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Well, y'know, the real estate literature genre is booming. You'd think Paul would have time for his wife with the subject matter he's writing about.

hahahaha. That's a lot different than what I expected.

"And the waitress is practicing politics."

????

Has anyone heard his song "Captain Jack"? The lyrics talk about someone masturbating, which isn't something you really expect from mainstream artists like Billy Joel.

"And Captain Jack will get you high tonight."

I thought it was about liquor. "Jack Daniels."

Look, we've seen this kind of thing before
Jackie threats with cobras at the door
don't live your life inside a narrow filled with glances
New York City find your chances
yes you've had 'em
yes you've had 'em
yes you've had 'em

on a train devouring the land
there's a kid going insane over her man
insane over her man
insane over her

look, we've seen this kind of thing before
four kids hanging from the reference door
and if he hollers let him out
cause he's gonna shout
something in the way she moves
just shouldn't be allowed

left on the jungle floor
Jackie's dressed in cobras
givin me ideas
what I really need now is ideas

look, we've seen this kind of thing before
vampires flown across the ballroom floor
mistake his blood-lust feast for dancin
New York City find your chances
yes you've had 'em
yes you've had 'em
yes you've had 'em

on a train devouring the land
there's a kid going insane over her man
insane over her man
insane over her

on a train devouring the land
there's a kid going insane over her man
insane over her man
insane over her

on a train devouring the land
there's a kid going insane over her man
insane over her man
insane over her

left on the jungle floor
Jackie's dressed in cobras

left on the jungle floor
Jackie's dressed in cobras

left on the jungle floor
Jackie's dressed in cobras

Awesome song, though.

Last edited by Delirium on 29 Mar 2008, 12:52 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Most songs have a message or point, I can't seem to get the song "Peaches" by the 'Presidents of the United States of America"

The video for the song even makes less sense, it's the band playing in a forest with a crate of peaches in the center and ninjas are sneaking around them, at the end they are all fighting.

[insert any Red Hot Chili Peppers lyrics here]

Tori Amos seems to delight in having song lyrics that make the listener scratch their head (exactly what does "Never was a cornflake girl/Thought it was a good solution, hanging with the raisin girls" actually mean?).

And of course, the classic Neil Diamond song, "I Am, I Said":

I am, I said
To no one there
And no one heard at all
Not even the chair...

So, you're so boring you can put the furniture to sleep? Is that what you're trying to say, Neil? Or are you in fact so delusional that you were expecting the chair to respond, and confirm your existence?

The first thing that came to my head is raisin bran cereal.

I actually think its about going to the country and eating peaches.

Alternately I remember an interview with singer Chris Ballew on VH1 where he said there was a girl he had a crush on who had a peach tree in her backyard and one day he knocked on her door to tell her how he felt and she wasn't home so he sat under her tree squishing peaches.

The song is all about people with unaccomplished dreams. Paul is in real estate but wants to be a novelist, and the waitress wants to be a politician.

Silverchair lyrics are by far the worst I've heard in terms of not making sense. Yet they're so popular.

Anything written by Gavin Rossdale.

Tori Amos is my ho.
Her lyrics are purposely cryptic.

Amber Waves

Well He lit you up
like Amber Waves in his
movie show
He fixed you up real good
till I don't know you anymore
from Ballet Class to a Lap Dance
straight to video
And the pool side news
was that he would be
launching you

Into every young man's
Bedroom -- you gave it up
on DVD and magazine --
you gave it up
a private rite of passage --
you gave it up
to every boy's sweet dream
with their paper cuts

You said "he's got a
Healing Machine
it glows in the dark
glows in the dark"
You say "there's not a lot
of me
left anymore --
just leave it alone.
But if you're buy, and you have
the time, tell the Northern
Lights to keep shining -- Lately
it seems like they're drowning"

He could light you up
and summon every swan
to the Lakeside
Off to Cabo San Lucas
for some optical stimulus
Then you started to guess
there was someone else
though His flint glass
seeing all of you
immersed in His sepia

Into every young man's
Bedroom -- you gave it up
on DVD and magazine --
you gave it up
a private rite of passage --
you gave it up
to every boy's sweet dream
with their paper cuts

You said "he's got a
Healing Machine
it glows in the dark
glows in the dark"
You say "there's not a lot
of me
left anymore --
just leave it alone.
But if you're buy, and you have
the time, tell the Northern
Lights to keep shining -- Lately
it seems like they're drowning"

So I went by
cause I had the time,
and told the Northern Lights
to keep shining
they told me to tell you --
they're waving
© Sword & Stone

"Nonsense is better than no sense at all. "
a nomeansno line

most songs seem to use lyrics simply because they fit the feel or the rhythm of a song to one extent or another

the way i hear it (I don't want to go to) Chelsea by Elvis Costello dosnt make sense but i still reckon its about being obsessed with a girl (if you have any other idas please tell me, ive lost sleep trying to figure it out and im still not entirely sure)