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1. I have no idea. Stereophonics?

2. Nausea.

confused

Don't know or don't recognize the lyrics.

I tend not to pay much attention to lyrics anyway so unless it's a song I really like I probably won't get the song from the lyrics.

I know it's Joseph Arthur, and my word is nostalgic. Neither of my parents smoked -- it isn't that -- but the song gives me a strong vibe of being a teenager, driving around because you've nothing better to do, and a sense of looking for your own identity while still being tangled up in your parents' identity.

Okay, that's more than one word.

1. NO IDEA
2. young (Without knowing the rest of the song, I imagine it's a scared little kid who doesn't know where his dad is taking him.)

1. I doubt I've ever heard this
2. Desperate

1. No freaking clue.
2. fleeing

Couldn't tell you.

Sorry. Here goes:

1. No idea.
2. I wish I could have a cigar right now.

My word is:

"vinyl"

Seems like I'm the only one who got a semi-pleasant feeling from those lyrics. Of course, my feeling has nothing to do with the complete song, so I guess I'm the looney. I kind of like that you can take a piece of something and get a whole new idea from it, though.

I have no idea what the song is but the lyric you chose makes me feel small and scared. Okay, I know that's two words but it's one feeling, evocative of my uncomfortable childhood.

Interesting. Well, the song is "Redemption's Son" and it's by Joseph Arthur. (full lyrics)

In the song, the singer is actually the one driving the car, and I didn't realize it kind of sounds like he might be a small child riding in the car.

In the song, his father is dead and he's driving around with the ghost of his father hanging over him. He has mixed feelings about his memories.

BTW - thanks for playing. Anyone coming late, feel free to continue to contribute.

1-no clue

2-wee ( as in so young that your sitting in the front seat {without a seatbelt} and your P.F. Flyers ( untied of course ) just reach the edge of the vinyle benchseat.)

The negative vibe comes from the line "Fearful eyes don’t see very far."

1 - no clue

2 - regret (my assessment)

Thanks for delurking, Sean!

1. Don't know
2 (fake). Slave-to-the-freaky-ass-booty
2 (real). Lost

Nice!

Without looking at what anyone else said.

1. I got nothin'. (Good for more than just NTM)
2. scared - I suppose that is literal as the singer is saying "fearful eyes don't see very far", but the combination of being lost and fearful.

I get an image of a creepy Dad puffing smoke all around. Is he a pedophile? Is he the boy's real Dad? More than one word, I know. Sue me.

2) Ick (smoke makes me feel like my eyeballs are being attacked by sandpaper).
1) No Idea

I think it's interesting that so many people interpreted the speaker as a child, whereas I immediately thought it was an older person. I don't think I've ever really listened to the song, but maybe other lyrics crept into my subconscious. It seems a lot more frightening if you think it's a child. Once again, just interesting how you can take a piece of something and create something completely new.

I agree.

I didn't purposefully crop it to try to give that impression. It says "Drivin'" not "Ridin'" so I would ahve assumed that people would imagine, you know, driving.

However, even you came up with the word "nostalgia" but for possibly different reasons.

This is why (at least I think) these exercises are fun. It's not about any sort of strict interpretation. It's about what it makes you think/fell. And that's fun to me.

I probably got the idea that it was a little kid from "Daddy."

Some people say "driving" colloquially to refer to being a passenger. When I was little, lots of my little friends "drove" with their parents.

Those wacky colloquialisms!