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Sep 18, 2016
This song is about a man who committed a crime in the United States of America, "blood is on my hands tonight," and decides to leave everything he loves behind (Anastasia) and trail to Mexico to avoid going to prison, "lawman got me running now forever more." He is saying his last goodbyes to the love of his life in the song. He's telling Anastasia that he will never see her again, but he is so in love with her.
Jul 22, 2015
This song, I interrupt as "god" is calling to tell Nikki Sixx that his time is up. Nikki Sixx was a heroin addict who was legally pronounced dead twice before he decided to get clean. He is explaining that "god" is "calling" him just to let him know that he will be dying. Towards the end when you hear the man and woman walk in his room and then the sirens go off, describes how he was found in the motel room when he was pronounced dead. I took this song as that god was telling him that his life would be over if he didn't get clean. It's a "courtesy call," because not a lot of other people have the fortune of being "warned," before they die. Again, this is just my interpretation.
Jul 17, 2015
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Day nine-- The parasites are panicking--
Day ten-- They seem amazed that I'm alive
Day ten-- They seem amazed that I'm alive
The parasites in his body were killing him from the heroin use. Once he started to get clean, the parasites are "panicking" because they are dying without his drug use. Their "plan" was killing him. Obviously parasites aren't feeling any of this, but after being a heroin addict, it is amazing that he survived.
Jul 17, 2015
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Day one. Dope free. I went to the clinic today and got the first dose of methadone.
I'm out of dope so I threw away all my rigs
I'm out of dope so I threw away all my rigs
He is describing the pain he went through when he was quitting heroin. Ow he was getting sick, it was killing him. He went to the free clinic and got medication to help him through the withdrawals.
Jul 17, 2015
"The girl with the golden eyes," is actually referring to heroin. Heroin is a drug that almost everyone has heard of but no one really believes how serious of a problem it is. Heroin is not like marijuana, where you can smoke it and they'll be really no long term effects. With heroin, you can do it once and die. It is a light brownish-gold color and Nikki Sixx is saying that she is so powerful, so unresisting, that he cannot get away from "her." In the end, when he is talking about the days, he is describing the pain he went through when he was quitting heroin.
May 31, 2015
May 31, 2015
May 31, 2015
This is another '80s song about how that generation of kids were so misunderstood. Told what to wear, how to look, what to say. This song is about fighting that; go wild and do what you want. This song reminds me of the late '60s a lot, not with the sound but with the lyrics. Like the whole Helter Skelter time period; take back your life period. This generation, the late '80s, were the "problem child," they were considered punks because they fought a lot of the congressional thinking. Them, and the '60s kids, are the reason our generation can act the way we do. Why we can stand up to teachers and our parents without getting beaten. Why we can fight for what we think is right with less consequence. They broke that barrier for us, and how do we repay them? By not giving a damn about any of it.
May 31, 2015
May 29, 2015
Apr 13, 2015
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(hare krishna)
Hare Krishna is a religious organization that supported a lot of the Hindu scriptures. Their main purpose for the NYC invention of this organization is to: "systematically propagate spiritual knowledge to society at large and to educate all people in the techniques of spiritual life in order to check the imbalance of values in life and to achieve real unity and peace in the world." It was a way for John to further extend his beliefs to educate the people as to why governments are fighting wars in the first place, and have people realize that it's not worth it. Spread the peace and love.
Apr 13, 2015
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Really want to be with you
Really want to see you lord
But it takes so long, my lord
Really want to see you lord
But it takes so long, my lord
He is saying that he wants to have this connection with god in his time of need, but he's been waiting for so long. People often ask god if they can see him and it just boils down to having patience and faith that he'll be there for them in time.
Mar 21, 2015
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One day we'll all be free
And proud to be
Under the same sun
Singing songs of freedom
And proud to be
Under the same sun
Singing songs of freedom
We will all be free of the hate one day and realize that we are all human under the same sun on the same earth; and we should be proud of that. And once we accept that we are all equal, we'll finally be free from the hate.
Mar 21, 2015
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'Cause we all lose
When they feed on
The souls of the innocent
When they feed on
The souls of the innocent
When you're in an argument with someone, there is no winning and loosing. When you fight and don't resolve it, you are all losers because there will still be a fight and there is still hate, and that is why humanity will loose every time.
Mar 21, 2015
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That we don't wanna fight no more
There'll be no more wars
And our children will play
There'll be no more wars
And our children will play
Much like John Lennon's Imagine, this man is singing about world peace and equality. He wants to have a future where his children will play with everyone else, no matter the race, religion, sex, etc.
Mar 21, 2015
Mar 21, 2015
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Sometimes I lay
Under the moon
And thank god I'm breathin'
Then I pray
Don't take me soon
'Cause I am here for a reason
Under the moon
And thank god I'm breathin'
Then I pray
Don't take me soon
'Cause I am here for a reason
We should all be thankful we are alive, and he is asking god for more time, before he dies, because he knows that he was put on this earth for a reason; to do good.
Mar 11, 2015
This song is about growing up, going through hard times, but getting through it all because of your friends. Being able to get through your problems because your friends are there to help you laugh and get a little high. When you're going through a heartache, your friends are there to make it all better.
Mar 11, 2015
Mar 11, 2015
Paul wrote this song for Julian Lennon, John's son, after Julian's parents decided they were going to get a divorce. It was a comfort song to make Julian feel better. Lennon was already with Yoko Ono during the time of the divorce with his first wife, so Julian was most likely having an even harder time that his dad moved on so quickly.
Mar 4, 2015
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We passed the hash pipe
And played our Doors tapes
And played our Doors tapes
By hash pipe, I believe he's talking about marijuana. Back during the Vietnam, or actually any war, a lot of the soldiers smoked weed as a simple way just to relax and make it through the day. The Doors was a band in the 1960s that more commonly relates to the Beatles. Again, people from back home would send packages full of things like pot and record tapes.
Mar 4, 2015
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And they were sharp
As sharp as knives
They heard the hum of the motors
They counted the rotors
And waited for us to arrive
As sharp as knives
They heard the hum of the motors
They counted the rotors
And waited for us to arrive
In the beginning of the song, Billy Joel says that the American soldiers were as sharp as knives. He was saying that they thought they were the best of the best going into this war. But as soon as they got in, they immediately found out that the Vietnamese were a lot sharper. They counted the rotors, meaning the Vietnamese knew how many people were going to be at that one location, and just waiting to attack the group. At the end of the song, Billy explains that they all died, but they died together.
Mar 4, 2015
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We, held the day,...
In the palm of our hands
They, ruled the night
And the night, seemed to last as long as six weeks
In the palm of our hands
They, ruled the night
And the night, seemed to last as long as six weeks
They had no problem fighting in the daylight. It was easier for them. But at night, in the dark, they were dominated by the Vietnamese. It seemed to last a lot longer at night because they were dying.
Mar 4, 2015
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And who was wrong?
And who was right?
It didn't matter in the thick of the fight
And who was right?
It didn't matter in the thick of the fight
When you look at the entire war, you can try to make justifications for it, but Billy Joel was trying to show us from the point of view of one individual soldier. One man, who has a family or friends or children, one man's entire life is over because of something that really doesn't matter. When you look at it from that persecutive, loosing your life was not worth this fight.
Mar 4, 2015
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And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together
When Billy Joel preforms this song live, he had veterans of war, police officers, fire fighters, soldiers, singing it with him. They are saying that they accepted the fact that they will not make it, but they hold onto their brothers and sisters(the other soldiers) and they say that they will die, but they won't be alone.
Mar 4, 2015
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