/r/LyricInterpretations

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Lyric Interpretations is a place where redditors can create an archive of lyric interpretations for songs they're having trouble understanding.

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Rules:

1) Use the search bar! Unless your song doesnt appear in your search results, there is no need to re-submit as peoples interpretations will most likely be the same.

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I can't find the lyrics to this song anywhere

The name of the song is "i seek the voice" cast by Lanux, Yuma yamaguchi. I was looking everywhere and nothing, I would be very grateful if someone could provide me with a help.

PD: English is not my mother tongue so I apologize if you don't understand something.

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2024/04/25
00:26 UTC

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Appointment in Samarra - Paul Thomas Saunders

Hi ! I’ve been listening to that music recently by Paul Thomas Saunders and I can’t seem to get the exact meaning and core message. This music is captivating me and I believe it’s about some toxic relationship? English isn’t my native language so I have trouble understanding everything, could someone help me fully understand the lyrics?

I get that the idea of “Appointment in Samarra” has a strong meaning related to the fact that you can’t escape death in literature and I have trouble understanding if it’s about the death of a relationship or death itself.

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2024/04/24
21:35 UTC

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Mitraz - Intezaar lyrics

Is someone able to please translate Intezaar lyrics (from Mitraz)? 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Main saari raatan karda raha intezaar Tadpaawe dil che ye zakham oh yaar Koi laawe mainu ye sukoon zara

Na chaunda vi main chaand ve Bas koi sadde naal ve Je pooche sadda haal ve Dil nu rakhe mere sambhaal

Agar hai zyada maang ye Te taareyaan nu bol de Ke le jaavein oh ambaran tale

Is rattaan vich koi aave na dil nu bhaave na Ronda main raha in megho mein kahin Le lauta raha tujhko ae khuda Sapne jo rakhe the takiye ke tale

Main tere othe door khoya saara jahaan Puch le mainu kiddan haal tera Thode la de mainu tu sukoon zara ajj te

Na chaunda vi main chaand ve Bas koi sadde naal ve Je pooche sadda haal ve

Dil nu rakhe mere sambhaal Agar hai zyada maang ye Te taareyaan nu bol de Ke le jaavein oh ambaran tale

Is rattaan vich koi aave na dil nu bhaave na Ronda main raha in megho mein kahin Le lauta raha tujhko ae khuda Sapne jo rakhe the takiye ke tale

4 Comments
2024/04/19
11:07 UTC

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What do these songs mean to you?

There are SO MANY songs that I listen to, people say "I listen to anything" But how often do you come across someone that actually means that and can back it up? I can listen to any song of any genre, whether I like, dislike, love or hate that song, if someone is showing it to me and they feel it has meaning and correlates/relates to them, then I will take time out my day and listen to what they have to say. For me, I often use music as a way to express how im feeling, my mood, to express my emotions or what I think about something etc.
There are a few songs that are more mainstream that I currently listen to and have alot of deep, personal meanings that I can correlate to, some in multiple different ways.
These songs listed below, I would like to know what you feel behind them. What you may feel they mean by the song, but I ESPECIALLY (primarily) want to know what these songs make you think of. I want to know how these songs can relate to you., what they mean to you etc.
- Anywhere away from here - Pink & Rag n Bone man
- Wish you the best - Lewis Capaldi
- Before you go - Lewis Capaldi
- Another Love - Tom Odelll
They are just to name a few. How do these songs make YOU feel? What do you think of when you listen to these songs? I really interested in seeing what people say. I will reply and if you want, after your explanation, I will say what I feel. We can then see how our brains think when comparing the songs to situations, experiences & thoughts.
Little experiment;)
Much love <3

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2024/04/18
01:30 UTC

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Farewell by Modern Heaven

I'm having trouble understanding the lyrics, mainly because it is not my first language Does anyone know them? https://youtu.be/Bj4lp1Rkq_w?si=pkWTCY87yFhzUlFO

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2024/04/16
15:10 UTC

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What are these lyrics??

