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| Muse – Supermassive Black Hole Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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Yes. It seems like no one else is picking up on the line about superficiality. THANK YOU! The sexual innuendo is a metaphor. |
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| The White Stripes – My Doorbell Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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I was thinking it was more like she kept coming and he wanted to get off too. Yeah so maybe he kept ringing hers and now wants her to return the favor. |
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| They Might Be Giants – The Bells Are Ringing Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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Absolutely. I would perhaps swap the description "narcotic" for "brainwashing," but I'm with you.
The most obvious interpretation of the bells ringing is clearly church bells ringing. "A voice is telling them to act a different way" could refer to an officiant preaching or to the "voice" of a higher being playing the part of pied piper providing "instructions" and "directions" and "bringing the people 'round." "They were disorganized and that was what was wrong" also seems to point to the so called "answer" of organized religion. The people "travel great distances to the sound" could mean they've travelled far from their daily life of sin to the contrasting purity of their church services, or that they've travelled far from Earth to reach Heaven and the angels singing. Based on the sarcastic tone of the song, however, I think it more likely that these people have travelled far from reality into their trance-like state. The Johns even used the word "bong" (a drug reference) to emphasize this state when "ding-dong" could have easily served as bell sounds. Finally, I think this song is about religion bc it was deliberately set up to invoke Christmas, a major religious holiday. |
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