Like many classic rock songs, part of the appeal of “Shout” is its ability to allow the listener to interpret it in his or her own way. However, Tears for Fears wrote the song to...
Ed Sheeran, Eminem and 50 Cent’s “Remember the Name” is a song centered on the narrators’ braggadocio, though it does not necessarily come off as such. The phrase “remember the name” is a roundabout...
As the title suggests, this song is about an “antisocial” mood that the artists are in. This doesn’t mean, particularly in the case of Ed Sheeran, that they are secluding themselves. Rather he prefers to...
Reading the title of this Faithless song (“We Come 1”), you instantly get the impression that it is a unity track, which is actually the case. Faithless’ Maxi Jazz is presenting himself as someone who...
The title of this song (“The NeverEnding Story”) is derived from the 1984 film of the same name, with this track serving as the theme song to the English version of the movie. Thus the...
“Time” is a 2019 song recorded and performed by American rapper NF. The lyrics of “Time” center primarily on a romantic relationship the narrator (NF) is in. The relationship would have been like the...
The setting of Bon Iver’s “Jelmore” is an impending apocalyptic situation. The track actually reads as if Bon Iver’s lead singer Justin Vernon is anticipating some type of large-scale calamity. The exact nature of this...
This is a song about the titular topic of faith or more specifically the singer’s personal feelings towards the subject. And the notion he seems to be relaying is that at one particular juncture in time he was...
Given the year in which it was released (1970) as well as the fact that Creedence Clearwater Revival had dropped a couple of anti-war songs prior, many people consider “Run Through the Jungle” as a...
In singer BANKS’ own words, the first major theme of her song “Contaminated” “is about being addicted to a toxic relationship”. When you strip that statement down to its basic element, it is another way of...