| REO Speedwagon – Roll With The Changes Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think the Christian imagery (a cup overflowing, rain in the desert) is too obvious to ignore. Viewed from that perspective, the first verse is God speaking to a woman - knock and the door shall be opened unto you. The second verse is a straightforward testimonial - I'm a church musician, and I would play this song in a contemporary service anytime. |
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| Thomas Dolby – Budapest by Blimp Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I'll go out on a limb here...most of Dolby's stuff is fun, mindless stuff, but I think this song is about a relationship against the backdrop of the collapse of Communism in Hungary. Bear with me... Budapest is the capital of Hungary, which in 1988 (when the parent album, Aliens Ate My Buick was released), was a country undergoing the painful collapse of communism. I think that's the "fog" that is lifting in the song, and the "grand illusion" that is dying. Other points of contact...the ashes of the Jews could refer to the extermination of Jews by Stalin, the limp / goosestep refers to the feebleness of the government at the end. |
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| Thomas Dolby – Budapest by Blimp Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I'll go out on a limb here...most of Dolby's stuff is fun, mindless stuff, but I think this song is about a relationship against the backdrop of the collapse of Communism in Hungary. Bear with me... Budapest is the capital of Hungary, which in 1988 (when the parent album, Aliens Ate My Buick was released), was a country undergoing the painful collapse of communism. I think that's the "fog" that is lifting in the song, and the "grand illusion" that is dying. Other points of contact...the ashes of the Jews could refer to the extermination of Jews by Stalin, the limp / goosestep refers to the feebleness of the government at the end. |
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| Men at Work – Overkill Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I don't think it's necessary to resort to as radical an idea as schizophrenia, though they were certainly treading that ground with "Who Can It Be Now". I think this is clearly just a song about insomnia related to anxiety. I've suffered from it for years, and I can tell you straight out that when it hits, it's better to go for a walk and clear your head rather than try to fight it out "alone between the sheets". You look at the stars, chill out, and that nullifies the "overkill", the unnecessary worrying about situations you know will be okay. What a fantastic song. |
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