| Jimmy Eat World – Futures Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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@[nathanielwhite:8814] yeah that turned out well. this is not a political forum btw. |
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| Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| @[DavidWolf:8094] pretty sure you just contributed that problem. | |
| Monster Magnet – Space Lord Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Elaborating on what a few people have already mentioned - the song - like many of monster magnet's lyrics - are referencing comics specifically, Marvel's Galactus. For those that don't know, galactus is a massive (like the size of the sun massive) cosmic being that "eats" entire planets for his meals. In the marvel universe galactus often tries to devour the resource-rich planet of earth but somehow or another it's never quite happened (i think- in the main universe at least). So this song sorta seems like Galactus dreaming about how awesome it will be when he finally consumes the planet of earth. Full of sexual innuendo and more blatant clues as in the chorus: "now give me the strength to split the wold in two i ate all the rest and now i've gotta eat you." pretty much the whole chorus actually. and the song title. Of course that doesn't mean it's ONLY about Galactus, but it seems to be the main inspiration... |
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| Lady GaGa – Donatella Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I'm sure on some level Donatella Versace inspired this song | |
| Rage Against the Machine – Sleep Now In The Fire Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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"He names Colombus' ships, which brought the Anglo-Saxon people to the new world, and eradicated the Native Americans for European greed" -- I guess they EVENTUALLY brought anglo-saxons (Englishmen) to the world much later to roanoke and jamestown, but those three ships specifically and those soon after them they brought mostly Spaniards/Portugese and Italians. Also I think "the priests of Hiroshima" refers to those preaching the use of the A-bomb on Japan, not the civilians killed by it. Every other thing listed is some sort of aggressive Imperialism that did damage to native populations/non-europeans, so I'm not sure the victims in Hiroshima fit with the other things listed. |
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| Nirvana – Plateau Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Yes - he has the music & lyrics on the music stand in front of him for every song in the performance. The song after this, he actually misses a lyric b/c he forgets to turn the page /lean in closely enough to read the line | |
| Serj Tankian – Empty Walls Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think elite89 is dead on. I would add that window as an empty wall is that the window and hence "empty walls" is a metaphor for TV/the media (and yes, the censorship of the coffins - as well as the attitude of the vast majority of the media in the early years of the Iraq war, which was very jingoistic). Why an "empty" wall? A wall is something that separates. As elite89 pointed out, in the video, the children are behind the window, something that could easily be the definition of an "empty wall". A window separates physically, but not visually. So once you've convinced an audience that exchanging the "confines of their minds" (not having to think too much or find things out first hand) for an "empty wall" (getting information and others' thoughts on TV - which is easier but also allows much more information to reach the audience) all that's left is to make sure what's behind the empty wall isn't something you don't want your audience to see (for example: the censorship of the coffins of US soldiers killed in Iraq being offloaded back home). "Those empty walls When we decline, from the confines of our mind Don't waste your time, on coffins today" These lines refer to the censor (aka the Bush Administration & co.) persuading its audience to basically "not think" and just accept what's being put onto the empty wall of a TV screen. |
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| Ben Folds Five – Brick Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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"That's how the Constitution intended it to be" I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the U.S. Constitution doesn't mention anything at all about abortion - I get what you're saying about state laws, etc but I think the whole idea of "intent" is sort of silly. Not to mention that the fact that some state legislatures decided at one point or another that Jim Crow laws were a good idea, while others didn't. That said - I think having gone through what you did with your wife, that you'd understand that no pregnant woman/couple ever takes the decision of abortion lightly: contrary to what a lot of pro-life (usually men) people perpetuate. Also I think the song does a great job of humanizing and personalizing a couple's decision to choose. I don't think it ever makes claims on what the "right" decision would be. I pace around the parking lot Then I walk down to buy her flowers And sell some gifts that I got It's difficult to say what really happened after hearing this line. Either on Boxing Day, the couple got an official pregnancy test done at the doctor's office (obviously it was positive) after being certain "enough" that she was pregnant via home test - or they already knew she was pregnant and were waiting for her parents to go out of town to have an abortion. I used to think it was the latter, but after reading those last two lines, I think they're at the Doc's for a pregnancy test: being a good BF, he's prepared for either of her reactions to the (probable) positive prenancy: flowers for "yay! we're having a baby!" AND selling his Xmas gifts to raise cash in the case that he needs to help her pay for an abortion if that's what she wants. So overall, I think this song is really about the experience that a loving boyfriend/husband went/might go through when faced with unintentionally getting his GF/wife pregnant; emphasizing that the choice is not a solitary one. |
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| Metallica – Cure Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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No_bullshit is right on this one - james has always harbored a sort of disdain for a certain type of Christianity - most specifically, those that believe in faith healing (i.e. Christian Scientists). His mother was a christian scientist- for those of you who don't know, they don't use modern medicine, but instead pray for their illnesses to be healed. You will hear about the "laying of hands" and people getting out of wheelchairs and walking at tent revivals, etc. James's mother died of cancer and even after it was diagnosed, they did not use any medical treatments. Growing up with his parents' religious beliefs (which he does not hold himself, and probably didn't when she was dying of cancer either) has been the inspiration for several metallica songs, and certainly is for this one. So this song, as I understand it, is about how so many people by into religion, and pray daily to be cured of their sins and eventually enter heaven - or be cured of their illnesses hear on earth in the case of his parents. To those who don't/didn't like load/reload - I didn't like it all that much at first either, but actually listen to it a few times uninterrupted and there's a good chance you'll grow to love it - the riffs are killer, the songs well written, and it rocks! It's definitely a bit more hard rock and less speed metal though - but badass in its own way. |