Been looking everywhere for the translation and lyrics of the phonk song Automotivo satisfaction

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2024/04/15
05:49 UTC

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When the Crowds are Gone--Savatage

I need interpretations for most of the lyrics because its too deep.

I don't know where the years have gone

Memories can only last so long

Like faded photographs, forgotten songs

And the things I never knew

When the skin is thin, the heart shows through

Please believe me what I tell you is true

Where's the light, turn then on again

One more night to believe and then

Another note for my requiem

A memory to carry on

The story's over when the crowds are gone

All my friends have been crucified

They made life a long suicide true

Guess we never figured out the rules

But I'm still alive and my fingers feel

I'm gonna play on till the final reel's through

And read the credits from a different view

Where's the lights, turn them on again

One more night to believe and then

Another note for my requiem

A memory to carry on

The story's over when the crowds are gone

(epic guitar solo by Criss Oliva)

When the crowds are gone

And I'm all alone

Playing a final song

Now that the lights are gone

Turn them on again

One more time for me my friend

Turn them on again

I never wanted to know

Never wanted to see

I wasted my time till time wasted me

Never wanted to go

Always wanted to stay

Cause the person I am are the parts that I play

So I play and I plan

And hope and I scheme

To the lure of a night

Filled with unfinished dreams

And I'm holding on tight

To a world gone astray

As they charge me for years

I can no longer pay

And the lights

Turn them off my friend

And the ghosts

Well just let them in

Cause in the dark

It's easier to seeeeeeeee

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2024/04/07
22:15 UTC

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Who are these lyrics referring to?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi3yLRIEECE

This song by Anthony Philips is one of the most melencholical songs I've known, and for months I've been trying to decipher who the quotations in the song could possibly be referring to. I know the first one is without a doubt William Shakespear, but I don't know the other two...

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2024/04/05
07:06 UTC

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Transcribing scat from Lorax, is he saying “hutha” or “huba” because I hear both. It’s for a Fandom wiki page

1 Comment
2024/03/25
00:53 UTC

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Help

Hi everyone! I'm trying to find the English transcription of the lyrics of the song 'Aurora' by (( ASA )). Could someone help me with that?"

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2024/03/22
11:23 UTC

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What are they singing? Missing only one line...

This sweet song! I can not understand a few words. I've tried! I've contacted the band but get no reply. So please, can someone help me figure out this one single line? See the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOrvuk22Ddg

This is what I have so far (unintelligeable lines start with !!):

The Last Song

There's a sound that's blowing through my mind

You can hear it in the wind that brings the tide

!! And the […] (we see. And long?) (We sail along?)

!! to the (soothing sound?) (setting sun?) of last goodbeyes

and the land I can call my home

Do the shadows lie ahead

and the journey's just begun

I can't escape that haunting sound

I've better things yet to come

I've better things yet to come

and the sound is blowing through my mind

You can hear it in the wind that brings the tide

!! And the […] (we see. And long?) (We sail along?)

!! to the (soothing sound?) of last goodbeyes

And the land I can call my home

When I reach that brighter shore

I will find that melody

Satisfy this wandering heart

all the peoples join to sing

all the peoples join to sing

with the sound that's blowing through my mind

You can hear it in the wind that brings the tide

!! And the […] (we see. And long?) (We sail along?)

!! to the (soothing sound?) of last goodbeyes

And the land I can call my home

And the land I can call my home

3 Comments
2024/03/21
07:59 UTC

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Dream Sweet In Sea Major by Miracle Musical

the title says enough. lyrics below.

