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StillbornMachine Since: Aug, 2015
#176: Feb 11th 2018 at 4:38:50 PM

8 - The interstice of where life and death meet, symbolized by the lushness of a decorative graveyard, adds a heavy romanticism to this metal-style lyricism (I know it's post punk, yes).

Hammers of Misfortune - Doomed Parade

pointless233 Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#177: Feb 11th 2018 at 4:50:54 PM

It's an 8. Pretty dark stuff, dealing with abandonment and the loss of hope.

Frank Zappa-Who Needs The Peace Corps?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnjufR8GDcw

Here's the Lyrics

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/frankzappa/whoneedsthepeacecorps.html

Millership from Kazakhstan Since: Jan, 2014
#178: Feb 11th 2018 at 7:34:18 PM

Explicit mentions of drugs and violence give it a 7, but the lyrics are strangely carefree, angst is not really present in it, 6.5

tool - Lateralus

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Murataku Fits in Heavy's pocket! from Straya Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Fits in Heavy's pocket!
#179: Feb 13th 2018 at 3:46:29 PM

Err, 5.5? It doesn't seem to be one way or the other. Someone's talking about reaching out and new opportunities, but I haven't got any reason to believe they're bad ones...I think.

Mental As Anything - Apocalypso (Wiping the Smile Off Santa's Face)

The last thing you hear before an unstoppable juggernaut bisects you with a minigun.
shatterstar Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: I wanna know about these strangers like me
#180: Feb 13th 2018 at 9:10:21 PM

7. Some mention of graphic violence against "Santa" but is framing very comically.

Miranda Lambert - "Vice"

Millership from Kazakhstan Since: Jan, 2014
#181: Feb 17th 2018 at 8:42:00 AM

A woman with alcoholism and commitment issues makes futile attempts at running away from herself, 7.5.

The Police - Every Breath You Take

edited 17th Feb '18 8:42:37 AM by Millership

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pointless233 Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#182: Feb 17th 2018 at 9:13:57 AM

7. Despite it's softness, this song is about Stalking someone. They'll always be following this person no matter what.

Dinosaur Jr-Yeah We Know

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/dinosaurjr/yeahweknow.html

Here's The song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyp71Wpy4e0

edited 17th Feb '18 9:14:17 AM by pointless233

Nyte Since: Oct, 2017
#183: Feb 17th 2018 at 9:56:20 PM

7. From the looks of it appears to be about drug use.

JT Music - The Widowmaker Song

Song starts about ten seconds in. About a video game character but no less depressing for it.

shatterstar Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: I wanna know about these strangers like me
#185: Mar 14th 2018 at 8:43:11 PM

8. Use almost every single romantic trope in order to pull the rug out from the listener at the very end. Heavy mention of murder and insanity.

Taylor Swift - "Blank Space"

Millership from Kazakhstan Since: Jan, 2014
Some_Person He'll take the case! from Land of Maple Syrup and Hockey Since: Jun, 2015 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
He'll take the case!
#187: Mar 17th 2018 at 5:44:29 AM

It's an entertaining, silly, novelty song. It gets a 1.

Smashing Pumpkins - Today

Word's second most famous attorney with a bird-related name.
shatterstar Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: I wanna know about these strangers like me
#188: Mar 18th 2018 at 10:24:24 PM

5. A little angst that hints at some deeper issues of discontentment, but the different singers actively hurt the song by casting doubt on whether or not the lyrics are from the same person.

Paramore - "Hard Times"

Millership from Kazakhstan Since: Jan, 2014
Murataku Fits in Heavy's pocket! from Straya Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
iflewaway someone from somewhere Since: Dec, 2016
someone
#191: Mar 29th 2018 at 8:11:46 PM

Probably like an 8, since it's about a soldier haunted both mentally and physically by his time in vietnam. It mentions the various unpleasantries of that war without being particularly scathing or overt.

Swans - All Lined Up

something
Millership from Kazakhstan Since: Jan, 2014
#192: Mar 31st 2018 at 7:33:24 AM

The only thing that prevents it from being a 10 is cuss-free language. Not that it helps in general, 9.5.

La Marseillaise

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Quilladin206 Since: May, 2014
#193: Apr 22nd 2018 at 2:03:51 PM

7 - This song is definitely violence oriented, it seems to talk about medieval times, maybe about a battle that took place. However, it doesn't go too much into detail, as the heaviest lyric is probably about the tiger ripping out his mothers womb.

The Fall of Troy - Macaulay McCulkin

StillbornMachine Since: Aug, 2015
#194: Apr 22nd 2018 at 9:12:01 PM

8 - A strange, almost dreamlike trip through an obsessive stalker's mind and desire for physical and carnal fulfillment.

Halberd - Ignorance of Morbidity

FirstSnow Love your hair, hope you win from Patiently waiting for December Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Love your hair, hope you win
#195: May 5th 2018 at 9:31:19 AM

Mid to high 8. War references and heavy subject matters.

Townes van Zandt - Marie

Joke? Why are you calling it a joke? You drew a picture of two dudes hugging and wrote "I love hugs!" on it.
Millership from Kazakhstan Since: Jan, 2014
#196: May 5th 2018 at 9:17:06 PM

While there's not much explicit things in the lyrics, the air of hopelessness that the POV's hardships will never end is nearly tangible. And the way to escape those hardships made everything moot, 8.5.

Primordial - Gallows Hymn

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Quilladin206 Since: May, 2014
pointless233 Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#198: May 15th 2018 at 7:04:19 AM

It's a 3 or 4. There are some unpleasant thing mentioned but the rest of the lyrics seem to be nonsensical.

Silverchair-Petrol & Chlorine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUaqSeEJoas

StillbornMachine Since: Aug, 2015
#199: May 16th 2018 at 1:51:48 PM

6.5 - Something about the "Had the perfect job called life" line just really nudges me in the wrong way. The rest of it however handles the idea of suicidal self-destructiveness with appropriate weightiness and bitterness.

Bölzer - Coronal Mass Ejaculation

Millership from Kazakhstan Since: Jan, 2014
#200: May 16th 2018 at 7:39:58 PM

I was actually tempted to rate this song zero, because for all of its explicit Freudian imagery it doesn't make much of sense, it's as close to Word Salad Lyrics as possible. As a side note, this song made me realize just how limited my vocabulary is, 8.

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peek-a-Boo

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