| Anathallo – Cafetorium Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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This song made me think of First Priority (high school Christian organization - not sure if everyone had those or just southern schools) and the general legalism or other impersonal manner of most of the members of the organization (from my own experience, anyway). The Southern US is rife with legalistic "Christians" who are more concerned with marking off a proverbial checklist allegedly from On High - that is, more concerned with winning converts than with saving or helping people. More concerned with quantity than with quality. Very sad. That's my general interpretation, and I'll now reference the specific images I recognise in relation to it: "The crucifix cut from Styrofoam swung flung over your shoulder raining golden glitter from the glue-gun border" - Styrofoam is lightweight and easy to carry; it seems to me the bearer of such a cross is more concerned with show than with anything else - the image and not the act from the heart of bearing a cross. "sulfur water" and "moist, dead air" - mean, to me, stagnant hearts and minds, closed to change or "uncomfortable" Truth; and dead to the Love Christians are actually SUPPOSED to have toward everyone, but depressingly seldom do. "VHS" - Hadn't thought about this, but it calls to mind the idea of someone being lazy enough to depend upon nothing but a sermon or something on VHS - unable or unwilling to come up with something from their own mind or heart, unwilling to make an honest effort. "Let's watch this orientation video so you can understand Christianity" kind of shit, you know? Finally, the line "baptised in the beads of your own sweat" makes me think of my belief that pomp and traditional symbolic rituals (and the like) of most self-professed Christians are not necessary for salvation. Many times I've heard the question, "What if you share the Gospel with someone and they believe, but there's no way to baptise them at hand, and they die before they get the chance to be baptised? do they still go to Heaven?" and 1. Physical baptism in water is only symbolic; it's not necessary for salvation. The belief is that by accepting the Messiah, you ARE baptised; "you HAVE passed over from death to Life". 2. I refer to the apostle Paul, who writes in Romans of Gentiles who are "a law unto themselves" - that is, even though they haven't heard the Law, they keep the Law they know - they know what they believe they ought to do, and they DO it. They know they ought to be kind and loving and honourable to others, and they ARE, to the best of their ability. Additionally, he writes of being forgiven due to ignorance (i.e. Ignorance of the Law IS an excuse, contrary to what you hear some police say). So, to me, "be baptised in the beads of your own sweat" means something along the lines of "If you need symbolism to believe you're saved, find some (you need water for baptism? You're sweating it!) - but you don't need it, because you're saved already." Or something like that. Anyway, thanks for bearing with me. And please understand that one swallow doesn't make a summer, and one asshole shouldn't damn a faith. There are a lot of asshole "Christians" out there, and if anyone is offended by them, I apologise profusely and genuinely - they're not supposed to do that. |
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| Toto – Africa Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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OMG YES!!! Thank you for this. Andy McKee is awesome, as is his rendition of "Africa". My only disappointment is that he didn't find a way to make the percussion continuous. :/ Still, absolutely outstanding, as he always is. Thanks for the comment! Also, his "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" is amazing. |
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| Oh Land – Lean Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Totally. I think, though, that "Did you lie for me to keep me safe" could refer to the way parents often keep heavy, hard-to-understand things from their children to protect them from growing up too fast. | |
| Oh Land – Namazu Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Er - what's a Namazu....? | |
| Björk – All Is Full of Love Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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What is she saying after the fourth "All is full of Love"? Is it in English or Icelandic? |
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| Madi Diaz – Burn Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Is it "burn now" or "burn out"? I figured it was "burn out," and "too many stars stretching over the horizon" meant like, too many fish in the sea, or too many distractions; and that the "love" she's calling out to is hidden in all those stars. This is probably super cheesy, but: I really relate to that because I don't know who the person for me is; I don't think I've ever met that person who's the perfectly-fitting puzzle piece; and I feel like she's just somewhere I can't see her, and I don't know where to start looking for her - "...now all I want is for you to show me how". It's hard to find the star your looking for when there are countless others which look pretty much the same. Anyway, I thought "let 'em burn out" was like, a wish that all the other distractions would just not be distractions anymore, and the one would be obvious. That could be WAY off, though. |
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| Skillet – Saturn Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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That's a great interpretation! I was thinking it could be referring to knowledge of whether or not we are actually saved, whether or not God is actually making changes in us - Saturn has rings around it that we can't see with our eyes, but they're there anyway. We sometimes doubt God and whether or not his grace is sufficient to save us, but it is. :D |
