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| The Jimi Hendrix Experience – 51st Anniversary Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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Jimi is a hero for writing this. I'm so sick of hearing all these delusional, obnoxious pro-marriage songs and seeing it pushed in TV shows and all other media. I wish there were more songs like this |
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| Portishead – Roads Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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I don't think it's that specific but I agree it's about that kinda principle - you can apply it to a lot of other minority groups that society makes life tough on - smokers, vegans, those against marriage etc. |
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| AFI – Veronica Sawyer Smokes Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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To me this is just about putting your faith in someone you don't really know. Although ironically, this happens to me everytime I find out someone I like is just another pro-alcohol, anti-smoking, 'anti-drug' hypocrite. So for me, I guess the song would be called 'Veronica Sawyer Drinks', lol... |
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| Arctic Monkeys – Dance Little Liar Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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You don't understand what LSD is at all, LSD doesn't lead you to lie or forget, if anything it does the exact opposite, hence why sometimes people have bad trips |
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| Bob Dylan – Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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I'm not sure what to say about the lyrics (other then they're intriguing obviously) but the title makes me think of when people want you to take a side when you'd rather just 'sit on the fence' so to speak - or maybe it's urging people to get active rather than sit by and do nothing over issues that concern you |
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| Bob Dylan – Pledging My Time Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Sounds to me like it's about the harms of alcohol - 'poison headache' (hangover), 'everybody's gone but me and you' (all-night drinking), hobos are associated with alcoholism - maybe pissed his money away on booze. Sounds to me like the speaker escaped addiction and now he's trying to help a friend out of it |
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| Tool – Sober Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Fucking hell, that f'n spoke to me like hell - I've never used amphetamine before but I've been very interested in philosophy of the 'third eye', unconscious mind, ego etc. and I've found myself recently finding that a lot of purposes for things that people do - either good or bad, are for selfish reasons and when you talk about the ego and anima battling against each other for supremacy I know exactly what you mean.
Still, I think this knowledge has led me to being much less depressed than I used to be. And I do hold compassion/love as my supreme belief and try not to over-analyse it since I believe it to be of pure benefit for everybody and also because I think you need to have faith in something. Sounds weird to be saying that as someone who figures himself very nihilistic but I think everyone needs to have a mental government to keep them sane, stable and happy.
Thanks for posting that, I dunno how many people read it but it's very deep and focused, which I think is hard to find - usually it's one or the other |
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| Tool – Sober Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I think there's only a jab at organized religion here, in that it isn't as helpful for everyone who's in a dark place like preachers would have us believe - some claimed to have been saved by it whilst others feel utterly cold to it. The protagonist of this song sees organized religion as bullshit and thus finds no saviour in it.
I think the song is mainly about alcohol addiction. I mean if 'drink forever' is meant to be a metaphor for religion I don't think it's a good one since heavy alcohol consumption will bring you down whereas being a follower of an organized religion won't. A lot of the lyrics allude to a constant temptation to fall back on something, and what that is is spelled-out by Maynard in the chorus |
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| Bob Dylan – It Ain't Me Babe Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I doubt Dylan wrote this song to be interpreted as an anti-protest song or anti-government song, but you can certainly get those vibes from it. I prefer to see it in the obvious light - that of someone telling another whom has ideals of the traditional romantic relationship with them but they're not interested in it. Perhaps they want a more casual relationship, don't wanna have only 1 lover, etc. Fits me pretty well I think xD |
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| Bob Dylan – Things Have Changed Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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To me this song expresses the feeling of someone who used to feel so alienated but has since become numb to it all, either through a newfound Buddhist or nihilistic perspective. You're cynical, you're different, you're looked down on, you're locked in tight and out of range - that was then but now you just don't care anymore - you're not gonna let it drag you down |
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| Nick Drake – Road Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I see this song more as saying that living a quiet, simple life is just as valid and sensible as living a materialistic, capitalist life. A lot of people like to think that reaching for the stars is the way to go, the way to happiness; but it's a lot like gambling and not everybody succeeds. If you can find happiness in a Buddhist-esque lifestyle, living on very low expenses and finding pleasure in the view of the moon at night - to nature, where you don't have to invest energy, trust etc. then that is just as valid as the gambling lifestyle. In fact you could say it is more realistic (the moon and it seems so clear).
