Sg3 on 2/3/2011 at 01:09
"Once struck stupid by your spell
Just bitter now from when I fell
I sure don't goddamn wish you well
I hope your life is fucking hell"
While I wouldn't call Stitch's song "Love Stain" mediocre, these are the only lines I really like from it. For the rest of the song, I like the music but don't particularly like the lyrics. I don't identify with most song lyrics, whether because my experiences differ, or my emotions concerning the experiences, or even because I can't understand them. But those four lines are so ... well, who hasn't felt that way at some point? They aren't so specific that only a small selection of people can relate; they're broad enough that anyone can relate to them.
Kolya on 2/3/2011 at 12:18
I never felt the need to deny a former love. That'd be like denying a part of myself?
Maybe I felt stupid one or two times for a short time thing, that turned bad fast. But then they couldn't hurt me enough to wish HELL upon them later on.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP3N2NU8Lb0) Jonathan Richman - Let her go into the Darkness
Sg3 on 2/3/2011 at 14:50
Quote Posted by Kolya
But then they couldn't hurt me enough to wish HELL upon them later on.
Well, I guess you're really lucky, then. But understand that the wish isn't necessarily heartfelt; it can be a mere expression of frustration. You know, "Right back at you, bitch!" As a matter of fact, I don't wish harm on either of my former female companions.
Thing is, though, those lines don't have to be talking about an ex-girlfriend. It can be even something as abstract as love itself, or religion, or life altogether. You know? That's why I like the lines; they're widely applicable. Whereas the rest of the song is very specific and not everyone can relate to it. I can't.
Stitch on 2/3/2011 at 20:16
Whoa, I'm being called out left and right on here
Yeah, the point of that section was supposed to be the song swelling up from useless just-been-dumped listlessness into pure reactionary (and admittedly unfair) rage. An explosion of that part of your brain that you know is wrong and will ultimately (hopefully) rise above, even if it can be awfully persuasive when in the depths of a bad breakup.
And then once the empty flash of wounded anger subsides--as it eventually does--you find yourself back in the same flat spot as before, which is what the coda of the song was intended to capture.
Anyway, the weirdest thing about this song in retrospect is the girl who inspired it has probably heard it, and that's kind of fucked up. The song wasn't actually about her so much as it was about the emotion our breakup touched on, but she wasn't exactly in a position to know that.
Sg3 on 3/3/2011 at 04:19
Quote Posted by Stitch
Yeah, the point of that section was supposed to be the song swelling up from useless just-been-dumped listlessness into pure reactionary (and admittedly unfair) rage. An explosion of that part of your brain that you know is wrong and will ultimately (hopefully) rise above, even if it can be awfully persuasive when in the depths of a bad breakup.
And then once the empty flash of wounded anger subsides--as it eventually does--you find yourself back in the same flat spot as before, which is what the coda of the song was intended to capture.
Yep, that's pretty much how I understood it to have been meant; what I was trying to say is that, regardless of what you meant, I was able to identify with the emotion, even though I couldn't identify with the emotion in the rest of the song. Or something.
