| The Rolling Stones – Dandelion Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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I thought Dandelion might be about marijuana. In many places dandelions are considered weeds - weed is slang for pot. When smoking pot, you blow away the smoke - blow away dandelion. Dandelion will make you wise - or at least that's what many people think while under the influence. One o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, four o'clock chimes Dandelions don't care about the time - when you smoke pot, you often lose track of time. Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailors lives Rich man, poor man, beautiful, daughters wives - pot is egalitarian - members of all classes smoke it. |
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| Single Gun Theory – From A Million Miles Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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It does sound upbeat, which belies the rather depressing lyrics. I like the contradiction though. What I want to know is what is being sung in the background. It sounds like, "For me, death has a fragrance." Can anyone confirm this? |
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| Bruce Springsteen – Nothing Man Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| @[thepipe:22741] If the link doesn't work, go to YouTube and search for "Bruce Springsteen Talks About His Song Nothing Man" | |
| Bruce Springsteen – Nothing Man Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| @[tbundick:22740] It appears links to other sites don't work when posted in comments here. If you go to YouTube though and search for "Bruce Springsteen Talks About His Song Nothing Man" you'll see the video where he explains the song meaning. | |
| Bruce Springsteen – Nothing Man Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| @[tbundick:22739] Actually about a soldier, not 9/11 - https://youtu.be/_8BmQaYAQjA | |
| Bruce Springsteen – Nothing Man Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| @[thepipe:22738] Here's a link to a Springsteen interview where he sats what the song is about ... https://youtu.be/_8BmQaYAQjA | |
| Bruce Springsteen – Nothing Man Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| @[ocs48:22737] Agree. | |
| Bruce Springsteen – Nothing Man Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| @[NiagaraNick:22736] Agree - "can't" makes much more sense. | |
| Bruce Springsteen – Nothing Man Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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Since "Nothing Man" predates 9/11 by 7 years (according to Wikipedia, Springsteen said it was completed in 1994), the subject of the song must be something other than 9/11, but is still most likely about someone dealing with a tragedy or horrific event that has driven them to contemplate suicide. After hearing it for the first time, my take on the song was that it was about a soldier returning from war (probably as a hero - reading about himself in his hometown paper) after being disabled/traumatized by an explosion, gun fire, etc. and war in general - "my brave young life was forever changed, in a misty cloud of pink vapor". Adjusting to his new life and disability (which may have left him less than a man - "darling give me your kiss, only understand, I am the nothing man") causes him great emotional pain. Survivor's guilt likely also has a significant impact on his daily life. He struggles each day with his new life, while others go on with theirs. He finds it difficult to relate to people (even those closest to him) because he is out of touch with his emotions - "I don't remember how I felt". People want to shake his hand and buy him a drink - for his service and sacrifice? He struggles with this because people don't understand or even realize what he's going through. Others see him as a hero, but in his mind, the only heroic thing he's done is not end his life by picking up the "pearl and silver" pistol on his night stand. The courage to go on living even though his life is filled with unbearable emotional turmoil is "courage you can't understand". I suppose much of the same is true, but from the perspective of a man who is no longer fighting the urge to commit suicide and prays he has the strength to go through with it - "It's just me Lord. I pray that I am able". Before killing himself he ask his wife/girlfriend for a kiss, signifying she understands what he is about to do, why he intends to do it and that she accepts his decision - if only to end his suffering. An interpretation where a ghost looks back on his life after committing suicide also works. The thing about great song writers is that they can craft lyrics and phrases that are flexible enough to mean different things to different people - allowing them to easily visualize their own meaning, no matter what the songwriters original intent. Given that, all interpretations are valid. |
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