| Modest Mouse – March Into the Sea Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| People are missing it, I think. This song has some themes relating to Earth/evolution but it's primarily about a woman. A woman who plays with him, whether she knows it or not. She's so incapable of holding back her promiscuity she would suck the seasoning off of food if it could be pleased. She'll fool around with men then avoid them and feign disgust as if they were disease, rats, or fleas, the latter two being insignificant pests. She lures men out of the "sea" where they float around looking for something to hold onto, makes them "wag their tails" for a while, then ignores them and they angrily march back from where they came. She makes his heart beat faster than ever and their sex is so good it makes his heart skip. She steals from him sexually and emotionally whenever she wants and as much as she wants, as if he had a "Free" sign. Eventually there's nothing left and he feels only resentment. She discards all of the people she's bored with as she pleases, like leaves from a tree. She plants them in the ground, then cuts them down as soon as they grow. Drags them out of the "sea" and teaches them to breathe, as in pulls them out of being loney and single and changes them to be in a relationship. They say it's healthy to be in a relationship, but he doesn't feel like he has a choice anymore. He can't escape her and she abuses him until he wishes death upon himself. We all stumble through life led by the nose in one way or another. Our entertainment, obligations, petty relationship issues, etc. March on, keep doing what you're doing, because it doesn't matter and won't change. | |
| Modest Mouse – Custom Concern Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| This song is about life being awful. We use religion and entertainment to distract us from the meaninglessness and monotony of our lives. He sleeps until noon because he's always tired and can't find the will to do anything else. It's so ingrained in him by this point that every day is just driven by muscle memory. Get up, put on shoes, go to work, come home, sleep, repeat. In his mind this will never end. This will be the rest of his life. Everyone is constantly deteriorating and falling apart, yet too jaded and numb to feel it. We're losing touch completely with ourselves and others. Over time we are building a "desert" where there is nothing left to live for and the only thing we recognize in our existence is our work schedule. | |
| Modest Mouse – Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| This song is pretty simple and to the point. It's about the life of an unwilling cynic. Somebody who is constantly depressed or on the verge of it. Their mental state causes them anxiety and irritability. They push away everything positive because they can only see the negative things. If there is no real negative, as with a sunset, they'll still talk shit about it. Everything feels pointless and mediocre, so they lash out at friends, family, their situation in general. The truth is the only thing to blame is their mentality. One of the greatest songs I have ever heard and it will likely connect with most people at some point in their life, if not the majority of it. | |
| NOFX – All Outta Angst Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| in order to really understand this song, you need to understand teen angst and what it means to punk rock. punk is fueled by angst and anger. being pissed off at the system and fighting what you think is evil. usually punk rockers reach a point where they're "all outta angst" and just don't want to be punks anymore. everyone gets tired of fighting eventually. he's saying how he doesn't want to fight anymore. society doesn't piss him off or fill him with rage anymore, and that feels weird and wrong to him. He's thinking about leaving for some place far away that will completely help him reformat himself. He could go to the middle east and never live like that again or elsewhere. | |
| NOFX – Linoleum Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Seeing some really stupid answers here. I'll break it down. Possessions never meant anything to me- he doesn't care about material possessions. I'm not crazy (Cause I got none) - this doesn't make him crazy Well that's not true, I've got a bed and a guitar - he does have a couple things he loves. And a dog named Bob who pisses on my floor - he has a shitty dog That's right, I've got a floor - i think here he is speaking to listeners who may call NOFX sellouts or not real punk. So what, so what, so what? - who gives a shit if i have a place to live? I've got pockets full of Kleenex and lint and holes - all his pants have holes and lint and kleenex. he doesn't care enough to get new ones or take care of his clothes. Where everything important to me just seems to fall right down my leg - "everything important" suggests that the shit in his pockets is his most important possessions, which isn't saying much for him. And on the floor My closest friend linoleum - he spends a lot of time on linoleum floors, probably due to alcohol or drug use. Linoleum Supports my head, gives me something to believe - he lays on it and it reassures him of reality. once again, definitely alcohol or drug use here. now for the last "that's me" part. I think it's just saying that he could be anyone really, and that anyone could be anyone. it's a way of saying we're all really alike, even if our problems or our lifestyles set us apart. |
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