| Bright Eyes – Lime Tree Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I cannot believe that no one has commented on the fact that there is a children's choir singing in the background of the recorded version. It's sickening, really. | |
| Bright Eyes – Four Winds Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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wow, i was going to log in to interpret this song, but you basically said exactly what i would have, minus the reference to the pheonix possible. The ashes that the mexican girl is standing in are a reference to the apocrapha(lost books of the bible) which includes a bird creature called the pheonix. At the time of its death, a great burst of air causes it to burst into flames and out of its own ashes, the bird is reborn. Possibility that this is a symbol for a new earth/ civilization? either way, your interpretation is beautifully done, MAJOR kudos <3 |
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| Stevie Nicks – Crying in the Night Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Okay, this one's a little obvious. Basically a very "outgoing" lady goes around looking for weak dependant males to dominate, and most of them end up falling in love with her. I like the reference to a tarnished pearl, as in she's of no value to the guys, but they keep her around for their own sentimental value. The part where she says "and she's looking around" could be taken two ways in my opinion: the first is a threat to men, to watch out for her relentlessness....but the second could be that she's looking around because in the end, everyone will move on, and because she treated all of these men so badly, she will be left with no one to love her. |
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| The Killers – Smile Like You Mean It Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| There's definitely an element of wisdom in this song, whether its an older person talking to a young person or a young person slowly maturing through past experience. In the last stanza, the narrator is reliving his first job, his childhood, his first girlfriend... all of the things he more or less took advantage of when he was young. The "smile like you mean it" is about learning to accept the things he's done and the choices he made, and not only move on, but to be able to look back and enjoy every second of the past. | |
| Placebo – My Sweet Prince Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Clearly this song is about obsession, both the singer’s girlfriend’s obsession with him and their shared obsession with Heroin. (Yes, Dragon is an opiate reference, but for those of you who continue to argue that the song is a not about drugs, I’ve added in the word love for you…. P.S. grow up). The repetition of the phrase “Never thought” at the beginning of each stanza shows how fast and unplanned the addiction comes on, and how many different attitudes the singer takes on throughout the extent of the relationship. At first, the new contact is enthralling, and the singer is both excited and reluctant at the same time. Addiction is evident in the chorus, especially in the line “So before I end my day…remember” in that most drug addicts wake up looking for a fix, and lay down at night wondering when the next score will come. In the second verse, the singer is becoming aware that the addiction has gone too far (“close up the hole in my vein” shows that the singer has tried or is trying to cut off the relationship), and by the third verse, the singer has become moody and angry, both with the substance/lover and with himself for not being strong enough to break it off. The screaming of “You are the one” at the end of the song acknowledges that the singer can no longer live life without the drug/love, and the level of dependency is almost pathetic by the end of the song when the singer is left beckoning “my sweet prince” literally begging for the drug/love. The music itself is haunting. It’s almost reminiscent of a circus or bazaar music box song, the kind a puppet or a monkey would dance to. This is symbolic because an addict is in a way a puppet to its master, whether you wish to determine that as submission to a lover or dependency on heroin. Either way, even the final fade out of the song sounds like someone is trying to walk in chains…. AMAZING SONG!!!!! |
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