Aw, Stevie...you could do better! (The Lame Lyric Thread)

[Johnny Stew]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
I hate to nitpick (well no, not really), but I hate when she ALMOST rhymes.

I can understand where you're coming from, Jake... however, Stevie's lyrics aren't really ever built around a rhyming scheme, but rather the rhythm of the lines.

I think that's yet another thing that makes her writing so unique.

[Jessica Leigh]

Originally posted by Johnny Stew
I'm only going to say this once more, class... ... it is "card shark!"

i realized that after i read the whole thread Johnny Stew- i just figured that i wouldn't waste my time and the penguin's bandwidth by going back and editing my post or doing a new post.

[Johnny Stew]

No problem, Jessica.

I wasn't really annoyed or anything... hence the smilies.

[dissention]

Originally posted by strandinthewind
The way POTU works for me is I think of it as this (added lyrics in []:

The bright light is lying down
[into] The earth and the sea and the sky
[Now the light] Is at rest with the ocean
And [so that is how] the days go by

They [the sun and the moon] go into the seas that have no shores
[So like them - we are] Haunted by that same closed door
[Yet we are] Looking up at skies on fire
[and in that light we see it] Leaving nothing left of us
To discover

I always thought she was saying that the bright light (pain) is eclipsing the beauty of the earth, the sea, and the sky in the first verse. The light is so bright that it is casting away everything in its wake.

In the second verse, she's saying that the light is blending into the seas that never seem to end (hence the seas having no shores), but that the sea eventually will come to a halt just like everything else in life. She's saying there is nothing left to discover because things are always ending somewhere.

At least that's what I get out of the first two verses.

[gldstwmn]

Originally posted by strandinthewind
The way POTU works for me is I think of it as this (added lyrics in []:

The bright light is lying down
[into] The earth and the sea and the sky
[Now the light] Is at rest with the ocean
And [so that is how] the days go by

They [the sun and the moon] go into the seas that have no shores
[So like them - we are] Haunted by that same closed door
[Yet we are] Looking up at skies on fire
[and in that light we see it] Leaving nothing left of us
To discover

Does that make sense? In other words she is saying there I was on the beach watch another day end and this beautiful sunset in which the sky seemed to be on fire and I thought, just like every day must end, so must we.

That is how I have always interpreted those lyrics. More Stevie perfection, IMO.

[cliffdweller]

Originally posted by gldstwmn
Jimmy Iovine? Mick?

Yeah, that monobrow makes him look like a creature alright. Good call.

[David]

Originally posted by Johnny Stew
I'm only going to say this once more, class... ... it is "card shark!"

Do you mean what Stevie is saying?

Because the term "cardsharp" is in common usage & is perfectly legitimate.

I don't know what Stevie is saying, but I'll take everyone's word for it.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally posted by David
Do you mean what Stevie is saying?

Because the term "cardsharp" is in common usage & is perfectly legitimate.

I don't know what Stevie is saying, but I'll take everyone's word for it.

Now that you mention it, "cardsharp" could very easily be what she's singing.

The question was whether or not she was saying, "I was the couture" there, and that's a definite no.

I think I actually prefer "I was the cardsharp" to "I was the card-shark."

[strandinthewind]

The definition of "cardsharp" or "cardsharper" is "one who habitually cheats at cards." I do not think that definition fits in with the song becuase she is talking about being in control as The Dealer of the cards in her life. But, she has said stranger things!!!

[Johnny Stew]

Originally posted by strandinthewind
The definition of "cardsharp" or "cardsharper" is "one who habitually cheats at cards." I do not think that definition fits in with the song becuase she is talking about being in control as The Dealer of the cards in her life. But, she has said stranger things!!!

Well, dangit... just when I had a new interpretation for the song!

With David's post that she could be singing "cardsharp," it got me to thinking that maybe she was saying that she sort of "cheated" to get her way. Flirted... used her feminine wiles... whatever it took.

But I guess, thematically, since she is talking about being in charge... the "mistress of (her) fate"... it's probably unlikely that it would be "cardsharp."

Man, my new interpretation went out the window faster than it came in!

[strandinthewind]

LOL - mine too Johnny Stew ( )

I was envisioning Stevie hearing the word cardsharp and loving it as it really is a neat word. Then a la Sara, Rhiannon, Julia, etc., she wrote a song using the word she liked the sound of. We really need to send her a list of about 1000 or so such questions and demand detailed answers!!!!!

[Livia]

Lamest: "And she stares at the stairs...Ooh there are many things to stare at these days" OMG, it's awful.

That was the first one that came to my mind....

And "creature of the night" ALWAYS makes me think of the Rocky Horror Picture Show (as in Susan Sarandon singing: "toucha-toucha-toucha-touch me...I wanna be dirrrrty - thrill me, chill me, fulfill me, creature of the night)...heh....sorry, Stevie.

Faves- there are many faves to favor these days - can't concentrate right now, listening to Warren Zevon interview on the radio, and he just mentioned the Mac!

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by Livia
And "creature of the night" ALWAYS makes me think of the Rocky Horror Picture Show (as in Susan Sarandon singing: "toucha-toucha-toucha-touch me...I wanna be dirrrrty - thrill me, chill me, fulfill me, creature of the night)...heh....sorry, Stevie.

Me too! Not to mention that bald guy with the scary eyes reminds me of Mick.

- Jake

[cliffdweller]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Me too! Not to mention that bald guy with the scary eyes reminds me of Mick.

- Jake

LMAO!!!!