| The New Pornographers – All for Swinging You Around Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I think it's just generally about being a musician - 'you' being the person listening. | |
| Ani DiFranco – Dog Coffee Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| As far as I can tell, the 'dog coffee' reference is that the people in power are basically saying "I know that your situation is unbearable (like dog coffee tastes horrible), but it's the only option". It isn't, of course. | |
| Acid House Kings – This heart is a stone Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Basically she adores Caroline, and when they say the usual bad-news metaphors like "her middle name is trouble!" she takes them literally, cheerfully disagrees, and goes on adoring her. | |
| The Kills – Superstition Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The line "You got electro now honey so / What the hell?" makes me think it's about embracing more classic/ roots-based rock in defiance of the trendier electro movement. For what it's worth, I like both. Heh. |
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| The Ark – Disease Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I'm pretty sure this is about a religious man falling for somebody who his religion says is 'diseased' - maybe a gay man (with the obvious AIDS reference) or just not accepted. These are the correct lyrics, BTW: And the lions ate the christians and the Christians burned the witches And even I am out of explanations But maybe that doesn't matter anymore 'Cause maybe you can read my thoughts I'm going to school, going to work Doing the dishes, knife and fork All of that, all in all, hand in hand Spring and fall - I believe I could get through it I could even get into it But only you could make me do it And if there is disease in you I want to have that disease too ’Cause I want everything that is inside you And if there is disease in you I want to have that disease too ’Cause if you’d die Then I should die beside you I began to read your profile You are independent, mobile Well I know just as little 'bout perfection But we’re running in the same direction So maybe that doesn’t matter anyhow Belly aches, hair falls off Skin gets covered with liver spots Blood in the mouth and a racking cough Heads get filled with feverish thoughts I believe I could get through it I could even get into it But only you could make me do it And if there is disease in you I want to have that disease too ’Cause I want everything that is inside you And if there is disease in you I want to have that disease too ’Cause if you’d die Then I should die beside you And if there is disease in you Fall asleep and I will wake beside you And if there is disease in you I want to have that disease too ’Cause I want everything that is inside you Inside you Inside you |
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| The Streets – The Irony Of It All Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| For some reason the line "We didnt order chicken. Not a problem, we'll pick it out." cracks me up. | |
| Pink – U + Ur Hand Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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1) This song isn't about guys picking up girls in bars - this is about guys who touch girls before they say hello to them, who don't take 'no' for an answer, who are condescending and assume that if they just push it a bit more the girl will give in. 2) Read the damn lyrics - "We didn't get all dressed up just for you to see". Sometimes girls just like to wear short skirts and makeup because it makes them feel good, not because they're out for some stranger to grab their ass. Reading these comments reminded me why I tend to be with girls instead of men despite being bisexual. Grow up, little boys. |
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| Sting – Seven Days Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| What confuses me is his obsession with umbrellas. There's at least three songs with umbrellas in them, two of them with this damn 'big enough umbrella' line. | |
| Counting Crows – Accidentally In Love Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I love the line "Come on, come on / Turn a little faster / Come on, come on / The world will follow after". It really captures that feeling when you're in love - that you're ahead of the world, and if the world's going to change then it's going to have to do it after you already have. | |
| Emilie Autumn – Rapunzel Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| A pretty straightforward meaning, really - I just wanted to say how much I love the violin's melody. | |
| Concrete Blonde – Tomorrow, Wendy (Andy Prieboy cover) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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A woman finds out she has AIDS; angry with God, she goes to her priest to try to find comfort but what he says only makes her angrier. At the end of the song she spits in God's face, tells him that SHE'LL choose when she dies, not him, and commits suicide. Not quite an atheist song - you can't be angry with God if he doesn't exist. |
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| U2 – Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Edge was at the end of his first marriage and was getting divorced when Achtung Baby was being recorded; obviously this influenced a lot of the album's songs, including this one. | |
| U2 – Native Son Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| This is an early version of Vertigo, not a rip-off. | |
| U2 – Desire Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Incidentally, the "preacher stealing hearts in a travelling show, for love or money" was the inspiration for his Mirrorball Man character in the Zoo TV tour. Just some trivia. |
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| Tori Amos – Sweet Dreams Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Well, Delirium was based on Tori, and she and Neil are very good friends, so I'd think that she would have read Sandman. :) | |
| Tori Amos – Mary Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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One of the meanings I think you can find in this song is "Mary" as a personification of the earth itself. It's easy to see: - "butterflies don't belong in nets" (you can't own earth, no matter how hard you try) - the idea of people having destroyed this woman who personifies the earth, having prostituted her (used up her resources), but people are starting to notice. people are starting to want to help - they're "waking up". - the very obvious verse that includes the line "What'll we do when our babies scream? / Fill their mouths with some acid rain?" |
