| Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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It's basically a song about Billie Joe's life and the generations in which him and his kids grew up in. Born in to Nixon I was raised in hell. He was born in 1972 when Nixon was president and did not have a good upbringing. A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled. His town was unionized and the Teamsters were one of the biggest unions back then. Last one and the first one to run. My town was blind from the refinery sun. He was the youngest of his siblings but first to move out. Also references Born to Run by Springsteen. The oil refinery was the biggest source of jobs in his town. The chorus references John Lennon (Working Class Hero) and the Who (My generation is Zero). The 21st century breakdown stuff references the fact that many people in this century feel lost with no direction in live. I was made of poison and blood. Condemnation is well understood. He was not brought up well and feels like he is damned to hell after death. Video games of the tower's fall. Homeland security can kill us all. This is a comment on the post 9/11 world and the fact that Homeland Security can spy on us. Also a reference of COD modern warfare and drone strike. We are the class of the class of thirteen. The graduating class of Billie's oldest son (and me) Born in the era of humility. We are the desperate in the decline. Kids Billie's son's age (and mine) are going into the workforce in a time will there are not a lot of job and we may suffer unemployment. Raised by the bastards of 1969. If a person was born in 1969 and had a kid in 1995 like Billie, they would be 26 years old at the time of their kids birth and kid don't always see eye-to-eye with their parents. It could also reference the sexual position or the fact that 1969 was during the "free love" era and people who had unplanned pregnancy in 1969 became grandparents. Not sure if one or both those comments is correct. My name is no one, your long lost son Born on the fourth of July Raised in the era of heroes and cons That left me for dead or alive. This is about the current state of the country and how our government is sending people off to war to die. I am a nation, a worker of pride My debt to the status quo The scars on my hands there a means to an end Is all that I have to show This is about the average working class man and how he has to scrap for everything he's ever got. I swallowed my pride and choked on my faith I've given my heart and my soul I've broken my fingers and I've lied through my teeth The pillar of damage control I've been to the edge And I've thrown the bouquet of flowers left over the grave I sat in the waiting room, wasting my time And waiting for Judgment Day These two verse could be about the contemplation of suicide by desperate people who feel stuck I praise liberty The freedom to obey Is the song that strangles me Well don't cross the line This is about being left wing and the rights we have as Americans to speak out against the government and how they have been restricted. Oh, dream, America, dream. The American dream I can't even sleep From the light's early dawn Shattered dreams because if you can't sleep you can't dream Oh, scream, America, scream Believe what you see From heroes and cons. The government is depicted as heroes by the media but they are both really cons who are just out to trick you. You basically have two options from Billie perspective. Stand up and scream if you feel the government in wrong or naively believe everything you see in the media. |
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| Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| It is class of 13. The year Billie's son is set to graduate high school | |
| Maroon 5 – Daylight Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I am graduate high school in 11 days and I can relate this song to graduate. I know it's not about that but I can make the connection. The first verse is a person on the day of graduation thinking about how fast time has gone by so fast and he knew that he would graduate and tomorrow me will be a college student. The chorus would be him saying good bye to his friends and girlfriend is he has one and "holding on" by hanging out over the summer because they might not be going to the same college. He could also be holding on to the memories of his high school years. I never wanted to stop because I don't want to start all over. This line would represent him not wanting high school to end and starting over by make new friends and starting all over with his old friends by catch up over winter, spring, or summer break. | |
| Maroon 5 – Daylight Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I am graduate high school in 11 days and I can relate this song to graduate. I know it's not about that but I can make the connection. The first verse is a person on the day of graduation thinking about how fast time has gone by so fast and he knew that he would graduate and tomorrow me will be a college student. The chorus would be him saying good bye to his friends and girlfriend is he has one and "holding on" by hanging out over the summer because they might not be going to the same college. He could also be holding on to the memories of his high school years. I never wanted to stop because I don't want to start all over. This line would represent him not wanting high school to end and starting over by make new friends and starting all over with his old friends by catch up over winter, spring, or summer break. | |
