| Bon Iver – Blindsided Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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This song is most definitely about onset depression, but I'm currently relating it to a strange feeling of letting go of boundaries while having to hold on to them for the safety of others. I got very closed-off after a few relationships ended a bit to similarly, I realized now's just not a good time to be trying for anything worth a year. One day I met someone in my place of work, someone I had known previously but never got too close with, and I began to slowly open up to her. And as I was doing this I realized she opened up to me. And as we became almost completely open to each other I saw how beautiful she was. It was the closest I've come to falling in love, which hit me like a ton of bricks when I reminded myself of her relationship with an old high school friend. Unfortunately things aren't that easy for me, because just when I feel comfortable again she lets me know the feeling is mutual. "Bike down, down to the downtown Down to the lock down, boards, nails lie around I crouch like a crow Contrasting the snow For the agony, I'd rather know 'Cause blinded I am blindsided" In talking to her and beginning to open myself up, I started re-entering a world I had escaped, a world I thought was dangerous. It was a place I started hiding from, and here I am out in the open and vulnerable because I want to understand the pain of loving. But without knowing what to expect I get blindsided by my emotions. Peek in, into the peer in I'm not really like this, I'm probably plightless I cup the window I'm crippled and slow For the agony I'd rather know 'Cause blinded I am blindsided Would you really rush out for me now? I'm still exploring this territory I thought was unsafe, I'm not usually this reckless. This place has hurt me before and badly, so I'm not sure what it is I'm doing, all I know is I'm doing it. And once again, as her feelings become known to me, I get blindsided. And confused, cautious even. Because of who she is with, I can't tell if she'd actually walk this dangerous place with me by her side. I almost can't believe her. Taught line, down to the shoreline The end of a blood line, the moon is a cold light There's a pull to the flow My feet melt the snow For the irony, I'd rather know 'Cause blinded I was blindsided What we have is solid right now, and while it could safely be more I get the feeling this is where the beauty ends. The moon signifies an inevitable end to the adventure. But as the story comes to a close under the cold light of the moon, I'm still warm. I might still end up traversing the land I was afraid of, but maybe now I can do so more comfortably, with more knowledge of the land. This whole situation was laced in beautiful irony that I'm glad to have at least just experienced. All because I let my guard down. |
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| Modest Mouse – The Whale Song Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| From what I can tell of the odd instrumentals, the cluttered vocals, and the desperation in the lyrics, this has to do with a situation, completely unavoidable and totally harmful, that the narrator became the bearer of bad news for. This was an issue so wrecking to the normal lives of the narrator and his acquaintances that it temporarily destroyed their senses of reality. They were lost in a brand new state of being and understanding of the world they could not act or react to anything rationally. The narrator's irrational response is to blame himself. He saw this coming, he knew he was supposed to see this situation first to give the others an idea of how to avoid it, but he was too late. | |
| Grouplove – Tongue Tied Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Another song I can use to twist the words around and apply to myself, I love it. "Take me to your best friend's house" is sort of a cry for attention for the girl I want it from. I loved that girl at a time when I didn't know what love was, and I love her now. I rambled a lot and acted really confused when I broke up with her, so I don't want her to take those words and I don't want her to say it's over. Normally we would kiss a lot, a loooot. The girl's part is the other side of both of us that want to roll around and have fun. I want to take her and show her how much fun I can be even when I'm this serious, and she wants some time to herself to have fun. And it keeps looping again and again because I don't know what else to say, I feel I've said everything, |
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| Bowerbirds – Olive Hearts Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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The first lines seem to set up the character, the narrator of the story. They remind me of a man depressed about something in his life, I assumed that some choices he made in his life are not working out for him. Personally I equate this to my choice of being an actor professionally which is not working very well. "Still I've got miles to walk from the cape along the coast" There's still lots of time left in his life, he's still very young and he has to live a long time with the consequences of this decision. "And we'll play helicopter in the sand ... And take the butcher's knife through my words again" We'll stop growing up for a second, let's get our minds off of aging and have a little bit of fun before we can't anymore. Then the chorus is the party, the men with the smoke-screened eyes could probably be high. The sequined girls are partiers. I like the idea that the character's heart is with the olive at the bottom of the martini, that really works with the character I have in mind. The next verse is most likely the realization that they're out of place. They try not to show it but they still feel like friendly ghosts. Because they couldn't entirely escape their lives, when they cheer they cheer for slightly sadder things. But the next chorus comes and once again the party begins. Possibly. |
