| Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Lucky Man Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| hey debrah...before you crown ELP "the most innovative trio of musicians ever"...i'd suggest you google the names lennon, mccartney and harrison. throw in starr for good measure. phhhhhhhhhhhhhhh | |
| The Get Up Kids – Ten Minutes Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| this song was written and sung by jim suptic...not matt prior. b0iNg! | |
| Emanuel – The New Violence Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| they sghou=fsDsjsdafndsnds | |
| Bayside – Just Enough To Love You Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| this song was not written by bayside. it was borrowed from a talented songwriter kid whose name i don't know. but if you don't believe me, just ask raneri at the next show you're at. i bet he'd be surprised. | |
| Bayside – Answers We'll Never Get Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| the guitar part to this song was written by the singer/guitarist from don't run, when he(who first founded bayside) was still in the band. the vocals were written by some kid who lived in the sticks. true story. | |
| Bayside – Choice Hops And Bottled Self-Esteem Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| these lyrics are off...did you even bother to look at the lyrics in the cd book? | |
| Brand New – Millstone Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| religion is for the weak. | |
| Brand New – Millstone Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I respect your explanation of it being about work and it makes sense...but I still think you could use a lot of the points I made. Even though I may not be 100 dead on I still made a good arguement based on connection with the lyics and fairly deep analysis. I should be a lawyer. Haha yeah right. Oh, and I'm agnostic. Not an atheist. I guess I let my loathing of religion pour out of me in my "novel" as you say...haha. I don't know...forgive me for having disdain for a "mechanism" which people accept that is used largely as a political tool, starts wars, promotes fear of the unknown...which we should all embrace with open arms together. Aw, hell. I just want everyone to get along. Guess I should snap out of it and get hardcore into one of the various religions so I can hate another group's explanation and attempt to further alienate the human race from itself when unity would save us all. I'm just a dumb dreamer. Shame on me. I know John Lennon is smiling at me right now. Again now that I have purged MY demons, I really wish they would have included demo #5 on the cd. I thought that was one of the best ones. Oh well maybe they will pull a Radiohead and already have material prepared for a new cd that will be released shortly. |
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| Brand New – Millstone Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| ahhh but arter...it was a such a good novel. explained well and packed with points to back it up. so unless you can refute my analysis...ssshhhh | |
| Brand New – Nobody Moves Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I wish they would have put this song on the new album...I thought this was the best out of all the demos. especially when he says YYYYEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! | |
| Brand New – Millstone Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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So he's a sinner whose eventually going to drown in the depths of the sea(if he continues on his current path)as Matthew said in the bible. He's on a new path acting without faith(in God) and he doesn't see himself changing unless someone or something gives him "breath" to save him while he is drowning. We do not know if he ever gets new "breath" because at the end of the song he is still merely just asking for someone to be his breath..."there's nothing that he wouldn't give" but unfortunately we don't know what happens to him because there's one thing he didn't get: an answer to his demand for someone or something to be his breath. I guess you could call this one the abridged version, or me simply reciting my collective thoughts of the whole thing back to myself again. Anyway, have a nice day. |
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| Brand New – Millstone Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Tuwy...no offense but even tho you're not a christian preacher as you say, with your post you're still trying to hammer this song into our heads as being religiously rooted(as if to reinforce Jesse's supposed belief in god) and i'm just not buying it. Here's Why: This song is simply about Jesse having lost his faith in God. Now that he thinks he knows (and being pretty much an atheist I would have to agree with him 100%) that there is no heaven and God he feels lost. I recall myself that I slept a lot easier when I was a child because hey...you're going to heaven when you die and everything is going to be alright. Well, studying philosophy, going to college, thinking for myself, doing my own research and recognizing that Christianity was actually invented by a king hundreds of years ago is enough for me to form my own conclusion about life after death...no one really "knows" what is going to happen. They may believe they do and feel very strongly and this may ease or totally rid them of their own "millstones" they may experience without their beliefs, but anyone who reads this should realize that their ease is only due to a "belief"...not a fact. Anyone who is heavily religious...really think about that and let it sink in for a moment. If you disagree with my standpoint please feel free to post back in reference to me...but at least put up a valid arguement and not a rash, angry rant as this will only make you look silly. The burden of knowing that he isn't going to heaven(or merely the fact that he just doesn't believe he will anymore now that he's renounced his religious beliefs) is FREAKING HIM OUT (he can't sleep anymore and so forth. This burden is the metaphorical "millstone" around his neck. When he says "Take me out Tonight" he is begging for someone or something to give him new faith to replace that which he has lost(again he has pretty much totally lost faith in God) in order ease his mind and conscience so he can "sleep without a single stir" as he did when he was a child...When everything was simpler because he just didn't really think or question things as much. When you're young, everything is pretty much cut and dry. You're going to heaven...everything is gonna be ok. Again beliefs can make you feel powerful emotions...but in the end they are just beliefs and not the ultimate truth. You only find that out after you die...if you are even capable of processing a logical thought at that point. (Ok, i'm getting too heady for myself so that's enough with the religious analysis). And again, when he asks for someone to be his "breath" he is looking for something( be it a person or a new way of life) to put the wind back in his sails. His loss of religious faith has really devestated him as I'm assuming he was very faithful to Christianity or whatever it was throughout his childhood and teen years. He could be asking for a person to share some new views with him...perhaps a new religion or just another way of life that helps people get by and be a little less insane knowing that one day they are going to die. Live just may not end the way the Catholic Church or other religions/institutions want you to believe. Stop letting religious dogmas rule your life and thoughts. As Timothy Leary said: "Think for yourself, question authority." I almost kinda miss the days when I used to go to church and believe in "their" God. It was really easy. I mean, for me to admit I don't believe in Christianity or any religion is really tough. Imagine believing so very strongly in something that BILLIONS of other people take part in worldwide, every day. Then imagine through your own conquest of thought and questioning that the reasoning you accepted wasn't yours at all, real, right or the truth. Imagine stepping outside of that box and feeling like you just got hit by a Mack Truck, you're on the same road and you know the way home but nothing feels right. On the walk home it just isn't the same and never will be again, ever because of this realization you have come to. You don't have to agree with me, but i believe this is what Jesse Lacey is trying to express with these lyrics. One thing i enjoyed was the metaphor terrorhawk suggested about the millstone being alcohol and the ship of fools being the bar scene. One thing my explanation didn't resolve was the ship of fools reference....but that metaphor works out quite nicely. Another way of looking at the song that makes sense. But thinking real quickly now I will tie that into my interpretation as well. When he says "The ship of fools I'm on will sink" I think he is merely referring to his current sinful and destructive path( he's not trying to impress his parents anymore, he's lost touch with his friends, doesn't pray anymore), and he doesn't really care. Yet in the back of his head there is still a part of him that would accept somebody removing him from this path, relieving the burden of his millstone and being his breath now that he is "drowning" for being a sinner in his new ways, but again : Now that he has lost his faith in God he doesn't go about things the way he used to and he can't (because he just doesn't believe anymore, it's just simply no longer in him). Also at the end of the song, two people are discussing if who they see is who they really think it is. They recognize the person but something is different that makes them question his identity :"I think I recognize him. Sure it's him?" This is Jesse explaining in a clever way how different he feels now that he has lost his faith. He feels so different that he doesn't think anyone will even recognize him anymore. I could really write about this all night but a few things that left me hanging in this song and they were 1."Never hit the brakes there's no time to save him, he's run out in the street" Perhaps this is referring to his loss of faith being as unexpected and tragic as being hit by a car...hmmm that ties really well into my "getting hit by a truck thing I mentioned before, so I am going to use this explanation.*sorry everyone I am writing this thing on the fly trying to do the best I can. 2. When he says "running from that mistake" he is either referring to his faith all those years as a waste of time or well, a mistake. Or perhaps he is referring to the fact that since other people have discovered he lost interest in religion, they view his new frame of mind as a mistake, but he doesn't believe it as so...hmm yeah I think i'm gonna have to go with that one . So in other words Jesse was using the people talking about him as a way of describing his own thoughts on what happened. His loss of faith happened so suddenly, it was like being hit by a car and it's sad that it happened but that's just the way things worked out. The way that things have panned out in his mind, he can't change the way he feels. I really feel like I could have organized this better but I think I got my interpretation of this across decently enough. If you agree/disagree...please let me hear it. Goodnight |
