| Fall Out Boy – The Take Over, the Breaks Over Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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To me, this song sounds like a "Paparazzi" perspective on everything to do with the band, celebrities and fame, particularly as has been suggested, Courtney Love. It's told from the papparazi perspective in a very cynical way. The first paragraph is pretty clearly paparazzi - if the flash flash flash doesn't make it clear then nothing will. Basically, that's a way of saying that the only thing that makes a paparazzi special is his camera... Otherwise there's nothing special about them, and they never change do they? But they're always in the back row with their cameras. "Don't pretend you ever forgot about me" to me is like "I made you famous, I put your picture in the magazine, and you OWE me, so don't pretend like you ever forgot that because we both know where your fame came from..." "We don't fight fair"... Pretty straight - The Papparazi hide with long-range cameras and try to catch people when they are at their worst, because those are the pictures that sell. Not really fair is it... "Do it in the dark, smiles on our faces" - Hidden in the shadows, the first thing a celebrity often realises is that the flash went off. Yeah, the photographer enjoys that... Another victim "Sniped". "Dropped and well concealed" Yep, hiding out of sight so that the celebrity doesn't realise they're there. As for the other two parts of the song? That's what tells the story, and makes it more specific. I heard it was about Coutney Love / Kurt Cobain... Some people say there was more to the story - eg, www.cobaincase.com , which would explain the angle of the song - Paparazzi perspective on Courtney Love. Especially as being a widow to Kurt Cobain brought her the fame that being a divorcee wouldn't. It was the Paparrazi that brought her that fame. But this is all conjecture, although it does seem to fit with the song... |
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| The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – The Impression That I Get Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I'm absolutely stunned at the misinterpretation of the meaning of this song, but I guess it does possibly make sense to older people. Regardless of the inspiration, this song is as straight as it gets with lyrics means. * I've never had to - knock on wood. This is a standard PHRASE in english - at least in Australia and I think it came from England. If you see something bad and say something like "I'm glad that hasn't happened to me" then a very common superstitious beleif is that you will jinx yourself ( and it will happen to you ) so you "Knock on wood" to touch something natural (earth magic superstition ) and it dispels the jinx... Once a pagan tradition, now just common language although most people actually do knock on wood when they say it. "There but for the grace go I". Another common phrase - especially in Australia and especially amongst pilots... Shortened version of "There, but for the grace of god, go I" meaning "It could have just as easily happened to me". Often said as a consideration to a recently killed person to show that you feel that the accident wasn't their fault in the slightest and as a respect to the common dangers faced by us all. The entire song reads exactly as it is written. Everything in it is either literal or a common phrase that you could search for on google and find other people using. I heard it was written about a relative of a band member, but i've heard much of the sentiment expressed in this song after all kinds of tragedies... David. |
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