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| Eric Whitacre – A Boy and a Girl Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| That is an amazing interpretation... hmmm... :) | |
| Eric Whitacre – A Boy and a Girl Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I thought the second verse said "Savoring their lives"? No? | |
| Phoenix – Fences Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I love you so much. Thank you for posting all the correct lyrics. :D lol. You rock the Kasbah. Continue. |
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| Phoenix – Countdown Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Oh, and "We rumble (I wonder if he means "tumble"?) and trip, I realise that, too" = makes the song seem to me like a song to encourage someone, like picking up your child after they've fallen and hurt themselves, like, "We all fall down; but we pick ourselves upm, dust ourselves off, and keep moving forward." | |
| Phoenix – Countdown Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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So, I feel like one interpretation of this song (and I didn't read them all, so I might be repeating someone else's, but w/e) could be something like: It seems to me like it could be about idealism and disappointment that the world doesn't live up to one's ideals - I think a few of Phoenix's other songs are very much about idealism and that (e.g. Lasso - "Tryin' to follow your ideal, well sorry, but your so-called life, it is such a waste"). "True and everlasting, that's what you want" = The subject has an ideal of romantic love as true and everlasting. "breakfast tears" =* Crying over one-night stands, short-lived relationships that had promised much more, and/or general having been deceived or disappointed in a relationship - mainly the one-night stand thing is what I'd lean toward. "Do you remember when 21 years was old?" = Maybe the subject's intended age of marriage was less than 21 years, and considered 21 years to be and late age to be married. Now, "Sick for the big sun" is pretty hard to interpret for me, too. So I donno what to say about that, except this: For me, I've had many sleepless/late nights mulling over mistakes in my life (usually having to do with romantic relationships); and - though I have never expressed it like this, I now feel like this is what I felt then, that - I couldn't wait for the proverbial sun to come out. Gosh, that sounds sickeningly cliche, doesn't it? But I guess I don't mean the sun coming out and drying up the rain or w/e; more like a figurative way of how I literally felt, which was that I couldn't wait for it to be daytime so I could do something worthwhile, something maybe to redeem myself or just to escape from my state of stagnation and make some progress in my life - "forget and not slow down," in the words of Relient K, in their song by the same name. So I guess it could be kind of like "LOVE-sick for the big sun". "Hear the lonesome bell, is this knowledge? Ask forgiveness you know somewhere" = I think hints pretty strongly toward religious faith - what perspective it reflects, if any one in particular, I don't know - but then, I don't know any of this for sure. A wonderful thing about art - especially poetry and song lyrics - is that you automatically interpret it to some extent as soon as you listen to it; it speaks to you in a way it speaks to probably no one else. :) There's my long-winded interpretation. Enjoy! ^-^v |
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| Phoenix – Countdown Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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You know, I have no idea if this interpretation has any foundation at all, but if I put that line with "True/Cruel and everlasting, that's what you want," it makes me, personally, think of a one-night stand, and ... Ooh. I may have just thought of an interpretation of the whole song. :D See my comment on the song as a whole that I'm about to post. ^-^ |
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| Phoenix – Armistice Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Dahlias they come from me A promise to get well That ain't workin', thinkin' that you're no good Don't worry, 'cause I'm not the kind to kiss and tell Dahlias and cherry trees I don't recall them anyway Some lovers know it ain't gonna wear out To each his own the same Look what you wasted When the lights are cutting out And I come down in your room Our daily compromise It is written in your signed armistice And when the lights are cutting out And I come down in your room Well, we'll decide as always Here is your signed armistice It's time to follow, and not to heat it up Requesting this plane is a propeller In the middle of the course when ambitions are low Head on close, hang on before you lose control The octagon logo had to rip it up The semaphore message on your lips Some lovers know it ain't gonna wear out To each his own the same What else is wasted? When the lights are cutting out And I come down in your room Our daily compromise It is written in your signed armistice And when the lights are cutting out And I come down in your room Well, we'll decide as always Here is your signed armistice For lovers in a rush, for lovers always For lovers in a rush, keeping promises For lovers in a rush, for lovers always For lovers in a rush, for lovers always For lovers in a rush, keeping promises For lovers in a rush, for lovers always |
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| Sleeping At Last – Slowly, Now Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think it's relatively self-explanatory. ^-^' Well, except "though our lines are bleeding through." That could mean all kinds of things. :) And yes, this song. IS FRICKING AMAZING. I can play it now. :D Thanks for being awesome, Narayan! ;D |
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