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My seat's been taken by some sunglasses
Asking 'bout a scar
He's drunk or high. He's delusional, and he's starting to see things, like sunglasses asking about a scar. He seems to have some level of awareness, and he knows he's drunk.
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So this is it? I sold my soul for this?
Washed my hands of that for this?
I miss my mom and dad for this
He's frustrated because he worked so hard and suffered a lot to achieve fame, and now he doesn't think it's all it's cracked up to be.
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I found a martyr in my bed tonight,
She stops my bones from wondering just who I am, who I am, who I am
Oh, who am I? Oh, who am I? mmm... mmm
He sees somebody like himself suffering for a cause, and he's thinking "that's me, I'm gonna do that. I know why I'm here now". But then he second guesses himself. I love how the lyrics turn from "who I am" to "who am I", indicating a reversal of his emotions.
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But I still wake up, I still see your ghost,
Oh Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for, oh
What do I stand for? What do I stand for?
Most nights, I don't know anymore...
Oh woah, oh woah, oh woah oh oh.
Oh woah, oh woah, oh woah oh oh
He's questioning who he is, why he's here, what he's meant to do, and how. He seems to feel like his life is directionless.
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My heart is breaking for my sister and the con that she called "love".
Man when I look into my nephew's eyes...
Man, you wouldn't believe
The most amazing things that can come from...
Some terrible nights... ahhh... oh woah, oh woah, oh woah oh oh
Oh woah, oh woah, oh woah oh
These lines seem to suggest that his sister was date-raped, and got pregnant. When he looks into this child's eyes, he can't help but think something wonderful came from a tragic event.
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Cut off your hair yeah that's it!
If you look like that I swear I'm gonna love you more
His ex had an immature reaction to their breakup, and cut off all her hair. He's sarcastically saying, yeah, sure, that'll make me come back.
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No consolation prizes
This line sounds like he's telling his ex that he's not going to try make her feel good if she doesn't deserve it.
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but see it grow
Like a riot, like a riot, oh!
I'm not easily
"Lisztomania" refers to the mass stardom Franz Liszt received as a classical composer. His concerts were sold out, and there were screaming women at his performances, so he was basically an 1800s pop star. This line seems to refer to Phoenix achieving musical success, and seeing their fame grow.
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for gentlemen only
That's with the fortunate only
No I gotta be someone else
These days
Only gentleman can win this woman's love, and anyone who succeeds with her is fortunate. He could either be saying that he's not a gentleman, but he needs to change in order to be with this woman, or that he is a gentleman, but he doesn't feel that that's who he truly is, and he's "gotta be someone else".
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Not sentimental no!
Romantic not disgusting yet
Darling I'm
He is trying to figure out what his relationship is with this person. Are they just friends, are they close, are they a couple? He's debating with himself.
Lorde – Ribs
Jan 10, 2015
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This dream isn't feeling sweet
We're reeling through the midnight streets
And I've never felt more alone
It feels so scary getting old
When kids are younger, they dream of being a teenager, and throwing parties when their parents aren't home. But now that she has done it, she realizes it's not as great as she thought it was.
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Glory and gore go hand in hand
That's why we're making headlines
With the "glory" of fame, there comes a serious price, which is the "gore". The reason they're "making headlines" is because if being famous were easy, everyone would do it. They're given this sort of honour, because they go through stuff nobody should have to go through to get where they are.
Lorde – 400 Lux
Jan 10, 2015
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We come around here all the time
Got a lot to not do, let me kill it with you
She's hanging out with somebody else, a friend or a boyfriend, in a place that they go often. They're both avoiding things they should be doing, and they're just procrastinating together.
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It's a new art form showing people how little we care
In Lorde's song "Royals," she says "we don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair". She's saying that her music is a new art form showing people that nobody cares about the lyrics to most songs, which are all about partying and "doing the do".
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It looked alright in the pictures
Being famous is always portrayed as being fun and happy, from all the information we get from TV and magazines.
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And my boys trip me up with their heads again, loving them
It seems that she has a group of guy friends that always pick her up when she's down. They make jokes that cheer her up, or give her encouragement.
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But my head's filling up fast with the wicked games, up in flames
How can I fuck with the fun again when I'm known
She can't stop worrying about all the "what ifs". She's wondering if she can ever just be a normal person again and just have fun when she's famous.
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We're so happy, even when we're smilin' out of fear
This could mean that the media portrays famous people as always being happy and having perfect lives, but in reality, most celebrities are scared out of their minds. It could describe how a common reaction (or coping mechanism) to fear is to smile.
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And I am only as young as the minute is full of it
This line refers to the media. She feels like she's only as trendy, as cool, as good or as bad as the media makes her.
Zedd – Clarity
Jan 10, 2015
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High dive into frozen waves where the past comes back to life
"Frozen waves" are the events of the past. To take a "high dive into frozen waves" means that she's experiencing nostalgia of what used to be.
Gotye – Save Me
Jan 10, 2015
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And I could not love
Coz I could not love myself
Never good enough, no
That was all I'd tell myself
He hated himself, and was constantly beating himself up about everything and how he was "never good enough". Because he couldn't love himself, he couldn't love others either.
Gotye – Save Me
Jan 10, 2015
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Running through all the options
And the endings
Were rolling out in front of me
But I couldn't choose a thread to begin
He kept mentally going through what could go wrong, or what could go right in his life, and just generally worrying. But looking back on it, he realizes that he was so lost then that he "couldn't choose a thread to begin".
Gotye – Save Me
Jan 10, 2015
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In the mornings
I was anxious
It's better just to stay in bed
Didn't want to fail myself again
He used to be so depressed that getting out of bed was a challenge. He didn't want to get up and face the world, because he was afraid he wouldn't live up to his own standards.
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Love ain't safe
You won't get hurt if you stay chaste
So you can wait
But I don't wanna waste my love
The person he's in love with has been deeply hurt by past relationships. He's saying that she's right, and love isn't safe. So she can keep her love to herself, and wait for the perfect guy (who doesn't exist). But he doesn't want to waste his love on somebody who is too scared to love him in return.
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Your heart's a mess
You won't admit to it
It makes no sense
But I'm desperate to connect
And you, you can't live like this
He's fallen in love with somebody who's "heart's a mess". She can't see that she has issues ("you won't admit to it"). He knows that she has problems with relationships, but he feels like he's going crazy because he desperately wants to be in a relationship with her. "You, you can't live like this", describes how he feels like she's almost deliberately messing with his heart and mind, and it's driving him insane.
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You have lost
Too much love
To fear, doubt and distrust
The person that the song is directed to has suffered much in the past, possibly to abuse or bad relationships. Because of this, she has lost her ability to love to "fear doubt and distrust".
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Let me occupy your mind
As you do mine
This person is constantly on his mind. It's driving him crazy but he sort of enjoys it. He wants this other person to constantly think of him too.
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Pick apart
The pieces of your heart
And let me peer inside
He wants to know this person in a deeply personal way. He wants to know what she really thinks about him and how she really feels.
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you ever get that fear that you can't shift
The type that sticks around like summat in your teeth?
Are
He's afraid because he feels like he can't "shift the tide" of his life. It's scaring him because he doesn't like how his life is going, but he feels like he can't change it.
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I watch my little children, play some board game in the kitchen
And I sit and pray they never feel my strife
He sees his innocent children, and feels that he couldn't stand to see them struck down with the perils of being a "grown up".
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