| Porcupine Tree – Lips of Ashes Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| While I do not exactly have an answer to your question, something interesting is that intro is GREATLY expanded, and clearly based off of, 43553E99.01 by Bass Communion, one of Steven Wilson's other side projects. It's awesome, check it out. | |
| Dredg – Stamp of Origin: Horizon Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Absolutely incredible.. | |
| Dredg – Pariah Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"As he approached the city center with the skyline in view There was nothing left to contemplate, he knew he must follow through With the plan certified by faith and a plan written in death At that moment, this was it, he took his last breath" Is this in reference to suicide bombings? |
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| Dredg – Ireland Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| They're definitely sarcastic on this. Well, sarcastic might not be exactly the right word... it's more that this album is very conceptual, and that is the mindset at the beginning while at the end during "Stamp of Origin: Horizon", the mindset has definitely changed. | |
| Oceansize – Music For A Nurse Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| In response to NaillB, I don't see any evidence whatsoever that this song is a religious reference, or that any Oceansize song is for that matter. If you think about it, half of the lyrics in the world could be applied to religion if you skew it that way. I don't think that was their intent. | |
| The Mars Volta – Vermicide Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| definitely about religion - pews that bend back the knees... sacrosanct... "my faith"... "just north of the eyebrows" and ashes could refer to ash wednesday ritual | |
| The Flaming Lips – Mr. Ambulance Driver Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Apparently this song is about Wayne Coyne's mother's recent death. | |
| Sufjan Stevens – John Wayne Gacy, Jr. Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| i know sufjan has quite a bit of religion in his music but not EVERYTHING has to be related to religion... i wouldn't necessarily call it christian music... | |
| Porcupine Tree – Lazarus Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| has anyone noticed that the song preceding "lazarus" is "halo" - both titles have to do with religion. obviously, "halo" bashes religion, and i dont think "lazarus" glorifies it or anything... i think, as the incest boy was saying, that it's about someone who had to choose a road for himself. maybe its about choosing your own beliefs - "I survived against the will of my twisted folk". | |
| Porcupine Tree – Slave Called Shiver Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| no. | |
| Michael Jackson – They Don't Care About Us Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| wasn't there a whole huge thing that people thought he was saying "jew me" in this song? | |
| Dredg – The Canyon Behind Her Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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i believe this song is about the end of a relationship and the start of a new one. i know that sounds really corny, but i think there is some evidence of it. one of the theories behind "el cielo" to me is that there is a circle of relationships that can relate to the circle of life. the juxtaposition of "sorry but it's over" talking about the end of a relationship and "convalescent" talking about dying affirms this. this song represents the death of a relationship, but is optimistic about the beginning of a new one. "though half of me is gone, the lonesome part is left. i cannot find the other half"... after that, it sounds as if the band dropped all their instruments all of the sudden, representing death. all that's left are beautiful angelic voices, bringing the dead body up to "the sky", to prepare the start of anew, a new relationship, but shown by dredg as a new life. absolutely awesome theories. kick ass! |
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| Dredg – Jamais Vu Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I've never heard of this song. What album is it off of? | |
| Radiohead – 2 + 2 = 5 (The Lukewarm) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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yeah i'm reading 1984 in school now and i just saw this line in the book and it REALLY caught my radioheadish attention... "In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it." "hail to the thief"... big brother? oh this is SO damn cool!!!!!!! |
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| Idiot Box – Melt Into The Sky Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| maybe you should learn grammar before you insult people. | |
| Incubus – Here In My Room Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| i've had a lot of talk about the meaning of this song... many say its sex... sex sex sex. i'd be depressed if that's ALL it is. it'sone of the most beautiful songs on earth musically... it's gotta be more!!!! "love is a verb here in my room" verb means action, that's why people think sex, plus "pink tractorbeam into your incision"... but it could also just mean in his room is where he finds his solace with love... | |
| Air – All I Need Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| moon safari is a wonderful, mind-boggling album. | |
| Air – Venus Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Air is BRILLIANT absolutely BRILLIANT at writing music... lyrics, they could use some work. | |
| Dredg – 易 (Symbol Song) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| you people are wunderbar | |
| Dredg – The Canyon Behind Her Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| dredg is the most spiritual band out there | |
| Dredg – Sanzen Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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it is some sort of temple in buddhism. http://www.dorsey.org/MPN/Japan_Web/pages/sanzen.html each of dredg's crazy words like lechium and stuff means something. |
