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Songs with lyrics that make no sense

Posted on 4/26/24 at 7:47 pm
Posted by SaintlyTiger88
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2013
1979 posts
Posted on 4/26/24 at 7:47 pm
What is a song that you feel its lyrics make no sense? I get that some may say it’s poetry, it’s what each individual makes of it like a painting. That aside, some songs make absolutely no sense to me. What the hell are they singing about?? I’ll start with a famous example. Manfred Mann’s hit song, “Blinded by the Light”. Don’t get me wrong, I love this song, it’s catchy as hell. But the lyrics?? Never have understood them. Maybe one of you can explain them to me lol.


Blinded By the Light

Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Madman, drummers, bummers
Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps
As the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
With a boulder on my shoulder, feelin' kinda older
I tripped the merry-go-round
With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin'
The calliope crashed to the ground
The calliope crashed to the ground!
But she was blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Some silicone sister with a manager mister
Told me I got what it takes
She said, "I'll turn you on sonny to something strong
Play the song with the funky break"
And go-kart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart
To see if it was safe outside
And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly
And asked me if I needed a ride
Asked me if I needed a ride!
But she was blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
She got down, but she never got tired
She's gonna make it through the night
She's gonna make it through the night
But, mama, that's where the fun is
But mama, that's where the fun is
Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun
But mama, that's where the fun is
Some brimstone, baritone, anticyclone, rolling stone
Preacher from the East
Says, "Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in its funny bone
That's where they expect it least
And some new-mown chaperone standin' in the corner
Watchin' the young girls dance
And some fresh-sown moonstone was messin' with his frozen zone
Remind him of romance
The calliope crashed to the ground!
But she was blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
blinded by the light
(Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat) revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
(In the dumps with the mumps) blinded by the light
(As the adolescent pumps his way into his hat) revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
blinded by the light
(I tripped the merry-go-round) revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
(With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin') blinded by the light
(The calliope crashed to the ground) revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
blinded by the light
(And throws his lover in the sand) revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
(And some bloodshot, forget-me-not said daddy's within earshot) blinded by the light
(Save the buckshot, turn up the band) revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
blinded by the light
(Told me I got what it takes) revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
(She said, "I'll turn you on, son, into something strong")
She got down but she never got tired
She's gonna make it through the night

And Bruce Springsteen wrote this!!! Lol
Posted by gsvar2004
Member since Nov 2007
7954 posts
Posted on 4/26/24 at 7:54 pm to
All of Zach Bryan’s latest album
Posted by 88Wildcat
Topeka, Ks
Member since Jul 2017
13947 posts
Posted on 4/26/24 at 8:00 pm to
The Soft Parade-The Doors

When I was back there in seminary school
There was a person there
Who put forth the proposition
That you can petition the Lord with prayer
Petition the Lord with prayer
Petition the Lord with prayer
You cannot petition the Lord with prayer!
Can you give me sanctuary?
I must find a place to hide
A place for me to hide
Can you find me soft asylum?
I can't make it anymore
The man is at the door
Peppermint, miniskirts, chocolate candy
Champion sax and a girl named Sandy
There's only four ways to get unraveled
One is to sleep, and the other is travel, da-da
One is a bandit up in the hills
One is to love your neighbor 'til
His wife gets home
Catacombs
Nursery bones
Winter women
Growing stones
Carrying babies to the river
Streets and shoes
Avenues
Letter writers
Selling news
The monk bought lunch
And he bought a little
Yes, he did
Woo
This is the best part of the trip
This is the trip, the best part
I really like
What'd he say?
Yeah
Yeah, right
Pretty good, huh
Huh
Yeah, I'm proud to be a part of this number
Successful hills are here to stay
Everything must be this way
Gentle streets where people play
Welcome to the soft parade
All our lives we sweat and save
Building for a shallow grave
Must be something else, we say
Somehow to defend this place
Everything must be this way
Everything must be this way, yeah
The Soft Parade has now begun
Listen to the engines hum
People out to have some fun
Cobra on my left
Leopard on my right, yeah
Dear woman in a silk dress
Girls with beads around their necks
Kiss the hunter of the green vest
Who has wrestled before
With lions in the night
Out of sight
The lights are getting brighter
The radio is moaning
Calling to the dogs
There are still a few animals
Left out in the yard
But it's getting harder
To describe sailors
To the underfed
Tropic corridor
Tropic treasure
What got us this far
To this mild equator?
We need someone or something new
Something else to get us through, yeah, come on
Calling on the dogs, calling on the dogs
Oh, it's getting harder (calling on the dogs) calling in the dogs
Calling all the dogs (calling on the gods)
You gotta meet me
Too late, baby
Slay a few animals
At the crossroads
all in the yard
But it's getting harder
By the crossroads (you gotta meet me)
Oh, we're goin' great, yeah
At the edge of town
Tropic corridor
Tropic treasure
Having a good time
Got to come along
What got us this far
Outskirts of the city
You and I
We need someone new
Something new, better bring your gun
Something else to get us through, better bring your gun
Tropic corridor, tropic treasure
We're going to ride and have some fun
When all else fails
We can whip the horse's eyes
And make them sleep
And cry
Posted by SaintlyTiger88
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2013
1979 posts
Posted on 4/26/24 at 8:09 pm to
Damn, Jim Morrison must have been extra stoned when he wrote that lol
Posted by midlothianlsu
Midlothian, Texas
Member since Oct 2009
1413 posts
Posted on 4/26/24 at 8:26 pm to
Posted by Kafka
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Posted by OWLFAN86
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Posted on 4/26/24 at 9:01 pm to
its about car racing and little league baseball

