| Death Cab for Cutie – St. Peter's Cathedral Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Well it seems reasonably obvious what this song is about, but what I find particularly telling is that it isn't a drab or dark song, other than perhaps the subject matter. In converse to the lyrical message, the music is uplifting, powerful, and joyous. The contrast indicates that this is not something to mourn or concern ourselves with, but to realize how rare and unique and special we all are, and how we have this one chance to make it something worthwhile, whatever that means to us. So don't fucking waste it. |
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| Bruce Springsteen – Devil's Arcade Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think it's about the phases of romance and sex throughout life. "[T]hose first nervous evenings" are about the early years of sex, the experimentation. Not to mention the weirdness of it, of helping her "get it in." The "metal and plastic" thing, I imagine, is metaphor for sex in a car, OR, could be about an empty feeling of the college years, the drifting, meaningless one-night stands. "A voice says 'Don't worry, I'm here,'" is about marriage, and the comfort of having a loved one by your side, someone who can keep things "mum" and keep your secrets and assuage your worries and insecurities. "A house on a quiet street," talks about the later years. Sex is sporadic because it's now the twilight years. There's a fear of death, so there's hope for something after ("something like faith") Finally, he speaks of "the touch of your fingers / At the end of the day." Perhaps this is about the ending. Sex is no more, but you still have each other, he still has "the beat of your heart," even though the "sun [is] burning away." |
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