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| Death from Above 1979 – Caught Up Lyrics
| 23 days ago
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No meanings?! Just a phenomenal song. To me the lyrics make me think of someone who tries not to let themselves get caught up in life and love, they're disconnected, or think they're above it. Until they realize they've already fallen (for someone), and they're just as human as anyone else. They can't rationalize away their feelings or hide. They care. My favourite line is "something to remember when I'm in the ground". |
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| Badflower – London Lyrics
| 5 months ago
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It's funny, my impression of this song did a complete 180. Been listening to the new album and getting to know it better, and at first I really didn't like this song. The sound is cool, a lot of swagger. But I wasn't a fan of the "love song" aspect. Some key lines in the song just rubbed me the wrong way - take my money, wanting the girl to quit her job, love me for the rest of MY life.
Then I remembered that Badflower often tells stories by speaking in the first person of the character they're criticizing. Satire.
Now, the great thing about song interpretation is that lyrics can mean a lot of different things to different people. I don't think this is necessarily what the band intended, but it's what I thought of:
In abusive relationships, there's a lot of love bombing and romanticizing and fantasizing in the beginning. Abusers want their partners dependent on them and to isolate them from their friends/ families/ support systems. So asking a girl to quit her job, saying they'll pay her way, and wanting her to move away with them - can be red flags.
Then you've got the narcissism of wanting her to love him for the rest of HIS life.
Again, probably not the intention for the song. But it's what stuck out to me, and why I got the ick the first few times I listened to this song.
I think actually the character in this song is probably more on the pathetic side than being abusive. More desperate. Doesn't care if the girl doesn't love him - just wants to quell his loneliness. And if he's got money, then he's got something that might attract someone, it's one thing of value he can offer. Maybe this is a couple where both parties use each other, they both get something out of it (him company, her money) - even if it's not love.
Whatever is taken from this song, I have an easier time listening if I don't take it at face value, don't take it as a love song. And I do think the red flags in terms of abuse can be useful info, even if it's not necessarily what the song's about.
And you can probably take another different meaning from the video! Like a hopeless romantic. |
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| Matchbox Twenty – Bent Lyrics
| 6 months ago
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I love how the way we interpret songs can shift based on new experiences we have. The past couple of years I've started to isolate myself socially because I've been going through a lot of stuff and I don't want my struggles to affect the people I care about. I don't want them to worry about me. I'm also not dating for this reason. But if I had a partner, I would fear that they wouldn't understand what I was going through or that I would have a negative impact on their lives. As much as anyone struggling deserves care, it can take a toll to be someone trying to support them. So to me this song sounds like a guy who wants their partner to be there for them through a tough time, but for whatever reason the partner can't. He sings, "this is how we will end, with you and me bent" - the situation will end the relationship and likely take a toll on both of them in the process. |
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| Finger Eleven – I'll Keep Your Memory Vague Lyrics
| 8 months ago
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It’s funny how sometimes you have to go through something and then when you hear a song again the lyrics take on new meaning. Not saying this is what the song actually means, but how I’ve been taking it lately is as if my late friend would want me to keep their memory vague so that my grief over them isn’t as painful and so I can move on with my life and find happiness. I’ve been struggling with the loss, and I’m sure they wouldn’t want to see me in pain over them. I also like the interpretation of a mature break up - when you truly love someone, sometimes that’s not enough and circumstance comes between you, but with that true love you would subtract yourself from the other person’s life if it meant they would be better off. And death is certainly a circumstance that can get between you - with no way to be together in life, it's like keeping his memory vague is the way to alleviate pain, but it's a catch 22 because I don't want to let him go. Kind of a heartbreaking song. |
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| Screaming Trees – All I Know Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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I'm kind of grateful to see interpretations here about a missed opportunity of love. A good friend of mine showed me this song back in high school. He used to say I was the only person he could send a Screaming Trees song. Not long ago All I Know came on the radio, I hadn't heard it in a while and it reminded me of this friend. The next week that friend passed away. In processing the grief of this loss a lot surfaced and I realized more consciously my feelings for him. Long story short, I think we both always had feelings, but life circumstances never allowed for more than a short fling one summer. We always kept in touch despite living in different cities. One of those people it doesn;t matter how much time passes, when you're with them it's like nothing has changed. He was the best. Now I look back with love and wonder if things had been different how good we might have been together. Could have been, should have been, mine... |
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| Bikini Kill – I Hate Danger Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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This is probably not what the song is about, because it seems like the song is an anecdotal experience. But when I hear the final lines, coupled with the song title, it feels very liberating in terms of not letting others scare you or intimidate you, when they're all talk. Like, for example, a guy or partner who is verbally/emotionally abusive - they might talk a good game to intimidate/ coerce you, but when you finally realize that they're full of shit and can see through them - to not be afraid of them anymore is super freeing. |
