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Vin 02:48 am UTC 08/26/10 |
| In reply to: | analysing the lyrics.... - AndrewG 11:42 pm UTC 08/25/10 |
| They are pretty bad, but no worse than a lot of the trite, cliched Diane Warren-type lyrics Meat has recorde in the past (along with countless other artists.) The thing about bad lyrics is, if they're sung well, and to good music, they don't seem so bad as when you just read them on the page. IMO, "Man of Steel" is a decent song. I'd give it a C+. As an occasional lyric writer, whenever I find myself leaning toward the easy line, the cheesy rhyme, or the obvious choice, I just try to scrap it and go in a different direction and throw in something that I think I haven't heard before. > Completely overlooked your question actually... > > I guess he is on about these lyrics: > "I built this prison that I thought was a home > And we both lived here > Guess you were living alone > I'd tear it down if you would only have asked > And I would build you a bridge > So you could come back" > > They are quite cheesy lyrics I guess. > > the "both lived here / guess you were living alone" > perhaps doesn't make much sense. However It could be > interpreted as a type of unrequited love, in saying the > guy physically lived there but was never there for the > girl to love her properly? Something like that. > The next three lines seem to be saying "well you should > have complained at the time bitch and now it's too late > because I am too weak" > I wouldn't say these are the worst lines Meat has sung. > Something from the 80s would seem to fit that bill better > I would have thought. > > > Anyone here who has knowledge of songwriting, what is > > wrong with the offending verse? Is it any worse than some > > of the lyrics on HCTB. | |
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