| Frightened Rabbit – Poke Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I always thought he said "A stitch from weeding" but pronounced it "weedin". You know like, when you're on your hands and knees tirelessly picking out all the weeds - like bad spots in a relationship - Desperately trying to make the garden look nicer.... but you just end up hurt. | |
| Frightened Rabbit – Poke Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| A Navy Knot is a name for a certain kind of knot. It's a romantic way of saying that they held each other in a loving embrace. I can see where you connected their inference to sex, and you're probably right. But it had nothing to do with sweaters or the color blue. lol =) | |
| Pink Floyd – The Final Cut Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Wow, I only read this first page of comments, but have any of you listen to the ENTIRE album? Every Pink Floyd album is a story. This track focuses on the dead gunner from WWII and the Veteran Teacher from the Wall who was with him. It speaks of the teacher's overflowing depression and struggle. Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes I can barely define the shape of this moment in time And far from flying high in clear blue skies I'm spiralling down to the hole in the ground where I hide The person speaking is the Veteran teacher from The Wall, who is crying over his life and the memory of the Gunner who fell from his plane to his death over hostile German territory. (Listen to Gunners Dream) This is what "Far from flying high in clear blue skies" is referring to, however he is FAR from them because the war is in the past and he's no longer there, yet he is still falling into great depression over it. Hence the spiraling hole. (The hole in the ground could also be a double meaning for the trenches used in the war, adding more imagery to the memory of the gunner.) If you negotiate the minefield in the drive And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes And if you make it past the shotgun in the hall Dial the combination open the priesthole And if I'm in I'll tell you what's behind the wall The teacher has become such an introvert over time with the memories of his fallen comrades and depression that he has built a wall around himself (listen to Paranoid Eyes). The first half of the stanza is a metaphorical defense system that a person would have to fight through in order for him to open up to them. Mines in his driveway, guard dogs, security systems, shot guns in his hallway, then to open a tiny preisthole in a door and if by some miracle he is in that day, THEN they MIGHT get to know what is in his head. There's a kid who had a big hallucination Making love to girls in magazines He wonders if you're sleeping with your new found faith Could anybody love him Or is it just a crazy dream? The kid is him, obviously, idk if the masturbation is referring to the loneliness he is currently in with his abusive wife (known from songs on The Wall album), or the loneliness soldiers feel while at war. He wonders if this ungrateful world is at peace with what they have done and find comfort in all the people dying and in what the war stood for. Then he returns to himself wondering if anyone could love a man such as him, or is it all just a crazy dream, referring to the Post war and Gunners dream, both separate tracks on the album. And if I show you my dark side Will you still hold me tonight? And if I open my heart to you And show you my weak side What would you do? Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone? Would you take the children away And leave me alone? And smile in reassurance As you whisper down the phone Would you send me packing? Or would you take me home? This is a rather self-explanatory verse, obviously he is scared that if anyone finds his dark side with all it's troubles and torment, that they will reject him or take advantage of him and abuse his trust by making him a tabloid. Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings Thought I oughta tear the curtain down I held the blade in trembling hands Prepared to make it but just then the phone rang I never had the nerve to make the final cut The last stanza is him swallowing and resisting his raw feelings and fear. I'm not sure what the curtain is, perhaps it's going back to his metaphor of his overly guarded house, and by taking the curtains down he is exposing himself a little by committing suicide. The last two lines are easy. If anyone really wants to understand this song, or any other Pink Floyd song for that matter, you have to listen to the ENTIRE ALBUM. They are all stories and all the songs and even albums have similarities and references to each other. You cannot just listen to them separately. |
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| Pink Floyd – Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I like this reading a lot. You took a lot of time with that. Very well done. | |
| Pink Floyd – Paranoid Eyes Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Quiet Desperation is the English way. | |
| Pink Floyd – The Gunner's Dream Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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He says, "Max and Ma" If the Gunner is the one falling, and the other character in the album is the little boy who's dad died in the war, the gunner is therefore the father. So, could Max and Ma be his son and his wife? or at least his son and his mother. Otherwise, wouldn't he say "goodbye Pa and Ma". Why specify Max? idk just thinkin. |
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| Frightened Rabbit – Poke Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think the word is "Weeding" like he's cut up and scraped after trying to weed out all the problems in the relationship. yeah? i dunno, just my guess. Personally, i think it's about when your in a relationship, but it's lost it's luster and no longer has the shine it used to. Lovers turn like brothers and sisters and there's an uncomfortable feeling with one another because you know it's pretty much over. I love the last part when it says "Should look through some old photos I adored you in every one of those. If someone took a picture of us now they'd need to be told that we had ever clung and tied a navy knot with arms at night I'd say she was his sister but she doesn't have his nose." Beautifully written. |
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| Jason Webley – Drinking Song Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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well then why was he so eager to get the whole crowd "Wasted" (without alcohol-by spinning in circles) he seemed to think it a drinking song. then again, he only sang the second verse. plus some yodadees and da's. |
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