| of Montreal – Enemy Gene Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Hm. I like the gay and religious readings of the song. I read "the Enemy Gene" as a reference to XY vs. XX. "Everything's half a part, what can it mean?" as opposed to "apart". Really though, it's just good lyric writing because in a way, it's a bit of everthing. |
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| Giant Drag – Kevin is Gay Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Vrainom has got to be right about the numbers. "365" days a year, "750" mg is "all I need... all in me." And if you're on 750mg a day, the "[w]on't keep me clean" line clarifies to a lack of sobriety. And "I want, I want, I want it all" recalls the later song, "High Friend in Places" where "want isn't clean, want isn't man enough for me." The drug subtext is all over this album. |
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| Giant Drag – My Dick Sux Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| The song title makes sense, if you think about it from a female perspective as crude as Annie Hardy's. In this song, "my dick" would be a boyfriend/lover. And considering the lyrics, it's not too hard to imagine. | |
| Queens of the Stone Age – Medication Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Really, this song is Better Living Through Chemistry, part 2. Let's not forget what Homme said about that song: "...we have a song called Better Living Through Chemisty which is an anti-drug song. It's saying okay, the government says 'it's okay for you to take Prozac everyday, every single day, to feel better and feel absolutely numb. Don't smoke that joint though, you!'" This song definitely falls in the same vein, on the surface. But this song does play with the role of "medication" a bit more than Better Living Through Chemistry. In the second verse Homme refers to medication as "the dose you've been dreamin' of" and a "revelation from a gun". He's pointing out the that medicine can be both a cure and a poison. Really, I could dive into this with some literary references et tout, but I'll spare you. |
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| Queens of the Stone Age – Better Living Through Chemistry Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song is certainly a social commentary on abuse of prescription medication (whether it is prescribed or not). The airy drone to the song certainly gives the feeling that you're floating on clouds, high as fuck... The last four lines remind me of Brave New World... only the people stop taking drugs and revolt And people have got to realize that the Red pill, Blue pill thing wasn't invented by the Matrix. The whole story of that movie is practically a study of Plato's Cave. |
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| Queens of the Stone Age – Medication Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Really, this song is Better Living Through Chemistry, part 2. Let's not forget what Homme said about that song: "...we have a song called Better Living Through Chemisty which is an anti-drug song. It's saying okay, the government says 'it's okay for you to take Prozac everyday, every single day, to feel better and feel absolutely numb. Don't smoke that joint though, you!'" This song definitely falls in the same vein, on the surface. But this song does play with the role of "medication" a bit more than Better Living Through Chemistry. In the second verse Homme refers to medication as "the dose you've been dreamin' of" and a "revelation from a gun". He's pointing out the that medicine can be both a cure and a poison. Really, I could dive into this with some literary references et tout, but I'll spare you. |
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