| Peter Bradley Adams – Los Angeles Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Regarding the Big One: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Andreas_Fault#The_next_.22Big_One.22 But I can't figure out what the city's work is. Perhaps the angels would be free simply because they didn't have a city to tend to anymore? |
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| John Mayer – Vultures Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I imagine it's actually about the paparazzi, but it's strikingly similar to several biblical passages: * water versus fire * walking through fire resembles walking through the valley of the shadow of death * taking the more difficult path results in an internal reward ("take me even higher") * "world keeps testing me" * enemies haunting his door, lying in wait a la David's psalms This could imply either physical enemies or temptations (such as drugs). He doesn't seem to write spiritual songs, but biblical imagery isn't restricted to spiritual ideas. |
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| Kansas – Three Pretenders Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| This looks like a reflection on a troubled and unsatisfying life to me - maybe a midlife crisis. The three pretenders represent the author's perception of who he was at different points in his life, and kind of resemble Dickens' Christmas ghosts. But perhaps they aren't accurate representations, hence "pretenders." They seem to be distorted memories conjured up by his insecurities. | |
| Kansas – Carry on Wayward Son Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I agree, and think he's also acting as if he agrees with popular religious opinion. | |
| Simon and Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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That's an interesting interpretation I haven't heard before... It's even believable as the author's intention. I do respectfully object to the idea that the author's intent is not special; that's the meaning I'm most interested in. Other meanings are interesting but I want to receive the message that the author sent, whether I also receive garbled versions or not. |
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| Jimmy Dean – Big Bad John Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Huh?? | |
| Kansas – The Coming Dawn (Thanatopsis) Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I don't understand what the other person (lover?) in the third verse has to do with anything. But I think the rest is obviously referring to either a hope for a positive afterlife or (with more of a stretch) a hope that one's legacy will somehow help the living. | |
| Tim McGraw – One Of These Days Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Ditto to all above, but, as a Christian, I see a tragic irony in the final verse... One of these days I'm gonna love me And feel the joy of sweet release One of these days I'll rise above me And at last I'll find some peace I read that as saying that he is not yet saved because he won't forgive himself for his past deeds. But one of these days that will change (How? It's your move, bud.) and it'll be such a pleasant experience. In the meantime he'll stay in the hell of his own mind and risk dying before he escapes. |
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| Alison Krauss – Doesn't Have to Be This Way Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I was baffled until I read dynox's explanation, so I'll subscribe to it. This was an interesting part to me: Only Jesus and you who long to teach us Should know and be left to betray Jesus was betrayed by Judas. Only Jesus and the addressed character get to know things and be betrayed by others. It seems like a sorely sarcastic line. |
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| John Denver – Wild Montana Skies Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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John Denver was an environmental activist; this song is likely a memorial for a friend and fellow activist who passed away. I also get the impression the man was Native American, from the metaphors used and how he lived his life. Verses that convey environmentalism: ... But he learned to know the wilderness and to be a man that way ... And he learned to be a farmer and he learned to love the land And he learned to read the seasons and he learned to make a stand ... ... There was somethin' [smog] in the city that he said he couldn't breathe And there was somethin' in the country that he said he couldn't leave Now some say he was crazy and some are glad he's gone But some of us will miss him and we'll try to carry on Giving a voice to the forest, giving a voice to the dawn Giving a voice to the wilderness and the land that he lived on |
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| Pierce Pettis – Neutral Ground Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Romeo's a "downtown man" and Juliet's an "uptown girl" (http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/1505/). Nuff said. | |
| Mark Schultz – Fall in Love Again Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Do the start and end sound like "dude I am" to anyone else? | |
| Cartel – The Minstrel's Prayer Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| When I first heard it, I thought it was an analogy for the music industry. The drums (all these stupid silly songs) are so loud that they muffle what he's saying. But now that I've read the lyrics and comments, I stand corrected. | |
| Mercy Me – Homesick Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| It reminds me of Last Kiss (http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/14/), except the tune sounds sadder... :-( | |
