| Echo and the Bunnymen – The Cutter Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song is amongst my favorites in the repertoire of my music knowledge, largely because i feel it can be applicable to the lives of many. Of course, this song can take the form of numerous meanings. In my view this song relates to escaping lies/sin, and having to maintain a gripping effort to maintain these lies so that the truth is not expelled for all fears associated with such endeavors. Moreover, the person who retains lies from wrongdoing has a positive image with others of relation, thus these lies are crafted to avoid a changeling effect. who's on the seventh floor brewing alternatives what's in the bottom drawer waiting for things to come This relates to the wrongful acts committed by a person that must be dressed up in lies to avoid exposing the truth. Brewing alternatives to me is interpreted as drugs, while whatever is in the bottom drawer can maybe be a weapon or planted device. The individuals who commit these acts must provide lies to supplement their actions so that there is no suspicion. conquering myself until i see another hurdle approaching say we can say we will not just another drop in the ocean This stanza to me explicates how the lying done has an element of repetition to the individual, so that it is almost like a disease that must be fought in the hopes of aversion. "Another hurdle approaching" may be the temptation stared at in the face, and the thought to fight it for the fear of a subsequent lie. "Say we can say we will" is the attempt to usher in confidence at thwarting such actions, "not just another drop in the ocean" is giving in to such urges and tacking on one more lie. |
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| Echo and the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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My take of this gorgeously crafted song is of a flaw that one knowingly has in life, and carries that flaw into certain situations that are deemed a failure due to this inseparable weight carried. I feel like this song can be taken many ways, but what I get from it is of a relationship that was ended too soon due to one person's failure to evade this flaw. The "hurricanes" referred to are the personal flaws in cognizance of the troubled one. The person understands that a predicament is underway if the path to a relationship is followed, but he feels no choice to undergo this same route to save his sanity and sense of self worth. "And now my hurricanes have brought down this ocean rain To bathe me again." The individual is bathed again in grief that was perceptively unavoidable given prior attempts at pursuing relationships. Being in the sea can be metaphorical for experiencing a relationship once more, and the impending sadness that will result. "Screaming from beneath the waves" can be the internal acknowledgment of this flaw, in full realization that this error is inescapable despite attempted mental refinement to avert this magnetized problem. |
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