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| Dredg – Sanzen Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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i love it le pooploser, just one question what does sanzen mean? |
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| Dredg – Same Ol' Road Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| sheer BRILLIANCE is dredg!!!!!! | |
| A Perfect Circle – Thomas Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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that part in your dream, dontpanic, says "Come into my misery" |
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| A Perfect Circle – Magdalena Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| does no one think anything of the fact that a musical was written called Magdalena and the plot has to do with a statue of a madonna, in accordance to the lyric in the APC song "my black madonna"? | |
| Idiot Box – Closer Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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sarah doupoueee!!!!!!! since i wrote this damn song, it's about my experience in not seeing the love of my life for ten weeks, and how the 10 weeks were finally ending, i could see the end of this hell near, but i still had to take those damned final steps. this all coming into my head as i look at the stars. |
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| A Perfect Circle – Rose Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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kitkame, i agree with you that this album is a concept album, but about your idea of it being about relationships, there is one song that does not fit this... Thomas what's your opinion on this? it could be a homosexual relationship, that's never ruled out, but i always thought this was a concept album of myths and how they can be applied to real life. some of these myths (such as the waters of brena "healing waters to be bathed in brena") and some obvious like "orestes". now that i think about it though, if it is a concept album about relationships, "Mer de Noms", or "Sea of Names" fits oh so perfectly. this album is so open to interpretation. that's what i love about a perfect circle. i had this crazy interpretation once that the whole album was a map of the rise and fall of human emotions, and that the Sea of Names had in part to do with the waves in the sea, and how emotions go up and down. i've kind of let go of that, but, who knows? |
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| Radiohead – Cuttooth Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| what does this song have to do with myxomatosis? | |
| Radiohead – Myxomatosis. (Judge, Jury, & Executioner.) Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| "no one likes a smart ass but we all like stars" | |
| A Perfect Circle – 3 Libras Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| muzzy, he might have. it says most of the songs were written when maynard got there. we know brena had to have been written by him, since maynard's wife's middle name is Brena. | |
| A Perfect Circle – 3 Libras Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| muzzy, he might have. it says most of the songs were written when maynard got there. we know brena had to have been written by him, since maynard's wife's middle name is Brena. | |
| Dredg – The Canyon Behind Her Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| agreed | |
| A Perfect Circle – 3 Libras Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| White Rob, that's awesome | |
| Incubus – Aqueous Transmission Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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while i was without my love for 10 weeks, i realized truly this songs meaning, and i have shed many tears due to it. this is my favorite incubus song. its so serene and beautiful. and so meaningful. the "2 weeks without my lover" is the line that makes it obvious that this is about missing someone. building an antenna related to me to be writing letters... "transmissions will be sent when i am through"... "maybe we could meet again further down the river". talking to each other, but it seems so empty. "will i make it back to shore or drift into the unknown" related tome as, will i get back to you - or when we return will it be all wrong, due to our absence. really powerful connection with me, almot killed me inside. its too beautiful to comprehend. |
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| Incubus – Are You In? Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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now i really do not like this song - musically its good but i dont like its message and i especially hate the music video, it really brought down the song for me... its very un-incubus like. i mean, it probably means something to just them, but the whole orgy thing in the video, it sucks. i like much of morning view - but i really miss their enjoy incubus, fungus amongus, science days. i still love make yourself and much of this album too. i just think this song is where the album goes below expectations. aqueous transmission is by far the best on the album. |
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| Red Hot Chili Peppers – Cabron Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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although i love blood sugar sex magik and their days of funk metal - i love this song, a lot. except the "electric boogaloo" line, it bugs me for some reason. it takes the seriousness away from it. i think you guys are totally right about the lyrics. gangs and stuff like that. |
