings they had in the beginning. 3) "Filling my cup, Playing at the edge of the shore. See the way she moves, I broke the spell." I don't get this verse as a whole, but I think parts of it can be taken in different ways to suit the overall theme. "Playing at the edge of the shore" could be his sentiment that they almost had it and were almost there, they were playing so close to love but he couldn't fully dive in. "See the way she moves, I broke the spell" goes back to the line we talked about above where he said "I was still in love with the way". At the beginning he was in love with the small things about her like the way she moved. By overthinking the relationship and causing arguments over nothing, he has made her insecure and made her act differently, hence "I broke the spell" 4) "oh no, try to fix it before you break it then it's gone" This one is one of the most obvious. The troubleman was too focused on fixing problems that didn't exist and that caused a breakup. He fell in love with her because of who she was then was always afraid she was too good to be true instead of just cherishing her. For example, perhaps he was so in love with her and scared to lose her to someone else that he had major jealousy and constantly accused her of cheating when she was doing nothing wrong. This kind of constant unfounded persecution drove her away. 5) "troubleman, you wished it all away" Again, semi-obvious. He was too caught up in daydreaming up "what if" scenarios to focus on the present, and that kind of thinking lead to it's demise. There are a lot of other ways I think this can be applied, but you get the basic jist. Overall such an amazing song. |
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