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| Tori Amos – Hotel Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| For some reason I see this as about a relationship where the girl's completely submerged your personality in the other person, just lost herself entirely in him and in the relationship. He's a self-destructive loser, probably abusive, and he's pulling her down with him, but she's taking a look at herself. Wondering where she went to ("You were wild, where are you know?") and realizing that she has to leave, to let him self-destruct on his own. She comes to realize that "what [she's] seeking isn't here" and wishes for someone to either help him, or help her get out of there, but in the end she escapes on her own. She's driving down the highway away from him, feeling like she lost herself even though she just gained herself back, and she's just kind of marvelling: "I'm still alive, I'm still alive". | |
| Tori Amos – Cooling Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Correction to the lyrics: it's Pele, not Peggy. | |
| The Magnetic Fields – Papa Was A Rodeo Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Unless the girl's named Mike, I wouldn't say that it's a girl. Besides, y'know. Stephin Merrit. It's always safer to err on the male side with his songs. | |
| Matthew Good Band – Strange Days Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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The suburban life. Going to work, driving in rush hour where all you want to do is drive but everything builds in you like a traffic jam. Going to work, coming home, going to bed, waking up and forcing yourself back to work. Why? What for? There used to be reasons, but you've forgotten them so you just keep faking. A pointless life, working a meaningless job so that you can have money. Why? So that you can have money, a nice house. A nice house that you only sleep in, because you're so exhausted from work. This song is about waking up to the lack of meaning in your life and just waiting to die so it can be over. |
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| Mates of State – These Days (Nico cover) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| It's a cover of a Nico song. Lovely cover, though. | |
| Jann Arden – I Only Wanted Sex Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Great to hear this from a woman. Sometimes that's all we want - somebody to come home to, but mostly somebody to fuck. | |
| Annie Lennox – Into the West Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| The brass line during "What can you see on the horizon?" gives me chills every time. | |
| Girls Aloud – Love Machine Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Don't overthink this song... er, um, any of their songs. It's disposable, wonderful, chessy pop. And we thank God for it. People shouldn't try so hard to be pretentious - it's unbecoming. Without disposable pop, summer would be a lot less fun. |
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| Gavin Friday – Mr Pussy Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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The middle section ('nante! no nante! nante parlare') is polari/polare, archaic London gay slang. Why yes, he is amazing. |
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| Gavin Friday – Dolls Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Draq queens and trannies and faggots, oh my! I love this song so much it kind of hurts. The line "how civilised that you're despised" is fantastic. Hell, all of it is fantastic. |
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| Gavin Friday – Angel Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I'm a huge Gavin Friday fan, and once when I was in a record shop this was playing and I had a moment of '...is that Bowie?' Oh, Gavin. |
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| Flogging Molly – Salty Dog Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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The lyrics, not in crazy format - I'll wait for you till I turn blue, there's nothin more a man could do Don't get your bollocks in a twist - settle down do 'n take a fit You drank with demons straight from hell, they almost nearly won as well You wiped the floor with victory, then puked until you fell asleep Blackend was the banshees's wail, these boots will never fill her jail You crawled into an empty boat for the Gulf of Mexico Till Cortez came and so did you from the ashes charred and blue Smellin like a salty dog, back from hell where you belong Anarchy, the scouge of every sea! The Antichrist aboard a rig, with us your cut throat theives The ship went down, we all near drown'd You stood there on the deck until the Spanish came And flogged your arse and dragged ya from the wreck The threw a rope around your neck to watch you dance the jig of death They left ya for the stravin crows, hovering like hungy whores One flew down and plucked out your eye, the other he had in his sights Ya snarled at him, said "Leave me be - I need the bugger so I can see!" |
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| Erin McKeown – Bells and Bombs Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Amazing song. She's still in love with a girl (bein' a lesbian and all) but she knows that the girl is wrong for her, that going back will only hurt her in the end. So every time she thinks about the girl she's in love with, she has to put up her defences and fight off the temptation. | |
| Enya – Wild Child Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| You're not happy for any particular reason, or upset - you're just existing. You're not separate from nature, or people; you recognize your place and are content just to let the rain fall. | |
| Elton John – Can You Feel The Love Tonight? Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| This is the funniest shit I've read in a very long time. Thank you, werumm, for making my life a little brighter. May you continue to be trollish and silly forever. | |
| Chumbawamba – Jacob's Ladder (Not In My Name) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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It's a commentary on the Iraqi war and Bush's policies. "9/11 got branded / 9/11 got sold" "Puppy dog leader, sooner or later / They'll dig up your cellar and try you for murder" "In the name of the father, maybe / But not in my name" The only way up ('winning') is down - whether you see it as going back down the ladder (retreating) or going down the actual Jacob's ladder, which goes to Heaven (to win they have to become worse and worse as human beings). One of the best protest songs of the administration. |
