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Faith No More – Epic Lyrics 4 years ago
@[FuckTheGOP:35238] which probably explains the fish out of water gasping for air at the end of the film clip

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Wolfmother – Joker & The Thief Lyrics 4 years ago
sifting through the sand could also be powder...coke

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Wolfmother – Joker & The Thief Lyrics 4 years ago
it's real easy...
whenever you don't understand a song..it's invariably about drugs..

I said the joker is a wanted man
He makes his way all across the land
See him sifting through the sand
{-a rock star who is looking for something valuable in common sand...a "high"}
So I'll tell you all the story
'Bout the joker and the thief of the night
{-the thief of the night is a drug that steals him away}
Always laughing in the midst of power
Always living in the final hour
There is always sweet in the sour
{-living precariously and high...pushing the boundaries of drug use and coming down are the sweet and sour}
So we are not goin' home
Can you see the joker flying over
As she's standing in the field of clover
Watching out everyday
I wonder what would happen is he took her away
{-the joker flying over...is being high...the woman in the field of clover is an illusion of a woman of great beauty, white lady is cocaine, the clovers are the plants of coke..clovers represent luck and good fortune...happiness - what would happen if there was no high for this rockstar?}
What you see well you might not know
You get the feelin' comin' after the glow
The vagabond is moving slow
{-the drug gives you new visions, unseen before, you get high after you light the crack pipe glow of the lighter or flame, then you become a vagabond...you are free and travel in your mind freely}
So I'll tell you all the story
'Bout the joker and the thief of the night
All the people that he see in the night
Hold their dreams up to the light
{-this includes all the fans and users of drugs to get high...they all light up to dream and get high}
The wild beast is searching for sight
{-everyone is looking for meaning and direction in life...especially when life is hard and dark...they are looking for something better}
And we are not goin' home
Can you see the joker flying over
As she's standing in the field of clover
Watching out everyday
I wonder what would happen if he took her away
Tell you the story 'bout the the joker and the thief
I said, I'll tell you the story 'bout the the joker and the thief
I said, I'll tell you the story 'bout the the joker and the thief
Of the night

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Models – I Hear Motion Lyrics 7 years ago
this is a tough one..I wish I was around when these guys were hitting the scene (it would have made it easier to know wtf they were talking about...)

let's break it down...
1. firstly, I say about the 80's, if it's an obscure song...it's probably about drugs
2. James Freud (the lead singer) was huge on drugs and alcohol at the time...off his head, couldn't remember what he'd taken alot of the time...
3. the film/video clip has locomotives and wheels turning...also flashes of images like someone dancing, exercise, an eye pupil whirling around, magazine headlines
4. "I hear motion" on a google search brings up an article by Victor Zuckerandl, Sound and the External world...and on the "Paradox of Tonal Motion"...talks about the fact that a person cannot see sound but sound changing tones creates a motion like feeling in our minds, like seeing things move...real interesting read, I wonder if James read it at school?????
5. google also brings up - A court hearing often refers to legal motions...but this doesn't quite fit anywhere in the song for me yet...just thought I'd mention it...
6. I hear motion...is like mixing the senses together...something that happens in a lucid state perhaps...maybe an adrenaline rush when dancing..or maybe just the drugs and alcohol again...

okay now let's go through the lyrics:

I wanna see you
I wanna see you twist it around (maybe a note to snort cocaine??)
Yeah, you wanna change
You should be movin' it around (you want your life to get better, you have to make changes, get off your ass?)
You can take it when you want it
You can waste it when you've got it (this says drugs drugs alcohol alcohol to me..)
You can stop your baby cryin' (get away from your baby crying, get away from responsibility..)
And Baby's dream is comin',
Comin' true (you are the baby that has grown and your dream is coming true, you are feeling on top of the world!!)

Now let it out (let your innhibitions out)
Shout to the night (be awake while people sleep...clubbing, shouting to the music)
And so it goes
I hear motion (hearing loud club music, seeing lights and people dancing...like seeing sound moving, an overwhelming feeling of motion and sound)
Just count it out (count out music..)
Shout in your sleep (shouting in sleep is often associated with terror in sleep and alcohol abuse, maybe talking about the after effects of a big night out on the juice..)
you'll say the word
I hear motion (maybe waking up suddenly from a nightmare coming down off the drugs and alcohol, and the external world is loud and confusing... "I hear motion" could be another way of saying..."Noises and visions are confusing me"
(saying the words, I hear motion...could also be waking up and being confused about being high, coming down and what is reality or fantasy at this moment..)

