03-10-2011, 06:41 PM
I have noticed LP has become progressively more positive in their lyrics, while still maintaining the edginess and unique sound that made them popular. An encouraging sign.
The lyrics from Iridescent have gotten me through many a tough time: "Do you feel cold and lost in desperation? You build up hope, but failure's all you've known...remember all the sadness and frustration, and let it go. Let it go..."
I don't think Blackout is a negative song...it just sounds like someone expressing how it made them feel when their trust was betrayed by someone else. There are a lot of sorrowful and even angry songs that can still cause very positive emotions to rise up within people...well, in me, anyway.
I also found the lyrics to Robot Boy very interesting...to me, they almost seem to me to be portraying the world through the eyes of an STS person. "You think there's not enough love and no one to give it to." "You think compassion is a flaw that you will never know." "One day the weight of the world will give you the strength to go." It seems rather sad...I admit I'm curious as to what it feels like to truly be STS...in my mind it would be horribly lonely, full of anger and pain. Do they actually enjoy being that way? It's such a different mindset, I can scarcely comprehend it.
The lyrics from Iridescent have gotten me through many a tough time: "Do you feel cold and lost in desperation? You build up hope, but failure's all you've known...remember all the sadness and frustration, and let it go. Let it go..."
I don't think Blackout is a negative song...it just sounds like someone expressing how it made them feel when their trust was betrayed by someone else. There are a lot of sorrowful and even angry songs that can still cause very positive emotions to rise up within people...well, in me, anyway.
I also found the lyrics to Robot Boy very interesting...to me, they almost seem to me to be portraying the world through the eyes of an STS person. "You think there's not enough love and no one to give it to." "You think compassion is a flaw that you will never know." "One day the weight of the world will give you the strength to go." It seems rather sad...I admit I'm curious as to what it feels like to truly be STS...in my mind it would be horribly lonely, full of anger and pain. Do they actually enjoy being that way? It's such a different mindset, I can scarcely comprehend it.