| Leonard Cohen – Diamonds in the Mine Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Well, the chorus is clear enough, but I've got know idea what the rest of the song is about. Where the lions and Christians fight? Trained a hundred women? Whaa? Either way, I like how he just gets crazier as the song goes on, and he's just yelling at the end. It amuses me. |
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| Michelle Branch – Everywhere Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Here's a quote from: http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/branch_michelle/news_feature_100601/index.jhtml MTV: What was going on in your head when you were writing "Everywhere"? Branch: I guess I could never do "Behind the Music," because none of the songs I write are about personal experiences. I mostly write love songs because I think it's the one thing that everyone can relate to. You see it in movies, in novels ... I like to keep my songs open-ended so people can listen to it and say, "Oh, I think it means this. I've been through that." Instead of having it be about, "I dumped my boyfriend. This is what the song is about." Then it's like, "I don't get it. This has never happened to me. I'm not Michelle." "Everywhere" started out as this simple acoustic love song. When you first like somebody, every little thing reminds you of that person. They're everywhere, in every little thing. |
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| Bruce Springsteen – Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street? Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Now this is a song I've wondered about. It makes me think of a guy riding a bus through a rough urban neighborhood that he's familiar with, reflecting on the things he sees. Lines like "dock work's dreams mix with panther's schemes to someday own the rodeo" make me think this song is referencing the news of the time. Like the Black Panthers were doing something, working alongside dock workers on strike... I don't know though, that sort of thing was before my time. |
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| The Wallflowers – Sleepwalker Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Thanks for posting that DJacques. I never understood the Sam Cooke line. I think though, that the singer himself is the sleepwalker. And by calling himself a sleepwalker he means he's incapable of love. Dreaming is like reaching out with your feelings. But he feels sort of dead on the inside so instead of reaching out... it's like he's sleepwalking. "I'll never be your valentine The sleepwalker in me And God only knows that I tried." But then he thinks, 'Someday, I'll learn how to love.' "It's only a matter of time Util I learn to open up my eyes When I'm dead asleep dreamin'" |
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| The Wallflowers – Everybody Out Of The Water Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Yeah, a great song. ...but it's not too clear what it means. Obviously, a disaster has struck... like an atom-bomb level disaster. But what's this "love won't be enough" business? Kind of a bitter attitude... Maybe love doesn't work so well in "the new frontier?" Hmm... maybe the new frontier *is* the disaster. Maybe he's saying love doesn't work in this day and age. So, everybody out of the water... ? |
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| The Wallflowers – Everything I Need Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I can do anything. I don't need you, or anybody else. "I never found a wall I couldn’t climb I never seen a well As deep as mine I’ve got Everything I need" ...this is a song you sing before you start getting lonely. |
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| The Wallflowers – Feels Like Summer Again Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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| The Wallflowers – Empire Of My Mind Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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He's looking deep inside himself to try to decide if what he's doing or is about to do is right or wrong. I think he's leaning toward doing something he knows he shouldn't, and he feels weak because of it. As a side note, "You are the light / That's breaking through the leaves" is one of my favorite Jakob Dylan lines. A lot of his songs seem more like connections of images than anything else. |
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