Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Tagged: Republic Records

Carolina

Taylor Swift

“Carolina” by Taylor Swift 

The beginning of this song may read like an ode to freedom, albeit a troubled one, that is set in the “Carolina creeks”. Taylor Swift is a country musician, with said genre being the type...

Best Friend

Conan Gray

“Best Friend” by Conan Gray 

This is, as implied by its title (“Best Friend”), a friendship song. There really isn’t anything extraordinary being said per se. The thesis sentiment basically revolves around the vocalist celebrating the addressee as his...

Disaster

Conan Gray

“Disaster” by Conan Gray 

“Disaster” is premised on Conan Gray mustering up the courage to make a pass at the addressee, the apple of his eye. Said addressee is someone whom he already has a strong “platonic” relationship with. But...

The Exit

Conan Gray

“The Exit” by Conan Gray

On “The Exit”, we find Conan Gray lamenting the fact that the person he’s in love with has found another girl. Yes, the lyrics do read as if Conan is taking on the role of...

Footnote

Conan Gray

“Footnote” by Conan Gray

Footnotes are those annotations you find sometimes, in smaller print, at the bottom of a page of text, especially in terms of academic writings. They are not part of the main text itself, or let’s...

Family Line

Conan Gray

“Family Line” by Conan Gray

There’s no way to quantify just how many of us have suffered through traumatic childhoods, because most victims of such trauma don’t tend to talk about it in public. In the grand scheme of things,...

Movies

Conan Gray

“Movies” by Conan Gray

“Movies” tersely delineates the timeline of the romantic relationship between Conan Gray and addressee. What the title represents is the former’s ideological vision for this association – one in which their romance will play out...

The Man with the Axe

Lorde

“The Man with the Axe” by Lorde

The titular metaphor is based on the vocalist depicting herself as a pine tree, with the addressee, i.e. “the man with the axe”, ‘falling her’. Or put more plainly, this is an individual whom she...