| Sum 41 – A Murder of Crows Lyrics | 10 months ago |
| From his autobiography, small intro piece about having to cut off many of his longtime friends from administrative positions in Sum 41, as he found they were siphoning money from the band around 2012-2014. | |
| Sum 41 – 88 Lyrics | 10 months ago |
| Passive aggressive breakup song. 88 references the song being 88 BPM and was likely a demo/working title that stuck. | |
| Sum 41 – 13 Voices Lyrics | 10 months ago |
| From his autobiography, general rant about the press and bad influences he was surrounded by while recovering from alcoholism. | |
| Sum 41 – 45 (A Matter of Time) Lyrics | 10 months ago |
| Generic anti-Trump song written while Deryck had a serious case of TDS. Trump was the 45th president of the United States and is now the 47th as well. | |
| KISS – In The Mirror Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Likely about Pam, Paul Stanley's first wife. | |
| KISS – I Love It Loud Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| KISS attempting to capture the essence of Queen's "We Will Rock You." While the song became a live staple of KISS setlist, the track never received any sort of mainstream following or usage. | |
| KISS – Hide Your Heart Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Written with Desmond Child about gang violence in New York during the late 1980's. This was Paul's attempt to write a power ballad with specific characters to rival Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer." The song got moderate airplay on MTV but largely failed to catch on. | |
| KISS – Every Time I Look At You Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Paul's second attempt at a wedding song to piggyback off the success of Forever, written while he was engaged to his eventual first wife Pamela Bowden. I believe they married in 1992. | |
| KISS – Heart Of Chrome Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Likely a hyperbolic recollection of Paul's fling with Samantha Fox, whom he dated briefly in 1989 during his solo tour. Paul would marry Pamela Bowden the same year as Revenge was released, making the inclusion of this on Revenge a bit odd. | |
| KISS – Do You Love Me? Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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This is very likely one of the first songs ever written addressing what we now know as the "incel" phenomenon. Paul's 2014 memoir "Face the Music" spends a lot of time detailing how he was an extremely insecure teenager and had a very warped view of relationships. This spiralled into his adult life as he was often extremely skeptical of women's intentions, and saw how they reacted to his (and others) newfound fame. Paul vocalizes this on the final track of 1976's "Destroyer." |
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| KISS – Carr Jam 1981 Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| This is the drum solo Eric Carr performed during the 1980 "Unmasked" tour. which saw KISS play just a single show in America before embarking on a tour primarily through Australia and Europe.The instrumental used as a lead-in to the drum solo would later become Ace Frehley's "Breakout", which appeared on the 1987 release "Frehley's Comet" with his solo band. | |
| KISS – Black Diamond Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| This is about prostitutes in New York city during the early 1970's. | |
| KISS – All Hell's Breakin' Loose Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Paul wrote this about the Cold War. | |
| KISS – I Still Love You Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| This is one of two songs Paul wrote about Donna Dixon, whom Paul dated in the early 1980's and left for future Ghostbusters star Dan Aykroyd. Paul discusses this relationship at length in his 2014 memoir "Face the Music." | |
| KISS – A Million To One Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| This is one of two songs Paul wrote about Donna Dixon, whom Paul dated in the early 1980's and left for future Ghostbusters star Dan Aykroyd. Paul discusses this relationship at length in his 2014 memoir "Face the Music." | |
| Nickelback – Because Of You Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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Seems to be about catching your girlfriend repeatedly attempting to kill herself. "You know I can't be there each time that you call, I swore not to come but I'm here after all," alludes to the idea that a lot of these attempts are for attention and Chad is tired of her playing with his emotions to this extent. |
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| Nickelback – Follow You Home Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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Not convinced this is about stalking. Generic song about a toxic relationship in which the woman is nuts, but the guy still loves her/is trauma bonded to her. Tries to frame it as him being a badass and able to put up with her shit. |
