What if it's all just little inside jokes between the band members? I have lyrics I've written that make no freakin' sense to anyone but my sister and she laughs while others have thought it was just over their head but "Wow. That's really unique shit you guys play. Way cool, way cool. Rock on, rock on." See, if you try to target an audience of stoners and zoners (Is that a word?) Your safe, they'll never question it. They just say...(see above) But one of these days I'm going to play for the WRONG audience and I'm in BIG trouble when they ask about the meanings of my words. I wouldn't do well on this website. Think You guys would throw rotten vegetation at me and "the band" ? Nope you guys are too cool. You would come up with a mystical profound meaning for it and save my ass from mass media humiliaton. Wouldn't ya?
It is true that lyrics often wont have an obvious meaning, but they nearly always have SOME meaning. Even if it was just a collection of unrelated thoughts, those thoughts emanate from something that triggered them. Having some personal experience in this myself, often the lyrics emanate from personal experiences which I just wouldn't want to share on MTV. Saying "oh they mean nothing" is just a easy way out of discussing them. So it is not impossible to find the meanings. You just have to accept that it is not necessarily a narrative meant...
It is true that lyrics often wont have an obvious meaning, but they nearly always have SOME meaning. Even if it was just a collection of unrelated thoughts, those thoughts emanate from something that triggered them. Having some personal experience in this myself, often the lyrics emanate from personal experiences which I just wouldn't want to share on MTV. Saying "oh they mean nothing" is just a easy way out of discussing them. So it is not impossible to find the meanings. You just have to accept that it is not necessarily a narrative meant to be deciphered. The Pixies lyrics are like abstract art, meant to be appreciated for there form and image, not always a story though.
What if it's all just little inside jokes between the band members? I have lyrics I've written that make no freakin' sense to anyone but my sister and she laughs while others have thought it was just over their head but "Wow. That's really unique shit you guys play. Way cool, way cool. Rock on, rock on." See, if you try to target an audience of stoners and zoners (Is that a word?) Your safe, they'll never question it. They just say...(see above) But one of these days I'm going to play for the WRONG audience and I'm in BIG trouble when they ask about the meanings of my words. I wouldn't do well on this website. Think You guys would throw rotten vegetation at me and "the band" ? Nope you guys are too cool. You would come up with a mystical profound meaning for it and save my ass from mass media humiliaton. Wouldn't ya?
It is true that lyrics often wont have an obvious meaning, but they nearly always have SOME meaning. Even if it was just a collection of unrelated thoughts, those thoughts emanate from something that triggered them. Having some personal experience in this myself, often the lyrics emanate from personal experiences which I just wouldn't want to share on MTV. Saying "oh they mean nothing" is just a easy way out of discussing them. So it is not impossible to find the meanings. You just have to accept that it is not necessarily a narrative meant...
It is true that lyrics often wont have an obvious meaning, but they nearly always have SOME meaning. Even if it was just a collection of unrelated thoughts, those thoughts emanate from something that triggered them. Having some personal experience in this myself, often the lyrics emanate from personal experiences which I just wouldn't want to share on MTV. Saying "oh they mean nothing" is just a easy way out of discussing them. So it is not impossible to find the meanings. You just have to accept that it is not necessarily a narrative meant to be deciphered. The Pixies lyrics are like abstract art, meant to be appreciated for there form and image, not always a story though.