| Wye Oak – Siamese Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I think this song is about getting to the point in a relationship where you are ready to let go of it even though you know it will be very hard to do. The songs called Siamese and she's using this as a reference to her and her significant other as being dependent on the one another--she feels that if they are separated one of them will die. This is illustrated in the verse: His life and mine keep together like babies Siamese Like you've got me on a line 'Cause if you leave Or if I leave you I lose my life And lose you too While before this prevented her from leaving and standing up for herself, now she has decided she will fight despite the consequences. You can see this in the previous verse I keep my key Out my clothes between my fingers Don't look back Hit him right between the eyes She's going to confront him and fight him and she won't back down this time. You also get the feeling that she's gotten in fights before but has been afraid to follow through (because of this fear of "dying") but this time she is not going to let that happen. What is great about this verse is that you get the feeling she feels as if she wields this great secret--he may think she will never leave and the fight is just another inconsequential argument because of their Siamese nature but she isn't afraid anymore and only she knows this fight is different. Turn it in You're not sure what you're taking You're not prepared For what you're taking on And if it works like every night You'll turn away without a fight I really love this Wye Oak song. It has this contained madness in it and I think it's because of it's conflicting nature. She's come to this really profound realization that she's going to leave someone even though it will most likely ruin her for some time. But it is such a freeing feeling to finally come to terms with that this song is her dark celebration. |
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| Cat Power – No Sense Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| I don't know why you got negative points before, I totally agree. It seems like a fight in which the other person is lying but she can see right through them (as she knows them so well). And night and contest make much more sense--like she's comparing a fight to a lying competition. | |
| Pinback – Sender Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| "sounds like clockwork" that's a perfect description! | |
| Cake – Love You Madly Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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It's about being in love for the pure pleasure of it. He doesn't want to be bogged down by the formalities of love or a relationship, he just wants to enjoy it and be totally enwrapped in it. All he wants to do it "Love you madly." A great example of this is..."The ornaments look pretty but they're pulling down the branches of the tree." Yes the formalities of love and a relationship make it nice and tidy, but it's a burden and it becomes less free and almost like something you have to do while before it was fun and exciting and loose. I love this song. It's just about grasping love and not worrying about all the little check boxes people often get caught up in it. Just going for it and getting lost in it. |
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| Fiona Apple – Every Single Night Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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These are the lyrics from her website (http://www.fiona-apple.com/) Every single night I endure the flight Of little wings of white flame Butterflies in my brain These ideas of mine percolate the mind Trickle down the spine Swarm the belly, swelling to a blaze That's where the pain comes in Like a second skeleton Trying to fit beneath the skin I cant fit the feelings in Every single nights a light With my brain What'd I say to her Why'd I say it to her What does she think of me That I'm not what I ought to be That I'm what I try not to be It's got to be somebody else's fault I can't get caught If what I am is what I am Cause I does what I does Then brother get back cause my breast gonna bust open The rib is the shell and the heart is the yolk And I just made a meal for us both to choke on Every single nights a fight With my brain I just wanna feel everything x3 So I'm gonna try to be still now Gonna renounce the mill a little while And if we had a double king size bed We could move in it and id soon forget That what I am is what I am Cause does what I does And maybe I'd relax let my breast just bust open My hearts made of parts of all that surrounds around me And that's why the devil just can't get around me Every single nights alright Every single nights a fight Every single fights alright With my brain I just wanna feel everything |
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