| Cake – Open Book Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| @[Yudaman:22995] There's more in the song to support this, but I can't be bothered | |
| Cake – Open Book Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Seems to me about a neglected, ignored, or otherwise dysfunctional relationship with a muse. Probably directed at the people who'll talk a lot about writing narratives but never have anything to show. The muse--the woman--is doing all the actual story creation, meanwhile "you" are caught in the imagined glory she could be bringing you, if only you'd do some actual writing. "But you're caught in your own glory You are believing your own stories Writing your own headlines Ignoring your own deadlines But now you've gotta' write them all again." The artist is saying all you have to do is write-- "You want her, confront her, just open your window Unbolt it, unlock it, unfasten your latch You want it, confront it, just open your window All you really have to do is ask" But if you don't, you'll only have fantasized success and regrets. |
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| Men at Work – Be Good Johnny Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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There's one little brilliant thing about this song. My thoughts. A kid is told to "be good" through repetition. Simple enough. Millions of things that could mean, the repetition is the important part. Kid promises to be good, who doesn't want their parent's approval. Then, we learn the kid doesn't care about any of that. Johnny talks about how he only likes dreaming, something he was specifically told wasn't good. The "be good be good" comes back after this for a round. Johnny repeats what he said about dreaming. This is the interesting part. Something you won't see in the lyrics--the lack of them. The tune kicks back in again, but the "be good be GOOD" is gone. I don't know about you, but at this point, I can't NOT hear the "be good be good" repeated somewhere in the back of my mind, for a few bars at least. It shows how being told something again and again can stick around in your mind, even when no one's saying it anymore. Even if you don't want it there. |
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