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| A Perfect Circle – Rose Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| and thanks to you holey soul - i havent done any more dissecting of this song but it still remains my favorite song of all time - also due to its musical symbolism, with the heavy crash of guitars suddenly becoming beautiful guitars, it makes me teary... sorry guys, im having a rough nite... i dont focus my life around what i wrote about a while ago, but i still do believe its like, a symbolism to what the song is truly about. similarly to what MJK wrote about 3 libras, i guess. there are just so many options for dissection for every APC song, such as this one... remarkable | |
| A Perfect Circle – Rose Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| thank you dearly dmalakian, thank you | |
| A Perfect Circle – 3 Libras Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| you thought something of a person just to find how wrong you really are... incredible | |
| Incubus – You Will Be A Hot Dancer Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| i love the enjoy incubus version - i think enjoy incubus is much more solid than fungus amongus - but musically, fungus amongus is amazing. you wanna know what its about - take some acid and jump off the flat part of the earth and you will learn.. geeez whoever wants to make the great dane naked... lol | |
| Radiohead – Paranoid Android Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| this song is pure randomness and of course, to a band like radiohead, it probably has an incredible meaning that once figured out will all make our jaws drop - but i dont know how close we are to finding that meaning. we know that marvin was the paranoid android. and there are some paranoid references in there. but even with the "kickin, screamin gucci little piggy"-like lines, there is some meaning. besides its cryptic meaning, it is one of the best not just radiohead songs, but best songs ever to be created. | |
| Radiohead – Pyramid Song Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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i believe that with the musical metaphors, the lyrics, and the video all imply that this song is purely surreal, and it is about how he wishes life could be, i guess. it's not exactly concrete in my mind but i have the gist of it. it's like the river is the place he wishes to be. there's no doubt that this song has to do with death. jumping into the river, and all going to heaven in a little row boat. i love kaisute's "when you contemplate death, it's a reflection of life." or maybe, to thom yorke and radiohead, it's the life he wished he had. it has such beautiful and uplifting lyrics, but such an extreme sad rhythm and tear-jolting feel. it's almost, when i listen, the way i wish it to be. |
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| A Perfect Circle – Magdalena Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| i like that!! | |
| A Perfect Circle – Magdalena Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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This is straight from the website: -- MAGDALENA Music & Orchestrations by Heitor Villa-Lobos Lyrics & Adaptation by Robert Wright & George Forrest Book by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan & Homer Curran Opened September 20, 1948 at the Ziegfeld Theatre, (New York) and ran for 88 performances. Synopsis Act I Although the librettists indicate "about 1912" as the time of the action, the story seems to have a timeless quality, legend-like, a "long ago and far away" aura. However, the actual action of the piece covers only a short span of less than a month, and the opening sequence is set in a South American jungle clearing in the late afternoon in Puerto Hondo in Colombia. "The Jungle Chapel" is composed of three brief separate numbers. Men grind grain, women weave at a loom, children braid chains of flowers, and young boys and girls flirt with one another as they pursue their chores. Nearby is the chapel. Conflict erupts over a carving of the Teru bird representing the pagan aspect of the natives' lives, but Padre Jose welcomes the carving as a good omen. The young and beautiful "jefa" Maria (we might think of her as the jungle princess of the tale) is the leader of the primitive people but a faithful follower of Padre Jose's Christian religion. She bridges the two cultures and sings of the good fortune of a bright future the Teru brings: "The Omen Bird." Padre Jose is about to leave on a journey to the missions down river and instructs Maria to protect the shrine of the Madonna. A brash and handsome young man (perhaps a bit too arrogant to fit the role of Prince Charming) arrives on his charger: a dilapidated jalopy of a bus. The bus sputters and wheezes to a halt and a half-dozen passengers (rum bottles in hand, no doubt) exit in panic. Having survived a difficult trip made hazardous by the driver Pedro’s reckless driving, the passengers pay homage to the statue for saving their lives, as Pedro sings "My Bus and I." The passengers level their complaints about the ride, the driver, and the vehicle--"That prehistoric monster!" "That junk-heap with an engine"--as Pedro blithely defends his bus as though it were a favorite pet. Maria does not take kindly to the braggart and they argue about some of the drunken passengers he's brought on this run. He teases and flirts and kisses her, and she is angry enough to resort to her native instincts and threatens him and his bus with an ax in hand. The principal industry of the village is the emerald mine; however, the native workers are on strike because of troublesome working conditions. Major Blanco and his sidekick Dr. Lopez come to investigate the problem. Maria, speaking as the village "jefa" (literally "chief" or "female boss") and for the workers, complains about the working conditions in the mine. Although his opinion was never solicited, Pedro chimes in supporting the workers and an argument follows. Maria resents the young bus driver's interference. Major Blanco, fearing the displeasure of the owner of the emerald mine, says he must leave immediately for Paris to consult with General Carabana regarding the