WTF Song Lyrics.

[Clodfobble]

You're way on top now
Since you left me
You're always laughin'
Way down at me
But watch out now
I'm gonna get there
We'll be together
For just a little while
And then I'm gonna put you
Way down here
And you'll start cryin'
Ninety-six tears
Cry
Cry



I had a friend who was absolutely convinced that the implication in this song was that he was going to rape her for breaking up with him.

[glatt]

This is a little tangent here, but how about that commercial for that Lincoln using Space Oddity (Major Tom) as the music? I like this commercial, mainly because of the music. It must be targeted at people like me, if I like it. But did it occur to any of the geniuses who put the commercial together that the song goes on to talk about how Major Tom dies is his rocket?

Ground control to major tom
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?

Do they really want me to have that association in my mind when the commercial is ending? Lincoln, will leave you stranded in isolation to die a slow lonely death.

[Aliantha]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

"I love you just the way you are"
Translated: if you do change, I'm outta here.

Translated: You don't need to do anything else because you're simply perfect to me just as you are.

[Cicero]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

That's how I heard the song. But it's never referred to as a bitter ot twisted love song. It sounds pretty grim to me!

Oh I always thought it was grim. Which is why I like it, like most of the "The Stone Roses" stuff. Sounds sweet right? Well. No. It's really not.

I love tons of music that sounds sweet but is actually quite nasty if you listen to it. I mean, how dirty is My Bloody Valentine in all their songs? It sounds like a bunch guitars and a sweet girl or guy making a noise. Those guys are dirrrty birds. Dirty!!

Some people would never know what they were trying to hum.

[Aliantha]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

The whole of Wonderwall by Oasis.

Especially
"I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do, about you now"

Apparently it's a love song.

But I always heard it as an old geezer singing to an ex-stripper when they were both in their 80s. Everyone adored her in her youth, but he was the only one left who was still overwhelmed.

Originally Posted by Cicero

That line always sounded caustic to me. Like someone respected and admired by everyone, screwed up. Alternatively, and ironically, they are the only "one to save him"... after all...."they're his wonderwall" (main admirer). It fits in the context with the rest of the song, I actually get the song though. He is saying someone has disappointed everyone, bet he still digs them.

Translation: No one else could possibly love you more than I do right now.

Originally Posted by Brianna

you know what I'm pissed off about?

ali explaining the mundane about "pompetous"...totally harshes my mellow.
I'll never listen to that song the same again. Though, the song remains the same....

So it was better when you didn't get it? lol

Ignorance is bliss huh?

[Cicero]

Just when I thought that it had been translated to death......

[Aliantha]

You people are all so cynical.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by glatt

This is a little tangent here, but how about that commercial for that Lincoln using Space Oddity (Major Tom) as the music? I like this commercial, mainly because of the music. It must be targeted at people like me, if I like it. But did it occur to any of the geniuses who put the commercial together that the song goes on to talk about how Major Tom dies is his rocket?

Ground control to major tom
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?

Do they really want me to have that association in my mind when the commercial is ending? Lincoln, will leave you stranded in isolation to die a slow lonely death.

Yeh - middle aged

[Cicero]

In the spirit of the holidays:



Now this song sounds really nice and sensitive. But the main chorus line, "I don't care how you get here, just get here if you can" bothers me.

First of all, you don't care about my method of transport and all the surrounding circumstances, but then you say, just get here (sounds resolved and good right?), and then qualify it with something flippant like: if you can...

The song sounds dramatic and full of longing. But I can't handle the apparent lack of care, and then the disclaimer after such a demand.


If you took the lyrics out of the dramatic appeal of the song, wouldn't that sound like someone who really doesn't give a flying flip if you are there or not?

I don't care how you get here, just do it if you can, mmm'kay?

[Shawnee123]

I like Brenda Russell singing that song better. She wrote it. I just never cared for Oleta singing it...but maybe because I heard it first on a Brenda Russell album.

Don't know if there's a good youtubey version as I don't have sound.

[Mad Professor]

"Someone left the cake out in the rain
And I don't know if I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again"

- it's only a cake mate.

[Crimson Ghost]

Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer


Nobody on the road
Nobody on the beach
I feel it in the air
The summer's out of reach
Empty lake, empty streets
The sun goes down alone
I'm drivin' by your house
Though I know you're not at home

But I can see you -
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby
And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

I never will forget those nights
I wonder if it was a dream
Remember how you made me crazy?
Remember how I made you scream?
Now I don't understand what happened to our love
But babe, I'm gonna get you back
I'm gonna show you what I'm made of

I can see you -
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
I see you walkin' real slow and you're smilin' at everyone
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

Out on the road today, I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac
A little voice inside my head said, "don't look back. you can never look back."
I thought I knew what love was
What did I know?
Those days are gone forever
I should just let them go but -

I can see you -
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
You got that top pulled down and that radio on, baby
And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

I can see you -
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
You got that hair slicked back and those wayfarers on, baby
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone


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Yup, he's a stalker.

[footfootfoot]

... But now you make me feel so ashamed because I've only got two hands...

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[Gravdigr]

Delia's Gone
by Johnny Cash



Delia, oh, Delia
Delia all my life
If I hadn't a-shot poor Delia
I'd have had her for my wife

Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone

I went up to Memphis
And I met Delia there
I found her in her parlor
And I tied her to her chair

Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone

She was low down and trifling
And she was cold and mean
Kind of evil make me want
To grab my sub machine

Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone

First time I shot her
I shot her in the side
Hard to watch her suffer
But with the second shot she died

Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone

But jailer, oh, jailer
Jailer I can't sleep
'Cause all around my bedside
I hear the patter of Delia's feet

Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone

So if you woman's devilish
You can let her run
Or you can bring her down and do her like
Delia got done

Delia's gone, one more round, Delia's gone

Cash had some dark stuff...

[orthodoc]

That song apparently referred to the 1900 murder of Delia Green (at 14 years old) by her lover, 15 year old Moses Houston, after she called him a SOB. It's been covered by Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan, among others.