| Interpol – The Undoing Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| I'm thinking "All my own", but not positive. | |
| Hooverphonic – Black Marble Tiles Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| "In city it's OK" should be "In the city it's ok". I think. | |
| Elysian Fields – Parachute Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I'm sorry, but does this song make anybody think of "The Dark Knight", Heath Ledgers last film. I left the theater an hour ago and this is all I have been thinking about. The words make sense to me. Feel free to comment if you agree or if you think I'm way off, I'd love all feedback. Thanks |
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| Filter – I'm Not The Only One Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I love this song as well as "Miss Blue" which comes after it on "Title of Record". Anger before Depression. | |
| Beck – Round The Bend Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I read an article recently where British researchers had identified "The Drugs Don't Work" by The Verve as the saddest song ever. I think anyone who listens to "Round the Bend" by Beck would respectfully disagree. In many ways, this is the quintessential song for "Sea Change", a true "breakup album" as bjengles3 stated. It uses a minimal amount of music or lyrical ambiguity to paint a picture of despair. Above all, "Round the Bend" is about how cruel people can be to each other. When Beck says "People pushing harder, Up against themselves", he is not being cynical or judgmental, he's making an observation. The first lines of the song, "We don't have to worry, Life goes where it does" are simple, direct, and brilliant. Beck makes it clear from the rest of the lyrics that he wishes he really believed that. I love this song. |
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| Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I was 14, I had just finished the 8th grade when it became popular. | |
| Garbage – So Like A Rose Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I don't think the song is about actually committing suicide so much as the throught process that goes into the decision. There has to be all kind of confusion in a person's head while they are considering this, until finally a moment of clartiy comes that makes it clear, to them at least, what they should do. The first lyrics that might overtly point to that is: "He thinks he's going crazy This could be the big one" But the whole song paints a picture of life slowing down, where all he can see is his mother crying and his father working. He thinks is gaining clarity and that scares him because once suicide seems like the ideal solution to his problems, "there's no going back" as the song says. I read that Shirley wrote this song about a suicidal kid she knew in her peer group growing up. I'm not sure what happened to him. I know this isn't a popular song among Garbage fans, and it's pretty easy to see why. It's very minimulist, there is probly less music here than on other songs. Also, the lyrics are much more submissive than many fans would be used to who have heard songs like "Vow" and "#1 Crush" Garbage is my favorite band behind only Radiohead and this is my favorite song by them. I first heard it during my senior year of college and the haunting lyrics and melody made me realize what i was most afraid of: having to graduate. Every time during the year that I would be afraid of leaving school anfd facing the future, I would play this song. |
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| Beck – Little One Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song has always remind me of the Dust Bowl, the period during the Great Depression when poor midewestern families would pack up and move everything they own to seek a better life out west. This song seems to be about the journey and the "little one" is the son or daughter orf the author. The opening lyrics are decidedly optomistic compared to the rest of the song: New days To throw your chains away To try to hang your hopes on the wind There is repeated encouragement for the "little on" in the second chorus when he says "Today all of the dreams are waking" This is a stark difference from the end of the song where he says "Hold on All of the dreams are wasting" It shows that he's gotten more desperate. The journey started out with hardship, but optomism, and now reality is starting to set in. I have no idea if the Dust Bowl actually inspired any of these lyrics, but if I ever did get to meet Beck, I would like to ask him. |
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