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| 7 Year Bitch – Tired Of Nothing Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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To me this sounds like a possessive relationship, potentially abusive. Basically one person wants to control the other. A healthy relationship is where you focus on what IS, not so much what you want it to be. So, if you're not aligning, have a conversation, and if it turns out you don't mesh well - part ways. The work you put in to make a relationship work is different from trying to make your partner fit your mould. Nobody likes to be controlled or pressured. The "tell me I don't care about you" part is particularly striking to me - exactly what an ex said to me. It was meant to guilt, and you can't guilt someone to love you, that shit is going to drive them away. Good on the singer for standing their ground. This song brings me so much catharsis. |
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| Green River – Unwind Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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WT actual F - I'd love to know if there's a backstory to this song bc the lyrics are pretty messed up! |
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| Stone Temple Pilots – Dead & Bloated Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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Personally this song will forever remind me of my late friend. He was a musician and had the kind of voice that could belt out some STP. But the intro - roses and birthday deathbed - this friend passed on my birthday. And he used to say to me "stop and smell the roses". Now on my bday I get an orange rose for him. And this is my birthday theme song. |
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| Danko Jones – Apology Accepted Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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It's pretty straight forward, but I'm just laughing because this song popped up right when my ex reached out to me several years after I blocked them. This song is so resonant and cathartic and empowering. I mean, they have to remember how they treated me but they're acting like they did nothing wrong. Some people! |
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| Fuel – Bad Day Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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As someone who relates a bit to the girl - it sucks to hear people say that he's "putting up with" her and her "crap" as if she's purposely or negligently or uncaringly being shitty to him. Granted - lyrical interpretation is subjective, and it should be - we all benefit from seeing lyrics fit into the puzzles of our own lives - relating is comforting and serves us. BUT - I just want to put forth that as much as it is likely hurtful for him, I think she's suffering so deeply that she can't help it. Who knows the context, but I know what it's like to be struggling to the extent of not wanting it to affect those around you so you start not sharing. You may not realize that putting up that wall, or more to the point of this song - shutting the door - also hurts others. I've both been the girl and the guy in this song. And I don't think it is necessarily a situation where fingers should be pointed. Sometimes it's just where we're at in life and there is no easy way to navigate it. |
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| The Tragically Hip – Ahead By A Century Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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To me this song is about a relationship built on fantasy more than reality. The Hip is from Kingston and I went to Queen's University. Post-graduation, I fell for a guy in that town. The Hip seemed to become a meaningful band, to where if we heard them we'd think of each other. There is a mural in downtown Kingston on the waterfront - I don't know if it's still there - that has the opening lyrics to this song painted on it. Me and that guy, I think, genuinely cared a lot about each other. But looking back, I think things were kind of doomed from the start. I think we both inadvertently ended up hurting each other because we held on to the fantasy. Two people who really care about each other but circumstances had other plans. We ultimately couldn't get on the same page - and probably disappointed each other. I was the kind of person who, through losses, led with the notion that life is short and to not let good things get away. It's a tough pill to swallow that life doesn't always work that way - some things come down to other factors or right timing and you can't just will it to work out - no matter how hard you try. That's just life sometimes, we can't control it, and I guess that's what makes it even more precious when two people choose each other and can remain together. |
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| Limp Bizkit – The Only One Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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Yeah I am wondering if this is sarcastic or if he really means it, too! I saw some people say he originally wrote it for Britney Spears but after they broke up he recorded it with LB. |
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| USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker) – Laces Out Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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This is how I perceive the song through the lens of my experiences. When I heard this song again today it so clearly resembled my experience with a past abusive ex. There was a lot of lies, manipulation, and gaslighting - to the point of me feeling crazy. It's been years trying to put it all to rest, and have some closure.
When he says "were my laces out?" - to me that feels how I've felt - like, was it my fault? Were my laces undone so I tripped? That's the self-doubt and self blame. I'm not saying I'm a perfect person, but I didn't ask to be treated the way I was, and I didn't deserve it - and I can finally say that now.
