| Radiohead – Separator Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Hi Sarah. Glad to see someone view this like I do. A love song. A melancholy-sounding one, and melancholy in sentiment because methinks that's the only kind of love song Thom knows how to write. Applying it to an incident in my own life, this one has made me weep. ...It hurts when you fall off the giant bird that's been carrying you... |
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| Grizzly Bear – Southern Point Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Like most songs, this is probably about a relationship, but what if it were written from the perspective of a Cuban refugee sailing to a place near Key West? Both a lover (or friends, family) and a native culture are being left behind (as well as the oppressors), although the voice seems optimistic that the "last word" hasn't been exchanged between all parties. | |
| Goldfrapp – Clowns Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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MikeyPaints and Crossword Smile posted great analyses. I was curious about the lyrics this morning because I honestly thought she was singing in a foreign language. Then the lyrics appeared meaningless, but clearly they are about artificial glamor and the "fake plastic girl." The "Passive when I'm in record day & night" is still a little confounding but CrosswordSmile, I believe, is going in the right direction. By the bye, Crossword Smile is a reference to a lyric by The Cars, right? |
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| Lush – Lovelife Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I agree with each of you--clearly an agonized love song, but I think there's another metaphor at hand. Apply the notion of a city to the song. She's in love with a city as well. Or it's just one sweeping tribute to a city disguised as a love song. Read it over in that light. I'd like to know what you think. While I might be way off base, I feel confident Mikki would confirm that metaphor is there. Oh and yes, it's a gorgeous sirenic song. |
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| The Cars – You Wear Those Eyes Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think this song is Ric Ocasek's ode to Paulina Poriskova, or one of them. It seems he's posing these things to her while she's up on the catwalk during the height of her modeling career. The song is mostly transparent with little to interpret, but the line that clued me in is: "You got the name I can't pronounce" Not that Poriskova is hard to pronounce, but hey, I'm stretching here. What the hell else would it be about? Other elements that make me think it's about Paulina: 1) "You wear those eyes that never blink." She has beautiful eyes that, for a model on a runway, are supposed to look austere and unblinking. 2) "You really are the only show." Aye, he's really into her, and no one else. This was composed, surely, when he was courting her. Or just met her. 3) "Just take your time..." Yes, see, he's courting her... and he's a rockstar. 4) "I'm easy to be found / whenever you come down..." As in come down off the metaphorical catwalk. And: 'I'm famous enough to be easily found.' I would love to ask Ric Ocasek if this song was written about his wife. Stephen Colbert and I are thankful for his art. |
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