The song is about three children who have suffered either physical or mental trauma, and each verse is a remembrance of lead singer Brad Roberts. The song is sung hauntingly in a slow rock groove. Roberts's delivery is heartfelt yet laconic. The lines don't rhyme. He...
"The Immigrant Song" is an homage to the Vikings and their conquests of countries throughout the North Atlantic. Led Zeppelin traveled to Iceland in 1970 to play a concert at the Laugardalshöll, a sports venue in Reykjavik. Both lead singer Robert Plant and lead...
The version of the song sung by Musical Youth is about having no food while being poor and dealing with that. The original version of the song, which is sung by the group The Mighty Diamonds, is about the spirituality of sharing marijuana in a "koutchie," which is a...
"Gravity" is about not only being happy with what one has but also about not giving in to societal pressures to get more, more, and more. When one looks at the economic landscape, rife as it with racism, intolerance, and patriarchal concepts, capitalism in the 21st...
"Chop Suey" is not about the dish but rather about how society perceives people who die based on the way they died. Chop suey is a dish adapted by Chinese railroad workers during the 1860s. Most of them came from the Guangdong Province in China, and the idea of...
The song is a stream-of-consciousness composition where the singer lovingly and hauntingly intones a list of things he did for his unrequited love interest. Chris Martin is terrible at Neil Young impersonations. Martin told Howard Stern in 2011 that "Yellow" came...
The meaning of the lyrics of "Viva La Vida" is a description of the final days of Louis XVI. Louis XVI was already immensely unpopular by the time he struck a deal with the Prussians. The Prussians invaded France and threatened anyone who wanted to stand against...
The lyrics to the song "Blackbird" are Paul McCartney's message to the Black folks who struggled throughout the 1960s in the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Act coincided with the release of the song "Blackbird." The "Lads from Liverpool" were across the pond...
"Adam's Song" is a journey into deep darkness toward the completion of suicide in a teen boy, but it's also a journey back out of darkness toward continued life. Mark Hoppus has said that "Adam's Song" is meant to be a song of hope. He wrote it when it was feeling...
"Vienna" is, on the surface, about growing older. The song is also about Billy Joel's relationship with his father. Most songs about growing older encourage folks to grab hold of life and to live every day as if it were their last. Joel, however, encourages folks to...
"Milkshake" is about that certain je ne sais quoi that women have that men want. Kelis says that she intended the song to be funny, cheeky, and delightful. She says that it shouldn't be taken too seriously. Although the Grammy-winning singer has released songs over...
This song is about the power of love to inspire beings to do almost anything; in this case, an angel eschews immortality for love. The movie "City of Angels," a remake of the far superior "Wings Above Desire," is about an angel who meets a mortal woman, falls in love...
