| Manic Street Preachers – S.Y.M.M. Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| can't we all just get along? | |
| Regina Spektor – Summer in the City Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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"I've been hallucinating you, babe at the backs of other women And I tap 'em on the shoulder and they turn around smiling but there's no recognition in their eyes" i'd say either she's gay or writing from a male perspective. |
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| Shellac – Prayer to God Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| emotional emos can only dream of. | |
| Busted – What I Go To School For Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| if you know the difference between "your" and "you're", i'm single. | |
| Radiohead – Follow Me Around Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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yeah this song is unreleased, but there's a version on the documentary 'meeting people is easy' that has the rest of the band join in for the last section. is pretty cool. it would be super cool if it was on the new album. it looks like nude/big ideas is gonna be on there, so it's definitely a possibility. and i agree with robothouse. |
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| The Dismemberment Plan – This Is The Life Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| is the chorus of this song supposed to sound like the theme tune to "this is your life"? | |
| Art Brut – Modern Art Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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edited again. saw art brut at leeds fest the other day and they were fantastic. |
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| Reuben – Freddy Kreuger Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| very well put, whill. | |
| Million Dead – Smiling At Strangers On Trains Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| hm. it is a rubbish name though. | |
| Art Brut – Modern Art Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| thanks rebf. | |
| Million Dead – Cathagio Est Delenda Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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frank sez: ""to carthage then I came" is the first line of St Augustine's City Of God, which details his arrival in the city, descent into hedonism and final redemption through Christianity (among other things). the pavements / beaches thing is another quote - one of the more famous may 68 slogans in Paris was "dessous les paves la plage" - underneath the paving stones, the beach. it's a song about being sick of the city, wanting to get washed away by the river." |
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| Million Dead – Holloway Prison Blues Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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frank's words again, not mine: "The title is a nod to Johnny Cash and was the last one we came up with for the album. It's a song about people denying the connection between themselves and what's wrong with the world. People deliberately put mental blocks in the chain of responsibility, I'm guilty of it as well but it's lame and should stop." |
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| Broken Social Scene – Almost Crimes Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| hooray. | |
| Million Dead – Plan B Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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frank says: "john grey (on whom much of this song is based) pointed out that posiivism shares an essentially religious bent in that it's teleological, it works towards an end point and assumes progress. the writings of saint-simon and other positivist founders are almost mystic in their faith in science and progress. the assumption that science and technology automatically make things better (or in fact that they're related to the moral or political sphere in any way at all) is bizarre. so nerr." |
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| Million Dead – Achilles Lung Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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this is what frank posted on the message board: "obvious or not, that's the metaphor. it's about someone i know who i shouldn't hang around with but i do, in the same way that on occasion i smoke and know i shouldn't. it's a pretty personal song lyrically, so i think i'll probably leave it there. and yes, the first verse is supposed to be humorous. a lot of people seem to have had their sense of humour surgically removed before checking the lyrics on the new album..." |
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| Mclusky – Forget About Him, I'm Mint Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| rickshaw! | |
| Million Dead – A Song To Ruin Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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i love the lyrics to this song, especially "I have these dreams when I’m feeling sick of unfinished patterns that I can’t collate at all." i know what he means there. i think the introduction is probably a bit long, but it does a good job of breaking up the album, which is otherwise very fast and direct all the way through. |
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| Rage Against the Machine – Autologic Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| i think it's an early demo. | |
| Oceansize – Catalyst Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| surely it's "weary of the past"? how can you be wary of stuff that's already happened? but yeah, this song is fucking fucking amazing. first time i heard it was when i saw them live for the first time and i had a tiny orgasm i think. go see them y'all. | |
| The American Analog Set – The Postman Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| this song makes my heart have an orgasm. | |
| Biffy Clyro – The Kids from Kibble and the Fist of Light Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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say nothing's better (you say nothing's better) say nothing's better than the rest say hope you're better than the rest 'cause you talk a good game your sensations are suffering i'll make your sensations suffer through these long sadistic highs you see the way i collide with you i hope you see straight tonight, i'm in a rage tonight, i'm in a rage say hope you're better than the rest 'cause you talk a good game my sensations are suffering my sensations are suffering through these long sadistic nights when you see the way i collide with you i hope you see straight tonight, i'm in a rage tonight, i'm in a rage once again... you've missed the point these strange explosions hit me like a fist of light these strange explosions hit me like a fist of light these strange explosions hit me like a fist of light these strange explosions hit me like a fist of light these strange explosions hit me like a fist of light (do you believe that i care?) these strange explosions hit me like a fist of light (do you believe that i care?) these strange explosions hit me like a fist of light (do you believe that i care?) these strange explosions hit me... |
