| Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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@[AudraT:28100] I'd like to believe this interpretation, but I can't... "Put a gun against his head" If the gun was a metaphor for the disease, you don't put your phallic object against someone's temples and shoot. |
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| Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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@[AudraT:28099] I'd like to believe this interpretation, but I can't... "Put a gun against his head" If the gun was a metaphor for the disease, you don't put your phallic object against someone's temples and shoot. |
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| Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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This is the story of a murderer who is being arrested in his mother's home. Along the way we see the story unfold, his tortured thoughts and the mother's grief. It begins with his realization and awakening to what he has done. He can't believe what has just happened, everything feels surreal. But slowly and surely he comes to accept his fate and chooses that whatever may come, he will go with it. In the next set of events, he is presumably at his mother's home, telling her what has come. Having run away from the crime scene, he has sought shelter from the authorities, at least briefly to tell his mother what may happen to him. From this alone we can assume that his mother must mean a lot to him, and him to her, if he felt she was the first person he should tell. And so he bids his mother farewell and that she should not worry about him. The authorities arrive and he makes his last bidding farewell to any loved ones who are present. And in the moments leading up to his full arrest, he cries out to his mother. It is not known whether this is a mental or physical event. I'd like to think physical, for dramatic effect. "I see a little silhouetto of a man Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo Figaro - magnifico" This entire paragraph is his tortured thoughts between feeling small, and the different voices in his head and it is loud and thunderous and confused and just very frustrated. On one side you have his cowardice urging itself to dance tonight, so to speak. Whilst on the other hand you have his philosophical side fighting for precedence by trying to keep him nihilistic and calm: that "nothing really matters." And judging by the "magnifico!" we can assume that his philosopher's side is winning or that he's fighting for this side to win. The authorities have put him in chains and are leading him away. But the beauty about this piece of poetry is, it's not only his mother's plea to the authorities begging for her son ("Let him go!"), it is also his tortured existence between light and darkness at the same time! So we see that the authorities represent the evil inside him, but we also see the light trying to spark the good in him. "Bismillah!" meaning "In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" is shouted to try and keep him from falling to the depths of the void — which can also be seen as the authorities sort of saying "Oh for God's sake, woman, we won't let him go". And "We will not let you go" is not only the authorities saying they must take him in, it is the darkness dragging him down to the depths of hell. This is why you get the "Beezlebub has a devil put aside for me" which makes no sense on the authorities behalf, but paints the picture of his thoughts. As they lead him away, his mother expresses her heartfelt distress. She cries out heavily, and once again it is unknown whether it is mental or physical. I like to think it's mental thoughts, but she is just breaking down and other loved ones are supporting her as she collapses. You know...for dramatic effect. And as he walks away, we see who has won the battle in his mind. It is the philosopher who won, and there is no more time to be a coward, he has to walk his fate now. You hear it in the music tune too. That all the thunder and lightning has gone, and he has completely succumbed, this is why it sounds calm. So we see it's three songs at once. One about a man being arrested on charge of murder. One about a man's thoughts after killing another man. One about a son and mother's connection. This is one godly sad song... ...Alexa play Despacito! |
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| Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody Lyrics | 5 years ago |
| @[pkjun:28098] I like this interpretation, only differences I make are he ran away to his mothers house after the murder, and the cops come to arrest him. | |
| Toto – Africa Lyrics | 5 years ago |
| @[mtphi11i:26987] Hahahahahaha what the fuck. | |
| Toto – Africa Lyrics | 5 years ago |
| @[mtphi11i:26986] Hahahahahaha what the fuck. | |
| Toto – Africa Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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To me the "She" that the song refers to is two 'women'. The first one is the plane. And the second one is Africa itself. I believe the story is about him leaving Africa for the plane which has motions of a relationship and him breaking up and/or leaving. "I hear the drums echoing tonight But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation" The drums are the loud rain, or perhaps a festival he's at. The whispers of a quiet conversation is the plane listening to the passengers talk. "She's coming in, 12:30 flight The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation" The plane is the girl, and it comes at 12:30. The plane represents his escape from Africa. "I stopped an old man along the way Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"' He's on his way to the airport and I assume he was asking for directions. But the guy seemed to be in a rush and answers quickly so he can get away. "It's gonna take a lot to take me away from you There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do" This portrays his relationship to Africa. That although he leaves, Africa has made its home within him and the 100 men can never take Africa away from his heart. "I bless the rains down in Africa" He is the reason she cries. "The wild dogs cry out in the night As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company" The dogs represent Africa, and their longing for some company represents him having left Africa. And it means that Africa misses him. "I know that I must do what's right As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become" He left because he felt it was right for him. The volcano rising like Olympus above the National Park means that he's trying to overcome what's deep inside him. I'm not too sure what it is he's frightened of though. If it was a relationship he was in, this would make sense because a lot of guys say this. "It's not your fault, it's mine. I don't like who I've become, so it's got to do with me and nothing to do with you". So it's like he's trying not to hurt Africa's feelings by leaving. I believe this is the core level of the song. But it is littered with so many double entendres. So while the song is about leaving Africa, he made it seem as if it was a unhealthy relationship he was in and he was leaving for the better of both of them. I think the original writer said it was influenced by seeing all the bad things going on in Africa, so he wrote a song about what he would do. Which this song says he would leave. |
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| Michael Jackson – Beat It Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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I believe the meaning of the song attempts to depict the anger that people feel in the moment and this song is telling the story of the inner dialect between the guy's ego and his own better judgement. The lyrical story and video point towards the guy being kicked off another gang's territory. His natural reaction to this is to just leave and no more be said of it. But he also wants to challenge this, which leads to a one-on-one fight with both gangs present. He wants to be the bigger man and take the peaceful route, while also looking tough for his gang and not allowing anyone to "shit on his parade". In a gang context, to not fight is to look weak and so, assuming he is the leader, he must fight. I think Michael was intending the song to address how people everyday come to these situations where they want to cause violence, but their better judgement wants peace. And the chorus coming in strong with "Beat it!" is what I assume is Michael's judgement to not incite violence, but just walk away no matter the circumstance. But you know what the real beautiful thing about his poetry that I find really interesting? Is how he used the words "Beat it" lyrics in both ways. One verse the words 'beat it' meant to run away. Then in the other verse 'beat it' meant to beat them up. And that's not all, depending on your perspective, you can see all the lyrics as inviting violence, or you can see all of them as inviting peace. "Don't want to be a boy, you want to be a man", this shows both, that a boy would run away and a man would stand his ground, while also meaning a boy cannot control his emotions and would outburst and attack, while a better man would walk away, picking his fights. These two are opposites depending on your perspective. Listen to the song and think "Beat it" as in to walk away, and you'll get a completely different song than if you listen to it and think "Beat it" as in to whoop the guys ass. What a masterpiece! |
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