| Chuck Berry – Memphis, Tennessee Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Woops, I thought they were about the same call but they're not. Sometime after this song, she makes a collect call and asks him to come back. | |
| Chuck Berry – Memphis, Tennessee Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I always thought the mom was his mother-in-law, but Tiger is right: He wouldn't sing about a romance with a six-year-old - even if it had been written in this era. 'Little Marie' is the sequel to this song, and gives the second half of the story. The mom calls and leaves a message with his uncle; he calls her back and she asks him to come back and provide financial support. |
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| Bleach – Condition Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think this song's meaning is pretty obvious except for this one line: And now you're just fading; Is this an allusion to C. S. Lewis' Great Divorce? |
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| Amy Grant – Breath Of Heaven (mary's Song) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Point of Grace also covered this song, but I can't find a link to follow so I can indicate that. But yes, this is a beautiful song. It's about a pregnancy, yet I (a guy) easily see a parallel with my Christian journey. And I wonder what I've done Holy Father you have come And chosen me now To carry your Son I am waiting in a silent prayer I am frightened by the load I bear In a world as cold as stone. |
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| ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – Worlds Apart Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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geoffk, I agree that the lyrics accuse the Church of apathy. I wish that weren't true, but realistically I think it is. It has to ignore both basic probability (that tithes probably don't help the same people as I just hurt) and the Scriptures, but many church-goers lack both knowledge of and interest for those. milkwig, I subscribe to capitalism, and opinions like yours make me wonder if there really is no better way. Self-interest is a natural and beneficial value, but putting it at the top makes it selfishness. My capitalism is about using self-interest to both keep society running and get folks out of the muck. If we refuse to regulate ourselves, the government might be justified in doing it for us - as much as I hate the idea. |
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| Bebo Norman – Britney Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| http://www.ccmmagazine.com/just_for_you/story_behind_the_song/11581817/ | |
| Bebo Norman – A Page Is Turned Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The is the story of a boy and a girl who are found and saved by Christ as children and prepared for each other as they grow up. It expounds on Genesis 2:24. Verse 1: A description of the boy. His "curly grin" is a pair of dimples. Verse 2: The boy grows up. Verse 3: A description of the girl. Her heart is compared to a rose nourished by Scripture and the love of God. Verse 4: The girl grows up. Verse 5: In a romantic dance, she captures his hand (loyalty) and then his heart (love) and yields her own hand. Verse 6: They get married and the marriage is blessed by God. Their combined strength in Christ gives them a chance to make a positive impact. Verse 7: A prediction of the fruits of their marriage. Just as they are mutual soul-mates, God is each spouse's soul-mate (or spirit-mate, if you will) via mankind's trinitarian nature. Then we come back to the present - the day of the wedding. |
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| Bebo Norman – Selwood Farm Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| The setting is not simply metaphorical (see http://www.selwoodfarm.com/), but the message is certainly theological (praise, sanctification, fellowship). I'm baffled... | |
| Fernando Ortega – Virginia Rose Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Tupelo is a city in northeast Mississippi and the Harpeth is a river in Middle Tennessee. As for the song, it's pretty self-explanatory. :) |
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| Little River Band – Lady Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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That wasn't supposed to be submitted so early... He used to have a lady, but she left. Is the lady being addressed that one or a new one? I guess she's the new one, but he could be fantasizing over the former as some other writers have done. If this is addressed to his former lady, isn't this lyric a bit rude? He addresses her as she dances, "Don't be thinkin' that I don't want you 'Cause maybe I do." Or does he address her - maybe he only considers it? If this isn't addressed to his former lady, what does the former have to do with the more recent? Why mention her? Not to mention the temperature idioms. |
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| Little River Band – Lady Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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> Look around you, look up here > Take time to make time > Make time to be there > Look around, be a part > Feel for the winter > But don't have a cold heart My first impression is that he's talking about deadbeat dads. Make an effort to spend time with those who are important to you - in this case, the songwriter. |
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| Nickel Creek – When in Rome Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I had the same original impression as truthbehinditall and patdude, but if the songwriter meant it for the band's history that certainly takes precedence. Can we maybe get some kind of reference for that? It can go on Wikipedia too. | |
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