"Direct your eyes to the obvious proof" - It's really hard to find obvious proof with mental and emotional abuse. But the abuser will tell you how obvious the "truth" is, and how you're crazy or ridiculous or too sensitive or delusional. "Puppy dog lies won't sweeten the truth" - they try to sugar coat the ugly truth, but it's still ugly and destructive at its core. "I whisper and scream but I can't refute" - How many times I was internally screaming, how I would have to keep my mouth shut or watch what I say so as to not be painted as the villain - the Abuser speaks in absolutes - their version of things is "absolute".
"I bite my lip as you sharpen your tongue" - this whole section feels like denying the reality and maybe even a trauma bond, staying when you should leave. Your anxieties, their verbal abuse.
"I'm breaking through, through, through to you.
I'm breaking..." - This part, you really want to believe you can fix a person or situation or relationship, you don't want to believe the truth, so you try to break through and connect, but you end up breaking yourself. It is a mind fuck to heal from the conditioning and destruction of psychological and emotional abuse - it worms its way into your mind and to unlearn that stuff is pretty difficult.
Just one possible meaning for this song and how it struck me, it's probably not the original intended meaning, but who knows, and that's the beauty in the mystery of lyrics! They can resonate on so many levels for so many people. |
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| Veruca Salt – Black and Blonde Lyrics
| 1 year ago
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I can't believe this song has no comments! Evidently (via various articles) the song is about the bandmates and their breakup as a band. But you can easily take the lyrics as fitting regarding an abusive relationship. In that respect, "Sleep little child, I forgive you, And for the tears I cost, I'm sorry, too," I can see this as the victim of abuse speaking to their younger self, forgiving themselves for "allowing" themselves to get into such a situation. It doesn't help that DV victims are often victim blamed and gaslighted and asked why they allowed themselves to be treated that way (and there can be a lot of confusion and asking themselves those questions). The lines, "Cause no one ever really has to know, Cause he was just another bloody so-and-so" strikes me as a milestone perspective to reach after transitioning from "victim" to "survivor" - I think we need to be in the victim phase in order to understand the reality of what happened and how wrong it was. But after doing healing work, graduating to survivor, I think we might get to the point of not needing to think about the abuser anymore. In order to work through things we need to focus on what happens and unfortunately that means we are still linked to the abuser as we process things. But eventually we will graduate from that and might just realize that they were JUST A PERSON and have no power over us anymore. Maybe people should know what that person has done, depends on the situation. Anyway, I feel this is not what this song is written about, but something it may lend itself to, which can be cathartic for a lot of people who've been through it. |
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| Highly Suspect – Love Like This Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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It seems to be about someone who doesn't have much self-worth. They've fallen in love, but maybe don't give themselves fully to it, or question it - the why me - even though it's clear the two are supposed to be together. And maybe they fear hurting the person they're in love with (blood on my hands with every kiss) or think hurt is inevitable. So they're hesitant. But the love is definitely real. Speaking from experience - I hope people who feel this way know that pulling away hurts just as much if not more than hurt that might come from staying. Hurt from absence at this point is guaranteed, hurt from presence - who knows, it's uncertain. But you gotta work through your demons to be able to embrace the fact that our presence can be a gift to others. |
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| Foo Fighters – Shame Shame Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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I'm guessing my interpretation is not what the band had in mind while writing, but this is what it makes me think of anyway. Some people bury their emotions and shitty things that have happened in their lives. Sometimes this is justified (e.g., PTSD, trauma) for a time. And some people get really upset if you try to talk to them about personal things. Some people just like to not talk about anything. Some lines in this song I feel could be taken as feeling controlled in a relationship, or maybe being claustrophobic when it comes to commitment. I like the interpretation of someone ashamed of being alone. But it's like they haven't found the right person - no one has made them feel like their companionship is better than being alone - it's always felt like a prison. It also reminds me of being in this cycle of seeing a person that things didn't work out with every so often, and every time you wonder "what if" and old feelings resurface. One of them was all in, but the other held back for whatever reason - maybe they don't even know why. They've gotten under each other's skin, but there's just that obstacle. |
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| Failure – Pillowhead Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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Filtering through the lens of my own experiences... to me this song/ the speaker seems a bit hopeless. Like on one hand they're unhappy about not having a partner, but on the other hand they have no motivation to change that, and value some things that come with being single/alone - namely the lack of challenges. There's an apathy, a discontent, and a basking. They don't even try for more (the line about a friend they've grown used to). And the last lines are almost like a mocking of society's expectation that everyone should have a partner. This sounds exactly like a guy I fell for - it seemed like we were perfect for each other, but at the end of the day he just didn't try, and I still have no idea why. |
