| Lostprophets – Shinobi Vs. Dragon Ninja Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| I read something about the song's title before, but I don't remember where. As with a bunch of their songs, this song has to do with summertime, and in this case, love during the summer. And basically, during summers off from school/work, including when lyrics were written, the members of the band used to hang out in an arcade and they always used to argue about which video game was the best one there, Shinobi or Dragon Ninja. Put two and two together, and yet get the title. I might have messed something up there, but I think that's the basic idea. | |
| Nirvana – Plateau Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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I'm not too sure what it means myself, but if I had to take a guess, I'd say this song is about personal moral/spiritual cleansing. I think the plateau symbolizes inner peace or attaining personal salvation, but not the type of salvation that an organized religion aims for (i.e. heaven) with the holy ghosts (blind acceptance of religion) and talk show hosts (people trying to convince others to believe in something new and possibly immoral) as obstacles to salvation. When it comes to the bucket and the mop, I feel they are just the tools one would use to cleanse themselves through attonement. Two lines later, the writer admits that this process is hard and scary, but if you can convince yourself that what you've done is ok or that you regret what you've done, you'll be in good shape for salvation. The last stanza can kinda go along with this idea as other people who have seen what you have achieved yourself will start looking for their own places for salvation with some being successful and realizing that salvation can occur no matter where you are as it's more of a mental/spiritual thing that a physical one while others will be unsuccessful thinking that the process is totally physical (those looking in Mexico or Greenland). But hey, this is just a thought since I can't come up with meanings for all the metaphors including the book about birds (images in the person's mind of others who have achieved the salvation they're trying for?). No matter what it means though, this song owns. |
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