Alone at the edge of a universe humming a tune
For merely dreaming we were snow
A siren sounds like the goddess who
Promises endless apologies of paradise
And only she can make it right
So things are different tonight
We'll go together in flight

It's now and never
A reverie endeavor
Awaits somnambulant directives
To take the helm
Believe me, darling
The stars were made for falling
Like melting obelisks
As tall as another realm

Un ensemble d'enfants
La galaxie s'étend
Jardin de l'imagination
Combler la lacune
Voler face à la lune
Vois comme nous évoluons

It feels like flying
But maybe we're dying
A cosmic confluence of
Pyramids hologrammed
She knows you heard her
Staging music murder
In line before the show began
To be where I am
Children born of one emotion
Our devotion's deepest ocean
No division reasoned we'll be free
To know
We are beyond a bow
And lo, the hues arrange to show
It's perfectly clear

You look quite divine tonight
Here among these vibrant lights
Pure delights surround us as we sail
Signed, yours truly, the whale
Joy mirage's kingdom come
No one left at stake
Now that existence is on the wake
Let's see what we can make

The part is wholly ending
A line in any final song
So long, so far
We will be atoning
At last eternal through the past
Above a blinding star
Bye, Hi.
Sigh, Hawaii
We never meant to part
Sublime, thy art
One light
Higher than the sun
Invisible to some
Until it's time

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2024/03/15
06:03 UTC

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Original Work: This Fantasy

[VERSE 1]

Dark skies, smoke and mirrors, why do I see you there?

You’re just a fantasy, but I can’t bring myself to care

Your every touch sets me ablaze, but the flames fade like a dream

I wake up lonely in my bed, but you’re still inside of me

[PRE-CHORUS]

Familiar stranger, dance with me

Join me in my ecstasy

The shades, they say, I’ve gone insane

But I can feel you touching me

[CHORUS]

Burn with me, won’t you set me free?

You’re all I prayed for you to be

Burn with me, my sick fantasy

Don’t you know you’re a part of me?

[VERSE 2]

Dark clouds, thunder and lightning, why do I see you there?

Nothing else to do, I go to you, I can see you everywhere

I carved you out of the shadows for me

I see you there, amongst the stars, you’re everything I wanted you to be

(Just not real)

(You’ll never be real)

[PRE-CHORUS]

Familiar stranger, dance with me

Join me in my ecstasy

The shades, they say, I’ve gone insane

But I can feel you touching me

[CHORUS]

Burn with me, won’t you set me free?

You’re all I prayed for you to be

Burn with me, my sick fantasy

Don’t you know you’re a part of me?

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2024/03/14
14:48 UTC

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Does anyone know the lyrics to this song? Ariele e Calibano

Ariele e Calibano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uvV8MAt-Tw

Such a beautiful song and I cannot find the lyrics/ translations online.

0 Comments
2024/03/12
16:35 UTC

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Seeing your experience in art

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2024/03/04
18:08 UTC

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Snowbank Blues - The Backseat Lovers

“And there’s something on my chest, it’s really messing with my health, just because I am smilin’ doesn’t mean I’m smiling for myself Take the stage and put the mask back on the shelf“

This line really touched me as I consider myself a person who dedicates a huge deal of his efforts to make other people smile. I enjoy seeing people smile, I enjoy seeing them happy. (Don’t get me wrong I am not a comedian or a Chandler Bing, I mean fun in terms of joy, not laughter).

And I do this because it makes me happy, and my friends value it and do it in return, but sometimes I feel like I am hiding my sad thoughts when I act like this, and that I am smiling, but not for myself, and that I am putting this mask, just to cover it up.

And yes, there is a girl, like for the guy in the lyrics, and sometimes I feel that she stole my light when she left.

Just quick thoughts I wanted to share, would like to see your thoughts on the song :)

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2024/03/01
13:07 UTC

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Interpreting & Analysis of Songs and their Lyrics

Ima start this on my profile and i’ll take in some suggestions/requests of what to do next. Please, keep in mind some will probably be more obvious and others won’t!!