| Fleetwood Mac – Landslide Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| The first verse is her wanting to go back to school and rethinking it. Verse 2 is her "singing" to Lindsay Buckingham and talking about how she has devote her life to him and the band and about how she might be get to an age where fame seems unlikely and how bold a move it would be to continue her career. | |
| Fleetwood Mac – Landslide Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| According to wikipedia, Stevie Nicks wrote this after she got dropped by a record label. At the time she was not getting along with Lindsey Buckingham and was considering giving up on music. She was in Colorado and looking at the Rocky Mountains and that it make her think about how her life felt like an avalanche was coming down on her. | |
| Ed Sheeran – The A Team Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| yes it is about drugs but, Ed Sheeran wrote the song about a gig he did at a homeless shelter when he was 18. He was taken aback by the stories. He wrote it upbeat "so you wouldn't really know what it's about, because it's quite a dark subject. " He used a team because cocaine is a class A drug. | |
| Billy Joel – Piano Man Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| This is a song people who are stuck in a small town and cannot pursue there dreams. However, Billy Joel is the piano man and got out of the small town. The lyrics are sad but the instrumentals make it seem happy | |
| Eminem – Cleaning Out My Closet Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| This song is about Eminem's life and struggles like how people protested his lyrics, his father's abandonment, his failed marriage with Kim, and his rocky relationship with his mother. | |
| Eminem – I Need a Doctor Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I think that this song is about Eminem trying to get Dr. Dre's career out of a metaphoric coma so he can finish Detox because he feels grateful for all the stuff that Dr.Dre has helped with during his career. In Dre's verse, thanks Eminem for being there through his stuff times (like the death of Dre's son). | |
| Green Day – Last of the American Girls Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Based on the album and the story it tells, and I could be wrong, but Gloria is the rebel and christain is her boyfriend who is for lack of better terms for the establishment and that this is Christain sing about how he loves Gloria even though she is a rebel. | |
| Bad Meets Evil – Fast Lane Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| It is kind of Eminem's and Royce's way of saying YOLO. The song basically means live life to the fullest. | |
| Natalie Imbruglia – Torn Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Correcting my previous comment, the stanza And now I don't care I have no luck I don't miss it all that much There's just so many things That I can't touch She gives up on finding "the one" and goes back to her husband still torn. I'm torn I'm all out of faith This is how I feel I'm cold and I am shamed Lying naked on the floor Illusion never changed Into something real I'm wide awake And I can see the perfect sky is torn You're a little late I'm already torn She feels ashamed that she went back to him after the way she was treated |
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| Natalie Imbruglia – Torn Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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A lot of people have said rape, losing virginity, and religion. Well this is my intrepretation: I thought I saw a man brought to life He was warm - he came around like He was dignified He showed me what it was to cry She meet a guy and fell in love with him immeadately thinking he was perfect. Well you couldn't be that man I adored You don't seem to know - don't seem to care What your heart is for No I don't know him anymore There's nothin' where we used to lie Conversation has run dry Now that she is dating (or engaged or married) she is starting to see change in the guy and is dissappointed. Nothing's fine I'm torn I'm all out of faith This is how I feel I'm cold and I am chained Lying naked on the floor She is torn because she still loves the guys even though she knows he never be the guy she wants him to be. Illusion never changed Into something real And I can see the perfect sky is torn You're a little late I'm already torn She decides here to break up with him. So I guess the fortune teller's right I should have seen just what was there And not some holy light But you crawled beneath my veins She is lementing about how somebody in her life (possibly a friend or family member) told her not to date or engaged or marry the guy but she was blinded by love (But you crawled beneath my veins) And now I don't care I have no luck I don't miss it all that much There's just so many things That I can't touch She has given up on love. And in the chorus she goes back and sleeps with him because she is still a little torn. |
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| Lil' Wayne – Prom Queen Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I like Lil' Wayne's experimentation with rock here even though most don't and I like the meaning behind the song and how in the video the prom queen is a single mother and Lil Wayne is a successful music star | |
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