Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
Blue you radiant blue
I don't know how you can stand next to me
You you talk like a noose
And only confuse my perplexity
Now that I'm so sad and not quite right
I could dance all night
I could dance all night
Shake you rattle-snake skin
And become a part of society
Wait on down the highway
To see how far I'll come a-run a-run run running
All that we had salvaged from the fire
Was a waste of time
(But) what a waste of time
Should I trust all the rust that's on TV
The guests with some distaste they disagree
With quite the fashionable dispassion for the dispossessed under-stressed gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme
But I don't care if you don't like it or just don't see
Now that we fattened the cow
And set out to plow unknown enemies
"Wow!" shouts the startled crowd "Now now did you see what i did see?"
The ravaged cabbage drifts on dark red skies
And it looks so nice
Gee it looks so nice
Shout just let it on out
Confusion becomes philosophy
Down we're reaching the town where we don't have to stand around and look over our shoulders
Hell i never knew was what we made it
Lets just take it slow in this home on ice
I don't know how you can stand next to me
You you talk like a noose
And only confuse my perplexity
Now that I'm so sad and not quite right
I could dance all night
I could dance all night
Shake you rattle-snake skin
And become a part of society
Wait on down the highway
To see how far I'll come a-run a-run run running
All that we had salvaged from the fire
Was a waste of time
(But) what a waste of time
Should I trust all the rust that's on TV
The guests with some distaste they disagree
With quite the fashionable dispassion for the dispossessed under-stressed gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme
But I don't care if you don't like it or just don't see
Now that we fattened the cow
And set out to plow unknown enemies
"Wow!" shouts the startled crowd "Now now did you see what i did see?"
The ravaged cabbage drifts on dark red skies
And it looks so nice
Gee it looks so nice
Shout just let it on out
Confusion becomes philosophy
Down we're reaching the town where we don't have to stand around and look over our shoulders
Hell i never knew was what we made it
Lets just take it slow in this home on ice
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
Techno Ted
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Techno Ted may be a person who caused Chris incredible emotional pain & trepidation as well as moments of peace & happiness but now is removed and awaiting his fate. Darling may be a different person who is also free of him and can live her life free of Ted's tyranny. "In between all the laughing, and daydreams ... lies: a desert of truth" Lies are like a desert or the omission of Truth: Where there were Lies then Truth was absent. The song, "Techno Ted", may be a cathartic celebration of the downfall of this person.
The Night We Met
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Son Şansın - Şarkı Sözleri
Hayalperest
Hayalperest
This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
I have a slightly different take on this song. I'm not sure that this is about a relationship. I think it is more of a critique of our society.
As Levitateme mentioned, ice is thin and can easily crack, thus it is not a strong foundation to build a home on. Although we currently have a beautiful country, its foundation could be seen as shaky due to our controversial foreign policies. Hence "Home on Ice."
In the first verse, "You talk like a noose" could be interpreted as statements made now will eventually hang us in the future.
The second verse seems to say that when the writer looks back at what we have accomplished, he thinks that it really doesn't amount to much ("All that we had salvaged from the fire Was a waste of time")
I also think the third verse refers to governmental policy. The writer doesn't buy what the news is selling him "Should I trust all the rust thats on tv? I guess with some distaste I disagree." Instead he has his own opinion of our foreign policy ("quite a fashionable dispassion for the dispossessed under-stressed gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme"). The U.S. is apathetic towards the needs of other countries and simply wants to gain power by whatever means necessary. This is exemplified further through the next line ("Now that we fattened the cow And set out to plow unknown enemies")
I think the next line refers to witnessing the dominance of the US in wars on TV, such as the recent "Shock and Awe" of the war in Iraq (""Wow!" shouts the startled crowd "Now now did you see what i did see?"") and the writer is impressed with the destruction ("The ravaged cabbage drifts on dark red skies And it looks so nice Gee it looks so nice")
The writer wishes we built a great country through a strong foundation "Shout just let it on out Confusion becomes philosphy Down we're reaching the town where we dont have to stand around and look over our shoulders"
But in the end accepts that this country is what we have made it ("Hell i never knew was what we made it Lets just take it slow in this home on ice")