| Courtney Barnett – Depreston Lyrics | 7 months ago |
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@[GuitarHero9000:48338] hey this is me the OP but i have a new take on this song https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107859484274/?&specific_com=73016439718#comments |
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| Courtney Barnett – Depreston Lyrics | 7 months ago |
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The beginning starts with a 2nd hand account of a conversation between two roommates or partners: > You said we should look out further They’re house shopping. Want to move. Nothing affordable in the city.. Then….. “Hey babe, we can’t afford anything near the city, so let’s check further out. Longer commute, possibly better quality of life” > I guess it wouldn’t hurt us “Sure, babe, why not. We’ll look out further” > We don’t have to be around all these coffee shops Unsaid, sarcastically: There’s so much here, why would we want to live further out??” > Now we got that percolator, Never made a latte greater and I’m saving $23 a week Another extremely sarcastic comment about how the concept of ‘giving up avocado toast’ is going to make people suddenly rich. Also a commentary on how they are SuRROUNDED by coffee shops, but still bought a percolator. Also, the percolator probably cost more than most of their trips to the coffee shops”. There’s a huge disappointment being expressed here that the “savings” from the in-home percolator have resulted in spending less time in coffee shops, meeting people, people watching, other qualify of life stuff for city-dwellers > We drive to a house in Preston. We see police arresting. A man with his hand in a bag. How’s that for first impressions If this is referring to a possibly homeless person who bought alcohol in a brown bag, but in big cities, a person suffering from homelessness would be a very minor and probably ignorable crime by local police. This suggests that the suburbs face the same challenges as a big city, but they have more resources to police the “undesirables” > This place seems depressing. It’s a California Bungalow in a cul de sac The artist is not from CA or even USA. Analysis: This might be the “American Dream” house/property, what the average person wants (or others think the average person wants” > It’s got a lovely garden. Someone took care of this place, and loved it enough to do so > A garage for two cars to park in. Or a lot o storage if you’ve just got one. The use of the word “just” in describing the potential renter/homeowner’s ability to own more than one car is classist. Judging or even slightly commenting that people may not be able to afford a property is very common. This is probably the most insulting part of the song. The Estate Agent has, let’s face it, inadvertently exposed their bias and made the potential buyers feel like “less”, just because they might only own one car. It’s also foreshadowing a bit for the end of the song, as older people often lose their partners, and end up with a single car. > Storyteller: “And it’s going pretty cheap you say? realtor” Well, it’s a deceased estate. Aren’t the pressed metal ceilings great?” The realtor is clearly trying to downplay and deflect the fact that a person died here or spent their last days here. > Then I see the handrail in the shower, the collection of those canisters of coffee, tea and flour. And a photo of a young man in Vietnam Storyteller starts to realize an older person lived here. A family. A couple, at the very least. Storyteller starts to imagine the previous owners of the home. What did they go through (Vietnam)? > And I can’t think of floorboards anymore. Whether the front room faces south or north. How can any of the minute details about this home be critiqued by a random buyer (our storyteller) because it has a story older and richer than has been told. What events occurred here? Were they good or bad? Both? > And I wonder what she ‘bought it for’ To me, this means two things. “Bought it for” is most likely thought about “how the died”. An idiom. However, I feel like this wording could be more about what it took for her (previous owner) to get to the point in her life that she lived in that house. Was it an easy life (doubtful), what did she endure? Women haven’t always been treated wonderfully in the home, so “what she bought it for” includes not ownership of the home/property, but what she sold her soul for, what she endured, what she left for this world. This might be the most thought-provoking and disturbing lyric of the song. > If you’ve got a spare half a million, you could knock it down, and start rebuilding This is repeated several times in the song because (I believe): - It’s insulting to the previous owners. A perfectly but maybe outdated house? Why tear it down? - It’s insulting to people barely able to buy property due to financial issues and the economy? A “spare” half million dollars?? Hahahahahahahaa - It’s a commentary about disrespect for our general history, elders, etc - It’s a personal (storyteller) commentary about potential topics like ‘will Gen Z ever own a home” or “city or suburbs?” Or connectedness to people. Of not supporting local businesses (coffee shops), of leaving the city only to find that its not so great in the suburbs |
