| Titus Andronicus – Titus Andronicus Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Seems like it's about the compromises you have to make being in a band. "I'll write my masterpiece some other day, I'm repeating myself again." He feels like he has nothing new to say, but he has to continue his shtick in order make money, eat, and live the indie rock lifestyle he wants. It's being pragmatic versus being idealistic. | |
| Titus Andronicus – Upon Viewing Bruegel's "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think much of the lyrics refers to W.H. Auden's poem "Musée des Beaux Arts," whose title is the name of the French museum that houses the painting of the song's title and paintings depicting scenes from the Gospels of Christ. The poem, which has much to do about suffering, alludes to a Christ-like "miraculous birth," (i.e., "I was born into self-actualization") and also a "dreadful martyrdom." This idea of a dreadful martyrdom is important, especially when you compare the last lines of the song to Jesus' words in the Garden of Gethsemane (a place that T. Andronicus refers to in "Joset of Nazareth's Blues") before his crucifixion: "Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt." (Mark 14:26) |
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| Titus Andronicus – A More Perfect Union Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| The first line is probably a reference to Simon and Garfunkel's America: "Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike" | |
| The Tallest Man on Earth – Shallow Grave Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Death, rebirth, and renewal perhaps? It's just a shallow grave as in, easy to rise out of? 'Cause when I dive into the water I've raised the bottom to be saved It's just a shallow grave Reminds me of a Thousand Ways off his latest album, where the narrator also fancies himself as some kind of savior. |
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| The Tallest Man on Earth – Thousand Ways Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| The narrator is a god-like man or spirit that gives hope to the people while at the same time being blamed for misfortune. I really like the song, it's very of the earth and folky. I think the "tigers" lines refer to his music's power, the "silver strings" being his guitar strings. Or you can see the whole song as metaphors for his optimism. It takes in the whole width and breadth of time, suggesting there are thousands of ways to live life. The song is kind of religious now that I think about it. | |
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