Rick N. Backer Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Harry Chapin - Cats in the Cradle Payback's a bitch....'Dad'. Do you hear that song as being about "pay back?" I've never really thought of it that way. I've always thought that the narrator didn't realize that he put things in life that seemed like they were pressing (but there were planes to catch, and bills to pay) ahead of his relationship with his son, and only too late did he realize what he missed out on, and what type of relationship he created with his son. For me the saddest part of that song is when the son returns from college. "He shook his head, and he said with a smile, 'what I'd really like Dad is to borrow the car keys, see you later can I have them please?'" Great song, and a great lesson for anyone with children. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Okay, right after I created this thread I listened to Power Windows, and now I've got another genius lyric to add. I can't believe I've been obsessed with the song "Territories" for like forever and only realized this now. The whole wide world, an endless universeYet we keep looking through the eyeglass in reverse For the longest time I just thought Neil meant a spyglass, instead of an eyeglass. Like a telescope. And then I realized it could actually mean eyeglasses. If you're looking through your eyeglasses in reverse, you're looking at yourself.If I turn my glasses around, when I look through the clarity of peripheral vision is lost. The result is tunnel vision like this, but less extreme... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 "When I'm lying in my bed I think about life and I think about death and neither one particularly appeals to me." - Moz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 when you look up in the skyYou can see the stars and still not see the light So often times it happens that we live our lives in chainsAnd we never even know we have the key 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavia2112 Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 (edited) All right. Yet another Power Windows lyric, but: Some worldviews are spaciousAnd some are merely spaced I mean, sure, it could just mean spaced out, but think about outer space. If your worldview is merely outer space, it's not a view of the world at all. Just space. Edited February 27, 2021 by Flavia2112 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyta Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 (edited) You can never break the chainThere is never love without painA gentle hand , a secret touch of the heart Secret Touch Vapor Trails Not only do I love the song but when Neil drove off on his motorcycle to the final fade out of the songin Beyond the Lighted Stage...gets me every time I see it. :sigh: Edited February 27, 2021 by Rhyta 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 She's got everything she needs, she's an artist,She don't look back.She's got everything she needs, she's an artist,She don't look back.She can take the dark out of the nighttime,And paint the daytime black. You will start out standingProud to steal her anything she sees.You will start out standingProud to steal her anything she sees.But you'll wind up peeking through her keyholeDown upon your knees. She never stumbles, she's got no place to fall.She never stumbles, she's got no place to fall.She's nobody's child, the Law can't touch her at all. She wears an Egyptian ring that sparkles before she speaks.She wears an Egyptian ring that sparkles before she speaks.She's a hypnotist collector, you are a walking antique. Bow down to her on Sunday,Salute her when her birthday comes.Bow down to her on Sunday,Salute her when her birthday comes.For Halloween give her a trumpet,And for Christmas, buy her a drum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosher Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 My favorite lyrics tend to be from the following bands or artists: DylanTom WaitsBad ReligionAni DiFrancoRasputinaCourtney BarnettStan RidgwayT.V. SmithAl StewartPJ HarveyJason IsbellDBT'sKinksBob MarleySparksSiouxsie & the BansheesAesop RockThe CoupSage FrancisClutch A lot more I'll be forgetting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 She's well-acquainted with the touch of the velvet handLike a lizard on a window paneThe man in the crowd with the multicolored mirrorsOn his hobnail bootsLying with his eyes while his hands are busyWorking overtimeA soap impression of his wife which he ateAnd donated to the National Trust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 (edited) "Turn your eyes away from people,and they'll turn their eyes from you.It's a lesson hard to learn now,what you are is what you do.The world keeps turning in a circle,the world keeps turning in a circle.What goes around, comes around." Shadowfax-What Goes Around. Edited February 27, 2021 by pjbear05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 This is an approach/outlook I aspire to though sadly do not always achieve:There are people in your lifeWho've come and goneThey let you downYou know they've hurt your prideYou better put it all behind you baby'Cause life goes onYou keep carryin' that angerIt'll eat you up inside I've been trying to get downTo the heart of the matterBut my will gets weakAnd my thoughts seem to scatterBut I think it's about forgivenessForgiveness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flavia2112 Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 From "Chemistry": "Two to oneReflection on the water" Okay, okay, this one might be a stretch, but think about it. 2 and 1 and reflections on water. Doesn't that sound like the 2112 album cover? And "2 1" reversed, that is, reflected, is "1 2." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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