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| Iron & Wine – Peace Beneath the City Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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It's definitely about our consumer culture here and the pain it inflicts in other parts of the world. We don't see it so it's okay. At the same time we make gestures of charity and amends without really demanding or causing any positive change. |
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| Iron & Wine – The Devil Never Sleeps Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Having grown up in a military town in SC (and Sam Beam grew up near an Army town in SC as well) I can see a lot of the imagery of what it's like to have a friend or loved one sent off to war. |
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| Leonard Cohen – Tower of Song Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Leonard agonizes over songs and does a lot of rewriting so I think that a simple meaning of the song is that other songwriters that he likes came by it seemingly easy. |
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| Leonard Cohen – Suzanne Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Like many of Mr. Cohen's songs it doesn't have one specific meaning but is many things and can actually change from verse to verse. It's sort of stream-of-consciousness meanings and interpretations. He often spends months and years writing songs and has been known to change songs long after they've been recorded. To me part of this song is about his longing for personal peace and happiness during his long battles with depression. Suzanne was a real person but in the song she's more of a symbol of the obliviousness that people in general have towards his desires and despair. Faith has eluded him, love has eluded him and happiness has eluded him but the only people who understand that are just as lost as he is. |
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| Nick Drake – Pink Moon Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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He had made suicide attempts before but it should also be mentioned that he was on strong barbiturates. People have been known to overdose sue to just being so out of it they don't remember what, or how much, they've taken. |
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| Funkadelic – Maggot Brain Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Goosebumps sums it up well.
I think the knocked up can literally be said to say "you have f**ked the planet up". |
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| Jeff Buckley – Satisfied Mind Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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"A Satisfied Mind" was written by Joe "Red" Hayes and Jack Rhodes in the late 1940's. Jeff's cover is an excellent version. Porter Wagoner had the most success with it in the 60's. |
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| Neko Case – Margaret vs. Pauline Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I think it's simply about how life, nature and luck play into people's lives. For some life is effortless and for others it's a constant struggle. |
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| Son Volt – Tear Stained Eye Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Probably some of my favorite songwriting ever. It's fairly pure and simple imagery but, like a lot of Farrar's writing, the meaning is always vague. |
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| Uncle Tupelo – High Water Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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This song, like a much of Farrar's offerings from Anodyne, is about his wanting out of the band. I remember reading an interview with Jeff Tweedy where he remarked that, at the time, he had no clue what the song was about. Then he was really pissed when Farrar quit the band (not unexpectedly) and it dawned on him what the song was about. |
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