| Eddie Vedder – Tuolumne Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Or.... imagine Tuolumne Meadows :) | |
| Bob Dylan – All Along the Watchtower Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| What an insightful comment! | |
| Nirvana – Something in the Way Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Well..... ? What is it? | |
| Tool – Schism Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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It's a song that explains what caused two lovers to end up separating. The title Schism is a metaphorical reference to the separation. Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any Sense of compassion Between supposed lovers I would say the above sums up the idea of the song pretty well. |
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| Nevermore – The River Dragon Has Come Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Oh yeah, I passed it off for a poem.... quite successfully haha | |
| Nevermore – The River Dragon Has Come Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I studied this song as a literary assignment for an English class in college. It is most definitely referring to the Three Gorges Dam in China. Below is what I wrote. In his narrative poem The River Dragon Has Come, Warrel Dane writes about the collapse on the Banqiao and Shimantan Dams in China in 1975. By using many poetic devices and alluding to the seven headed dragon from the Book of Revelation in the Bible, he paints a powerful picture of the disaster, and he allows the reader to visualize the wrath of nature against foolish men who attempt to dominate it. The poem, which shares its title with a book on the same subject by Dai Qing, serves as a warning against the completion of the new Three Gorges Dam along the Yangtze River. The first line uses personification to bring the flood to life by giving it the human trait of communication, specifically a warning. The second and third lines are a specific reference to the people who built both the dams that failed in 1975 and the Three Gorges dam. Warrel asserts that they have little concern for the thousands who died in the original flood and do not have any more concern the ones who are in danger from the new dam. It is interesting how architects are purposefully paired with fools in the same line. The line could possibly be considered oxymoronic, since architects are often considered some of the most intelligent people in society. In the fourth and fifth lines, Warrel introduces the river dragon, but at this point it is hard to tell exactly what the river dragon is. All that is known is the mythical creature is somehow related to the disaster. Here, maybe there is a hint at the warning to the future, which brings the poem to the second stanza. Here again, is another specific reference to those who built the dam. He now accuses them of not learning from past mistakes. The third stanza tells the story of what happened when the dams failed in 1975. It serves to remind us (and maybe the architects and fools) of the horrors of what happened. The river dragon finally emerges to bring about its retribution against man. Notice how he uses personification of the Earth to bring about the feeling that the people are being judged for their actions. The Earth has spoken and taken them to their graves. The Earth has spoken and in a crush they are gone. When he says, "The Earth has spoken," it conjures up images of the Earth as a deity, casting her judgment. When he says, "Taken them to their graves," it is a pretty obvious and simple metaphor illustrating that they were killed. The Earth speaks again at the first light of dawn and in a crush they are gone. This puts the setting in the morning, probably when most are asleep in their beds. Many probably never even woke up as a 20 foot high wall of water and debris crashed into their homes. The fourth and final stanza is the warning or even a prophecy in its certainty against what is to come with the new dam. The first line probably has a dual meaning, referring to the three as the holy trinity along with the story of the flood and certainly referring to the Three Gorges dam, warning they both will fall. Also, the river dragon's true nature is revealed as the seven headed dragon of the Book of Revelation. This dragon is believed to be a manifestation of Satan in his return to Earth in the Christian Apocalypse prophecy. But it also has a dual meaning. We find that technology, the hallmark of modern humans, is the beast. This is where he points the finger at ourselves, brazenly accusing humanity as the source of evil. As a side note, Warrel seems to play with both the Eastern and Western concepts of the dragon. Where in the third stanza the dragon may have been sent by the deity of Earth, the final stanza makes a very direct reference to the Biblical dragon that symbolizes Satan. |
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| Machine Head – Old Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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The Old Man is the Christian church. Not the devil. Two things give the metaphor away. First, 6000 years is a direct reference to the Young Earth theory, a movement recently pushed by many Evangelical churches. Second, Robb constantly expresses in his lyrics a hate for modern leaders, whether they are the government or the church. Look at the song Death Church and Blood of the Zodiac for the church, and a whole ton of other songs for the government. I've never heard one song from Machine Head that attacks God or faith, only people and usually leaders. |