strike. Maria is convinced of the goodness of the General; Pedro sees him as something "hatched from a buzzard egg." Their argument unravels into a more gentle recollection of their childhood together, and from his pocket he unwraps a large emerald from a piece of cloth as they sing "The Emerald," pledging their love to one another. Scene 2: Two weeks later in Paris at the Little Black Mouse Cafe, we meet the fat and happy bon vivant, General Carabana, singing with the crowd "The Civilized People." The number concludes with a wine-tasting session in which he approves or rejects the vintage of each glass. Finally, Madame Teresa, the chef at the Little Black Mouse is welcomed at the tables and sings "Food For Thought" while preparing crepes suzettes, ending the song with "Voila!" and a flaming sauce, which she presents to Carabana. He, in turn, presents her with an emerald ring. Blanco, arriving from Colombia, reports to the General about the ungrateful strikers in Puerto Hondo and fears an insurrection is brewing. Carabana must leave for the New World pronto; his belly tells him he must bring Teresa with him to prepare his meals in that primitive land. She's reluctant to leave her beloved Paris, but the guests at the Little Black Mouse urge her to travel and they sing "Colombia Calls." The astrologer Zoggie is especially persuasive in the song, foreseeing the jewels she'll acquire there at the emerald mine. He joins the others in "Plan it by the Planets." She bids farewell to her friends in the Paris cafe. Scene 3: Ten days later at the boat landing the Old One strumming his guitar sings of the river "Magdalena." Pedro on the verandah of the crumbling hotel drops a coin in the Pianola for more lively music, playing against the song of the Old One. Peasants dance to the Pianola music until the machine collapses like an old automobile. Boat whistles announce the arrival of General Carabana with Teresa in tow. There is no formal reception. Carabana is furious. Teresa is disgusted with the place, still longing for Paris, but she spots Pedro and flirts. Pedro brazenly hurls insults at the General when they are introduced. Maria greets the guest from Paris with a formal kiss of welcome and invites him to visit the shrine. Pedro is furious. The two young lovers argue; he resents the fact that Maria plans a fiesta to welcome the General and runs off in anger. "The Festival" begins with children singing and a procession with a statue of the Madonna. As they are singing of the Magdalena River nourishing the land, Pedro drives his dilapidated bus into the procession and disrupts it. Maria, furious, takes a whip to him and the renegade dancers who have joined him. Playfully urging her to continue the whipping, he teases and encourages her to resort to her true pagan character and forces kisses on her. Pedro commands the peasants to get off their knees, and secretly he instructs the natives to steal the Madonna to "break the bad magic." His bus is the only means of transportation for the General to get to the hacienda. All join in to sing "The Bus Departs" and the children reprise "My Bus And I" as the vehicle, bumping and backfiring, makes its noisy exit. That evening at the Shrine of the Madonna Pedro is contrite and with Maria sings "The Forbidden Orchid" about the love for each other they have shared since childhood. But he sings of love between and man and woman, not memories of their youth, as she resists his advances ("Not before our Lady" she whispers) but he persists and finally carries her off. The native group Pedro had organized enters the shrine and steals the statue as the peasants dance violently expressing the conflicting emotions of their fear of the Madonna and their primitive instincts. They run off with the statue. The shrine stands empty in an eerie light as the curtain falls on Act I. Act II Ceremonial dances in a clearing in the jungle under bright moonlight open the act as the natives perform "The Singing Tree." Pedro rushes in with Maria announcing they will be married as soon as Padre Jose returns from his missionary work down river. To the male group he confides that they must confront Carabana and take over the emerald mines. Word comes that the Madonna is missing; the shrine is empty. Maria is shocked. All fear Padre Jose's anger when he returns to the village. Maria weeps feeling responsible for the missing statue. The two young lovers argue, and she realizes he is the one responsible for the theft. She sings a prayer to the Madonna, "Lost," while Pedro interjects with a soliloquy pledging to keep the statue until a settlement with Carabana can be reached about the workers and the mines. The wedding is called off. She goes off to negotiate with the General about the mines. Major Blanco and his troops announce a new order from the General that natives are forbidden to assemble in groups. After they present the order and march off, Pedro organizes the natives to rebel against General Carabana and they sing "Freedom," a defiant song calling for a strike against the oppressor. Scene 2: Teresa has found her way to the kitchen in Carabana's hacienda. She is at a huge stove preparing a banquet. As she plucks a chicken, she sings a reprise, "Teresa Cooks." When she leaves the kitchen for a few moments, the servants assemble with Pedro to be sure all is prepared for the insurrection. Are the servants armed? Yes, with clubs and machetes. Moments later the General steals into the kitchen to savor the delights being prepared (ah! turtle soup; oh! a rack of baby lamb; yummy! quail). Teresa angrily confronts the snoop. Not so much about the tasty preview, but has he been flirting with Maria behind her back? His defense: he's just being diplomatic, patriotic; it's his duty to save the emerald mines from being overtaken by Pedro's renegades. Teresa challenges him with an ultimatum of her own: she'll cook for him no longer, even for tonight's banquet, unless he sends Maria on her way. Guided, not by his heart, but by his belly, he agrees. And one more