| Bright Eyes – Shell Games Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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To me, this song is a beautiful take on agnostic humanism, the mind's game as it goes from believing - to not believing - to not knowing what to believe in - to deciding that there is nothing to believe in but each other - then being overwhelmed by the crushing beauty of the world and deciding that there must be something more to believe in when love is so very huge & powerful. Took everything that is my life, that is beautiful & every mistake that I ever made & gave it to something like god. If I could pretend to believe in this paradigm, I could forgive myself for my most cruel mistakes just because this or that religion says it's OK. But... here it comes - the heavy love for all of the world, all around, all of humanity, the good, the beautiful, the bad, the sad, the poor, the weak, the believers, the non-believers - I can't just stick to this one religion & leave out everyone else - I've got to share in the load - we all do. Dressed in white, touched by something pure - religion? science? atheism? all (and more) trying to find the definitive answers to things like death - wanting black & white answers Sold my tortured youth - piss & vinegar --- that's when you're just spitting out anger all the time Still angry (with no reason to be) at god, if he is the one who imagined all of this, if he (or any imaginer/creator) exists. Angry about the life of the common man (or king) who is caught in the daily/lifelong cycle rolling of a stone up a hill, to please god or just because that's what he thinks he's supposed to do. And, the best thing to do, when stuck in a sisyphus life, is to sink into madness, perhaps the madness of belief in a religion. It'd be easy to free your mind that way But here comes the love of all the world, again - you can't just be free, you can't just sink into madness - we all need each other, no matter what we believe. And belief - it's all just a shell game. Pick one, it might be the winner! Science can explain it all! But, I don't really get it sometimes. And, it doesn't explain what's going on in my head, at least, not yet anyway. And, then, here it comes - that heavy love - all of us together - we can do this |
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| Jens Lekman – Your Arms Around Me Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Definitely love more the line when he sings it as "my mind is slowly creating a link from your mouth speaks your lovely voice the sofest words every spoken what's broken can always be fixed but what's fixed will always be broken" Good lord, this is simply beautiful |
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| The Apples in Stereo – Dance Floor Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Absolutely perfect combination of nostalgia and anticipation for the future, for those of us who are past our 'dance floor' days, but who are still moving... | |
| XTC – No Thugs In Our House Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| The 'boy in blue' is a policeman knocking on the kitchen door (bringing a headache/problem with his knocking) | |
| Michelle Shocked – Anchorage Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Even though that old friend is reminiscing, fondly, about the all night rock-n-roll days... I think she's the happier of the two. At least, that's my take on it, as a mom who sometimes remembers those days of the foreign telegrams, but who couldn't be happier that those days & the lessons that I learned then lead me to these days, now. |
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| Emily Wells – Symphony 9 & The Sunshine Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This is so pretty! I'm surprised no one else has been here & commented yet, since it was on that radio show earlier today. "Memory is an old highway. If you drive too long you might loose your way." What could be more perfect to think about right now, right? |
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| Modest Mouse – Bukowski Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Dude. Dude. Relax. Isaac wouldn't want you to get this worked up about it. | |
| Sugar – Hoover Dam Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Yeah, the Hoover Dam is on the other side of the continental divide. D'uh | |
| Heavenly – Different Day Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Chicks. Sigh. Whatcha gonna do? | |
| Iron & Wine – Lovesong of the Buzzard Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Though I did not see this post until now, I will take that as the happy birthday you wished me in '07. I enjoyed reading your post. | |
| M83 – Run Into Flowers Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think its clearly I wanna run wit' you or more precisely a mid point between wit' you and with you |
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| XTC – Harvest Festival Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| It's a little melancholy, a little bittersweet. But, I like how their friendship, their flirtation, is 'more than enough to keep him fed all year'. How nice for both of them, to have that friendship in their lives, even as their lives float off in separate directions. | |
| The Shins – Turn On Me Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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For my husband, this song fits his divorce and subsequent custody situation perfectly. His ex just couldn't let go of the anger she had to fabricate in order to justify leaving him. The words, "If you'd only seen yourself hating me, hating me, when I've been so much more than fair" are perfect. He spent so much time just feeling sad for her (and for his daughter) that she couldn't let go of that anger, realize how goofy she looked being so mad at someone who wasn't mad back at her. And, as a woman who's spend a lot of time on women's support message boards, where we all called each other 'sisters', and as someone who has a lot of real sisters who all support each other in agreeing how horrible the men in our lives are (sigh), I've heard the 'Don't let him get you down, honey - when you fall off your horse get right back on & start riding again' phrase way too many times. The song is perfect! |
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| The Flaming Lips – I Was Zapped by the Lucky Super Rainbow Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| FACT: The flaming lips throwaway songs are better than your favorite band's best song. | |
| Built to Spill – You Are Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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It's "everybody know", not "everybody knows" He's imploring us to realize that we ARE, DAM*IT! |
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| Built to Spill – Traces Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I love the line I know it's hard sometimes For you to tell where you end And where the world begins Its something we all need to know. |
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| The Replacements – Little Mascara Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Oh, how beautifully perfect! Starts out with words consoling that poor, but strong mom who only wanted someone to love her & take care of her kids - but, he left and she soldiers on, for the kids' sake. That louse up & left her. Aren't all men like that? He's not worth the tears, honey... Then, the kicker, right there at the end. The truth comes out... "All you ever wanted was someone ma'd be scared of" She wanted a bad guy. She picked one on purpose. She wanted people to feel all sorry for her. She knew he wouldn't stick around. She hoped he wouldn't. Oh, isn't this fun, getting all of this attention, playing the martyr... Pathetic |
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| XTC – Pink Thing Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| What's really cool is that it is clearly a song about a man's love for his penis, but I can't tell you how absolutely amazingly cute and wonderful it was watching my 4-yo son, reflected in the rear view mirror of my car, strapped in his car seat, singing along to 'Pink Thing' as it played on the tape player, as I was driving him to preschool. | |
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