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| Kid Cudi – Up Up & Away Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I'm gonna talk straight from the heart of Gilbert Gottfried when I say "YOU FOOL!" So this song ate at me for a very long time. It sounds so happy and feel-good, but there was a tone of twisted sadness hidden in the guitar. So I thought, and I read it over, and FINALLY. I can't explain it now, but I know what it means: Loneliness. He's been doing things that his friends "judge" him about, they left him and now he's feeling lonely, nothing to do no one to hang out with. That "So whatever" isn't a "Pssh, whatever!" sort of whatever, it's a "-sigh-... whatever..." sort of whatever! BAM! Mail motha *************************************** |
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| Kid Cudi – Sky Might Fall Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Nope. Once you see the songmeanings page for Pursuit of Happiness it'll hit you that Cudi is actually seriously depressed in almost all of his songs. I mean hardcore druggy emo depressed. In fact I've been finding a couple messages that are sorta like "Don't use drugs as en escape or you'll lose yourself" or something like that. So no. It's not a feel good song. Feels bad, man. Although it's easier to get that than "don't do drugs kids" because it took me this whole year to find out. |
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| Kid Cudi – Sky Might Fall Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Knowing the rest of his songs and their meanings? No. Not at all. Actually despite the lyrics most of these have been super anti-drug, and they tell the story of some guy who's life is seriously seriously f******d. I think this one might be that he's got so many (possibly unnecessary) issues in his life that are just so overwhelming that he gets high to forget them, but in the process he forgets the VERY necessary issues with the world. Thoughts? Questions? | |
| Kid Cudi – Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare) (feat. MGMT & Ratatat) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The obvious meaning to this song is that no matter what people think, no matter what happens, always do what makes you feel good and always go out and have a good time But a guy like me doesn't like a song as obvious as that. So here's what I've figured out: It actually means the exact opposite. Kinda like Mark Twain, but I won't get that nerdy. At the end when he's crashing and burning, it should become a little clearer that the point he's really trying to make is that life is only as short as you make it, so don't be stupid and make it that short. Let me dissect this for you: "Crush a bit, little bit, roll it up, take a hit Feelin' lit, feelin' right, 2 am summer night I don't care, hand on the wheel, drivin' drunk, I'm doin' my thing Rollin the Midwest side and out livin' my life gettin' out dreams" Here's where I should remind you that this is all in real time during a party as the good parts start (everyone starts pulling out drinks and blunts) People told me slow my roll. I'm screaming out fuck that Imma do just what I want, lookin' ahead no turnin' back Cudi's obviously got a lot of problems in his life, he knows it sucks, and he thinks the only way to make it better is to do stuff even his friends, beers in hands, say is dangerous If I fall, if I die, know I lived it to the fullest If I fall, if I die, know I lived and missed some bullets He's convinced, at this point, that he's living his life but in reality he's just running away I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold, hey I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good He says he just wants to be happy and not everything is gonna get him there, but he's gonna keep on trying things until he is happy Tell me what you know about dreamin', dreamin' You don't really know about nothin', nothin' Tell me what you know about them night terrors every night 5 am cold sweats wakin' up to the skies Trying to explain to his friends that bitches don't know bout his crushing sadness Tell me what you know about dreams, dreams Tell me what you know about night terrors, nothin' You don't really care about the trials of tomorrow Rather lay awake in the bed full of sorrow Now he's saying he's facing his problems better than other people are, who become complete shut-ins and do nothing but loathe themselves (important plot-point this is) Pursuit of happiness, yeah [Even if] I don't get it, I'll be good Suddenly he's accepting the fact that he's just trying to have a good time and get high, he's getting nowhere closer to being happy Argh, Oh man, oh. Room's spinning, room's spinning. [unintelligible], Oh fuck. Oh my God, why did I drink so much and smoke so much? Oh, fuck. Aaaaaaand rock bottom. Here he's gotten to the point of total realization: He's killing himself. Don't run away from your problems kiddos, it's alright to cry, just get help when you need it |
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| The Shins – Sleeping Lessons Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Oh my god, that's exactly how I felt! I heard this and Phantom Limb and I immediately fell in love with it, along with Did You See The Words | |
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