'You can take the road that takes you to the stars now' - a lot of people reach high but as they say, when you reach the top the only place you can go is down |
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| The Stooges – I Wanna Be Your Dog Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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It's not about love at all, it's about lust - the guy is so in lust with a girl that he's feeling utterly submissive to his fantasies of having sex with her - he just wants her to take him into her pants |
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| Pearl Jam – Faithfull Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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They don't knock spirituality, they knock organized religion. I find this song to be quite spiritual in fact - "And everything is you. Me you, you me, it's all related." That to me refers to the spiritual belief that we are all ultimately one thing - the Universe being 1 constantly-changing thing with the idea of infinite individuality being an illusion |
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| Simon and Garfunkel – I Am A Rock Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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You're absolutely right - in truth, nothing is permanent so what he said is nonsense - as George Harrison said, 'all things must pass'. And please, no phoney romantic BS about how love is forever - it's for however long it lasts - now and then 'til death. |
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| Alice in Chains – Lesson Learned Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I think it's about someone being averse and ignorant to something, be it God, religion, a drug, doctors, friends/family, whatever but then that person pretty much hits rock bottom and finds salvation or comfort in that something which he was previously ignorant of and as a result has a change in conscience - perhaps he has a newfound appreciation for the thing or at least respects how some people are driven to it |
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| Alice in Chains – Last of My Kind Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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The lyrics remind me of a poem I studied back in high school about apartheid in South Africa where the blacks were segregated from and were forced to be subservient to the ruling whites. The blacks would get the second best of everything with the whites being seen as the supreme race and there were definitely cases where the marginalisation would push some blacks into revolting - and of course that would only result in those people being detained, imprisoned etc. and further cement the demonisation and marginalisation of their race in that society (the "and they want to force my hand until I..." parts).
That can obviously be generalised though into something more relevent to most of us, like the 1993 WTC bombings for instance - the American influence, presence and involvement in the Arab world provoked a terrorist attack or the way people in the ghetto are forced to steal and deal stuff like crack for a living because of government failure to support those in relative poverty.
I see it personally as the way that society outcasts certain people and the subsequent alienation driving those people to revolt in ways that only lead to cementing society's outcasting of them |
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| OutKast – Gasoline Dreams (feat. Khujo) Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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It's not just about blacks IMO, it's about America (well, the western world) regardless of race and how it is overrun with corruption from the big corporations.
You got the War on Drugs which makes substances like cocaine and weed more dangerous through lack of regulation and legitimate competition to the black market and of course it doesn't accomplish its hypocritical adjectives (alcohol, tobacco and pharmaceutical drugs do just as much harm as illicit drugs), it's just a huge business, profited from by the legal drug companies, the prison industry, the cops, the justice system. So people get put in prison for years for mere possession of certain drugs which results in doing irrepairable harm to the person which in turn does harm to society - all profited off from the big corporations
The institution of marriage has become another big business with the justice system making huge money, mostly from divorce.
There's also the outright disrespect for the constitution in the US, with the federal government taking most of the powers constitutionally allocated to state governments, hence Big Boi's verse which I think alludes to how federal agents still target medical marijuana users and dispensaries in states where it is legal, such as California.
On a lighter note I really love the "Don't everybody like the taste of apple pie/smell of gasolene" lines - they can either be interpreted as sarcastic rhetorical questions or defiant statements of outspokenness/alienation |
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| Soundgarden – Superunknown Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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LMAO! Alright first off, you don't have a clue what you're talking about. I assume you're referring to hallucinogenics when you talk about 'drugs creating a false reality' but as far as I know there is no such thing as an addictive hallucinogen. I think you might be taking too many meds... |
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| Soundgarden – Fresh Tendrils Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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The War on Drugs has done a lot of awful things but the absolute worst is the influence it's had on song interpretation.
But this song does seem to be about drugs, specifically alcohol. It sounds like it's about a teetotaller who takes up alcohol to help them out socially with fitting-in but eventually becomes addicted, leading to feelings of shame that he conformed rather than be himself.
"seemed to take me through, get me by, satisfy, etc." - drinking helping him fit-in with others and giving him relief from problems
"many served the few" - drinkers encouraging teetotallers to drink
"give me little bits of more than I can take, try, etc." - the teetotaller commits himself to taking-up drinking and encourages offers of more shots, different drinks etc.
