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What does “put the top down” mean? [closed]
Well, I have been searching the meaning of "put the top down", but I didn't find anything useful. Let me show you a little bit the context.
I'm gonna put the top down
I'm gonna talk about old times
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Meaning of 'That old rocking chair's going to get me' [closed]
In the Joni Mitchell song Stormy Weather, there's this line:
That old rocking chair's going to get me
What does that mean? I suppose that old rocking chair is a symbol of something, but what? ...
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What is the meaning of “as we moonshine and molly” in Rihanna's Diamonds? [closed]
Palms rise to the universe
As we moonshine and molly
Feel the warmth, we’ll never die
We’re like diamonds in the sky
In the above part of Rihanna's Diamonds song, what does she mean by ...
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Meaning of “well you done done me and you bet I felt it”
Well you done done me and you bet I felt it— Jason Mraz, I'm Yours
What does the first sentence from this song mean?
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What does the word “seether” means? [closed]
I am trying to translate Veruca's Salt song "Seether" and I can't find this word's translation, or, at least, meaning.
Ow!
Seether is neither loose nor tight,
Seether is neither black nor ...
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What's the meaning of the expression “bed burning” or “bed on fire”?
There's a song by Midnight Oil called Beds Are Burning, and the song Psycho Killer also says that "my bed's on fire".
What do those expressions mean (if they mean the same thing)?
update: Some ...
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Join with all nature in manifold witness
In the song Great is Thy faithfulness there is a line that reads
Join with all nature in manifold witness
What does that mean? What is manifold witness?
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“No spark of constellation, No Vela no Orion”
Can anyone tell me the meaning of these two lines in the lyrics?
I look up to the heavens
But night has clouded over
No spark of constellation
No Vela no Orion
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What does “How do I feel this good sober” mean?
Help settle an argument.
There's a song whose chorus "How do I feel this good sober?"
One interpretation is, "How is possible that I feel as good as I do, even though I am sober?"
The other is, ...
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What does “And she promises the earth to me…” mean?
I like the famous song. But I can't understand what does "to promise the earth" mean. Does she want to give the Earth to him? I suspect native English speakers find it a strange question. Maybe I ...
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What does 'In and out of time' mean?
I've encountered the phrase I can feel your heart beat in and out of time in the song Call To Arms, Angels And Airwaves and can't figure out what it means.
Does it mean that the heart beat is ...
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What does “Man of the room” mean?
I am in the process of translating Sister Sledge's "B.Y.O.B" song into Russian. Could you please help me to grasp the meaning of the "Man of the room" idiom used in this song?
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What does the word 'dicta' ('dita'?) mean in the song 'Who's That Chick?'?
The song 'Who's That Chick?' by David Guetta featuring Rihanna features the following line in the chorus:
She's been a crazy dicta, disco fever and you wonder...
Lyrics websites disagree on the ...
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What's the meaning of the expression “Grab a hold”?
What does it mean to "grab a hold"? There is a song by Cyndi Lauper that says
If you wanna grab a hold, let it go...
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Meanings of 'killing moon' and 'killing time' in song by Echo and The Bunnymen
I was wondering what the meanings of the expressions killing moon and killing time on the song Killing moon by Echo and The Bunnymen are.
Under blue moon I saw you So soon
you'll take me Up in ...
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Some questions about the lyric of “so feel autumn rain”
so feel autumn rain
Can 'feel' be modified by 'so' without saying what's the feeling?
Leaving with twilight though I was chosen
Why 'I was chosen' can be the cause of 'leaving with ...
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What is “hoolihan” in “Old Paint” song?
Lyric is:
I ride an old paint, I lead an old dan
I'm goin' to Montana to throw the hoolihan
They feed in the coulees, they water in the draw
Their tails are all matted, their ...
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What does “pass it on” mean?
I love the song Pass It On by The Coral, but I can't understand the meaning of this sentence:
Just find the feeling, pass it on.
What does pass it on mean?
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2answers
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What's the deep meaning in the lyrics of “Heavy Traffic” by Elton John?
In the lyrics, some pieces I couldn't understand very well:
Shakey wake up thirsty from a night in the bar
And snake hips Joe is Mr. Cool
What's snake hips? And, does the name Joe have a ...
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1answer
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What does “Hollaback Girl” mean?
Gwen Stefani says, "I ain't no hollaback girl" in her song. What does it mean?
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Meaning of the sentence from the song “Powerless”
As I am not a native English speaker, I am a bit curious to know the meaning of this sentence which I heard in Nelly Furtado's song "Powerless":
'Cause this life is too short to live it just for ...