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| Brand New – The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| ow my heart. | |
| Idlewild – Idea Track Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| rocks like a mutha. | |
| Million Dead – Pornography For Cowards Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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yeah i agree with Tomasz. first time i read the lyrics that's how i interpreted them anyway. i suppose it depends whether you take the lines "Come on girls, this is weak. Come on boys, gird up your loins." to be ironical or not. *girds up his loins*. |
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| Million Dead – I Gave My Eyes To Stevie Wonder Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"the song is supposed to say something about wilfully not seeing things. all the stuff listed at the beginning are things that seem to me to be deliberate obfuscations. credit cards (yr not really spending money) sealed lifts (yr not really moving up and down) covert sanitation (likewise) processed meat, national waste disposal system... etc. you get the picture. it pisses me off when people don't call a spade a spade, basically. thus also "i will stutter my way through naked poverty until i'm across the street, safe." oh, and there's a bit about my old dog in there too - he used to think that if his eyes were shut, no one could see him, so he'd steal food with his eyes closed." that's what frank said on the message board. |
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| Biffy Clyro – Glitter and Trauma Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| biffy lyrics don't seem to make any sense anymore. but i still love them. | |
| Billy Talent – Nothing To Lose Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| surely it's "but the days don't seem to change", not "taste". right? | |
| Radiohead – There There. (The Boney King of Nowhere.) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| people who say that melody is not the key ingredient to music are stupid motherfuckers. if mothra666 listens to music for melody then for him it's the key ingredient. i hate running into people who think that their opinion is the truth because they are musicians. urgh. | |
| Million Dead – Charlie And The Propaganda Myth Machine Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| just kidding. only reason i don't have a job is because i'm really lazy. million dead rock. that's all. | |
| Broken Social Scene – Cause = Time Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| yeah the little guitar solos are orgasmic, nearly. | |
| Million Dead – Relentless Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| nice one harry, i didn't think of that. | |
| Million Dead – MacGyver Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| "Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I will move the earth." -- Archimedes | |
| Million Dead – Charlie And The Propaganda Myth Machine Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| a normal job?! capitalist pig! | |
| Million Dead – Charlie And The Propaganda Myth Machine Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"If every child chased dreams of societal reorganization in place of sweet wrappers and escape/Then we would see Mr. Cadbury’s enlightened industrialism for what it really fucking is:/Social morphine – we’d have ourselves a pre-school army." this is an immediate reference to charlie and the chocolate factory. charlie, who lives in a poor working class family, does not start a revolution, but instead finds a golden chocolate wrapper in the street by chance, and is invited to willy wonka's chocolate factory. he ultimately inherits the business from mr. wonka. in reality of course is industrialism isn't magical, it's horrible. what we really need is societal reorganisation. dumb charlie. "Walt Disney is pushing social and sexual hierarchy. My bed-time stories like a GMTV gomulka. Slumbering in my jimmy-jammies, My wondrous imagination long since closed and put away." disney's stories are generic, unimaginative and unrealistic. most people would actually admit this, but have usually not thought about if this is the kind of thing we should be showing are kids. "Willy Wonka was a capitalist confidence trickster. A poster boy for neo-liberalism. A full-stop on revolt" willy wonka was obsessed with making chocolate, and seemingly had a monopoly on chocolate and candies in charlie's world. neo-liberals admire successful entrepreneurs above all else. he was also undoubtedly extremely wealthy. "And the BFG a propagandist for an unaccountable regime. Orwell’s vision with a wrinkled face." hm. i'm going to have to read the bfg again. all i remember is a violent revolution against the giants, who were evil and ate children. "orwell's vision" i assume is that of big brother described in 1984, but how does it relate to the bfg? "Hold out the arm and quiet the voice." one of my favourite lines. it's a quick description of the attitude held in schools - that children should not rebel. they should be quiet and do what they're told. to be put through school these days is to be molded into the kind of person that society wants you to be: quiet, accepting, apathetic. "My first MacDonald’s visit a vaccination Like the time my parents took me to the school / clinic and handed me over to the teacher / nurse / whatever." this is an extension of the above, the idea that parents hand their children over to teachers, who then precede to basically destroy them. not too sure about the macdonald's line. i'll come back with i've finished 'no logo'. "I too got sucked in by the myth machine. Unattainable, but i just wish we weren’t so fucking mindless." here frank is saying that it is unavoidable that children become obsessed with "sweet wrappers and escape". i mean, they're children, they don't care about society. he just wishes that they were allowed to think for themselves; that there weren't brainwashed quite so effectively. if they weren't, maybe the people of this world would be a little better educated when the time comes for considering politics and economics, and a revolution may become a reality? "A little more suspicion in our fairy tales please. Mum and dad, I’m sorry, i won’t do what Enid Blyton told me." here we come back to the stories children are exposed to at a young age. enid blyton's books contain outdated stereotypes, but are still read to children today. in 'the famous five', four kids and a dog own their own island, which they go to alone for their holidays. they eat sardines and make beds out of moss. "The monsters underneath the bed are merely jaded failings." says it all. this is the kind of song that makes me think about things. this is why i like it, and why i like million dead so much. woo. laterz. |
