Need a song with the best meaning.


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Hey there,

For school, we need to bring in one song, and describe what It means. Of course, It has to be appropriate and nothing too stupid. Does anyone have any good recommendations that have a great meaning to them? I was thinking of Ludacris ft Mary J Blige - Runaway Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7OSqzchdks). Sad song IMO, but any others? Thanks.

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Believe by Yellowcard.

They wrote it in honor of the firefighters who were lost in the 9/11 tragedy. It's a very powerful song (for me anyways).

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Believe by Yellowcard.

They wrote it in honor of the firefighters who were lost in the 9/11 tragedy. It's a very powerful song (for me anyways).

I just listened to that. Very powerful.

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Echoes by pink floyd if you want a hard but interesting task... its a 23 minute song though (although like 90% instrumentals) so that might be too long. Its really poetic and thought enticing. I think its about evolution, but even after 100+ listenings I have no idea what it really is about. The lyrics are beautiful though.

Otherwise I'd go for 10,000 days by tool which is a really obscure and strangely written song until you know its about his mother's death.

Lost keys/Rosetta stoned by tool is also a good song (its two, but they're pretty much the same song) about a guy's acid trip and how he thought the trip was telling him something but he couldn't remember... you have to listen to the song really.

All of those songs are really long though and would be pretty hard to explain unless you've listened to them a few hundred times. They are all really interesting songs. You can cheat and use songmeanings.net for a shorter song's meanings :p Its a really useful site.

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A million and one songs have some meaning :p . One that springs to mind which might be good is REM - Everybody Hurts, it's a song which emotes quite a lot of feeling amongst people.

Personally I would look into Beatles songs, the meaning of them is usually pretty obvious as many of the songs follow a storytelling lyrical style, and where it isn't, you can always just blame the acid they were all on at the time :woot: .

For example, the Beatles' song help!:

Help! I need somebody,

Help! Not just anybody,

Help! You know I need someone,

Help!

I think the meaning's quite clear ;) . Of course the meaning of the film Help! is anyone's guess but I digress :whistle: .

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Go for something from Caspian... There's a challenge to find out the meaning :p

(It's instrumental, so no lyrics)

Brick by Ben Folds Five. Its about how a guy deals with the fact that his girlfriend has decided to get an abortion.

Excellent song. Ben Folds = Awesome.

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to be honest, one song is not going to have the best meaning. it is all open to interpretation. the way you see the message in the song maybe completely different than say how bob sees it. you may find alot of songs with emotion in them but the message behind it is maybe not as deep. best thing to do is to find a song that you really like, and spend a few hours analyzing the lyrics. my english class has done this a few times and they way you hear the song after you analyze it is amazingly different.

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Pick the meaning out of this one then.

"By-Tor And The Snow Dog"

Tobes of Hades, lit by flickering torchlight

The netherworld is gathered in the glare

Prince By-Tor takes the cavern to the north light

The sign of Eth is rising in the air

By-Tor, knight of darkness

Centurion of evil, devil's prince

Across the River Styx, out of the lamplight

His nemesis is waiting at the gate

The Snow Dog, ermine glowing in the damp night

Coal-black eyes shimmering with hate

By-Tor and the Snow Dog

Square for battle, let the fray begin

The battle's over and the dust is clearing

Disciples of the Snow Dog sound the knell

Rejoicing echoes as the dawn is nearing

By-Tor, in defeat, retreats to Hell

Snow Dog is victorious

The land of the Overworld is saved again

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In my opinion Goodbye My Lover, by James Blunt is probably the saddest song I know. but also cus its what im sort of going through :(

But here is a list of meaningful songs:

James Blunt

Goodbye My Lover - about losing your love

Tears and Rain - not quite sure what its about, but its great for an english class (dorian gray etc)

Carry You Home - about a friend dying in war

Ben Folds

Luckiest

Brick

U2

Stuck in a Moment

The Who

Teenage Wasteland

Snow Patrol

You Could be Happy

Chasing Cars

Make this go on Forever

Set the Fire to the Third Bar

These are just some ive listened to quite recently...but there are many, and all open to interpretation

Medking

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