"I heard this song started off as a love song. But as they lengthen it while performing on stage. It evolved into the story about epidous. If you don't know what i'm talking about, look it up and the lyrics will make sense." (view)

"To me this sounds like a drug addiction. You are not my type writer, but you could be my demon He's saying that I dont need to be on drugs to write songs, but drugs could destroy him. I think the message is that he has to suffer withdrawals, the low ends of..." (view)

"this song reminds me of the Mayan origin myth, in which the playful founder-twins have to fight against the serious and warlike gods in a ballgame. the twins are fighting for their survival and for their fun way of life. in order to win, one of the twins..." (view)

"Very sarcastic song. But then again, sadly, it's true..." (view)

"i have only one thing to say- laaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! hahahahahaha!! Vodka's Gooooooood!!!!!!" (view)

"I agree great line but u guys are making things to complicated this song is simple shelter is comfort and a crown of thorns is pain (emotional mental physical whatever its pain). Also the storm is life." (view)

""Cream on" what's that mean ?" (view)

"The outro-solo-thing at the end of this song is so beautiful! It sounds like birds or something, and really hopeful, if a guitar solo can do that... It sounds like they recorded it and played it back backwards on the final mix, like hendrix did on 'Castles made of Sand'..." (view)

"I'm kind of annoyed that this song is self-aware, but I like it and the idea of it I guess...." (view)

"Does nobody see the Christ reference in here??? with the exception if I'll kill for you, this is the Crucifixion, almost verbatim. A soldier comparing himself to Christ dying for our sins. An interesting comparison" (view)

"I think it is about being deeply in love and still remaining true to yourself. " (view)

"As soon as I read the first few lines I was reminded of Eliot's Prufrock poem, which is also about fate and choice. He refers to one having choices "dropped on a plate" in much the same way that Lou Reed does. this was probably not intentional at all,..." (view)

"So I'm thinking of two things with this, and I may try and articulate them more later, but I think of two things with this song. 1st, I always think of Elijah Wood as Frodo in the Lord Of The Rings movies, I guess because of the ring references. It seems..." (view)

"Garden State is a vastly overrated movie" (view)

"The woman still holds their lost relationship in high regard, despite the pain of adultey and the prophetic loss of a child. A "Dear John" letter is written from the woman to the man telling him that she is leaving him. Here the letter is written from the woman to..." (view)

"Sounds like the singer killed John and that's good (you're always mine to keep when you're gone) and bad (I miss you). So sad and lovely. The picture is painted in the things that aren't said. It's a technique I wish more writers would employ. Love the version on Follow the..." (view)

"Damn. Could you squeeze more misery into one song? :°( By the way, the part about the cats escaping through the window reminds me of an old joke. A man goes to the psychiatrist because his wife has filled their house with cats: "We have more than 100 and there's an..." (view)

"I think he wants to forget all the things he did for her, but he wants her to still remember. He is hurting right now and wants her to feel the same way." (view)

"I always thought he said, "I'm further north THAN south". A little commentary on how he doesn't actually fit into the country scene, and an admission that, yes, this song is about you: "if I could shut my mouth, she'd probably like this. Basically, if she didn't know..." (view)