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| Courtney Barnett – Depreston Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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This song is only half about the first-person view. It’s also about reflecting on your own older years, life, experiences. “I wonder what she bought it for” doesn’t refer to money, it’s about what choices and sacrifices she suffered This is one of the most empathetic songs I’ve ever heard. Author can almost feel themselves in the previous homeowner/departed’s situation. It starts out with a depressed narrator. Reluctant to go even for a car ride, much less far outside town. Depressed about everything, including suburban life. Change of scenery hasnt’t helped. By the end of the song, it’s gone from a hopeless lamentation to a wishful/hopeful mood and lyrics Perhaps the woman who own the home before here was an inspiration. Kept a nice garden. Maybe she lived alone. (A whole new story) Seeing the handrail in the shower is a very real sign of aging, frailty. The storyline’s buyer is picturing their own future, aging, being alone, body deteriorating. This becomes existential. “Spare half million” lines are about narrator being pessimistic that someone would knock down thus perfectly good home because it isn’t “brand new” |
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| Courtney Barnett – Depreston Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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This song is only half about the first-person view. It’s also about reflecting on your own older years, life, experiences. This song is truly about realizing you’re aging and picturing what you’ll be like when you need a “shower bar” “I wonder what she bought it for” doesn’t refer to money, it’s about what choices and sacrifices she suffered This is one of the most empathetic songs I’ve ever heard. Author can almost feel themselves in the previous homeowner/departed’s situation. It starts out with a depressed narrator. Reluctant to go even for a car ride, much less far outside town. Depressed about everything, including suburban life. Change of scenery hasnt’t helped. By the end of the song, it’s gone from a hopeless lamentation to a wishful/hopeful mood and lyrics Perhaps the woman who own the home before here was an inspiration. Kept a nice garden. Maybe she lived alone. (A whole new story) Seeing the handrail in the shower is a very real sign of aging, frailty. The storyline’s buyer is picturing their own future, aging, being alone, body deteriorating. This becomes existential. |
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| Ida – Plans Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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Why do I feel like I'm almost home? I didn't want to ever let you down > I feel regret. I feel like I was so close to happiness. I tried so hard to make you happy. I'm not sure where I fell short. I wanted you and happiness so much. Once we could talk about anything. Start anew then out out of my reach You're out of my reach > We had such a good thing. We tried something new. It went on for a while, but it didn't work out. Now, it's too late. I still want it to work. I don't know if you do...? And I never felt so alone like that before And I waited for you to call and tell me to be strong > I spent so much time yearning. Waiting. Wanting to talk to you. For you to want to talk to me. But you don't seem to want me. I needed you support. But you got so cold Bold enough to turn to my turning face And every time Every time you look at me that way I couldn't speak. Couldn't say anything. > When we did talk, you looked at me in a way I couldn't handle. You saw through me, saw things you resented or things you originally appreciated but then started to hate. You always seem far-away and distant. I didn't know what to say when we were together. I didn't want to piss you off and I didn't want to scare you. I miss you. I sometimes hate you for doing this to me. For ghosting me. I feel so many things. You feel so many things. Our looks, feelings - they're overwhelming. I watch leaves change in the fall I didn't notice this before > I'm watching the end of something (Autumn marks the end of a year). That something is our relationship. But it also means there could be renewal later. But it doesn't feel like that right now. Why was I so blind to what was broken between us? Why didn't I see what was right in front of me? The changes? The distancing? But you walked away When I wanted you there > I needed you, but you had already decided you were far away. Maybe you were distancing yourself from me BECAUSE I needed you. Maybe you felt that was too much. Maybe it was too much commitment or something. Come along and take me up Maybe we could try again > I'm going to dream about "us" working for efffffing ever, mostly because I didn't get closure. I still believe that we can "work" even though you disappeared, and we grew apart, and one of us (author) didn't notice. And now it's too late... I still have hope. It's probably misguided, but it's still hope. Without hope, we are nothing. Cause there were still things I wanted to say But I was so young I was too afraid that nothing could be saved > I realize some of what I/you/we did wrong. I never got to tell you how I felt, where I saw us going, what I thought our life could have been. I never got to ask you if you wanted those things, too. > I never got to tell you about my hopes and dreams because you didn't want to listen. You still don't. And yes, I need to stop wanting to say those things, to stop feeling the pain/anger/blame, to move on. But I can't. It meant more to me than you. You ghosted me. |
