| Stone Sour – Through Glass Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I think that through the glass is really a metaphor for putting on a fake display. He's looking through the glass, so the person on the other side thinks he looks normal and can see him clearly. In reality though, the glass is dividing them and behind the glass (or in his head) things aren't well. "And while you're outside looking in Describing what you see Remember what you're staring at is me" The other person's perspective is clearly different from his own because of the glass. The glass could be a variety of things. A lot of people have mentioned alcoholism, but something like depression could also be really be that. For the latter, maybe not for Corey in particular, but if you want to find a personal reason. There are a lot of things that paint a false image of ourselves in our every day lives. |
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| Modest Mouse – Heart Cooks Brain Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think it's about an off and on relationship. The brain knows it's a bad idea, but the heart is longing for attention. In the end, the heart is controlling the brain in this situation and you end up caving into its demand. The "We tore one down and erected another there" kind of hit me with this type of thinking. Also I want to hone in on what nothinggoodtosay said because I interpreted that as support too. "i have a little different idea about the line "the match of the century: absence versus thin air." someone earlier said that these are the same thing, but i disagree. when someone's absent they're physically (or mentally) unavailable, but they're called "absent" b/c they're expected to be someplace, in class or in the conversation or whatever. thin air is the opposite...the person is gone entirely. they're aren't expected, they aren't in touch, they've just...vanished." The heart prefers the "absence" instead of nothing. It's easier to keep the person around physically despite that they are somewhere else emotionally. The brain knows the former and you really aren't the sarcastic "match of the century". The heart wants them there because it's much easier to keep them around despite the loss of interest than it is to deal with thinking about never seeing them again for the rest of your life. Other thoughts: The "land mine" is describing the feeling of being trapped into the relationship and "slow walk" let's you know that the decision making is extremely difficult on whether or not to get involved again. "On the way to God don't know" also shows indecisiveness. This is also shown with the fighting between the ravens and seagulls."In this place that I call home" means you feel more comfortable with that person than without them. |
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| Prong – Unfortunately Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I wish more people knew about this song. As for the song itself, I think it's about rejection. | |
| Seether – The Gift Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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It's next to impossible to know the intended meaning without watching the music video. Shaun is playing a man who is responsible for the death of a young girl from a car accident (most likely drunk driving). She is Mexican and the family agrees to take him out to see the girl's grave every year for Day of the Dead. Whenever he shows up, the relatives grimace, act uncomfortable, and make him feel like he "doesn't belong here". "Ashamed" is repeated a lot because he feels constant guilt and can't "look at himself in the mirror". The only way he can make himself feel better is to forget about it. Like the lyrics "I'm out of trying to defy" and "I suppose I'll let it go" support. Furthermore, that makes him feel like he's "living a lie". Most importantly, "the gift" is the forgiveness the family gives him. He's afraid of it because he clearly doesn't deserve it because of how much he's taken. Some have hinted at Shaun's substance abuse in other comments. I think it may be possible he wrote this to help him get through it by putting himself in this hypothetical situation. He potentially considered that his alcohol abuse could lead to something as awful as this. A few have also mentioned his daughter Jayde. Shaun may have thought that his alcoholism could harm her in this way. In the music video, the girl's ghost is seen sitting in the backseat of the car. so I personally believe that the above is his inspiration. I thought it was a really good song when I first heard it. But when I realized the meaning, I cried uncontrollably for how powerful it was. I had no reason to feel so at the time. In experiences of my own that I wanted to cry, I had so much trouble and couldn't. Although, this hit me like a train since I couldn't imagine having to go through that. It's actually hard to tell who feels worse: the family or the killer. Obviously the family has lost someone special, but they'll feel better in time. Guilt, however, can never be escaped. |
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| Sum 41 – Over My Head (Better Off Dead) Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Surprised that no one has said it, but I'm pretty sure it's about rejection. "The something he said" being asking. "How fake you can be" is that he feels played and he's "better off dead" while he copes about it "blowing up" in his face. He must put himself back together to move on. When you're in "over your head" it means that your believing more than what you should really be thinking. The signs that the other person showed were "misread" and he's "lost the human race" as a result and can't see the good in others for the time being. Or he's trying to keep to himself to hide the pain. | |
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