| Linkin Park – Shadow Of The Day Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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The shadow of the day is something that is deeply troubling somebody. It's casting a shadow on their life and their heart, making it all grey. The song says that no matter how grey you and your day becomes, the sun will eventually set and bury this greyness in complete darkness, and then a new day will begin full of light and with the chance for a brighter day. It doesn't have to be just a day. The song can be about a general period of grief in somebody's life. Metaphorically it makes sense to use the word day because the cycle of the sun is mentioned as the cure for the problem. But it's all just metaphor. Eventually that period of grief will end and things can get better. The person in the song is about to give up, contemplating suicide, I think. (sometimes goodbye's the only way -- your friends all plead for you to stay.........the person is locking themselves in isolation). The song says, "endure the moment, things can get better, people are about you". |
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| Metallica – Leper Messiah Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Jesus had the same thoughts about organized religion that Metallica talks about in this song, Leper Messiah. He said men have corrupted religion to exploit people. Ironically, as Jesus predicted, his own murder would be used to create another corrupt religion by twisting his own teachings about the corruption of religion. Thus, the Catholic church and other Christian denominations were subsequently born and are alive today. | |
| Metallica – Leper Messiah Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| This song is not anti-god. It's just about the corruption of religion. God is a personal thing that some people choose to have faith in. Metallica is talking about evil people who exploit the concept of god for personal profit, turning it into a business and a way to control people. | |
| Pearl Jam – Alive Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Seems to me this song is about a young man who is struggling with feelings of betrayal and has a distrust of women because his mother lied to him about his fathers (so he thinks women don't respect men, even their own sons). This is frustrating for him because he's developing sexual feelings for women at the same time he is developing anger for them because he has learned they can hurt men. On one hand hee feels grateful to be alive but on the other he hand questions his own self worth. I think he's saying his self esteem and trust in people are damaged by his mother. He's conflicted over these feelings and is trying to find peace with it. | |
| Nirvana – Come As You Are Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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The point of this song is to mock most friendships. Overall, it expresses his distrust in people. I think reality is harsh and this harsh reality is singing to Kurt's feelings. In Kurt's mind, I think he's feeling the need for a true friend, but then he feels discouraged when his imaginary friend places unfriendly demands on him, so then Kurt longs for the memory of when he believed true friends were easy to find and keep. The song describes a true friend but then implies most people fake it because they're users. In the song, the person welcoming you as a friend appears to be open minded and generous but then contradicts it all. For example, your schedule should really fit his schedule, and you're just a trend to make him look trendy too, and you'll be kicked to the curb when you no longer serve this purpose. You can be dirty or clean (physically, emotionally or morally), but whatever it is, it needs to be useful to your so called friend. In other words, your value isn't determined by your true character and health, it's determined by what you can accomplish for your so called friend. He also talks about you once being an enemy but now has use for you for some reason; and just in case you suspect he might still harbor resentment and be shady, he swears he doesn't have a gun. Kurt himself had guns and said he wasn't afraid to use it, so he's implying somebody who claims to not have intentions of hurting you can't be trusted because a real friend will just simply be your friend instead of just saying they will be. In other words, earn your trust with your actions, don't buy it with promises. Yet, most people are just empty promises. I know this is the complete opposite of what most people want to believe about the song. But Kurt was a very sarcastic and cynical person. Courtney Love says he had no real social friends and that he resented most people who considered themselves to be his true friend. He was a very grounded person who thought people didn't value the important things in life (like true friendship) and instead were shallow and often backstabbing. Most of his lyrics are contradicting and ambivalent, which is his way of being sarcastic and expressing his frustration and cynical views on humanity. This song, like almost all his songs, is so ambivalent you could actually interpret it many ways. I think he does this not only for artistic purposes, but also to give the listener the freedom to feel the way they want to about it. But I think he believes in the cynical interpretation even though he wishes for the non-cynical interpretation. |
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