Sheryl Crow, “Strong Enough”.
Don’t know about anybody else, but Matchbox 20’s “Push” squicks me:
She said I don’t know if I’ve ever been good enough
I’m a little bit rusty and I think my head is caving in
and I don’t know if I’ve ever been really loved by a hand that’s touched me
well I feel like something’s gonna give and I’m a little bit angry
well this ain’t over no not here not while I still need you around
you don’t owe me
We might change yeah yeah we just might feel good
(chorus)
I wanna push you around, well I will, well I will
wanna push you down, well I will, well I will
I wanna take you for granted, I wanna
take you for granted I will, I will
I will hate her forever for it, too.
All Wrong by God Lives Underwater
*Here I am my anger and me
temper makes it hard to see
this situation i’m in again
everything must come to an end now
there’s some things that I want to do
and I don’t want to lie to you
but it still makes me go and do the things I know
all wrong*
Sanctified by Nine Inch Nails
*I’m just caught up in another of her spells.
she’s turning me into someone else.
everyday I hope and pray this will end
but when I can I do it all again
*
They said they can’t live, and yet … they REFUSE TO DIE! I think they should at least be sued for breach of contract or false advertising or something.
Wasn’t it Guns & Roses with “I Used to Love Her, But I Had to Kill Her”? No beating around the bush with the mental health issues there.
I’ve heard Celine Dion interviewed and she claims she wrote that song about the love of her father, not a relationship. It makes the lyrics more palatable to me.
The winner: Joan Armatrading’s Call Me Names:
What’s even odder is that the song reveals that the woman is beating up a man:
All to a cheery, upbeat tune.
How about Where The Wild Roses Grow by Nick Cave
*On the third day he took me to the river
He showed me the roses and we kissed
And the last thing I heard was a muttered word
As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist
On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow
And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
And I kissed her goodbye, said, “All beauty must die”
And lent down and planted a rose between her teeth *
Vagus: I love that song! Yes it is extremely creepy.
Can someone explain to me what REM’s “The One I Love” is about? I realize it isn’t a love song, and I’ve heard over and over how people still play it as a romantic song when it isn’t… but the lyrics are really vague to me and I can’t tell what it actuall is supposed to be about…
OK, yeah, it definitely squicks me less as a parental appreciation song… that’s much better. But still… didn’t she do anything for herself?!
Well, there’s this gem from Nickelback (which I hope, but don’t know for sure, is intended to be ironic):
“Figured You Out”
I like your pants around your feet
And I like the dirt that’s on your knees
And I like the way you still say please
While you’re looking up at me
You’re like my favourite damn disease
And then it gets worse…
I always though that the “simple prop” was the writing of the song. So I thought it was a love song.
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me:
I don’t like you
But I love you
Seems that I’m always thinking of you
Whoa-oh-oh you treat me badly
I love you madly
You’ve really got a hold on me
There’s a Grade song, “Stolen Bikes Ride Faster”, which has always given me a case of the willies.
Link to the full lyrics: right here.
I especially like the part about the blood on the lips. :dubious:
Maybe it’s not meant the way it sounds, because the last line sort of redeems it, but it reads as a rape song to me! Oddly enough, I thought about this randomly in the shower the other day for the first time in years, and only then realised that the last line could have meant that “rape is bad, mmmkay?”
Ever heard, Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean (Unsure of Artist)? Yikes!
How about I hold your hand in mine? 
I can’t believe no one’s mentioned Creep by Radiohead. Here’s something to cheer you up:
*I don’t care if it hurts
I want to have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice when I’m not around
You’re so fucking special
I wish I was special
But I’m a creep *
Man, I’m bummed just typing that out. Back to sniffing glue for me…
I look for my arm
but its not there
gaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :eek:
Born A Woman.