| Death Cab for Cutie – Talking Bird Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| He's in love with her for her bird-like features: she's elegant and carefree, talkative but harmless. She's happy to have him around, a companion and admirer. She sings to him, a chittering call that lights her up, but he doesn't know how to ask for a commitment. He knows she'll never stay but for some reason she still hangs around. She doesn't know how she feels for him, but she wants to be around him. Open doors, open windows, and able wings, yet she's confused as to whether she should stay or go. | |
| Bon Iver – Towers Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This song is about naive preconceptions of love being mystical and blissful. He has felt burdens of love and is past the stage of infatuate desire for the perfect love story, taking a forlorn standpoint toward life always having it's complications. Then he falls in love with the innocence of a girl who's euphoric enthusiasm for intimacy moves him. Although he recognizes that he taints her pure notion of love, he has fallen for her and has no choice but to unintentionally bring her down to earth: for the love, Iʼd fallen on in the swampy August dawn what a mischief you would bring young darling! when the onus is not all your own when you're up for it before you've grown [His perception of love and life was all a 'swamp', formless and murky. He needed restoration and stumbled upon her untainted love. Her presence in his life would only cause disorder in hers, but she is enthusiastic about finding love. She feels obligated to mend his heart, even though its not her responsibility. The drawback is she doesn't have the wisdom or experience that he has, and he fears he will ruin her blissful attitude toward love. She is innocent and eager to live a fairy tale.] from the faun forever gone in the towers of your honeycomb I'd a tore your hair out just to climb back darling [Inevitably, the love only brought her down, blighting her enthusiasm and innocence. The "towers of your honeycomb" represent the sweet natural framework of her dreams, her ideal love story. Like chumpstuff said, the 'tore your hair out' line is referring to the fairy tale Repunzel: He fell in love with her mystic innocence, so much that he would go along with it, almost beginning to believe in the mystique of it all.] when you're filling out your only form can you tell that itʼs just ceremon now you've added up to what you're from [I believe that her 'only form' that is 'just ceremon' refers to the ideal view of wedding vows being permanent, and it's custom never to be followed by a divorce form. She wants him to be her one and only. But over time she realizes that real love comes with pain, confusion, and burdens. She's 'added up' all her new found experiences to realize she is human, not a whimsical character in a love story.] build your tether rain-out from your fragments break the sailors table on your sacrum fuck the fiercest fables, I'm with Hagen [I'm going along with chumpstuff's cross reference from sacrum to sacral chakra being the balance of our emotions. Therefore, I understand these lines portraying the falling to pieces of her innocent and peaceful veneer, accepting the cascading of her idealistic views to acknowledge the real world, that love comes with a range of emotions that need to be balanced. I love how the rhythm changes here, implying the change in her attitude.] for the love, comes the burning young from the liver, sweating through your tongue [He notes in the first line here that youth are so enthusiastic to find love, but fire only lasts until the fuel is out. 'From the liver sweating through your tongue' means that her words are no longer coming from her heart, but they are digested and filtered (the livers function is to filter, aid digeststion, and maintain equilibrium in the body; it is equally as important as the human heart). To me this remarks that in order to maintain a relationship, one cannot always speak from their heart, but filter their feelings so neither partner is hurt.] well, youʼre standing on my sternum dont you climb down darling oh the sermons are the first to rest smoke on Sundays when youʼre drunk and dressed out the hollows where the swallow nests [The sternum protects the heart and lungs, therefore he is professing that she has control over his heart and life. He's fully in love, and he can't let her go. All of her innocent perceptions and fairy tales ('sermons') died fast, and she sinks into the state of reality that he was in when she found him. The last line is important to restoring contentment to the song. Swallows are symbolic of hope, new love, and happiness, and the 'hollows' represent the depths of her soul. Therefore, he is saying that hope and happiness continue to 'nest' or regenerate within her soul.] |
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| Everclear – Overwhelming Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Definitely my favorite song on the album, I always forget about it...then come back across it every once in a while and it just moves me. | |
| Jack Johnson – Losing Keys Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| To me, this song is simply about pausing our busy, stressful lives and literally stepping outside. Getting out in nature can be so calming, whether it's an autumn hike on a leaf-covered path or a walk on a desolate beach at sunrise. We get so absorbed in technology or completing errands or inadvertently maintaining the monotony of our daily agenda. Just go raw, it's good for the soul... "the world has its ways to quiet us down, down comes the rain, down go our spirits again, but down comes the strength to lift us up and then..." | |
| Jack Johnson – Losing Keys Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The lyrics are a bit wrong, these are the correct ones from his website: Don’t worry Everybody in the room notices you Sit back and relax the night is early You’re about to overdo it So come and tell me something that you’ve already told me Because everybody’s heard all of your stories I hope that some of them are true I’ve been losing lots of keys lately I don’t know what that means but maybe I’d be better off with things that can’t be locked at all I’ve been feeling kind of seasick lately See you reaching to me going to save me If it’s you or me I would much rather take the fall The world has its ways To quiet us down The world has its ways To quiet us down Down comes the rain Down come our spirits again But down comes the strength To lift us up and then Been going Upwind now For too long Forget how To let go Seems too hard Too late now To turn around The world has its ways To quiet us down The world has its ways To quiet us down Down comes the rain Down go our spirits again But down comes the strength To lift us up and then |
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| Mason Jennings – Which Way Your Heart Will Go Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| This song has a serene yet blue tone, which penetrates the listeners’ soul and induces recollections of our goals and the people whom we are close to, and if they have any correlation at all. So many strong relations bud from the hard times that we never intend to have. We always wonder where we would be if all went as planned, if every step on our path of life gave us another flawless brick to construct our dream castle with. Yet our deviation from the ideal is the cause for our finer feelings, it builds character. I love this song because it’s a reminder that every seemingly meaningless interaction can make a world of a difference in someone’s life. So powerful… | |
| Matt Costa – Wash Away Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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“Float down stream, rivers of dreams Float down stream, catch your wings Heavens high, so you fly Catch your dreams in the sky.” This is where the two lovers differ — he’s easy going and doesn’t seek his fortunes, but rather lets them come to him as he “floats” down the river of his life, allowing fate to take it’s route. On the other hand, she’s a go-getter and pursues her desires; she flies, very contradictory to floating. It’s quick transportation, she’s in a rush to break away. Their “dreams” are polar opposites of this world — the sky and the water. Yet he has hope, the ocean is blue because it reflects the tone of the sky, and their connection will always exist, no matter how far they deviate. “Sun it sinks out of view Stars they shine changing hue. But bright lights have blinded your sights They can’t adjust when day turns to night And so you watched me wash away…” The warmth and joy of their romance has exhausted itself and all he can see is the stars that are “changing hue” like the memories that flicker through his mind: some cold and blue, others yellow and blissful. But she won’t look back at those memories because she’s so driven by her selfish dreams, they “blind” her from their relationship and all the memories that assembled it. I imagine her standing on the ledge of their castle as she prepares to take flight, gazing at him expressionlessly as he slips away down the river. He doesn’t reach for her, he doesn’t even fight the current. He’s in shock because the fortress of their love was so strong, secure, and private, that they felt like royalty when they were together, and now they drift apart... |
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| U2 – Always Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| This song is truly wonderful. It’s about sharing your all with the one you adore. The bee/flower and arrow/target verses embody giving and receiving equally in a relationship. The song emphasizes that we take chances, step out of our comfort zones, and think outside the box when it comes to love. It’s undoubtedly the only way to build a strong connection between two souls. | |
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