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| Doja Cat – Boss Bitch Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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> Yeah, ain't tryna be cool like you > Wobblin' around in your high heel shoes This is a commentary on female-identifying people who wear heels to impress others or seem taller or prettier or whatever. > I'm clumsy, made friends with the floor I'm not like them! Maybe I wear comfy shoes. Maybe I can't afford Manolo Blaniks. Maybe I don't want those kinds of shoes (or, more specifically, that kind of fake life) > Two for one, you know a bitch buy four I like to drink, so if it's 2-for-1 night, I'm getting DRUUUUUNK > And two left feet, you know I always drop Again, clumsiness, but also dropping like "you know I always drop when the music comes on!" > First thing a girl did was a bop I have no idea what this means > I'm the whole damn cake and the cherry on top > Shook up the bottle, made a good girl pop I spent all night getting ready for this, I'm amazing, you're not prepared for this/me, and I spent all week with my emotions "bottled up" finna (ready to) "pop" > You ain't even here to party > Ken in the club tryna pipe a Barbie > I don't wanna go, go, go with the flow > Back bend 'til I touch my toes You're not ready for me and my awesomeness, step aside, Ken (flat, plastic doll). I'm a Barbie (hotness, [still plastic]) > I don't wanna row, row, row the boat > Wrist full of rocks and I hope I float I'm not someone who wants to go with the flow I have something of a handicap (wrist full of rocks in water would make you sink), but I still have hope (even though my situation seems hopeless) > Big up yourself 'cause you know they don't > I chew, chew, chew 'cause they hope I choke You do you, bitch Everyone hopes you don't succeed, because they're jealous and probably won't succeed > I'm a bitch, I'm a boss > I'm a bitch and a boss, I'ma shine like gloss Doesn't matter what you think of me, I'm gonna WIN. > Said, bitch, I'm the after you been the before > I been a stallion, you been a sea horse You're behind, you're "out", like the the "before" to an "after" photo of weight loss I'm stronger than you (Stallion horse is larger/stronger than a seahorse, which isn't technically a horse) > Don't need a report, don't need a press run > All of my bad pics been all my best ones > I wear the hat and I wear the pants > I am advanced so I get advance > And I do my dance and cancel the plans > Said, boo, don't be mad 'cause you had a chance I'm gonna do me. Don't be mad. I'm going to do whatever the F I want because I can. If you wanted something from me, you'd come after it. And I'd probably still say "no" > Drop, said, I took it and I ran for it > I run it, then I stand on it > Money on the floor when we dance on it > Shine bright, let them put a tan on it > Said, I took it and I ran for it > I run it, then I stand on it > Money on the floor when we dance on it > Shine bright, let them put a tan on it like TBD |
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| Morrissey – Everyday Is Like Sunday Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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My take on this song is clearly much different than those who came before. This song to me is about depression. Every day, people are doing things, going on holiday, buying things, having tea - normal things. But I see the person narrating the song hating those things, hating the banality of normal life, angry at the world. Not just melancholy but bitter unhappiness, suicidal, homicidal, Life feels grey, silent, cold when you are depressed. No matter what goes on in the outside world, on the inside it's still grey and lonely. |
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| Coldplay – Proof Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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"And all the thing in you way" is INCORRECT The correct line is: "And are there things in your way?" |
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| LCD Soundsystem – Home Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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The official video for this song does seem to align with this assessment. The robot who becomes famous, starts playing bigger and bigger shows, gets gang raped in a hotel room, etc. It's such a great video - especially the first house party the robot goes to. Brings a tear to my eye. |
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| LCD Soundsystem – I Can Change Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think this song is about a relationship that is about to end or where the subject of the song is cheating on the author, and the author doesn't understand, doesn't want it to be true - He loves the other person, and doesn't want her (using him/her for the purposes of this comment) to leave and doesn't want things to change between them. There's a "divide", he suspects she's cheating ("maybe that's what your lover finds all night"), she's lying to him ("tell me a line"), he's looking for that spark that they used to have together but doesn't think her happiness is for him ("there's love in your eyes"), they're having problems ("fumble in the kitchen", "here comes another fight"). At the beginning of the song, she's keeping him in the "dark" about the situation (lying), and he likes it there because he doesn't want her to leave. He's in denial, doesn't want it to be true. He hopes he's just imaging things "hoping and hoping that the feeling goes away" and that she's not really cheating on him (it's just a feeling after all... isn't it?). If she "calls" him tonight, everything is ok. Otherwise, it's probably over. "Yeah, we know". He's fighting, struggling between two difficult places - losing, the end is near - morning has him "on the ropes" = "Etymology: from the idea of a weakened prize fighter who leans against the ropes that surround the boxing ring" (source: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/on+the+ropes) By the end of the song he's changed his tune a little bit - He wants her to "turn on the light" - the light is either the truth or her love for him. He is searching for that love, but is pretty sure it's not for him, so he pleads (another stage of loss/mourning) and offers to change. If it gets her to love him, if it makes her stay, he offers to change. But it's probably too late, and he probably can't or shouldn't change anyway. Sad song, beautiful song, great song. |