not even the hard to understand

Posted by Kafka
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Posted by Bayou
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Posted on 4/26/24 at 9:07 pm to
Zappa
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Posted by STigers
Gulf Coast
Member since Nov 2022
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Posted on 4/26/24 at 9:17 pm to
Fatboy Slim- The Rockafeller Skank

Right about now
The funk soul brother
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Right about now, 'bout now
'Bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now, 'bout now
'Bout, 'bout, 'bout, 'bout, 'bout, 'bout, 'bout, 'bout
Funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, funk, bro, bro, bro, bro, bro
Right about now
The funk soul brother
Check it out now
The funk soul brother
Right about now
The funk soul bro, bro, bro, bro
Right about now
Funk soul brother
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Right about
Funk
Right, right
Right about now
The funk soul brother
Check it out now
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Posted on 4/26/24 at 11:25 pm to
Stop making sense
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Posted on 4/27/24 at 12:16 am to
The Haunted 1-2-5
I actually like this.
Easy to play too. It's all in the title.
Posted by cgrand
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Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:04 am to
quote:

Songs with lyrics that make no sense
yay another phish thread
Posted by TigerBR1111
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2014
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Posted on 4/27/24 at 9:24 am to
quote:

I Am The Walrus


Even John Lennon admitted that the lyrics were nonsensical.
Posted by CatsGoneWild
Pigeon forge, Tennessee
Member since Jan 2008
13314 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 9:39 am to
Beck Loser

In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey
Butane in my veins and I'm out to cut the junkie
With the plastic eyeballs, spray-paint the vegetables
Dog food stalls with the beefcake pantyhose
Kill the headlights and put it in neutral
Stock car flamin' with a loser and the cruise control
Baby's in Reno with the vitamin D
Got a couple of couches, sleep on the love-seat
Someone came in sayin' I'm insane to complain
About a shotgun wedding and a stain on my shirt
Don't believe everything that you breathe
You get a parking violation and a maggot on your sleeve
So shave your face with some mace in the dark
Savin' all your food stamps and burnin' down the trailer park
Yo, cut it
Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?
(Double-barrel buckshot)
Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?
Forces of evil in a bozo nightmare
Ban all the music with a phony gas chamber
'Cause one's got a weasel and the other's got a flag
One's on the pole, shove the other in a bag
With the rerun shows and the cocaine nose-job
The daytime crap of the folksinger slob
He hung himself with a guitar string
A slab of turkey-neck and it's hanging from a pigeon wing
You can't write if you can't relate
Trade the cash for the beef for the body for the hate
And my time is a piece of wax falling on a termite
That's choking on the splinters
Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?
(Get crazy with the cheeze whiz)
Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?
(Drive-by body pierce)
Yo, bring it on down
Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?
(I can't believe you)
Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?
Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?
(Sprechen Sie deutsch, baby?)
Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?
(Know what I'm sayin
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 4/27/24 at 3:53 pm to
Almost all of Interpol’s songs.

Obstacle 1:

I wish I could eat the salt off
Of your lost faded lips
We can cap the old times
Make playing only logical harm
We can cap the old lines
Make playing that nothing else will change
But she can read, she can read, she can read
She can read, she's bad
She can read, she can read
She can read, she's bad
Oh, she's bad
But it's different now that I'm poor and aging
I'll never see this face again
You go stabbing yourself in the neck
And we can find new ways of living
Make playing only logical harm
And we can top the old times
Clay making that nothing else will change
But she can read, she can read, she can read
She can read, she's bad
She can read, she can read
She can, read she's bad
Oh, she's bad
It's different now that I'm poor and aging
I'll never see this place again
You go stabbing yourself in the neck
But it's different now that I'm poor and aging
I'll never see this place again
And you go stabbing yourself in the neck
It's in the way that she posed
It's in the things that she puts in my head
Her stories are boring and stuff
She's always calling my bluff
She puts, oh, she puts the weights into my little heart
And she gets in my room and she takes it apart
She puts the weights into my little heart
I said, she puts the weights into my little heart
She packs it away
She packs it away
She packs it away
She packs it away
She packs it away
She packs it away
She packs it away
It's in the way that she walks
Her Heaven is never enough
She puts the weights in my heart
She puts, oh, she puts the weights into my little heart
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