| Morrissey – I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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lol just cause he says "my love" everyone only thinks it's abt romantic love... makes me think of everyone i know who got hooked on drugs or otherwise gave up on life and whom i lost all contact with, if only physically & maybe they were thinking abt a girl at the top of the slide looking down who knows |
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| UFO – Space Child Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| this song, especially during the solo, makes me visualize a young guy or girl caught up in fast living and making bad decisions left and right until one day they find themselves lying face up in the corner of a dim-lit smoke-filled hotel room choking on their own vomit or ODing and everyone else in the room is too fucked up on drugs themselves to help or care or even notice. makes me think maybe it was written about Hendrix and/or just people who die young that way in general. beautiful song, anyways | |
| At the Drive-In – Cosmonaut Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| also. this song makes me think of a tragically failed space mission (with conspiracy involved), which works as a metaphor for what I said before. I prefer to think of this interpretation when I hear the song really, not a bunch of history books and government officials and shit | |
| At the Drive-In – Cosmonaut Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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lol I don't get what's with people all over this site always talking about "this song is about THIS and nothing more.", its so lame. anyway I agree with the general space/culture/media conspiracy vibe to a certain extent. yeah the lyrics make pretty clear allusions to the government 'changing history'/censoring/filtering what the public sees, and sure, 2001: ASO may have been a big influence on Cedrichere -- I know that movie inspired the shit out of me when I finally 'got' it. but the thing that strikes me most about this song is in the music itself, and that's the sheer frustrated sound of it all; just listen to the intro, and Cedric's screams throughout. it's ATDI's most intense and energetic song and to say that its about ONE particular event just seems really narrow-minded. to me "Cosmonaut" captures the feeling of realizing how much bullshit we're fed by those in power, and what a suffocating and hopeless landscape it creates for any free-thinking person . you could say that, besides the Soviet/Stalinist conspiracy and the space connotations, the 'cosmonaut' represents any individual who is constantly seeking the true nature of things, and is aware of the horrors that a dishonest authority brings. hence the sound of the music. it feels like nothing mankind does to better itself and achieve peace matters at all, because the people at the top are going to keep everyone down in their little game for as long as possible. they're going to keep lying, causing the deaths of countless innocents, suppressing the truth where it rears its ugly head, and continue getting away with all of it. the line "am I supposed to die alone?" sums up all the feelings of hopelessness and isolation caused by all those things. a cosmonaut (as I described) would feel like he's dying alone -- nobody cares about what's really going on beneath it all or how the world can achieve peace, only for their instant gratification, just as the government intends it so that they can keep on with their hidden agenda without worry |
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| The Velvet Underground – After Hours Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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shit, I still managed to leave something out: all in all, I think the hopefulness outshines the depression/isolation, mainly because of how Moe states "oh someday I know...etc." and she's right :) |
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| The Velvet Underground – After Hours Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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the 2nd comment for this song shouldve been the last. I see some 'escapist' and 'suicide' interpretations here and I don't really like the negativity in them. I guess having to say that makes me seem like a douche, but I had to say it my interpretation might be a little long but whatever. also, when I refer to 'Moe', I know she didn't write the lyrics, but its more suitable than referring to 'Lou', really anyway, to me the song sounds really really melancholy for sure, but at the same time, the sweetness of Moe's voice gives this heartbreaking yet adorable hopefulness. the situation in the lyrics seems like she's found someone (who may or may not be present at the party she's at) she can't have for whatever reason, and is just daydreaming, singing these words in her head. like she's mocking her own childish longing by using such romantic yet straight-forward language, all the while acknowledging how futile her hopes and fantasies are. this aspect of the song is one way I can sort of agree with the presence of any 'suicide' here; Moe is at the end of a prolonged bout of unrequited love and as she sings these words, she laughs at the realization that this can never be. hence the weary, jaded and playful sound of it all the whole "if you close the door" deal feels like she's fantasizing about having the guy all to herself and that he obliges to join her and make the "night" "last forever". I don't take "night" to refer to an 'emotional' night (depression) exclusively, but rather "the night could last forever" is Moe wishing to be with the object of her desire forever, enveloped in the comfort and intimacy that night time often implies the whole 'shutting out' the sun and the day is symbolic of how nothing else would matter if she could only be with this one guy, and it's apt symbolism since she's obviously feeling very gloomy, and in such a state you are basically nocturnal; depression/loneliness can really mess with your sleep cycle, leading depressives to champion night time, when they can be alone and 'at peace' when she talks about "the people are dancing and having such fun", she's observing her immediate surroundings, which are more or less the catalyst of all her longing. anyone who's been there knows that it sucks being in happy, jubilant crowds when there's someone on your mind and you don't have them with you, wishing badly you did and drifting off in thoughts of how great it would be if they were there the song basically says "I wish I could be alone with you instead of here," in a way, and at the same time "I wish I could share all of this with you." when she says "dark party bars, etc.", it makes me think of a girl in the couple days before new year's, walking big city streets feeling lonely as all hell, observing all the other people and the things they do with the people they love, feeling that she has none herself. that's not really an image in the lyrics themselves, but a background to all the longing she's experiencing in the midst of this big new year's celebration or whatever. the mentioning of parties and shiny Cadillac cars etc. also serves as a contrast to the feelings of isolation at hand, representing a bustling social world that she may never be part of, and also suggesting a big factor in said isolation the "toast to never" just seems like Lou adding terms that fit in with the themes of partying and loneliness/depression. I take the song's title itself to be more symbolic than literal. I mean the party in question could definitely take place at an after hours bar, but to me it just seems like the concept of 'after hours' is another symbol, adding to the whole night-time loneliness feel. kind of how the painting "Nighthawks" isn't just a superficial renderring of people out at night, but speaks volumes about the kind of lives the subjects lead. nahmean? After Hours is such a bYOOtiful way to end the album, seriously |
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| The Rolling Stones – Monkey Man Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| man this song is fucking hard. I agree with hipshot more than the rest of the comments here. the lyrics are basically "I'm a piece of shit, but I'm a tough piece of shit", it reminds me of Jumpin Jack Flash in a way. triumphant and, once again, just plain fucking hard | |
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