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| Tori Amos – Past The Mission Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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This is another one of those Tori songs that I completely misinterpreted when I was first hearing it, and that my brain made up an entire story for that ended up not even being close to the original meaning (or at least, the meaning that Tori Amos discussed) about a girl trying to work through being a victim. My brain had construed that it was about a girl who was covering for a guy who was maybe in trouble with the law and had decided to disappear on purpose ("Hey, they found a body. Not sure it was his, still they're using his name. And she gave him shelter. And somewhere, I know she knows something only she knows.")
I thought "past the mission" meant that maybe he'd taken vows at a local monastery behind the prison, and he'd been hiding in plain site all that time, "doing time" in his own way, and only she (the woman in the song) knew about it. This is just the weird interpretation I had until I read the actual meaning. Under The Pink is still my favorite Tori album. |
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| The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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I see this song and "As Tears Go By" as two stages in the process of grieving. It's obvious from the lyrics that someone has died. "Paint it black" is the anger/denial/isolation stage, and "As Tears Go By" is the acceptance stage. The person in the "As Tears Go By" song's POV is still sad and melancholy (basically watching the kids play thinking of the kids they will never be able to have with their dead loved one, maybe) but time has passed and allowed them to heal a little. "Paint It Black" definitely expresses fresh rage and grief over having unexpectedly lost someone. ("I could not foresee this thing happening to you.") |
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| Genesis – Dance On A Volcano Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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Phil Collins didn't write this song, but I can totally see it as being about him taking over the position as lead singer from Peter Gabriel, who'd left the band. |
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