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| Bloodhound Gang – The Bad Touch Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| They're just trying to be bratty; it's a joke song, obviously. Awesome. | |
| The Beatles – Penny Lane Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| ...It just means that he can see it. That's all. He can see it and hear it even though he's not there. | |
| Barenaked Ladies – Lovers in a Dangerous Time Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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For some reason this song reminds me of AIDS, especially in the 80s when it was basically a death sentence. Also, how could anybody think that this was making fun of the song? For God's sake, it's beautiful. One of the few covers that not only suprasses the original but blows it out of the water. |
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| Ani DiFranco – Sunday Morning Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| This song is just heart wrenching. It's simple and honest and open; all she's saying is that now that the relationship is over, she doesn't miss the excitement or the passion. All she misses is the comfort of living with someone you are completely at ease with, whom you love. Domestic bliss, if you will, with cats and comfortable silence. No matter what she does, that's what she can't forget. | |
| Angie Aparo – Gravity Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I love, love this song. The middle eight section ("and we smoked cigarettes and we lied about the things we would feel when we're older") is the best description of being a teenager I've ever heard. | |
| Matthew Good Band – Weapon Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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My own view of the song is that it is about love - real love, not idealized, not painted in pretty pictures. The person you love is an angel and a devil. The person you love destroys you, but gives you so much beauty that you drown in it, that it's a 'new color'. Love is dangerous to both people, and to the people around them - it makes you a 'weapon' because it gives you so much power over the person who loves you. Be careful. |
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| Aimee Mann – It's Not Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| It's about depression - how your life can seem so perfect, so wonderful, but it isn't. Not to you, not when you're struggling against that disease and your whole life is a "tiny dot". You don't know where the depression came from, and people think that it should be so easy to get out of it ("and all I have to do is to press the pedal") but it isn't. It's not. You get into a relationship, thinking love will make it better... but it doesn't. | |
| Adam Ant – Beat My Guest Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Yes, yes it is. It's playing when Adam Pascal's character is discussing how the fag-bashers don't wanna fight him... they wanna FUCK him. *g* Good music choice, there. Awesome movie. Awesome song, too. Not that much to say about it - it's just... well, it's just Adam Ant. That's all. Singing about S&M. |
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| INXS – Elegantly Wasted Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I think this song's about the 'rock star life' - you own the world, you drink and you do drugs and you're one of the beautiful ones, 'elegantly wasted' in crushed velvet, but it isn't really the good life and you know it. Always looking for the next step up, looking for the 'real' good life. | |
| Manic Street Preachers – There By The Grace Of God Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| "There by the grace of God" isn't an optimistic phrase, unfortunately. It's a shortened form of "There but by the grace of God go I" which basically means that your life could go to hell at any given time. It's traditionally said in reference to the homeless, etc. In the context of the song, I'm thinking that "God" is the drugs (recreational or psychiatric) and if the drugs stop working, or if they're not available, everything goes to shit. | |
| The Magnetic Fields – Sunset City Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| The perfect first song for a road trip mix cd. Very laid-back, very early-morning when you've only started out but you know you have all the time in the world. | |
| The Magnetic Fields – Strange Powers Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| My favorite MF song, and the first of theirs I ever heard. Nobody else could write a stunning lyric like "what a golden age, what a time of right and reason. the consumers king and unhappiness is treason" and pair it with such an upbeat, sunny melody. Every time I hear this song it feels like it's summer and I just have to dance. | |
| The Magnetic Fields – Smoke and Mirrors Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Nobody's commented on this song yet? It's such a wrenching song - it's that cynical, empty feeling you get sometimes after a relationship ends. You're hurt, but you blank out so that it doesn't hurt so much, and claim not to believe in love anymore. | |
| The Magnetic Fields – Love in the Shadows Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Very atmospheric. I love this song. | |
| The Magnetic Fields – A Pretty Girl Is Like... Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Only the Magnetic Fields could bounce from a heartwrenching song like I Thought You Were My Boyfriend to... this. I love it, and it makes me giggle every time. | |
| The Magnetic Fields – A Pretty Girl Is Like... Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Only the Magnetic Fields could bounce from a heartwrenching song like I Thought You Were My Boyfriend to... this. I love it, and it makes me giggle every time. | |
| The Magnetic Fields – The Saddest Story Ever Told Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Stephen Merrit is a lyrical genius. It's such a simple, lovely song - it pulls no punches, it doesn't hold any deeper message. It's just a girl (or a boy, since Stephen wrote the lyrics) missing a boy. That's all. And that's enough. | |
| The Magnetic Fields – Falling In Love With The Wolfboy Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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How can nobody have commented on this song yet?! Am I the only one with an affection for magical bisexual songs about werewolves? I don't think this song means anything in particular - it's just a strange little lovesong fairy tale. |
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