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| Dead Confederate – It Was a Rose Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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Wrecking Ball was such a great album, I listened to it on repeat back around when it came out. Was revisiting this song recently - surprised there aren\'t more comments here! How it\'s struck me is about someone who is bored with their life, even though by all accounts they have a good life. So they go looking for excitement, and in doing so - get entangled with their "demons". The song says devil - and I love that line - it seems to speak to the idea that humans need something to rail against. Like we seek out suffering. If nothing is going wrong, we\'ll make a problem, because we get bored easily. Temptation into "sin" does not require meddling on the "Devil\'s" part - because we come to him, knowingly or not. And it\'s at the bottom of this hole that the singer has dug for himself that he realizes this. That he in fact had it good (a flower, a rose). But we often don\'t know what we have until it\'s gone. |
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| Dead Confederate – It Was a Rose Lyrics
| 3 years ago
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Wrecking Ball was such a great album, I listened to it on repeat back around when it came out. Was revisiting this song recently - surprised there aren\'t more comments here! How it\'s struck me is about someone who is bored with their life, even though by all accounts they have a good life. So they go looking for excitement, and in doing so - get entangled with their "demons". The song says devil - and I love that line - it seems to speak to the idea that humans need something to rail against. Like we seek out suffering. If nothing is going wrong, we\'ll make a problem, because we get bored easily. Temptation into "sin" does not require meddling on the "Devil\'s" part - because we come to him, knowingly or not. And it\'s at the bottom of this hole that the singer has dug for himself that he realizes this. That he in fact had it good (a flower, a rose). But we often don\'t know what we have until it\'s gone. |
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| Metallica – Sad But True Lyrics
| 4 years ago
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So this isn’t necessarily what I think the song was written about, but is immediately how it resonated with me - as dialogue from an abusive and possessive partner. It’s very sneering, in your face, like “you can’t get rid of me”. Just the vibe reminds me of an ex. He was stealthy and would never say this stuff (who would? Unless in the face of realizing they’ve lost control). But it’s the impression that was given. And that IS sad but true lol. Abusers will isolate you, make you feel like they’re the only one who cares about you, they want you dependent on them so you won’t leave. They manipulate your emotions, they hide behind you, they blame you. There’s the hate/love cycle of abuse. And the last line makes me shiver - “I’m you” - because a narc will make you feel like you’re the narc and the problem. They never take accountability and shift blame onto you so that you end up thinking everything was you. I can tell you, I don’t want to be anything like my ex. Anyway, I see how this song works with drugs, too, but that’s the beauty in nuance with songs - it can be meaningful to a lot of people in a lot of unexpected ways! |
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| Failure – Saturday Saviour Lyrics
| 4 years ago
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I don’t know about drugs, maybe that is what Ken was writing about, but the way I relate to it from personal experience is about someone not wanting a relationship and not willing to change for anyone. First off - I totally respect that. But here he is very honestly expressing himself (also respect honesty) as a bit of a dick, almost entitled - like we all have the right to want what we want, but there’s no escaping the fact that we are responsible for how we affect others, too. And he’s not a dick if he’s upfront about it with the (girl). But I wonder if maybe he did lead her on and then got annoyed that she wanted more and this song is him setting the record straight. There’s a bit of self-loathing it seems. And selfishness. It’s cold, like this person is unfeeling- he’s never going to long for life - you almost want to feel bad for him. The line about never going to push them out because they’re not in - that line always hits me hard, it’s like blaming this person for having feelings and not caring - like it’s her fault. Thing is, it’s on him, too if he led her on. I don’t believe people are that disconnected that they don’t realize if someone has feelings or wants more, even if it was said at the outset that it was strictly one thing - and people should take responsibility for themselves and address this - instead here he seems to be putting it on her. I find the line “wake me up please” interesting - I wonder if it’s just him wanting to get in and out, or if some part of him wishes he could feel more. At the end of the day, any relationship requires communication and some compromise - which isn’t about changing others (though I know some people try to do this). And it seems this guy is not willing to do any of that, and he might end up alone. Then again - maybe it just wasn’t the right partner. This song hits home regarding someone I had in my life, where it was never said that we were in a relationship or anything as it was long distance, but we would talk every day for over a year, and he’d talk about us having a life together. In the end, we grew apart because I thought things were going somewhere but he couldn’t tell me where I stood with him. This song seems like a mirror image of this person - he’d never commit, never compromise in the sense that he was only in it for his wants, he didn’t open up, didn’t let himself be vulnerable, and wasn’t at fault because we were never “together”. |
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| Alice in Chains – Scalpel Lyrics
| 4 years ago
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Gosh, the harmonies of this band have to be the best, current and with Layne.
