06-27-2013, 12:46 PM
Has anyone noticed that Jimmy uses a lot of the same metaphors in almost all of his albums? Fire, Light, Sun, Demons, Butterflies, Fighting... I'm sure there's others that I'm forgetting but those are the big ones off the top of my head. I figure we can start with this and use it as a segue into what specific songs mean - y'know, if you're into that sort of thing.
Other ideas or metaphors welcomed
Obviously the BtB1 lyrics are here assuming we're right in our assumptions on what the heck they are.
FIRE - Seems to be passion/life in most cases, except for in Mercy where it's used more like being on the firing squad.
I'm an emotional -I'm alright
Don't light a fire 'cause the leaves are dry (Emotional Wreck - Sour)
Steal my soul
His eyes caught fire (I Think - Sour)
I'm burnt by all the fire
That spread within my house
You put them there so you can put them out (Meet Me in the Tower - DL)
Like fire in the wind it comes around
like dirt in your soul it’s gonna come ground (Chapter 2 Money - Precious)
Out of the pain, into the fire
Out of her hands, into a liar (Moth - Mercy)
I know you’re tired but will you stay?
After the fire, the light leaves a glow (Sing - BtB1)
This kind of service is out
Sending a fire inside (Get Em Out - BtB1)
LIGHT - imo, seems to be the light of a good person's soul.
We work for Vampires
They want the daylight
They're undecided
if we will fade out (I'm a Monster - DL)
The deepest repent is coming tonight
I turn off the light (Here is the Light - DL)
Here is the light
Oh let it shine through me
Here is the light
Oh let it burn and burn (Here is the Light - DL)
If the sun was aching for soul
It would light up when you wake and find us in a daze (Saint - Mercy)
Is it true a moth dies flying into the light?
Is it true a moth dies flying into the light?
True, a moth dies flying into the light
Is it true a moth dies in the light? (Moth - Mercy)
Pulled at the daylight
Has been showing the better to me, better to me and
I let go of the pain when I said goodbye (Stand - BtB1)
We saw diamonds in the light
That turned our love to greed, and so (Boxer - BtB1)
But this road has many detours
We've got to be the light (Boxer - BtB1)
After the fire, the light leaves a glow (Sing - BtB1)
Demons/Monsters/Beasts/Devils - The darkness within that plagues you, be it depression, negativity, etc.
The beast flies tonight
and the world he describes
Suffer, Suffer (Fallen Souls - DL)
I'm a monster
Singing through the sight of a left eye (I'm a Monster - DL)
I'm a Vampire
Clinging to the side for a fast high (I'm a Monster - DL)
Take the Devil in me
And run, and run
From the Devil in me (Devil - BtB1)
We had fire in our eyes
That turned from blue to green
And demons in our hearts (Boxer - BtB1)
Butterflies/Moths - The fragile things in life (emotions, people, etc).
All the lies and fantasies I
Picked to describe what is right
As the lawyers lie down
To the sound of a broken man
Clinging to the legs of a butterfly (I'm a Monster - DL)
Is it true a moth dies flying into the light?
Is it true a moth dies flying into the light?
True, a moth dies flying into the light
Is it true a moth dies in the light? (Moth - Mercy)
... there's one other one here, I swear. I just can't remember it atm. I thought it was in Worst Things Beautiful but quick lyric search proves my memory to be faulty. Ah, well. I'll figure it out eventually.
Fighting - Standing up for yourself, fighting your demons, fighting society, etc - generally just a fight
Breathe for the whole world
We can't fight
They starve for the love that we supply (Fallen Souls - DL)
If I was to give in
The fight would soon begin (Sometimes - DL)
Lost in a world of our own, we'll fight
With hope in our eyes that we find (Dancing Alone - DL)
There’s a wall in my way, there’s a war in my way
Tales of love that consumed me
Hide from the fight (Red Colored Stars - Precious)
Sometimes I get so lost and I
Can't fight, but, who to trust and (Ran Away to Tell the World - Mercy)
I did my best to stay up
That never felt good enough
But in the back of my mind
I still was learning to fight (Been Down - BtB1)
You can't hurt me again
This time we have love to fight (Stand - BtB1)
I'm not scared
Maybe that's a lie
But we've lost too many people
We've got to lead this fight (Boxer - BtB1)
I think there's also rain/water/etc that's used often, as well as the sun and darkness and dancing/singing. My brain's fried from thinking this much this late in the work day. I'll revisit this idea later on, I think.
