| Portugal. The Man – Smile Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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"I don't want to talk about the hungry people, people down and out": The singer doesn't want to try and act concerned and responsible for the sorry state of the world. Instead, they simply want to be happy with the people they know and their own life: "I just wake up with a smile by you". This fits with the album's theme, "be evil". The message isn't that the lyricist wants to be evil and malicious, rather it is about rejecting a false sense of morality; people act concerned with others' suffering by reading the news, talking about horrific events, etc. It's implied that others impose this false sense of moral uprightness on us, but in reality getting torn up about the world doesn't add anything to our lives nor does it help those who are suffering. "I'd like to try to forget that times have changed. And we all live and die": The way we live now and our attitudes about the world continue to completely change, and ultimately we all die. The singer chooses to not concern themselves with existential problems. "Plastic soldiers, never growing older". In the first song on this album, Plastic Soldiers, the author talks about how they got "lost in the summer". In this song, after a difficult period, "summer" is ahead again: "It seems like the spring has come and gone, It felt like forever". Likewise, in the first song, we are "plastic soldiers, only growing older," but by letting go of the sad context of life, we are "never growing older". Ultimately, the author is sad for the tragedies everyone else is facing, but chooses to be happy in this moment with the love they know today. _______________________________ Also, the line "But I love you for the love I need today" may actually be "But I'm happy for the love I made today." This fits in with the message earlier in the song about enjoying life and letting go of fruitless heartache for others' pain. |
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| Portugal. The Man – Plastic Soldier Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| I don't see how this song is necessarily about a gal. | |
| Awolnation – Not Your Fault Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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"Anyone from my past get your ammo." Couldn't that also mean he's going to face his past? |
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| The Presidents of the United States of America – Peaches Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I would minus this for being such a reach, but it's actually very well written and articulated. Good read, ++. | |
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