| Stray From The Path – Damien Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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@BlurPoet77 Mark Driscoll is an abhorrent person touting an abhorrent theology. A wolf masquerading as a submissive sheep. |
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| Every Time I Die – INRIhab Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I completely concur. I've always thought that ETID, or at least Kieth(He is a big fan of Nietzsche BTW), was not religious. I read this as rehab from Jesus(or faith of any kind) not rehab via Jesus. | |
| Monsters of Folk – Dear God (Sincerly M.O.F.) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I don't see how this song isn't a harsh criticism of religion and/or god? More specifically the Christian god that is toted as omniscient, omnibenevolent, and omnipotent, and yet suffering exists. This is a song about the problem of evil. In that light I don't understand your objection. | |
| Every Time I Die – INRIhab Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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| Bright Eyes – Four Winds Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Comment: Martin Luther at one point called the pope the whore of babylon. This also shows up many other places in religious contexts. I would like to suggest that the term is jut used to insult any instituion that claims to know unbending truths about the world (i.e. religion). The world is open to interpretation. Thats what this song is about, a change of times from when instituions stop claiming they know to where they merely claim they are trying to know. Call it whatever you want I believe one term used by the bright eyes gang is apocolypse. This song (and whole new album) is about changing times, or atleast a call for the change of times. |
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| Bright Eyes – Coat Check Dream Song Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Any one know what Saada Tekmel B'Lhouria Houria means....... translates to. or anything on the CD jacket cover. |
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| Bright Eyes – Four Winds Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I took another look at the Cassadaga line made me looked at it differently. Could the dead he is talking about be the actual spiritualists and not the "spirits" they think they talk to. | |
| Bright Eyes – Four Winds Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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//"The Bible's blind, the Torah's deaf, the Qu'ran is mute If you burn them all together you get close to the truth still They are poring over Sanskrit on the Ivy League moons While shadows lengthen in the sun" -Traditional means of dealing with the upcoming death of civilization will be useless. Both religion (the Bible, etc.) and secular learning institutions ("Ivy League moons").// I would just suggest assuming the lyrics are correctly quoted, that this is talking about how these relgions have and are "still" holding back this new future you speak of (which i totally agree is what this song is suggesting) that will be fueled by scientific thought and intellectuallism "ivy league moons". Sort of a New Enlightenment. I also think he is more optimistic than just making his peace. The ballast line suggests he is ready and prepared. I do concede that there will be chaos, sort of, in the sence that traditional values will be replaced slower than needed for there not to be chaos. I love the Biblical references, and the way they are used with the appocolytic background theme. The whole idea of the psychics kinda wierds me out though. Im sure I have seen Conor quoted stating he is/was a staunch atheist, and the whole use of psychics I would think is somewhat contradictory to that whole idea of mystic spirits, afterlife, etc. Whatever, just wanted to put that out there. Has anyone heard anything about the new LP. |
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| Bright Eyes – Four Winds Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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My Thoery: (feel free to add or debunk) I believe that this might be the calling for the end of civilization as we know it. I don't mean the end of civilization, just civilization as we know it. This comes from the "whore of babylon" line. Babylon referring to the beginning of civilization I think? This idea also goes along witht "The Second Coming" poem by Yeats that is mentioned Heres some other lines to think about relating to that: "Your class, your cash, your country, sect, your name or your tribe" "The Bible's blind, the Torah's deaf, the Qu'ran's mute" Both lines have to do with modern ways of organizing civilization and controlling it. I also believe that the "great satan" is in reference to modern ideas of religion that use evil or satan(hellfire) to control/scare. It's also a play on words by saying that religion is a satan as well as stating that when satan is gone god will also be gone. So in the lines: "But when great Satan's gone, the whore of Babylon She just can't sustain the pressure where it's placed She caves" addresses both of those ideas. To my next point: The calling for the end of them. Bright Eyes has somewhat been coined as "apocalyptic folk". Apocalypse referring to a new beginning and all that jazz. I get the idea that it is believed by him/they that the aforementioned ways of organizing civilization can't sustain themselves therefore they "cave". They cannot survive with the changing modern ideas of morality. Why should we "burn them all together [to] get close to the truth" or why will they go away? Changing morality or a new zeitgeist. "There's people always dying trying to keep them alive" -war, crusades, terrorism, etc. "And I was off to old Dakota where a genocide sleeps In the black hills, the bad lands, the calloused east I buried my ballast, I made my peace With four winds, levelling the pines" - destruction of lives and wilderness in the name of modern civilizations/religion/country. In-spite of dogmas (nationalism, religion), that claim to have morality or the right stuff, somehow humans now understand that genocide and irresponsible environmental destruction are wrong. Are there holes in this theory, yes. Do some lines appear not to fit, yes. Could I have organized this better to convey my ideas, yes. So input would be appreciated. And also, Four Winds may refer to the fact that wind can blow from all directions when everything is destroyed. The image of the girl standing at the end of the world with wind in her hair also falls in place. And, any input on what the cover of the new Four Winds EP is. This may also shed some light on meaning for the songs on the EP. |
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| Bright Eyes – True Blue Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Could it be a symbolic peice of art and a form of entertainment (for his nephew and us) also? Though its really freakin awesome that he wrote this for his nephew. |
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| Bright Eyes – Lua Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I'm gonig with the eating disorder argument. I think he is referring to this female as a vitim of the presure of our culture to look "like a model." Hence the eating disorder. Conor also has written about his eating habits and a possible disorder himself posibly explaining "it take's on to know one". I understand the substance abuse view, but he sings "painted black." instead of just black or something else. The reference to makeup brings it back to a the looking like a model causing the eating problem idea. | |
| Bright Eyes – True Blue Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I believe this is a statement of Conors political stance and personal beliefs. Obviosly blue has always been somewhat symbolic of liberal democratic political beliefs. I'm uncertain to the exact sybolism of each object or image. I want to think that the scenerio with the doctor is stating how he feels the democratic take on healthcare and medicine (ie stem-cell research, and medicare) is best. But, who knows. I do notice a reference to his vegitarianism. "I felt real blue eating that blue fish." A symbolic statement of beliefs or just a good song. I guess it depends on who is listening. |
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| Blink-182 – Dammit Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Hi. my name is tim i was to jiz on these few fellas cause they love me and i love this song | |
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