Other ideas or metaphors welcomed
Obviously the BtB1 lyrics are here assuming we're right in our assumptions on what the heck they are.FIRE - Seems to be passion/life in most cases, except for in Mercy where it's used more like being on the firing squad.
I'm an emotional -I'm alright
Don't light a fire 'cause the leaves are dry (Emotional Wreck - Sour)
Steal my soul
His eyes caught fire (I Think - Sour)
I'm burnt by all the fire
That spread within my house
You put them there so you can put them out (Meet Me in the Tower - DL)
Like fire in the wind it comes around
like dirt in your soul it’s gonna come ground (Chapter 2 Money - Precious)
Out of the pain, into the fire
Out of her hands, into a liar (Moth - Mercy)
I know you’re tired but will you stay?
After the fire, the light leaves a glow (Sing - BtB1)
This kind of service is out
Sending a fire inside (Get Em Out - BtB1)
LIGHT - imo, seems to be the light of a good person's soul.
We work for Vampires
They want the daylight
They're undecided
if we will fade out (I'm a Monster - DL)
The deepest repent is coming tonight
I turn off the light (Here is the Light - DL)
Here is the light
Oh let it shine through me
Here is the light
Oh let it burn and burn (Here is the Light - DL)
If the sun was aching for soul
It would light up when you wake and find us in a daze (Saint - Mercy)
Is it true a moth dies flying into the light?
Is it true a moth dies flying into the light?
True, a moth dies flying into the light
Is it true a moth dies in the light? (Moth - Mercy)
Pulled at the daylight
Has been showing the better to me, better to me and
I let go of the pain when I said goodbye (Stand - BtB1)
We saw diamonds in the light
That turned our love to greed, and so (Boxer - BtB1)
But this road has many detours
We've got to be the light (Boxer - BtB1)
After the fire, the light leaves a glow (Sing - BtB1)
Demons/Monsters/Beasts/Devils - The darkness within that plagues you, be it depression, negativity, etc.
The beast flies tonight
and the world he describes
Suffer, Suffer (Fallen Souls - DL)
I'm a monster
Singing through the sight of a left eye (I'm a Monster - DL)
I'm a Vampire
Clinging to the side for a fast high (I'm a Monster - DL)
Take the Devil in me
And run, and run
From the Devil in me (Devil - BtB1)
We had fire in our eyes
That turned from blue to green
And demons in our hearts (Boxer - BtB1)
Butterflies/Moths - The fragile things in life (emotions, people, etc).
All the lies and fantasies I
Picked to describe what is right
As the lawyers lie down
To the sound of a broken man
Clinging to the legs of a butterfly (I'm a Monster - DL)
Is it true a moth dies flying into the light?
Is it true a moth dies flying into the light?
True, a moth dies flying into the light
Is it true a moth dies in the light? (Moth - Mercy)
... there's one other one here, I swear. I just can't remember it atm. I thought it was in Worst Things Beautiful but quick lyric search proves my memory to be faulty. Ah, well. I'll figure it out eventually.
Fighting - Standing up for yourself, fighting your demons, fighting society, etc - generally just a fight
Breathe for the whole world
We can't fight
They starve for the love that we supply (Fallen Souls - DL)
If I was to give in
The fight would soon begin (Sometimes - DL)
Lost in a world of our own, we'll fight
With hope in our eyes that we find (Dancing Alone - DL)
There’s a wall in my way, there’s a war in my way
Tales of love that consumed me
Hide from the fight (Red Colored Stars - Precious)
Sometimes I get so lost and I
Can't fight, but, who to trust and (Ran Away to Tell the World - Mercy)
I did my best to stay up
That never felt good enough
But in the back of my mind
I still was learning to fight (Been Down - BtB1)
You can't hurt me again
This time we have love to fight (Stand - BtB1)
I'm not scared
Maybe that's a lie
But we've lost too many people
We've got to lead this fight (Boxer - BtB1)
I think there's also rain/water/etc that's used often, as well as the sun and darkness and dancing/singing. My brain's fried from thinking this much this late in the work day. I'll revisit this idea later on, I think.