Todays 2-21-24

Sundress - A$ap Rocky

[Link to Listen to It] ⬆️

I think it's him trying to convince himself he's still the right guy for whoever this girl is. He’s in denial.

it seems he wants to revisit this relationship. notice in the beginning he saying “adjust to the pain it hurt too bad to say you left me” so that's why i imply convince above because if he didn't like to even admit she left him he probably doesn't want to admit she's not in love with him anymore and is happy with this other guy “walk around like you lost feelings i can tell he not fulfilling you in love with me still” and convinces himself he's better for her and that, that man is wrong for her “i guess u fell into the wrongs hands and now you’re f-ing with the wrong man” It just seems like he's in denial and his delusions are just him coping with the pain of missing her.

in an part of the song it seems like he's also reminiscing on what they used to want together and their plans. so he still obviously misses her which i mean it’s obvious the whole song but it confirms it even more “tokyo trip shopping sprees full of gifts i REMEMBER WE would dream about kids” “cause lately i’ve been thinking about you and rebuilding”

“a little bit in return now tables turn now and you heard about me and my bitch” hes still thinking about this girl although he already has one implying he wants her to feel the way he does and probably want to convince himself she’s jealous because he’s jealous so therefore hes projecting in a way.

The way he word things makes it seem like he’s tried countless times to probably convince her to stay or salvage the relationship “just read the signs it’s clear to see i’m tryna make u mine” “cause lately i’ve been thinking about you and rebuilding”

I think this song is showing how we can get jealous of our exs with someone new and it’s kind of the grieving/healing process which we’re in stage denial right now. He’ll eventually move on though “to heal it takes some time”

idk i could be completely wrong that's just how i interpreted it!!

I was recommended this song by a friend never listened to it I actually really relate to it in many ways and it’s starting to be catchy to me wouldn’t be my first though to add into a playlist but i enjoyed it!

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2024/02/21
10:01 UTC

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“I’m somewhere between humble and hell nah”

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2024/02/17
19:43 UTC

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This is just dark, I like it

I wipe it off the tile, the light is brighter this time Everything is 3-D blasphemy My eyes are red and gold, the hair is standing straight up This is not the way I pictured me I can't control my shakes! How the hell did I get here? Something about this, so very wrong I have to laugh out loud, I wish I didn't like this Is it a dream or a memory?

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2024/02/16
08:36 UTC

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"And my time is a piece of wax falling on a termite, That's choking on the splinters" - Loser by Beck

I know there probably might be no meaning to this but can anyone make any sense of this?

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2024/02/12
06:05 UTC

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Okay so I made this song and I can't tell if my point gets across

I need some help. So my thoughts tend to be constantly scrambled, I tried to write a song about one overarching topic but I got carried away on a lot of other subtopics and now I can't tell if I articulated this well enough or if it still sounds like a schizo wrote it Imao. This is the rough draft before for the final draft so l've already trimmed a lot and changed a lot of shit around so nothing that I wrote here is meaningless I just can't tell if my meaning gets across. If y'all could comment how you interpret it it would be helpful. it's supposed to be deep tho lmao.

Here it is

The man that custom made us

Said play and entertain us

Told us we should always hate us

And mindfulness is dangerous

He told me what I can't speak

What I can't hear what I can't think

She told me l'm a daydream

But I couldn't say the same thing

The outside shell betrays me

I go through a hell you caint see

Because we hate what we can't be

And not one of us is happy...

It's true we feel the same strings

It's true we hate the same things

And the man to your left he hates you

The man to your right he hates you

The lady in your life betrays you

And now everything else you hate too

And we hate what you hate too

And hate will overtake you

Until your mind up and escapes you

The cycle of hate continued...