This song is so beautiful. It really struck a chord when I sat with the lyrics. This is how I personally resonate with the song anyway:
I see it as being about hardship, keeping going. Being alone (breaking without a sound - no one to hear you). Dreams that haven’t gone anywhere, needing a change of scenery. “I know how false the floor, how high the sky” - I see this as stability in life being an illusion (anything can happen or rip the rug from under our feet) and how our dreams can feel out of reach, hopelessness. There are no guarantees in life - you have to fight to make things happen. And you can only rely on yourself. The chorus illustrates that we should not place our hopes in others, it’s a form of self-harm because we are the only ones we can count on. Stop counting on illusions that incorporate other people. Truth might hurt, but it’s best in the long run, and it’s better than fantasy. Keep trying. Roll with the punches. Take things in stride. Fight. |
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| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Shadow's Keeper Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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This interpretation is based on my own experiences. Though I think that’s one of the beautiful things in the ambiguity of lyrics, that it leaves room for interpretation and many to relate. For me it illustrates how I felt after my Dad died. It was this darkness, this shadow like a cloud that fell over my life. Grasping at anything within reach for hope, the pain, you hit bottom and have to deal with it. The light being some hope in the way you perceive life and death but grappling with the point of life if there’s so much pain and it always ends in death. What’s the purpose of us all going through the loss? My favourite lines are: “Your eyes were wide but there's a world that keeps you blind, A painted serpent turning water into wine, Seekin' light”. After my dad passed I started diligently seeking proof that his spirit lived on- I got into seeing psychics and that. I was opening my eyes, but we live in a world that typically scoffs at such things. A lot of truths are hidden in our world. Personally I take the painted snake as alluding to the demonization of a creature that holds wisdom, knowledge, from a time when church and state were one and the objective was control, thus free thinkers were dangerous to said control. This snake is *painted* after all. It seems to hold magical abilities- things we don’t yet understand (through science) and so it must be condemned. This is how I feel metaphysics is painted, as a pseudoscience. I pretty much begged for proof of spirit and in some ways it was “be careful what you ask for”. You might say I “seen too much”. And I can’t have my dad in the physical- so it’s very in your head, not the same. I can relate to grappling with “blue sky” and not wanting to see “the light” because it feels so wrong to see any sort of positive in something so horrible as death. If you get into reincarnation and the thought of life as learning lessons, that can speak to the purpose the lyrics ask for, but again- it feels horrible to think of a purpose or lesson in death, to justify death in any way, and it feels to me like that’s what this song grapples with. It’s easy to feel like you don’t fit into the world after a big loss- like the whole world has changed and blue skies or happiness just feel wrong, like they suffocate you. The ending I wonder if it’s a panic attack or anger. There are so many emotions in loss. |
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| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Cold Wind Lyrics
| 6 years ago
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For me this song vividly describes trying to let go of the past, wrestling with your demons, trying to start fresh, but just feeling like you can’t untangle yourself from it all. And at the end of the day you feel frigid, like the weight of reality and what you’re carrying has depleted the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed outlook you had on life in your youth. While the speaker seems to be caught up in emotion (drowning in my own disease) - I can say that eventually, you revisit something so many times, and give it time, that you will gain perspective- perspective you never considered before or couldn’t see when emotion clouded your mind, or that you needed to grow a little in order to recognize. |
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| Stone Temple Pilots – Vasoline Lyrics
| 6 years ago
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I’ll preface this comment with the fact that the beauty in the vague nature of many song lyrics is that they can take on a deep meaning for so many people in various situations. Recently this song popped into my head, the line “flies in the vasoline we are” and upon reading the rest of the lyrics the line “what’s real and what’s for sale” struck me. Based on personal recent experiences and realizations about the world it sounds like it’s talking about how we can’t eacape the human condition, but more than that- who’s running the show- industry. We are at the mercy of those selling things to us, those who will lie and do anything, including sweep risks of their products under the rug and destroy the earth, in order to make a buck. This may not be what Scott Weiland was singing about, but that’s how it’s resonating with me today- and it could take on a new meaning for me tomorrow! |
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| Ghost – Year Zero Lyrics
