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| The Smiths – Girlfriend in a Coma Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Yeah, because condescending someone for a valid (if possibly misguided) interpretation is a highly valuable contribution.
Aren't you the clever one. |
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| Liz Phair – Chopsticks Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I think it's referring to the game jacks... y'know, the one little girls play by bouncing a ball and picking up the little metal things. She can get to six, but no more... |
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| Liz Phair – Alice Springs Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Alice Springs is a town isolated way out in the Australian desert, near areas where opals are mined. Seems to back up that interpretation... |
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| Liz Phair – Canary Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Twisted reaction to unhappy marriage/relationship. Gorgeous but creepy; certainly not something I can listen to in the dark. Does anyone know what the man is saying very faintly in the background, starting at around the 30-second mark? |
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| Liz Phair – Dance Of The Seven Veils Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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>>So Johnny my love
We got us a witness
Now all we gotta do is get a preacher
Those lines scream "shotgun wedding" to me. The rest is anyone's guess. A lecture to a boyfriend who's in some form of entertainment would be mine, but I'm far from certain about it... |
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| Kent – Kevlar Soul Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Kevlar is a material used to make bulletproof vests... what a great comparison. In any case, this song's pretty straightforward. Not much to analyze in depth, just a sad, lovely song. The lines "I have time on my side, making diamonds of coal" in particular are wonderful. I don't know if that's what was said in the Swedish version... if not, those are awesome lines to find in a translation. |
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| Natalie Merchant – Carnival Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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This song has always seemed to me to be about becoming disillusioned with a world that occupies itself with facades ("it seemed to me, makeup on their faces, actors took their places next to me"). Eventually, you realize that you've been accepting things much too easily: "Have I been blind? Have I been lost inside myself and my own mind, hypnotized, mesmerized, by what my eyes have seen?" There's a sense of trying to navigate the bizarreness all around, looking for truth. Such vivid lyrics, and the music is so moody and evocative. This song owns; I love it to pieces. <3 I've adopted it as a theme song of sorts, as geeky as that sounds. XD |
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