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| Taylor Swift – Blank Space Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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This song is about living with Borderline Personality Disorder, a cluster B personality disorder characterized by frequent mood swings and short, turbulent relationships. While Swift claims this is a knock at how the media portrayed her throughout the early 2010's as her career was on the rise, the intricate details of the lyrics exhibit first-hand knowledge of a very specific mental illness, and its' most prominent symptoms. The first verse describes how individuals with BPD often have a tendency to fall in love very quickly, and "love-bomb" their targets by aggressively pursuing them and making the relationship very intense, very quickly, as opposed to letting it develop naturally. Swift's lyrics also allude to how many of these individuals have a reputation within their social circles, and will manipulate their targets into ignoring red flags by directly addressing rumours about them and claiming others were just "jealous." The second verse details a pattern of behavior called "mirroring", in which individuals with BPD often do not have a personality of their own, but rather "copy" their significant other's likes and interest to role-play as the perfect girlfriend for the initial stages of the relationship. The second half of verse 2 details a symptom called "splitting", in which the individual with BPD grows tired of their significant other for no reason, and decides the S/O is evil incarnate. This often involves temper tantrums, meltdowns, and other extreme emotional outbursts which leave the guy astronomically confused. The final line refers to a concept called "narcissistic hoovering", in which guys are often baited back into these relationships by promises the woman will change. She never does. The chorus addresses typical BPD tropes such as how the relationships often go "down in flames," a long list of exes claim the particular woman is "insane" (often proven true), how dating a woman with the disorder can provide a "high" during the initial lovebombing stage, and she runs through guys so frequently that the S/O's names are difficult to keep up with. The breakdown refers to how these women often say, quite directly at the start of the relationship, that they have serious mental issues, and to avoid dating them. Men often don't take heed to their warnings. For Swift to write this intricately about a mental illness, is very concerning, and I suspect this song will take on a new life in her later years, once she is out of the spotlight. |
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| Nickelback – Something In Your Mouth Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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This song ironically isn't about sex at all. Kroger is a highly underrated songwriter/storyteller and this can be seen throughout Nickelback's early 2000's output. This is a very upside-down love song about the hottest stripper in the city, falling in love with a friend of Kroger's, who's a completely normal guy. Kroger's lyrics narrate the unlikely relationship, encouraging his guy friend to enjoy the opportunity. First verse is Chad's friend meeting her and being bewildered that she's still living at home undiscovered, instead of being whisked away to Hollywood. Kroger notes how unlikely this was to happen, but to chalk it up as a win. Pre-chorus is Chad celebrating with his buddy that the girl is into him and somehow ignoring the advances of other guys. Chorus and post-Chorus is Kroger describing how the girl is a giant tease at the bar, but instead of getting jealous, they find it hilarious and just embrace it. |
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| Nickelback – Never Again Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Pretty simple set of lyrics about domestic violence. Chad and his brother grew up in Hannah, Alberta, a few hours away from Edmonton or Calgary (take your pick). Most of their early stuff is about what they lived through in a small town before they got famous - primarily shitty relationships, drinking problems, and drugs. | |
| Nickelback – Leader of Men Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| I believe this was about Chad and his friends experimenting with magic mushrooms when they were teenagers. The second verse is about Chad saving a girl from drowning when they were cliff diving. | |
| Bullet for My Valentine – Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow (What Can I Do) Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Many BFMV songs are written about mentally unstable/cluster B women, this song is no exception. "Suffocating..." deals with being in love with a woman struggling with BPD, who compulsively sleeps around. The narrator (Tuck) is hopelessly in love with her and is trying to fix her ("what can I do to make you see..." | "what do you want from me?"), but it's just not happening and she continues to be a nutcase - trapping the narrator in a trauma bond. | |
| Bullet for My Valentine – Your Betrayal Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| This is a song about stalking and domestic violence, written from the point of view of the stalker. | |
| Bullet for My Valentine – Venom Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| This is another BFMV song that deals with the concept of trauma bonds. A trauma bond is an attachment that develops from a cycle of physical and/or emotional trauma followed by positive reinforcement. In this case, a relationship with an abusive woman who promises to change, but never actually follows through, leaving to a frequent cycle of breaking up, getting back together, only for the woman to go back to her old ways quite quickly. Many of BFMV songs focus on the topic of being in relationships with mentally ill women, this is one of them. | |