He lied to your face with pity

Said child we see you clearly

Said momma loves you at no fee

But slowly controls me

The villain he will franchise

Is me in a timeless past life

A speck in a sea of lost lives

A holy baby antichrist

Throw him into the firelight

Hate him until his mother cries

Play for us, oh dance tonight

For the devil only lives to die

He said “momma you can’t save me

For you are the one who made me”

And to him he must appease to

The one who made her dance for you

3 Comments
2024/02/07
17:51 UTC

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Songs that makes you laugh, cringe, and think "wow the world changes so fast"

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2024/02/07
16:07 UTC

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song lyrics

So i play this game called rust and i listen to live radio in game the station being senseimedia radio and im looking for a song i cant find at all. its a women singer and the chorus is something like "You used to have the world in your eyes but now its on your shoulders". the second part of the chorus is something like you shouldnt have to something something but the worlds getting colder. if anyone knows what im talking about please help me lmao.

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2024/01/30
05:53 UTC

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A song tangentially about war- but is it supposed to be critical of it? (Strummerman: Soldat)

This song has been getting to me. It's a sort of German metal-type song, that, at least from the translation, seems to be subtly critical of military culture- but I am not quite sure on that. I'll post the lyrics and the translation below... (I don't speak German for the record)

(Lyrics copied from a Youtube translation)

Schönes Wetter. Der Himmel ist klar.
(Nice weather. The sky is clear.)
Meine Eltern führen mich zum Stadtplatz.
(My parents take me to the town square.)
Dort findet heute 'ne Militärparade statt.
(There's a military parade there today.)
Viele Leute. Und mein Herz ist voll.
(Many people. And my heart is full.)
Ich möchte wie ein Soldat marschieren
(I want to march like a soldier)
Und in guter Gestalt spazieren.
(And walk in good shape.)
Mit Waffen in der Hand ist nichts verboten.
(Nothing is forbidden with guns in hand.)
Jemand muss sterben, jemand muss
(Someone has to die, someone has to)
töten.
(Kill)
Das ist so toll!
(This is so great!)
Schönes Wetter. Das Wasser ist still.
(Nice weather. The water is still.)
Meine Eltern wissen nicht, was ich will.
(My parents don't know what I want.)
Kein' Schokolade! Ich brauche kein Spielzeug mehr!
(No' chocolate! I don't need any more toys!)
Für die Parade braucht man ein Gewehr.
(You need a rifle for the parade.)
Ich möchte wie ein Soldat marschieren
(I want to march like a soldier)
Und in guter Gestalt spazieren.
(And walk in good shape.)
Mit Waffen in der Hand ist nichts verboten.
(Nothing is forbidden with guns in hand.)
Jemand muss sterben, jemand muss
(Someone has to die, someone has to)
töten.
(Kill)
Das ist so toll!
(This is so great!)
Der Wind wird stärker. Die Sonne versteckt sich. Meine Eltern waren abgelenkt und haben mich aus den Augen verloren.
(The wind is getting stronger. The sun is hiding. My parents were distracted and lost track of me.)
Ich bin aus der Gefangenschaft geflohen. Regentropfen fließen über die Wangen.
(I escaped from captivity. Raindrops flow down the cheeks.)
In dieser Menge kann mich niemand fangen. Ich segle über das Menschenmeer.
(In this crowd no one can catch me. I sail across the sea of ​​people.)
Ich sehe ein Maschinengewehr.
(I see a machine gun.)
In der Stadt beginnt ein Sturm.
(A storm begins in the city.)
Ich gehe von hinten um den Wachposten herum. Das Maschinengewehr ist ziemlich schwer. Der Platz ist voll. Mein Herz ist leer.
(I walk around the guard post from behind. The machine gun is quite heavy. The place is full. my heart is empty)
Ich möchte wie ein Soldat marschieren
(I want to march like a soldier)
Und in guter Gestalt spazieren.
(And walk in good shape.)
Mit Waffen in der Hand ist nichts verboten.
(Nothing is forbidden with guns in hand.)
Jemand muss sterben, jemand muss
(Someone has to die, someone has to)
töten.
(Kill)
Das ist so toll!
(This is so great!)

