| Sufjan Stevens – The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Wasp stings? Hello penetrative imagery! | |
| Sufjan Stevens – Futile Devices Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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It's incredibly homophobic that people freak out at the mere suggestion that Sufjan's songs contain homosexual desire. Saying it out loud is hard. |
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| Ginuwine – In Those Jeans Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| You silly elitists, this song is lovely. | |
| Regina Spektor – Human of the Year Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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My vote is that he is schizophrenic and it's all in his mind. A crazy man who loiters in parks (hence his frame of reference with the saint statues) wanders into a cathedral and hallucinates a spiritual experience. His delusions of grandeur could be associated with schizophrenia, like the cars beeping in his honor. And the phrase "human of the year" is so hyperbolic that it makes everything else in the song seem surreal. Also, my impression was that the lyric was "Human, human of the year, you won" not "you are." ja. |
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| Regina Spektor – Folding Chair Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Dude, I am a huge fan, but the noise thing pisses me off so much! Dolphins click! Glad someone else noticed. |
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| Regina Spektor – Riot Gear Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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My guess with the food product outfits is that they are descriptors. each contains a certain connotation that describes the outfit. "Bow and arrow meat" is not a common contemporary snack. if someone were to serve bow and arrow meat now, it would be seen as archaic and snobbish-- hunting not because one has to, but for sport. subsequently, her smoking jacket, like bow and arrow meat, is rustic, outdated, elitist "Sashimi" is a japanese dish. it’s thinly sliced raw fish. it is an acquired taste and is not the snack of the "everyday man.” thus, it is supposed to imply that the dress is pretentious, flashy, like the snob who orders sashimi to show how cultured she is the "marble arch supporting shoes" are not food products, but they do contain ironic juxtaposition. "arch supporting" implying comfort, yet marble is a very hard rock. also, it can be an allusion to ancient architecture, again asserting her pretension "tuna dress" is the previously mentioned sashimi and finally "collard greens". the “collard greens” are a sharp contrast to the flashy clothing (perhaps symbolic of her showy, haughty facade) she wears outside. collard greens are a staple in down-home southern cooking, made of cooked leafy stuff (like kale) with pieces of smoked meat mixed in. it’s not the kind of food one would order to impress someone at a fancy restaurant. it is more like food one’s mother would make. subsequently, when she’s home and in bed where no one can see her, she changes out of her pretentious facade and into the person she is comfortable being, her true self. “comfort food”, like the nightgown, is not intended to impress anyone. it is just nice. so when she sleeps is when she is at peace, allowing herself to be who she really is, instead of putting on a front for others. And of course the final outfit one must contemplate is the “riot gear” itself. ja. |
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