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| Bill Callahan – Riding for the Feeling Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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an interesting comment in an interview by Bill
"“The apocalypse in that song is a lecturer who realises he hasn’t in all of his teaching mentioned the really important thing,” says Callahan, picking up a little. “I just wanted to write from the perspective of a college professor or something — some guy who goes around giving talks. I started thinking about the way we perceive things, how we don’t see things moving. We see snapshots, you know… There’s a space between each snapshot you see and your mind connects them all like a movie. It’s the way scientists say we perceive things. And it’s almost like each photograph is the death and the new one is rebirth.” |
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| The Mountain Goats – Running Away with What Freud Said Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I think this is about when JD was sick for a long time, and so spent a lot of time indoors. Then when he went out for the first time in a while, it was a strange experience, so new flowers had been planted in the park for example. I think the song captures that feeling of alienation well, as if feeling a stranger to your own town, and even your own body: "Whose bones are these?" |
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| The Mountain Goats – Process of Elimination Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I think this song uses predestination or the Second Coming as a metaphor for a dysfunctional relationship. The protagonist is observing the apocalypse and concerned that he and their love is going to hell. |
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| The Mountain Goats – Anti-Music Song Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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SasquatchAttack was right. Anti-Music is another character song, wherein the first person compares his dislike of someone to his least favourite musicians. |
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