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| Brand New – Nobody Moves Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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me thinks...this song is about how making someone your lover is like taking a hostage. once you are taken hostage my someone, be it a militant or an insatiable sex fiend(someone who is using you) you are never the same afterwards. this may be because of violent trauma or that of emotional attachment. a hostage taker is forcing you to stay with them as a bargaining chip as is someone attempting to make you their lay for the week/month, or whatever. they will use the hostage and advertise that they have him/her to get what they want. the hostage is merely a bargaining chip whom is basically useless to the hostage taker until they get what they really want, be it sex with someone else, money, etc; when he's begging to be cut up and "the lover you wanted" he is the perfect example of a hostage...just trying to be cooperative and help out to appease the hostage taker so that everything goes smoothly. but as hostages often know, the person they are cooperating with most likely does not have good intentions at all. regardless, when you're a hostage you really don't have a choice but to cooperate...do you? ----> "So please nobody speaks, Nobody get any smart ideas If we don't have any heroics, We may just get out of here" |
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| Bayside – Tortures Of The Damned Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| he turns his back to the train while he's on the tracks and it runs him over...duh! | |
| From Autumn to Ashes – Cherry Kiss Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| a cherry kiss is when you eat out a girl while she is bleeding from the vag. have a nice day : ) | |
| Beloved – Sweet Harmony Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| this is isn't beloved the rock band...this is actually a dance music band, 'the beloved'...hahah | |
| Beloved – Insult to Injury Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| this song is the jam...the end is great | |
| Bayside – Poison In My Veins Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| hehe lyrics lyrics...it sounds like he got wasted to get over this girl that's fucked him up so bad. then while he's drunk he hooks up with someone he doesn't even care about. but i don't understand how he would be hung up on that instead of trying to go back with the girl he really wants. after all how can you be hung up on someone you don't care about? | |
| Bayside – Just Enough To Love You Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| hmmm poetic tragedy, you sound like a prepubescent 12-teen who ate too much ectasy at her older brother's keg party while smoking crack...obviously the guy who is speaking in this song didn't dump a girl. this girl obviously doesn't like him...she did the dissing. why else would he be "fooled" by her? she broke his heart and isn't apologizing hence the "failed apology." Perhaps 9th grade lit class will clear up your analysis trouble. No more 'ludes for you babe. | |
| The Get Up Kids – My Apology Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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My favorite lines from this song are at the end and i believe they refer to a girl he loved whom he never really showed his affection for. "If i state that my fingers know where to show what everyone should have known, i'll let it go." I see the fingers here as ones that should have traced the small of her back amongst other things.. Either way, this song and cd are remarkable. |
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| Foo Fighters – Best Of You Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Ok, enough with the ebonics, please. The hottest new jams from G-Unit can be found elsewhere...anyway. Wow, i never even bought One By One because every song i heard didn't interest me except for "Learn To Fly." This sound certainly reverts back to the form of The Colour and the Shape...Dave said this is what he believes to be the definitive Foo album as he thinks it's the best. One acoustic CD and one electric...sounds pretty intense. Can't wait. Later | |
| Fall Out Boy – Chicago Is So Two Years Ago Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| The colours of the street signs line is easy... in my town on long island, all the street signs are blue. Thus, the dude who was seeing the girl he loves had a blue truck. Or whatever color the street signs were in his town. DUH!! | |
| Emanuel – You Cannot Rape The Willing Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| bro...it clearly is about physical rape. "i lost my inspiration lying IN YOUR BED"...it doesn't get any more clear cut than that. sometimes you might not like a girl at all because she's a total bitch but then again she's so damn hot you lose your will(inspiration) to hate/resist her. he's ready to take whatever she's gonna give him and without a fight... you cannot rape the willing. amen. women, do your fellow men a favor and do rape them thoroughly. | |
| Straylight Run – Existentialism on Prom Night Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| mmcrea: Paul McCartney wrote let it be and sang it...dumbass. | |
| Emanuel – Breathe Underwater Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| this is about being pissed off at your backstabbing friends and driving them into a river. teehee. | |
| Emanuel – The New Violence Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| p.s. emanuel rocks. | |
| Emanuel – The New Violence Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| this song is about american idol and how much it sucks | |
| Pennywise – Unknown Road Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| this song is inspirational as hell...unknown road is prob my fav pennywise cd aside from the self titled | |
| Pennywise – Clear Your Head Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| this song is one of the best pennywise songs ever... | |
| Straylight Run – Existentialism on Prom Night Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| frikanot: Existentialism ties in here perfectly. Existentialism while acknowledging the fact that we are alone in an indifferent universe means so much more here. Along with this, existentialism carries on the belief that everyone is repsonsible for the path they choose; your actions(be they successes, failures, etc;) dictate your reality and it's no one's fault but yours...ultimately we are all creating our own destinies given the time. This ties in perfect here... John is talking about being optimistic about the future because the choices he has made are successes in his eyes; he's looking forward to his future because he is seeing and doing what he wants to. | |
