| Drill Queen – Born Depressed Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| This song, it... it *does things* inside my body, if you know what I mean. It gives me this kind of weird, indescribable feeling in my chest and throat. At first, I wasn't really quite sure what to make of it, but the more I listened to it over and over, as my addiction grew stronger, I came to realize that it was my body crying out for me to scream the lyrics to it out loud. Fuck, it's like some kind of amazing black magic. | |
| Tom Waits – Romeo Is Bleeding Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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These are the correct, punctuated, properly spelled lyrics, as far as I can tell (I'm not entirely sure about the part with the phone booth): Romeo is bleeding, but not so as you'd notice. He's over on 18th street as usual, Lookin' so hard against the hood of his car, And puttin' out a cigarette in his hand. And for all the pachucos at the pumps At Romero’s paint and body, And seein' how far they can spit, Well it was just another night. But now they're huddled in the brake lights Of a '58 Bel Air, And listenin' to how Romeo Killed a sheriff his knife. And they all jump when they hear the sirens, But Romeo just laughs and says, "All the racket in the world Ain’t never gonna save that copper’s ass. He'll never see another summertime For gunnin' down my brother, And leavin' him like a dog Beneath a car without his knife.” And Romeo says, “Hey man gimme a cigarette”, And they all reach for their pack, And Frankie lights it for him And pats him on the back, And throws bottle at a milk truck, And as it breaks he grabs his nuts, And they all know they could be just like Romeo, If they only had the guts. But Romeo is bleeding, but nobody can tell, And he sings along with the radio With a bullet in his chest. And he combs back his fenders, And they all agree it’s clear, That every thing is cool now that Romeo's here. But Romeo is bleeding, And he winces now and then, And he leans against the car doors And feels the blood in his shoes. And someone’s crying at the 5 points At the phone booth by the store. Romeo starts his engine, And wipes the blood off the door. And he broadys through the signal, With the radio full blast, Leavin' the boys there hikin' up their chinos. And they’re all try to stand like Romeo, With the moon cut like a sickle. And they're talkin' now in Spanish about their hero. But Romeo is bleeding As he gives the man his ticket, And he climbs the balcony at the movies. He'll die without a whimper, Like every hero's dream, Like an angel with a bullet, And Cagney on the screen. Romeo is bleeding. Romeo is bleeding... hey man. Romeo is bleeding... hey man. Romeo is bleeding... hey man. Romeo is bleeding. Andele pues! Hey Pachuco! Hey Pachuco! Hago la lucha! Dáme esa pistola, hombre! Hijo de la chingada madre! Ay, que pinche pancho! Hey man, Hago la lucha! Hago la lucha! Vamos a dormir, hombre. Hey man, |
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| Los Campesinos! – The Black Bird, The Dark Slope Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think it's pretty evident the blackbird is a metaphor for depression, sitting inside his chest and causing great pain. He's trying to bear it, but eventually it starts to show through (Its wingtips push across my lungs and fill them full of feathers/Now they poke between my teeth and that's why I thirst). Finally, when he's just given up, he asks that at least the bird be killed or driven out, regardless of how it may harm him, as the bird has just been destroying him and his life for so long at this point that he doesn't care anymore. But then he's also acknowledging that he has said some things during this depression, or maybe will later, or possibly is referring to something he wrote (a suicide note?) when talking about the bird writing. He's saying that it wasn't really him saying any of those things, it was all the bird, the depression. |
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| Scroobius Pip – Introdiction Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Disregard this, I'm wrong. It's "Introdiction", a clever play on the words "introduction" and "diction". Can't believe I didn't notice that. | |
| Scroobius Pip – Introdiction Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| The title of this should read "Introduction", not "Introdiction". | |
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