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| Million Dead – Smiling At Strangers On Trains Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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let me give this one a go. this song is about loneliness. we are all alone, all the time, but we don't always feel alone, and this song is about finding happiness in the realisation that there is someone who makes you feel love and empathy, but more importantly, that that person is close. i think it's also about the fact that you don't have to know someone to feel empathy with them. i think that's where the title comes from and i think that smiling at strangers on trains is great. the end. |
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| Radiohead – We Suck Young Blood. (Your Time Is Up.) Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| this song's about hollywood, according to Thom. | |
| Radiohead – There There. (The Boney King of Nowhere.) Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| these lyrics are really bad. i imagine they're from a bootlegged live version or something... probably should of waited til they released it... | |
| Mogwai – Cody Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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"And I tried a hundred times to see the road signs as Day-Glo. " when i hear that line, i just love mogwai. i love them. i mean, i always love them, but just then... i /love/ them. almost as much as when the bass comes in on the first track on 'young team'. orgasmic. |
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| Radiohead – Thinking About You Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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i think the line about wanking is about wanking. the song is about unrequited love. the two things can happen at the same time. the whole song isn't about wanking, in my opinion, but if jonny says it's about wanking i think the 'playing with myself' line is. i have no problem with radiohead talking about masturbation. they are my favourite band and i love them. it's a good song. |
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| Radiohead – Karma Police (Early version) Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| i agree. the higher singing is good. and i just love the line "she stares at me as if she owns the world". can't see why they changed it. ah, well. | |
| Hell Is For Heroes – You Drove Me To It Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| that's one of the best songs ever written. orgasmic. | |
| Weezer – Private Message Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| this song makes me so happy. it is possibly the best weezer song ever, and i really do like weezer a lot. i like the riff and when rivers starts his "doo doo doo, doo doo doo" bit... that bit rules. | |
| Nirvana – Dumb Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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robort. to me it is quite obvious this song is about drugs. /i/ am sick of people saying that courtney killed kurt and all that bollocks when it's far from certain. is it so hard to admit that kurt killed himself? can't you see how depressed he was? i know it's possible he was murdered, but shut up already about the murdering thing. as for that drugs stuff, we did a whole load of crazy shit, after he was prescribed amphetemines(sp?) and tranquilizers from the age of 7. i think arguing about what he is singing about in this song silly. that's what i think anyway. |
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| Nirvana – Dumb Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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robort. to me it is quite obvious this song is about drugs. /i/ am sick of people saying that courtney killed kurt and all that bollocks when it's far from certain. is it so hard to admit that kurt killed himself? can't you see how depressed he was? i know it's possible he was murdered, but shut up already about the murdering thing. as for that drugs stuff, we did a whole load of crazy shit, after he was prescribed amphetemines(sp?) and tranquilizers from the age of 7. i think arguing about what he is singing about in this song silly. that's what i think anyway. |
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| Ben Folds Five – Evaporated Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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HHealy84, i know what you mean about bf5 and Brick, it's just like radiohead and Creep. No radiohead fan would say it's their favourite song, but it's what got them famous, especially in the US, to the extent people were expected them to be a one hit wonder. Also, does anyone know anything about the hidden track at the end of this song? The smug guy who says ben is a fucking asshole? Who is that? I'd like to poison his milk. |
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| Ben Folds Five – Underground Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| that's the only version i have. and yes, hilarious. | |
| Weezer – No One Else Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| is it really just guys that get obcessivly jealous? i wish they weren't, but the words in this song mean so much. it's just no one admits to it.. not often anyway. nice one rivers! | |
| The Strokes – New York City Cops Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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without meaning _any_ disrespect _at all_, i think people are too sensitive about september 11th. great song, nice guitar solo.. you u.s. guys are missing out.. |
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| The Strokes – Is This It Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| you're right. this bassline makes my insides melt. or something like that anyway.. | |
| Radiohead – Permanent Daylight Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| GENIUS. | |
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