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| Godsmack – Hollow (feat. Lisa Guyer) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I find it frustrating when people insist that they KNOW what the true meaning of a song is. Music that is art, both musically and lyrically, is meant to be interpreted. That's the whole idea, there is no one right answer. | |
| Bad Religion – I Want to Conquer the World Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Mother mercy I always thought to be a reference to evangelicals, especially since since he says "will your loins bear fruit forever" and talks about her "fecundity" Also, I don't know if you noticed how ironic it is that he criticizes just about everybody. I think the main point of the song is not that all of these people are wrong, just that no one is always right. The fact that he says he wants to do away with air pollution and save the whales, I interpreted to mean, is his awareness that ideals and reality rarely reflect one another. | |
| Papa Roach – Between Angels And Insects Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Fight Club was first a book written by Chuck Palahniuk in 1996. When was Infest released? | |
| Tool – The Pot Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Nevermind....... troll ugh | |
| Tool – The Pot Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The song is definitely about hypocrisy by someone in a position of power. But it doesn't really care to name who that person is. Someone else commented that he is referring to his mother who would condemn him, calling him a refer, but didn't stop to look at herself. I think the song fits equally as well as a criticism on US foreign policy. I like that the person is unnamed because it allows us to apply it in a more general sense. And nonetospeakof, why must you attempt publicly humiliate someone, especially somewhere as anonymous as an internet forum? It's easy for people to talk trash when they can hide safely behind their computer screens. |
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| Bad Religion – I Want to Conquer the World Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I think it's something like that. I think the song focuses on the imperfections of people whom we often regard as just. This is Greg being an idealist again. | |
| Bad Religion – Whisper in Time Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Troll? | |
| Bad Religion – Against the Grain Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I think this one is about his refusal to accept the consensus of the many over the ideas of the individual. I believe this song is a rally for individualism in the face of conformity. | |
| Bad Religion – Sanity Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think he is talking about his attempt to find truth. The more he digs for it, the more he questions it, until he is unsure of what the truth really is. Also I think he his conceives of sanity as having an understanding of the truth, which to him is an idealistic goal that he feels he cannot realistically attain. Thoughts? |
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| Mushroomhead – Sun Doesn't Rise Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Wow you completely took your own eccentric world view and slapped it on to a song that has nothing to do with it. | |
| Mushroomhead – Bwomp Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| No it is not. I put it through audio software and inversed it. It sounded nothing like a person even speaking | |
| Nevermore – Forever Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I've always liked the line "Did they paint your dreams in pale shades" I love it when a metaphor articulates a idea or feeling far better than any non-poetic description ever could... to the point where you experience the metaphor. | |
| Machine Head – Deafening Silence Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Have you heard the song "Down Again" by Chimera? | |
| DevilDriver – The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| To me this song speaks of a God who is not loving or merciful. It speaks of a vengeful, just God, who has cast his judgment on humanity. I especially identify with the line "O my maker, I need a savior" where he cries out to a God whom he hopes will show him love, but only finds wrath. | |
| Nevermore – Forever Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| It speaks beautifully to the agony that he is going through over the loss of one whom he loves. Something I have been all too familiar with. This is probably why this whole album seems to resonate within me | |
| Bad Religion – The Answer Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Right... | |
| Machine Head – Deafening Silence Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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The subject of this song is not about breaking up. It is about him struggling past abuse and his inability to put it behind him. His past and pain is something that is there even when he is laughing or crying, implying that is always with him. He mentions his relationship because he is pointing out how his pain is ruining it. "The hurt that you try to hide is killing me"... she knows he has hurt and it is hurting her, even more-so because he hides it from her. The silence refers to his ongoing depression. He feels like he has no true emotions except hurt, and all he wants is for the void to go away. Very depressing song, but beautiful. It really puts me in his world. |
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