"that everybody tries" - very few people never try alcohol |
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| Soundgarden – Spoonman Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Heroin doesn't make you skinny, it's just a common trait among stereotypical hardcore addicts. |
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| Pearl Jam – Gonna See My Friend Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I see it as a song about suicide in a sense similar to Randy Robinson at the end of the film 'The Wrestler'. He's basically disillusioned with life or his life or something that's consumed it and he just wants to go out on his own terms. The friend I think is a friend, family member or hero who has passed, hence 'going to see' them and the suicide theory |
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| Pearl Jam – Unthought Known Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Musically this song is great and the lyrics are really well-written, but......I don't like this song. And it's for the reason that I don't like quite a few PJ songs, mostly on Backspacer - I find it too preachy
I think a big reason why Bob Dylan is so popular is because he ploughed deep into his own mind in his songs but he used what he dug out with his mental shovel to inspire others to pick up theirs. In this song though it's like Eddie's trying to push his own treasure on to others and, well... not everyone values everything the same
This song just doesn't really challenge or inspire me, even if the sentiment is quite noble. I think you have to be someone who already identifies strongly with Eddie's frame of mind to embrace the lyrics
Still though, the music's f'n brilliant! |
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| Pearl Jam – Corduroy Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I've always heard the song as being from someone leaving a romantic relationship with someone else, because they're just 2 different people who see relationships very differently. The person it's to is one of those people who's looking for 'The One' and glorifies it to no end but really they treat people like a company treats prospective employees. They go around with a mental clipboard, ticking boxes (hence "I must refuse your test") to find what they think will be their perfect partner and thus make them happy. But the protagonist doesn't want to give them all that. They maybe want a romantic relationship, maybe not, but either way they love freedom too much to be with this other person - the freedom to be themself; to be genuine. The other person has delusions of the protagonist being 'The One' and all that but the protagonist knows better - they're very different people and so reasons with him/her - they don't want to take what the other can't give. Quite a noble song from my POV |
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| Stevie Wonder – Too High Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Lyrically this is an extremely misinformed song. Stevie aims to give the listener the wildly incorrect impression that all (or the majority) of people who use an illegal drug end-up having their lives and their personality ruined by it. Even more misinformed is that it seems to focus on weed primarily
It's kind of hypocritical too when you consider how many musicians Stevie admired and covered used an illegal drug without incurring the kind of downfall that Stevie speaks of here e.g. Ray Charles, The Beatles, Bob Dylan |
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| Nine Inch Nails – I Do Not Want This Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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You know what pisses me off? How people who don't get stricken with horrible periods of depression and can live a normal, decent life claim to be the ones done unfairly in life instead of those who don't have that luxury. It's no wonder that songs like this end-up getting written so often |
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| Nine Inch Nails – Mr. Self Destruct Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Please, not more of that War on Drugs propaganda. It's possible that it may be about a problem related to a certain drug, maybe alcohol or heroin (Trent's had addictions to 'em both) but I hardly think that this song has anything to do with LSD or cannabis. |
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| Beyoncé – Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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A few have already covered it but yeah, this is a song from the POV of an arrogant, materialistic woman who basically has a fear of abandonment (hence her NEED for marriage) and an inflated level of self-esteem |
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| Bob Dylan – Odds and Ends Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Actually, I dunno why I said 'guy' and 'woman' - they could be anyone! It's just because Dylan's singing it, but yeah, could be any gender obviously |
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| Bob Dylan – Odds and Ends Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Actually, I dunno why I said 'guy' and 'woman' - they could be anyone! It's just because Dylan's singing it, but yeah, could be any gender obviously |
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| Bob Dylan – Odds and Ends Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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The lyrics are DEFO wrong...there's no way that Dylan says 'plan it all' - I think you're right, BraveSirRobin
I'm not too sure what Dylan's talking about here but I interpret it as coming from a guy after being dumped by a woman because she's after marriage, kids etc. and the guy isn't like that at all - although she's tried to change him ("you take your file and you bend my head", "keep that juice to yourself"). The 'lost time' that is 'not found again' could be on both their parts |
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| Neil Young – Welfare Mothers Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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In brief, it seems to be a put-down of the 'Free Love' concept that the hippies of the 60's promoted and practised. I think the song is saying that either the idea itself is flawed or the term and the way it promoted is, because it tends to result in unwanted pregnancies.
Or it could just be a put-down on people who cheat, thus causing break-ups of couples and leaving the mother to rely on welfare to help raise the child.
