| Dire Straits – Hand In Hand Lyrics | 4 years ago |
| All these years later I can hear how this song perfectly describes my relationship at that time. I don't often think of that girl, but I'll remember her now when I hear Knopfler's words. Great track on a great LP. Roy Bittan! | |
| Billy Joel – Goodnight Saigon Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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This is a very powerful song and this tribute will bring tears to your eyes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hh82llukEA |
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| Genesis – The Lamia Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| This song gives me goosebumps and brings tears to my eyes. Particularly the live version in the Genesis box set. There was a time when I listened to the whole of "The Lamb" live every day! It is an incredible story and beautiful playing. Saw it live in Albany, NY December 1974. | |
| R.E.M. – What's the Frequency, Kenneth? Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Listening to this song up loud for the thousandth time right now; I love it. YtheLASTband comes very close to my interpretation. I always thought the lyric was a father speaking to his daughter recently lost to suicide. He recounts all the things he tried to do (and continues to do) to understand her and bring her closer while she continued to reject his world. He feels guilt at not having gotten through and not understanding the depth of her depression. I was "brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed" - the many things the daughter called her parents You wore our expectations like an armored suit - father speaking about daughter in past tense I never understood the frequency; I didn't understand - the Rather thing is just a meme; something the daughter said in rejecting her parents' attempts to connect I never understood "don't fuck with me" - Something she said near the end; near her limit. What I've not been able to reconcile with my interpretation is exactly what the parents did to cause the daughter to so violently reject them. This is particularly a puzzle given the father's great remorse and his efforts to understand her. (Maybe his interest came too late and that is the root of his regret.) I understand youth rejecting the values and expectations of their parents, but my guess is that the daughter was a manic-depressive and what happened was not within anyone's power to control. |
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