| Built to Spill – Twin Falls Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| i played 7-up in college this year...i shit you not. long island is weird... | |
| Iron Maiden – Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| alright book smart sucrose. you're the uber history buff eh?go read as many history books as you can, making sure to try and sound better than eveyone else. the book you should really be on the lookout for is "how not to be a pretentious asshole that repels human beings worse than the smell of rotting elephant anus"... for you, silence should be a virtue. dolt. | |
| Bayside – Days Of My Life Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| this song is pretty cool, days if his life will carry meaning for now on since he's realised what he really wants | |
| The Zombies – A Love That Never Was Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| probably the worst love there is...just wondering what if. STOP THIS! | |
| The Flaming Lips – One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21 Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| this is one of the chillest bass lines EVER | |
| Straylight Run – Existentialism on Prom Night Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| CORRECTION IS...John Nolan who used to play guitar, sing and write some tbs songs and lyrics, most infamously "there's no i in team" and shaun cooper who used to play bass for TBS both left because Adam turned into a giant douche, or maybe even a terd sandwich. So what you're left with is a shitty new tbs with new members matt rubano(bass) and fred maschierno(god, what an annoying, fakely forced voice) playing guitar and signing. It just makes me so mad. I could write a doctoral thesis on how much the new TBS sucks...but i won't, because it's a waste of time. sucks tho. if you actually ARE FAMILIAR with Tell All Your Friends, then you can clearly see what John Nolan gave the band in terms of songwriting and singing. Where You Want To Be is just really not good at all, hence John Nolan's songwriting and Shaun Cooper's bass lines GONE from the band. It's not even TBS anymore. Too bad. | |
| Grateful Dead – Tennessee Jed Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| Ahhh bonnaroo was insane man. 04' and 03' over here biitch. | |
| Grateful Dead – It Is What It Is Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| This song is about the universe and perhaps more specifically, life. The natural order of things. | |
| Grateful Dead – Candyman Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| Definitely... American Beauty is stellar. | |
| Grateful Dead – Attics Of My Life Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| wow this is one of my favorite dead songs ever for obvious reasons...the whole american beauty album is ridiculously amazing. | |
| Pink Floyd – Breathe Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| Eat mushrooms and listen to this album. Can't Dance? You can now... | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced? Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| yes and i love psilocybin with a BURNING passion that feeds my desire like burning gas on nuclear weapons | |
| Neil Young – Walk On Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| yeah they own every goddamn station in the universe | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Bold As Love Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| Ok i think i get it now. By encompassing himself as a rainbow and(aside from other references to the queen's gown and blue oceans) describing each color as a different emotional state that is bold in it's own right, i think he's describing love as a rainbow through metaphor. He uses a vast range of colors to describe himself as confident, daring, unsteady and not so mellow. When you're in love you can feel a lot of things like this, sometimes all at once and it confuses the shit out of you. So in a way all his colors are confusing him and holding him back from this girl he's talking about. He even follows the color spectrum ROYGBIV but he starts in the middle. Often times true love waits(yea radiohead) and no one gets what they want right away. Both people have to give up certain things, games that they're playing etc; and meet themselves halfway, in the middle, and fall mutually in love(good luck). | |
| The Appleseed Cast – Secret Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| this song is a great one off mare vitalis...comment you ungrateful ingrates | |
| The Appleseed Cast – A Dream For Us Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| tonedeaf: Your boyfriend is a pussy, but even then he's probably still cheated on you at least 4 times, with half retarded gay sheep. Before the scars penetrate deep into your subconscious I suggest ending the relationship before he dumps you for his new partners. Seek help immediately. Do not pass go, do NOT collect 200 dollars. | |
| The Doors – Riders On The Storm Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| pb1, you are very irritating...the internet is free. do some research. dumbass | |
| The Doors – Indian Summer Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| haha i meant pure love conveyed by the emotion and music...listen to the song, you'll get it. | |
| The Doors – Indian Summer Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| yes shane and i can clearly see why. this song isn't about the lyrics as much as it's about the pure love conveyed by the lyrics. | |
| Descendents – I Like Food Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| I can see the metaphor clearly now. Capitalism, ah...yes. You see he who "likes food" is really the nasty jaws of capitalism consuming natural resources, killing the environment and thwarting all the damn marxist/socialists out there. Pure genius, Milo. | |
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