| 7 years ago
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@[Khaotica92:26992] it makes more sense to *me*. I see now in hindsight how my first comment here comes across as a little harsh- didn’t mean to step on anyone’s toes. I just thought it was lies to begin with before searching the lyrics and so my brain learned the song that way. I know some artists make a point of not telling fans what their songs are truly about because they want fans to make their own personal connections and meanings within their own lives. I, personally, like the idea of songs taking on multivalent meanings (of course I still have the curiosity regarding what the artist in question intended). So I respect the song’s meaning with “lice”. I also see value in “lies”. It may be “wrong” if we’re getting technical, but this is art not science. Anyways, that’s just what my takeaway will be. Great song, great band. I’m not here to argue and again sorry to anyone who might not like my initial comment- I see it differently now. |
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| Ghost – Life Eternal Lyrics
| 7 years ago
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This song really took me by surprise in how much of an impact it had on me from Prequelle. It's heartbreaking. It makes me think of mortality and two (dare I say) star-crossed lovers, dancing (literally or figuratively) one last time before they are separated or death takes them. I mean it's no secret the album has a medieval theme, black plague type setting, and in those days you didn't live long, death could take you at any time and you had to let go of people you loved too soon. It seems, to me at least, to be questioning whether a love can span beyond one physical lifetime. |
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| Ghost – Year Zero Lyrics
| 7 years ago
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@[2sylbl:26551] okay you’re right there seems to be a consensus among other sources. Lies just makes more sense to me. |
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| Jerry Cantrell – Satisfy Lyrics
| 7 years ago
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I agree with the comments before mine- maybe because I can relate. But lately I’ve been thinking a lot about Layne, and can’t help but tie this to him as well. Boggy depot came out in ‘98 do he was still alive but the heroine addiction was certainly prevalent. The opening lyrics about caging a bird to show your might... i guess I relate to that, too... like putting yourself theories by more shot to show your strength because you handle it.. even if in a maladaptive way. And then if you think of Layne as the refugee, he barred himself off and isolated himself in some sort of escape.. and didn’t let his closest friends in.. and it sounds like Jerry misses him.. “tell me once again, that you’d like to be my friend, while we run, a race of one (the band).” And Then the end is about seeing a friend in danger of death, and wanting them to choose life, because you miss them and you live them, but ultimately it is their choice... and if they are going to choose death to get it over with because it’s all so painful, this all-consuming fear in anticipation. So, I see it both in relation to Layne or a relationship. It all sort of blends in relation to my last relationship and the aftermath and fears, anyways. |
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| Ghost – Year Zero Lyrics
| 7 years ago
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I came here 'cause I couldn't make out a couple of the names in the beginning, but I have to say... there is no way the fate of man is "lice" LOL lies, people, lies! |
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| Queens of the Stone Age – The Evil Has Landed Lyrics
| 7 years ago
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To me this is about taking life by the balls and going for it, not letting anything hold you back!
Ever since Homme's near death experience prior to ...Like Clockwork, I think about ...Like Clockwork as an album with the theme of dealing with death when you've looked it in the face and now Villains is like not taking life for granted, living in the present, and appreciating every moment. Not taking the people, places, or experiences for granted. Death really changes how you perceive everything. Soon after ...Like Clockwork was released my Dad died suddenly. So that album really resonated for me. And now that I've had a few years of grieving and healing I feel like I'm ready to start living again. In a nutshell that is how I feel about this song:
"You don't wanna miss your chance, near life experience"
- I love that line, near-life experience. It's so true. So many of us are just going through the motions and it takes a real wake up call to change that and not let our lives pass us by.
"Faces making noise, say "be good girls and boys"
- making noise as in it doesn't matter what anyone else says because it is YOUR life. Society tries to tame and control us into following the path laid out for us. What about making our own decisions and living our lives the way WE want.
"It ain't half empty or full, You can break the glass, or drink it all, Dig it?"
- aka there's a third option. You don't have to follow any other path but the one you create for yourself.
I got that wakeup call so I just bought a cargo van and am converting it into a camper van and traveling the continent with it. Won't be no near life experience on my watch.
Thanks Homme. |
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