3 Comments
2024/01/25
10:41 UTC

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In "Sweather Weather" by The Neighbourhood why is the speaker's love interest wearing High Wasited Shorts

The relavenet lines are

>Touch my neck and I'll touch yours
>You in those little high waisted shorts, oh

and

>'Cause it's too cold

>For you here

>And now, so let me hold

>Both your hands in the holes of my sweater

If it's cold and the speaker is wearing a sweater why is the love interest wearing shorts.

Some theories I played around with

  1. Its cold outside but warm inside

I rejected this because then why would the speaker still be wearing a sweater? They also say "too cold for you HERE" implying its cold at the same time they are going for the feel up

  1. The Love interest is wearing shorts DESPITE it being so cold

The idea here being the speaker is using the love interesting being cold is shorts as an excuse to make a move. This may also tie into the California line? Do beach Cali folk wear shorts even when its cold?

3 Comments
2024/01/20
06:35 UTC

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Whats the song ,,Diamonds" from The Boxer Rebellion about?

Hi, whats the meaning of the song ,,Diamonds" from the boxer rebellion? I tried to translate the lyrics (I am not an english native speaker) but I didn't understand everything, especially the context. I hope you can help me :)

Here's the chorus:

I'm no good next to Diamonds When I'm too close to start to fade Are you angry with me now Are you angry cause I'm to blame

I'm no good next to Diamonds When I'm too close to start to fade Are you angry with me now Are you angry cause I'm to blame

And here is the whole lyrics: https://www.songtexte.com/songtext/the-boxer-rebellion/diamonds-13ab69b5.html

4 Comments
2024/01/17
19:57 UTC

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Meaning?

What does “if you can't quit the saddle then just leave it in the barn” mean? I am interpreting it to be about fidelity. “If you can’t stop ‘riding’ that other, just don’t let me know there is another - make me believe I’m the only, because you’ve hidden the other away” kind of thinking. Thoughts from others?

3 Comments
2024/01/17
18:55 UTC

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Ram temple in Ayodhya

The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust was subsequently established to oversee the construction of the Ram Mandir. The temple's construction has since been underway, and it holds immense cultural and religious significance for millions of Hindus. The process has been a symbol of faith and has evoked various sentiments across different sections of society in India. Ram temple in Ayodhya will be inaugurated in January 2024.

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2024/01/12
12:07 UTC

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Silly Girl - Descendants Interpretation

To me, this song has always been about a dad singing about how he loves his daughter.

"Started on a summer Sunday The pink dress in the setting sun You were going to grandmas' house I was too scared to come"

The father drops his kid off at her grandma's house (his MIL), but he doesn't stick around because of her disapproval of him.

"I had to run to get you, you always move so fast

This could be a reference to her growing up / growing up too fast.

"With your cute little smile and a silly laugh God gave me love at last"

He's given love by becoming a father. He's changed as a person, and now, he has a much brighter outlook on life.

"They said just stay away and now I wish I had I'm so in love with you, my silly girl"

People have warned him that parenting is hard, or that he's too young to have kids.

"They made me go away, sometimes life isn't fair But ill be back someday, I hope you'll stillbe there"

The father could've had to leave his daughter due to mental or addiction issues (custody loss). He wants to get clean soon, and he hopes he's able to do it before she grows up too much. Going back to the love at last line, it could be that the father had a rough childhood and by becoming a father, he was able to love and be loved. He could throw away his past and care about his daughter the way his parents should've cared for him.

"Don't stop being a silly girl" The father is telling his daughter to never stop being who she is. To not rush her childhood and enjoy it for as long as possible.

"Silly girl I'm in love with you Yeah! My silly girl"

The word silly is quite childish, and something you could call a kid.

In conclusion, an alternative interpretation to this song would be that it's a wholesome tune about a father who loves his daughter and is thankful for her.

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2024/01/05
06:05 UTC

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House Song by Searows

I feel like I get it but I don't. I feel it but can't put it into words. Someone help me out please.

1 Comment
2023/12/29
08:33 UTC

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