| Bullet for My Valentine – The Poison Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| This song addresses the concept of "trauma bonds" in relationships. A trauma bond is an attachment that develops from a cycle of physical and/or emotional trauma, followed by positive reinforcement. The relationship is compared to "Poison". | |
| Bullet for My Valentine – Stitches Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| It's about dealing with a Cluster B woman, either borderline or narcissist (possibly both). Many of BFMV's songs are about dealing with mentally unstable women in relationships. "Stitches" refers to the constant need to 'walk on eggshells' around these types, as their insecurities often cause frequent rage outbursts at seemingly random that are then directed at the guy, who is left with several emotional scars that he must work to recover from. The song is sang from the point of view of a guy who has grown wise to this behavior, is in a better place mentally, and now finds the woman's behavior laughable - egging her on instead of taking her outbursts seriously. | |
| Bullet for My Valentine – Scream Aim Fire Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| This is a re-write of Metallica's "One." | |
| Bullet for My Valentine – Piece of Me Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Like many songs on 2018's "Gravity", this is likely about Matt Tuck's divorce and the kind of behaviour his wife exhibited. | |
| Bullet for My Valentine – Her Voice Resides Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Seems to be a song about being discarded by a woman with narcissistic personality disorder, or borderline personality disorder, and the emotional turmoil that comes with them suddenly cutting contact with you when you've fallen deeply for their charade. Many of Bullet for My Valentine's songs seem to be about breakups with or dealing with mentally ill women in general. | |
| Bullet for My Valentine – Fever Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Song about screwing a stripper. Shouldn't need SongMeanings to tell you that, it's pretty obvious. | |
| Bullet for My Valentine – Pretty on the Outside Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Pretty standard rant about women who are extremely beautiful but deeply mentally ill, and either use or abuse men - getting away with it due to their looks. | |
| Blink-182 – Childhood Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Simple mid-life crisis song in which Mark & Tom realize their youth is firmly behind them. Blink-182 began as a San Diego-based punk band in the early 1990's, but did not achieve mainstream success until 1999's "Enema of the State." At the time, bassist Mark Hoppus was 27 years old, which often caught fans and critics by surprise due to the immaturity of their lyrics and simplicity of their songs. Mark and Tom are bewildered to still be writing and touring as Blink-182 at nearly 50 years old, and can't believe their childhood is now several decades behind them. | |
| Blink-182 – Fuck Face Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| This appears to be Blink-182's take on "Free Speech for the Dumb," a song by punk band "Discharge." Both songs feature the same line shouted over and over again for a brief period until the song ends. "Free Speech..." was part of the 1982 Discharge release, "Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing." The album was the number one punk album of all time in a poll conducted by Terrorizer magazine. The album reached number two on the indie album chart and number 40 in the UK Album Chart. | |
| Blink-182 – Other Side Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| This is about Mark Hoppus' bass tech Robert Ortiz, who passed away in early 2022. Ortiz founded a small indie coffee company named "Stage Right Coffee Co.", hence the chorus. | |
| Blink-182 – Turpentine Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Appears to be one of two autobiographical pieces about Tom DeLonge on the album, in particular his self-awareness of his erratic behaviour and vicodin addiction of the mid 2000's. | |
| Blink-182 – Bad News Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Pretty simple, the guy is debating and eventually goes through with breaking up with his long-time girlfriend. | |
| Blink-182 – Blink Wave Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Pretty simple song about a summer fling with a mentally ill girl/woman. Their relationship keeps stopping and starting again. The protagonist is stuck in a trauma bond and waits for her to come around again, no matter how brief it is, even though their relationship is unhealthy, hence "you are so inordinary" and "the same old girls they just won't do." Similar in theme to 2019's "Darkside" and 2011's "After Midnight." | |
| Blink-182 – You Don't Know What You've Got Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| This is pretty clearly about Mark Hoppus being diagnosed with Stage 4 Lymphoma. The first verse deals with the phone call he received from his doctor, the second verse addresses his chemotherapy and how his wife wasn't allowed to touch him or even use the same bathroom as him for several days after radiation treatment. The bridge references Mark accidentally revealing his diagnosis on his public Instagram account, which led to him reading comments on Reddit and other platforms from fans assuming he would pass away and saying their final goodbyes. | |