demand! The emerald necklace. It will be around Teresa's neck tonight. They seal the agreement with a kiss. Scene 3: A dance is in progress, "A Spanish Waltz" (an orchestral piece), on the terrace of the hacienda. On hand is the General's personal physician who warns him not to indulge in the sumptuous meal Teresa has prepared. His blood pressure is dangerously high, and the excitement, the festivities, the dancing plus the rich menu could kill him. The doctor prescribes milk toast. The general denounces the doctor as a quack and orders him out. Major Blanco reports on the danger of an uprising and urges General Carabana to take control by marrying Maria. They would own the mine jointly. He has prepared a formal pre-nuptial agreement. The alternative could be revolution and poison arrows! He signs on the dotted line. He shows Maria the contract; his fortune is hers. Suddenly the Insurrectos enter and Pedro stands with the revolutionaries. To defy him, Maria announces she will marry General Carabana. Pedro storms out but not before taking from his pocket the large emerald wrapped in a piece of cloth and tossing to the floor: his wedding gift! The insurrectionists follow him out as Maria signs the agreement. Teresa hears the General announce the wedding and sees him present the emerald necklace (promised to her) to his bride-to-be. But Maria brushes the gift aside and says she must join her people. Major Blanco tells the General a time bomb has been placed is Pedro's bus. The General is delighted. Teresa promises a sumptuous feast and sings with devilish glee "Piece De Resistance." The General is feasting on the array of foods while she sings, encouraging his gluttony. He begs for more. And more. He collapses. He revives. More. Another spoonful. Another forkful. Teresa orders more culinary delights be brought in from the kitchen. Then they waltz furiously. And another attack. Finally, sprawled across the table, he dies. Teresa reaches politely into his"coat pocket and takes the emerald necklace and holds it high. "Voila!" she cries out at last and concludes the number in triumph with hysterical laughter. Suddenly an explosion. The bomb in Pedro's old bus. Scene 4: Padre Jose has returned. He is with Maria at "The Empty Shrine." Maria is penitent, feeling guilty for the disappearance of the statue of the Madonna. The priest has returned to find the happy people he left are now angry and bitter--as though the tribe has been cursed. But he assures his flock that the Madonna, though missing, is still watching over them and will give them back their emerald mines and the happiness they enjoyed before. He says he has prayed for a miracle. What could it be? Maria, with tears in her eyes, knows it is to bring back Pedro from the bombed out bus. The peasants enter the empty chapel. She sings "The Emerald Again" holding the stone Pedro had thrown at her feet in his anger and jealousy. Gazing at the stone, Maria suddenly looks up and Pedro is there, bruised and battered. "I am a durable man" he assures her. She sees it as a miracle and asks him to thank the Madonna. He's too realistic, too practical to submit to this. She reaches out in tears to him and he finally succumbs. He faces the shrine and bows. The peasants at the empty shrine sing with Padre Jose "The Seed of God." The golden light of dawn fills the scene as Pedro appears carrying the statue. Maria stands watching as he places the Madonna in her shrine and then moves quietly next to Pedro as the song continues by the ensemble. Bells ring out as the voices lift and Maria is wrapped in Pedro's arms as the curtain falls. Song List The Jungle Chapel My Omen Bird My Bus and I The Emerald The Civilized People Food For Thought Colombia Calls The River Port Festival of the River Guarding the Shrine of Madonna The Singing Tree Lost Freedom! In The Kitchen A Spanish Waltz Piece De Resistance The Madonna's Return |
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| A Perfect Circle – Magdalena Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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somehow my post got deleted from yesterday. oh well, i'll repost, THIS IS HUGE!!! I was looking at a poster with about 100 titles of musicals on it and one was called Magdalena. So I did some research on it. you're not going to believe this! the play is about two lovers set on (what i think is) a fictional river called Magdalena River. there, there's a statue of a madonna (not the 80s singer). i looked at the song list of the musical and one of the songs names is "guarding the shrine of madonna" and another is called "the madonna's return"... obvioulsy "one taste of you my black MADONNA" comes to mind... i found the information at this site: http://www.musicalheaven.com/m/magdalena.shtml i will now post what the site says so not everyone has to go to it, tell me what you think - if there's any correlation to Magdalena by APC. |
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| Spineshank – Full Circle Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| nah, i thinkits right sorry - anyways, this song is remarkable | |
| Spineshank – Full Circle Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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this is wrong - im not sure of the right, but it is wrong - once i find it accurately, i will submit corrections |
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| Incubus – Hilikus Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| yeah for some reason it never clicked, seriously. lol | |
| Idiot Box – Blow Your Tube Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| we love zim, but still, we did cancel practice for it, so that's what got to mr. travy wavy | |
| A Perfect Circle – 3 Libras Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| i think its also about being unoticed by someone who is so overbearing with lure but they're just not getting the perfect picture that the *narrator* sees. | |
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