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| Coldplay – Your Love Means Everything Pt. 2 (feat. Faultline) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This song is about regret. Regret for doing something stupid. For pushing too far. For acting out. For saying something stupid. For throwing a fit. For taking advantage of someone. For taking someone for granted. Whatever. There are numerous physical words and phrases, however I do not think they are literal. All of these are metaphors or rather physical comparisons/expressions of mental pain and anguish caused by and subsequently experienced by the writer as regret for having done something horrible to the person whose love means everything to them. Mental wounds are as valid as physical wounds, and often last a lot longer and hurt a lot more. This song is about deep mental pain. The line about "mended and all made clean" is almost sarcastic, because although physical pain can be mended and disappear, mental pain is difficult if not impossible to repair. "Machines all break down in the way I know" - Oh, wouldn't it be easy if we could understand our inner workings like we can with simple machines? The subject is confused, upset, and wishes he could understand what was happening and what was going to happen. I think the title of the song is important. At first, you think "If their love means everything, why does the singer feel down/sad/regretful?" and then you realize after the song is over that it is also an afterthought - After realizing what had been done, feeling sorry and guilty, the realization that the love of the person on the other end really is the most important thing and is worth changing for and apologizing to and fixing his actions and making things right for, then you realize how sad the song is. How much hurt must have been caused and experienced. How strong the other person is for having stayed by his side through it. How strong the love or bond is (or was). Also, this song is titled "Part 2"... I guess "Part 1" was probably the actual action that this song is about. Coldplay/Chris Martin seems to have been writing more episodic songs lately, so there is probably another song about "Part 1" we just don't equate to being a precursor to this one. He realizes there is a disparity between the other person's "remaining so sure" and his "chain-reaction" in which he "crawl"s away on his knees from sorrow and regret and shame and being mentally beaten down by himself. |
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| Dawes – When My Time Comes Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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CORRECTION: In the 3rd line, it should be "noble or BRAVE" (not "noble or brace") |
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| Dawes – When My Time Comes Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This song is somewhat about death but really it is a commentary on what logical people deal with when they comtemplate religion. The author starts to realize that he has been mislead into believing in religion and possibly God, and has been wasting much of his life doing and believing what he was told instead of what you want to be doing. "As if something that's written should be taken as true" is a reference to the Bible. People take everything within the Bible literally, even though many of the stories were intended to be a model to teach people how to be good, not necessarily a history textbook. The reference to Heaven poses a question - if heaven is all that the Church can promise to its followers, why not just die now so we can go there? hence "Pray for death" "My time" is probably a reference to death or one's "Judgement Day". Is this a real thing, he asks? If Heaven exists and there is a gate with Peter deciding who gets in and who goes to hell, Will he be judged differently if he strays from the path set forth for him by his religion? Or perhaps is straying part of his intended path? "Pay for my successes with all my defeats" relates to atonement / karma, and "took what i wanted and put it out of my reach" is a form of asceticism, a religious practice. "Staring into the abyss" and seeing something that isn't there is definitely a comment on Faith and religion - Faith is the belief that something does exist even though it is impossible to know for sure whether it actually exists. If you look hard enough for order in chaos, if you look hard enough for God in the world and universe, you will probably find it. But just because you think you see order in the chaos, that doesn't make it true. "But every path I have taken and conclusion I drew / Would put truth back under the knife." This is what a lot of intelligent people wrestle with about religion - Science and Truth tend to disprove the tenents of Faith and God and the stories of the Bible. When the writer of this song thinks about God or blind faith, it doesn't make sense. Faith is illogical. Religion tries to disprove science, and science tries to disprove religion. I think the lyrics are about a person who has lost religion, or is at least doubting what he was raised/brainwashed to believe. He wonders if God is real, if he will ever find out if it is real, and struggles with internal conflicts related to "believing" vs. "not believing". |
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