| Okkervil River – A Glow Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| i agree with coolpootie. she was in love with a stone, though his reserved nature was so unlike her, simply because that was good for her--like a vacation from her black sheep boy. she fell for the stone, but it was never meant to last. and abandoning him was like murder because she truly did love him. i think the artist relates things to murder because this love he has experienced is so painful. | |
| Honeyhoney – Little Toy Gun Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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i agree with paid31. her little toy gun represents suicide, i think. really, i think it's mocking people who just brush off suicidal people as a phase or a way to get back at their parents, rebel, show they have the guts, etc. by calling it a toy. but then it goes on to show how serious she actually is about it. the gun is there when the fighting is over, tempting her or serving as a fallback plan, something to rely on. "shiny and black, like shoes on a rack, with a trigger that's dressed up in gold." describing the temptation of suicide. "it's always warm inside my home" to be dead would be a relief, "but its handle is always so cold." but it's easier said than done; when it comes down to it, shooting yourself sure would take guts. also, the gun is reminding her of all his lies, more temptation. but she is afraid. then she's talking about waiting for the day she can go to heaven ("happy home"). but she knows this feeling of hers and this relationship, period is turning her bitter. she sees it coming, but can't do anything, isn't worried about it. her way is either committing suicide, which he of course won't like. or it's just what she's seeing here: the relationship falling apart, her bitterness, etc. then she says, if you're going to pray, don't pray for this mess; pray for me, because i need help-- maybe he's being selfish by focusing on the relationship that he can't live without, instead of her. |
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| Honeyhoney – Bouncing Ball Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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i thought it was "and i can't see you're the bouncing ball; i found love with no sense at all." but i'm hearing impaired, probably. so, i think this song is really beautiful. i think it's about a couple who keeps trying to fool fate to be together, but they forgot all those love stories didn't end happily. what they do is run off together, "painting the town red." and in the end, they realize they can't do it, anymore. i love the line "if i had a savior, not rule books and paper, maybe i wouldn't need you." i think it means she needs him, because she doesn't have anything else to believe in. |
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| Au Revoir Simone – Fallen Snow Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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i agree that it's about loving someone you know can't love you as much in return. "nothing's worse than seeing you worse than me." because though you want them to feel the pain too, you can't want it; it hurts worse to see that person in the pain you know so well. "sunshine, throw a starving man a piece of bread." because the love they give you is pity or charity, and you're starving for it anyway. letting this person in every time, even though it breaks fate; it's still not meant to be- you have to force it. etc. buying yourself a ring, because this person isn't going to do that. but you want the commitment nonetheless. "there's more to give than you take from me." this person only takes what they want, ignoring all that you could give them, how happy you could make them, how well you could love them. it's a selfish love, on their part. beautiful song. |
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