| Blink-182 – When We Were Young Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly. | |
| Blink-182 – Edging Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| This is an autobiographical piece about Tom DeLonge, in which he directly addresses his previous erratic and unpredictable behaviour that caused him to abandon Blink-182 and pursue various side projects on two separate occasions. | |
| Blink-182 – Turn This Off! Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| This is a gag song, meant to be a sequel to "Family Reunion." | |
| Blink-182 – More Than You Know Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| This is a thrash metal duet between Hoppus and DeLonge, chronicling their turbulent friendship and arguments that stemmed from creative differences during the band's zenith in popularity and brief reunion period from 2009 to 2013. Hoppus is frustrated by DeLonge's unpredictable behavior and uses the verses to vent his frustration; DeLonge in the chorus admits he is difficult to get along with and erratic, but he never meant any harm towards Mark in the first place. The chorus may refer to DeLonge's painkiller addiction, which caused him to be even more erratic and make strange comments in the press, in the years immediately after leaving Blink-182 in 2005. | |
| Blink-182 – One More Time Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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The history of Blink-182 as a major American rock band from Enema of the State onwards, has been punctuated by creative differences between founding members Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge. Despite becoming a tour-de-force in American rock music during the late 1990's and early 2000's, the childhood friends were at odds during the pinnacle of the band's success. DeLonge would leave the band on two occasions, first in 2005 after the conclusion of the "Untitled" tour, and again in 2013 after a "reunion" era which saw the release of 2011's "Neighbourhoods" and a follow-up EP in 2012. During the periods of DeLonge's absence, drummer Travis Barker was nearly killed in a plane crash, and Hoppus was diagnosed with a serious form of cancer which he eventually recovered from. Both incidents served as catalysts to bring the trio back on speaking terms, resulting in not one but two reunion tours. "One More Time" is a duet featuring Hoppus and DeLonge apologizing to each other and regretting how they handled their friendship when they were younger, highlighting how men often do not talk about how much they value each other's friendship until it's too late. |
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| Blink-182 – Terrified Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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3deep5u introspective piece by Tom. Seems to be about Tom coming to grips with his life post-Blink 182 (2013 to 2022), in which he was no longer in the public eye and was free to live out a quieter existence while reminiscing back on the glory years of the band. He is surprised as the tabloid coverage of him dies down, and that people don't care about what he's up to now that he's not really an active celebrity/rockstar. "Welcome" to retirement, but the thought of never playing a show again "terrifies" him. He starts to understand his arguments with Mark a little bit more, gets divorced, and gets married again as implied by the final verse. |
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| Blink-182 – Fell In Love Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| A re-write of 2001's "First Date", about a millennial/Gen-Z couple hooking up at a party and eventually falling in love. | |
| Blink-182 – Dance with Me Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| About wanting to hook up with a girl out of your league, and eventually succeeding despite the odds being stacked against you. | |
| Blink-182 – Anthem Part 3 Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| This is the intro track on Blink-182's 2023 album "One More Time..." It is the sequel to Anthem (1999) and Anthem Pt. 2 (2001). The lyrics appear to be an older, wiser Tom DeLonge looking back on his youth, writing a letter to himself encouraging him not to be discouraged at the general insanity of life in your 20's, such as working at awful jobs or not having your hopes and dreams pan out. It's basically a general motivational anthem. Hence the title. | |
| Bullet for My Valentine – Over It Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| This song is about Matt Tuck's ex-wife, as he has mentioned in many interviews during the promotion of Gravity that he has "done an Adele" and made a break-up record. Most of Gravity centers around their divorce. Matt has been pretty tight-lipped about everything on social media but the song implies his wife was mentally ill and refusing treatment. Lyrically this is the second time Tuck has addressed the concept of someone refusing treatment for addiction/mental health issues in BFMV songs, the other being "The Last Fight." | |
| Nonpoint – Circles Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| This song is about NASCAR racing. It appeared on both the NASCAR: Crank it Up compilation released by Fox in 2002, as well as the video game NASCAR Thunder 2003. The song is written from the point of view of a hyper-competitive driver, and ends implying there is always another race coming up. | |
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