I don't care too much for either meaning though, being a Hippy at Heart myself! :p |
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| Depeche Mode – Freelove Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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This is about real love - not that 'I want somebody to be with me forever and ever and neither of us to engage in any sexual acts with anybody else' stuff, but just love. I don't think that actually having sex is implied here, it's just a friend showing somebody who's probably recently suffered the bad side of a monogamous, sexually-exclusive relationship that somebody still loves them |
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| Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick Blues Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I think this song's just about the things going on in American society at the time...I don't think it's really too critical of anything or anyone but the line 'six-time users' makes me think of the anti-drug propaganda. Didn't they used to say that if you used heroin 6 times you'd be an addict or if you used LSD 6 times you'd be legally insane or something like that? |
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| Guns N' Roses – Garden Of Eden Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The lyrics are hard to understand but I get the feeling that it's about the conventions and prohibitions in society. The country is the 'Garden of Eden' where things like illicit drugs and prostitution are prohibited, but excessive use of sex in the media and the legalisation and encouragement of alcohol drinking sort-of really contradict the government's stance...it's because everything's about money - hence why cannabis is illegal when it could provide a home-growable better alternative to a lot of the drugs that powerful corporations make their money on (pharmaceuticals, alcohol, tobacco etc.) So you could see how you could be lost in the Garden of Eden - you don't know what's right or wrong...you can use 1 bad drug but not another. And there's been quite a few scandals with anti-prostitution people being caught involved with hookers, so there's a lot of double standards and hypocrisy going on. The government was (and still is) locking lots of people for illicit drug use and cracking-down on prostitution and all that rock 'n' roll kinda stuff, but the government don't realise that the problem is a fire burning out of control - a problem they can't stop, it's [sex, drugs &] rock 'n' roll. |
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| The Beatles – Revolution 9 Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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This is a wonderful piece of music IMO. I don't think people quite understand and appreciate how difficult it is to compose something like this. Anyway, on to the meaning - I know John's said it's a music collage representing the sound of revolution, but I see it more as just a psychedelic piece of music...when I meditate, and certainly when I dream, a lot of nonsensical stuff pops in and out of my mind...there's no sense to it but a lot of it is quite entertaining (at least to me) and Revolution 9 really captures that for me. I like to listen to it in the dark with my eyes closed so that I can just let it take over my mind. Revolution 9 is really essential to The White Album as it stands as a key example of why The White Album is one of the most successfully-innovative albums ever |
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| The Smashing Pumpkins – Siva Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Billy's described Gish as a very spiritual album and I think this song is one of the reasons why
'I don't live - I inhale'
A lot of spiritual practices involves focusing on the intake of breath because that is what keeps us alive, so 'living' and 'inhaling' are the same in that respect, but spiritual practices tend to take the 'inhaling' perspective so I think that's what Billy meant by that
'I don't give - I unveil'
Spirituality involves tearing away the illusions and the layers of your ego to uncover the 'true self' which is a philosophy originating in India and referred to in Hinduism, Yoga etc. so there's a connection with the song title
The rest of the lyrics do seem to refer to a break-up or some sort of relationship problems which again is reflected in the title with 'shiva' referring to the tantric concepts of opposing masculine and feminine forces, so I believe that Billy's referring to meditation (or tripping!) to escape these problems or remedy the emotional distress caused by the relationship |
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| The Beatles – Her Majesty Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Her Majesty is so short because like most of the other songs in the medley, it was an incomplete song that in this case, Paul had. The medley was The Beatles' usual innovative way of making the most of what they had, like how Lennon combined 3 incomplete songs in Happiness Is a Warm Gun, and the incorporation of John's incomplete 'Everybody Had a Hard Year' into Paul's 'I've Got a Feeling'.
I'm not sure why Paul wrote it, although Queen Elizabeth II was quite young around the time it was written so maybe Paul had a little crush on her...or some other Queen from another country perhaps.
I originally thought this was a sweet but cliche song, with regards to the lyrics, but now I see it a bit more interestingly - I can't stand wine but all the girls I fancy, like most girls really, seem to love it and find it to be this really romantic thing...ugh, lol. I wanna tell her that I love her a lot but...well, you know... |
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| The Beatles – The Inner Light Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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To me, this song is preaching the same message as 'All You Need Is Love' - the only truth that people really need to know is what they can discover within (the inner light) - that to achieve heaven everyone must give each other love, and this is really, all you need for a peaceful, happy existence for all beings. |
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| Stevie Wonder – Jesus Children Of America Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I thought this song was about John Lennon at first, with 'Holy Roller' being a reference to Lennon's song Come Together, the 'Jesus died for you' stuff referring to the 'Beatles Bigger Than Jesus' comment that John made, the references to transcendental meditation which John had done in India in '68 and the junkie remarks which make sense considering John's heavy drug use, in particular his heroin addiction. John of course had written the song 'God' just 3 years before this song was released where he seems to put down religious and states he doesn't believe in Jesus, The Bible etc. And John had been a solider of peace and doing a lot of protesting around this time.
But now I'm thinking it's just taking aim at people who claim to believe in Jesus but don't live their lives accordingly...the meditation part confuses me though |
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