Where Soul Meets Body In Death Cab for Cutie’s song Soul Meets Body, many references are made to the self and the mind. In the very first line it says “I want to live where soul meets body,” suggesting that there is a place where these two things meet or coincide, but also that they don’t always meet. The rest of the song talks about how different things feel and doing things to symbolize becoming clean and perhaps dying at certain points. The lyrics say that the speaker is more than just a body. The song involves empirical and rational claims. Empirical is when one gains all knowledge from sensory data and rationalism is when one takes sensory experiences and applies reason to them. In the first verse the speaker says they want the
In the second verse the song writer gives more detail about why the mother
Particular words he chooses throughout the song, like "Indigos" (18), have symbolism attached to them. He metaphorically describes
This is what they call imagery. The singer is saying be yourself do not follow others, be yourself and don’t let your perse stop you. Later on in the song it say,”The ice we skate is getting pretty thin/ The water’s getting warm so you might as well swim/ My worlds on fire. How about yours/ That’s the way I like it and i’ll never get bored.” (Smash Mouth) This entire line of the song describes stress and it will try to stop you from being you, but when he rose up and he made a difference and forgot all about the stress he once had. The first part of the lyric is a simile. The final lyric in the song that is important is,” Somebody once asked could I spare some change for gas/ I need to get myself away from this place/ I said yep, what a concept/I could use a little fuel myself/ And we could all use a little change.”( Smash Mouth) What he means by this is people ask him what he did to become this famous and he said,”you have to follow your dreams.” This is an example of a
Dawes are an indie rock band from Los Angeles, California. We’re All Gonna Die is their fifth album and their third released on HUB records. Dawes are most notable for their anthemic sing along songs like “When My Time Comes” or “Things Happen.” While Dawes always seems to have solid singles; they have really never had a really good album. We’re All Gonna Die continues this trend. This album starts out very promising with the first song being the best song. “One of Us” has a great groove and a very catchy chorus like many Dawes songs. After that are two of singles released for the album the title track and “Roll With the Punches.” Both these songs are a little less catchy, but they both have a nice southern rock touch to them. The title song
This song relates to transcendentalism by expressing spiritualism by expressing how people should not be materialistic. The song tells people to open your mind to show the goodness of mankind. En Vogue expresses how society judges people based on appearances and expresses that people need to be more individual instead of thinking as a group. Free your mind wants
The last line of stanza is sung as “So watch my back and keep the blade i think it got you laid.” This means instead of their family hurting them they should watch their back and by doing so it will be good overall which means the laid part.
This explained by the chorus, “I guess the
The second verse talks about making the right choice to just go away instead of shedding
This song implies that individual’s are violating the norms and values of society. They start the song with a verse that expresses
These lyrics are an attempt to open the eyes of the folks that wrap themselves in a robe of “better than” ideals. Society is broken into a cast system and to those unaware they may have the impression that it is possible to rise above it to a level of imagined success. These lyrics are trying to rip away the blind fold to show these gawkers that they are drowning in the same morose conditions as those that are punching a time clock everyday nine to five. The lyrics are screaming to stop laughing open your eyes, you are drowning in muck, but you have been blinded to think there is a difference between us. Even more important than the words in this verse is the sound of the music.
This verse reveals again that a person is compelled to commit a crime to fulfill the needs of oneself and possibly others. Crime rates were at its highest in the US in the 80s and 90s along with poverty rates; although knowing this the government shifted their focus to the War on
In the first verse, “Into the night desperate and broken…” can show that people are coming into this time where God can no longer help them make their choices. Fights will break out from disagreements
This leaves the song open ended, with no set boundaries and allowed oneself to express and reveal individuality through interpretation.
The next stanza shifts to images of the dead land with clutching branches and roots. We can see from this
The song is written about an attractive woman that appeals highly to Robert Plant. He speaks of the way she moves and her physical appearance in a very sexual