When it is Christmas
For everyone else
I feel like I've missed
An appointment (can't relate to normal highs anymore...needs to get high on synthetic drugs or alcohol...)
Sing Happy Birthday
Sing Happy New Year
Whisper the words
That we all want to hear (he wants to get high but it's illegal, must be whispered??)

or you can walk out (live life on the edge...or walk away from the party scene??)
or you can walk out

Now let it out
Shout to the night
And so it goes
I hear motion
Just count it out
Shout in your sleep
you'll say the word
I hear motion

And I have to tell you
I wanna see you turn it around ( wants to see them get out of the scene?)
Yeah you gotta go
And I'm not hangin' around (doesn't want to be in the drug and alcohol scene anymore...)
You can take it when you got it
You can want it when you waste it
You can stop your baby cryin'
And Baby's dream is comin'
Comin' true

Yes it is!

Now let it out
Shout to the night
And so it goes...
I hear motion
Just count it out
Shout in your sleep
You'll say the word...
I hear motion

Now let it out...

Shout to the night...

And so it goes...

I hear motion...

Just count it out...

Shout in your sleep
Shout in your sleep

You'll say the word...

I hear motion...

I hear motion (drug and alcohol abuse is a double edged sword...makes you feel high and life is a lucid feeling...hearing motion...but you wake up screaming in the night when you are coming down...screaming ....I HEAR MOTION... like you can't stop it...

just my take on the song guys...I could be miles off...

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Talk Talk – It's My Life Lyrics 9 years ago
@[stoolhardy:2723]
caught in the crowd refers to getting caught up with the feelings around you instead of reasoning and using your own mind. In the song he is caught up with the feelings of desire that surround his thoughts and he follows them instead of getting away which he knows is the right thing to do....

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Talk Talk – It's My Life Lyrics 9 years ago
@[stoolhardy:2722]
He realizes he loves someone but they don't love him back. He has been lying to himself all along hoping that it would work out. He knows now that it won't work, but he is caught up in his desire to have that person sooooo badly. He is trapped between reasoning and desire. He keeps telling himself, "its my life" trying to snap himself out of it, but he can't. It is a never ending battle as he tries to get away from the person he wants most.

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Talk Talk – It's My Life Lyrics 9 years ago
HE JUST WANTS THE OTHER PERSON SOOOOOOOOOOO BADLY.....!

THIS SONG CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF BEING TRAPPED BETWEEN DESIRE AND REASONING...

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Talk Talk – It's My Life Lyrics 9 years ago
HE REALIZES HE IS IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T LOVE HIM AND HE HAS BEEN LYING TO HIMSELF ALL ALONG. HE WAN'TS TO TAKE CONTROL OF HIS MIND AND STOP GIVING BUT HE IS CAUGHT UP IN THE EMOTIONS AND JUST FOLLOWS THEM. HE CAN'T GET AWAY DESPITE KNOWING THAT IT IS BAD, ITS A BATTLE WITHIN HIM THAT NEVER ENDS

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Talk Talk – It's My Life Lyrics 9 years ago
Funny how I find myself
In love with you
(He is in love with someone but didn't realize it, he was in denial...)
If I could buy my reasoning
I'd pay to lose
(Although he knows it's not right, he can't help but love this person and has lost his mind for them. If he purchase his mind back, he would still choose to love them despite knowing its wrong.)

One half won't do (He wants them completely)

I've asked myself
How much do you
Commit yourself? (He has asked himself how much he should he commit himself to a relationship that won't work or happen.)

It's my life
Don't you forget
It's my life
It never ends
(It never ends)
(Here he is talking to himself, he reminds himself that maybe he is committing too much and that his life is maybe worth more than pursuing this wrong relationship. He can't decide whether to keep trying for it or let it go...the struggle never ends.)

Funny how I blind myself
I never knew
(He was in denial about his love for this person, and he keeps lying to himself to cover up the things that are wrong about it. He never realized just how much he does this.)
If I was sometimes played upon
Afraid to lose
(The other person has sometimes played him for a sucker, used him or taken advantage of him. Rather than lose them, he has lied to himself to keep believing that they care.

I'd tell myself
What good you do
Convince myself
(Even though the other person is playing him and treating him badly, he convinces himself that they do good things for him, although he is really just trying to hold on..)

It's my life
Don't you forget
It's my life
It never ends
(It never ends)
(This chorus, he is telling himself that he has the right to love them if he wants to, despite that it is wrong. He keeps reassuring himself but never ending doubt eats at him.)

I've asked myself
How much do you
Commit yourself?
(He wonders how much does he need to commit to this relationship to make it work, he is begining to wonder if it's worth it)

It's my life
Don't you forget
Caught in the crowd
It never ends
(He has come to this realization that his life is maybe worth more than trying to make this bad relationship happen or work out, but he can't get out of it, it's like being caught in a crowd and you just follow what everyone else is doing....he can't help loving them despite wanting to walk away.
It's my life
Don't you forget
Caught in the crowd
It never ends
(He can't get away from his love for this bad relationship, it's a catch 22 situation where his mind is controlled by his emotions or lust. He just goes with his feelings instead of getting out. It is a battle within him that torments him constantly...)

It's my life
Don't you forget
Caught in the crowd
It never ends

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