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| James Mcmurtry – Levelland Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| well you may have read it, but he gives the full explanation on the live album "Live in Aught-Three"; the track's name is "Max's Theorem" he explains the song and pretty much says everything you just did, except "Max was a communist" not a socialist. Which is like saying that a fascist is a capitalist. | |
| Jimmy Eat World – My Best Theory Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| im convinced that it's NOT "my doubt sings faith" not sure exactly what it IS but it's not that. | |
| Jimmy Eat World – My Best Theory Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| This song has me super pumped up for the new album. THIS TRACK ROCKS! | |
| Jimmy Eat World – Here It Goes Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| forgot to add: Cut to the left and slide to the right could easily be references to the DJ's turn tables (change the cut you're playing on deck one and slide the crossfader to deck two). | |
| Jimmy Eat World – Here It Goes Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I get the feeling of a high school dance or a disco back in the 70s or 80s where circles used to form around single dancers who would show off their moves. Saturday Night Fever sure comes to mind. I picture a kid who's been trying out all his new dance moves in his room all week between work or school or whatever - and he's been waiting to become a star for those 15 minutes on the dance floor at the local club or whatever. In a much broader sense: practicing over and over again to make your debut with confidence, almost cockiness and then nailing a performance of some kind. The title of the song seems to suggest that "Here It goes". |
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| Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová – Say It to Me Now Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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ok, seeing as how no one has actually commented on the "song's meaning" yet. ill throw out my two cents. not a very hard one to figure out, i don't think, at least if you've been in a fairly serious relationship. from what i gather, the song is a narrative on a relationship that has passed the dating stage but is not quite yet in a "commitment" stage. the anger/passion that comes after the first verse is a kind of reaching out by the singer. he's trying to get past the "games" prevalent in the dating scene and into the reality of a committed relationship. He wants her to just say what she's feeling, hoping that she's past the point of wondering about his criticisms of her thoughts. |
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| Jimmy Eat World – Disintegration Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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whiterain05: perhaps because it mentions drinking and cigarettes???? /not that it should be explicit, but nanny state and all... |
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| Hybrid – Until Tomorrow Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| sounds like a divine being/angelic/sainted person looking down at the people below, watching them lament their past or just enjoy the moment thinking that they're alone in that moment. yet someone above is watching them the whole time | |
| BT – The Great Escape Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| i thinks this song is more about watching someone ELSE go away. the singer is so in love with the person leaving and maybe knows it's best for their lover that they're still happy for them, yet still totally in love with them at the same time. "i feel your warmth as the sparks fly upwards, from the burning of all of your bridges" the first half of the stanza is very happy but the second half is like "fuck you for leaving" | |
| Jimmy Eat World – Just Tonight... Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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"Someone on another JEW song said that most not if all songs on this album are about drugs, and I can definitely see how it could be construed as taking drugs." i don't think that they're necessarily ABOUT drugs. the album seems to have more of a feel with dealing with drugs in a relationship. I.E. one of the two in the relationship is addicted to some drug and possibly the other person used to be, but gave them up. The "sober" person loves the hell out of the druggy but the drugs are destroying the other person, and s/he realizes that the addict will always chose the drugs over the relationship despite the love s/he has for the addict. but yes, there is definetly a drug theme on Futures, but i think it's in the context of a relationship |
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| Jimmy Eat World – Disintegration Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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my fave JEW song. gotta love the 80's arena rock (unsnared) drums w/the reverb, fantastic. "Hanging on a cigarette, you need me, you'll burn me You'll burn me." this line is a great metaphor IMO, the girl is the cherry on the cigarette, she needs him to keep smoking the cig to survive, but eventually the cherry will end up on his fingers and burn him when the relationship is over. |
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| Jimmy Eat World – Get It Faster Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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lots of good ideas here. for me what it meant when i first heard it (and it was very relevant to me and my soon to be girlfriend at the time), it meant that the guy is kind of trying to break up with his girlfriend - or asking to take things to the "next level" - she's being unresponsive, and he gets frustrated. so to end the relationship he's tried a verbal approach - "i wanna do right by you" - and seems to get nowhere, and can't bring himself to break up with her. so he figures that in order to get the breakup, he cheats. hence, cheating gets the breakup faster. but that's just what my interpretation has always been, and i like it, because it made sense for me when i first heard it, and it still does when i look back those 3-4 years ago when i broke up with my psycho girlfriend for a much better girl, who also had just ended a long-term relationship after a long time of trying |
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| Dream Theater – Voices Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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this is probably my fave DT song. this song's got a lot behind it, sex vs religion yes, schizophrenia, yes, well mental illness in general. when i picture the protagonist in this song, i think of one of those "the end is near" pseudo-prophets on the street - but preaching on the subject of sex or something. of course you can't rule out the possiblity of manic depression instead of schizo - "i feel elated, i feel depressed". there's definetly a strong duality in the song. most of the song seems to be about the subject's struggle with this duality and a struggle with the popular opinion of the outside world and what the person believes. i think about 2/3 through the song though, you get the feeling (mostly through the change in key) that the person has somehow resolved his inner conflict and that though he realizes the world might still oppose his beliefs, he can cope with that fact. there's so much more i could say about a song, truly a masterpiece. @f15x28: as far as the "love, just don't stare" part, i always took it as a statement to the world to not sit by idle and just watch things unfold, but rather to love every minute you have here and enjoy life and love those around us instead of just going through the motions... |
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