There are two main inspirations behind Leonard Cohen’s “Who by Fire”. First and foremost is the fact that this song is basically an extended version of part of a Jewish prayer known as the Unetanneh Tokef. Cohen...
This song serves as a tribute to the late Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020) of Van Halen fame. Van Halen is a band that you’ve undoubtedly heard of if you’re familiar with American rock music, and...
Tim McGraw’s “Something Like That” is ultimately an ode to the power of a first love. That is to say that such relationships tend to be such that you’ll never forget the first person who...
Queen Elizabeth II had been in power for nearly 71 years, from 1952 well into 2022, thus currently making her the second longest-reigning monarch in verifiable history. In fact her reign was so long that – considering...
We already know based on past research that when it comes to dropping palpably-deep lyrics, few rock musicians, if any, are as consistently effective as Don Henley. In other words, in tracks like “Learn to Be Still” for...
It’s very easy to get the impression that the lyrics of “Here Comes the Flood” are based on what is commonly known as the Great Deluge, i.e. of Biblical lore. That is to say that...
The truth of the matter is that generally speaking no one has seen God, and if a person tells you he or she has, it’s probably someone trying to sell you a book or something....
It has been suggested that the sentiments expressed in “Lemons (Lemonade)” were somehow influenced by the recent death of AKA’s significant other, a lady by the name of Anele Tembe. But it’d be hard for...
“God Save the King” is a song we have analyzed before in the form of “God Save the Queen“, which was applicable at the time since the long-standing Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) was still in power. But...
It has been ascertained that what “The Boys Light Up”, which reads at points as if it is multi-subjected, is primarily about is a prostitute. Such is not necessarily an easy conclusion to come to,...