The lyrics, which speak of " castles burning ", can be seen as a metaphor for Lester's view of Angela —" the rosy, fantasy-driven exterior of the ' American Beauty — as it burns away to reveal " the timid, small-breasted girl who, like his wife, has willfully developed a false public self ".

Ironically, the lyrics speak to their own condition of running out of food.

The lyrics of the song speak of a new moon, five stars and a new flag " arising out of the stormy sea ".

Cocker had previously lived in Paris in the early 1990s, writing lyrics for Pulp's breakthrough album His ' n ' Hers there, but he never learned to speak French, according to Bidault-Waddington.

In addition, his encyclopedic memory of hip-hop lyrics allows him to distinctively speak with his hands by scratching in lyrics from several different songs to construct new phrases.

He proclaims to be from Bremen, Germany, to speak English as a second language, and some of his songs are in German, or have some German lyrics.

That night Jeanne overhears her father singing the Japanese national anthem, " Kimi ga yo ", whose lyrics speak of the endurance of stones.

It was published in 1934 with lyrics Škoda lásky, kterou jsem tobě dala ... Publishing house Shapiro Bernstein acquired the rights shortly before World War II and the polka, now the " Beer Barrel Polka " with the English lyrics " Roll out the barrel ...", became the most popular song of the Allies in the West, although the original Czech lyrics have a very different meaning and do not speak about beer.

His lyrics became known for their extemporaneous and often autobiographical style, which he described as " writing as I would speak.

A pop ballad, the song's lyrics speak of respecting nature and living in harmony with the Earth's creatures.

The lyrics speak for themselves ... No imagery, no obscure references.

The Edea's song lyrics are written in an older form of the Finnish language and speak of old traditions as well.

Musically, the song is a mid-tempo dance-pop song and the lyrics speak about the protagonist wanting changes in a relationship she is in.

None of the band members knew how to write or speak the language, so they asked their friend Lino to translate their lyrics.

The lyrics speak of Björk feeling a love so intense that it is actually dangerous, requesting that her lover return to " calm her down ".

An up-tempo dance song, the lyrics speak about the protagonist trying to discern if a boy she likes will ever like her back.

Known for their left-wing politics, their lyrics often speak out against the Mafia and fascism.

The lyrics speak of characters similar to Christopher and Mary from Under the Cherry Moon, although their actions are not seen in the film.

The lyrics speak of singer, Joel Pott's, regret at being far away from his family whilst on tour, of how difficult it is to conduct a relationship with them over the telephone and how, when he finally gets to spend some time at home, he will ' make the most of it '.

As well as this, metal band Tool's music video for Prison Sex was banned from MTV, as the video and lyrics touch on the sensitive matter of child abuse.

" Although Gane admitted that his partner's lyrics touch on political topics, he argued that they do not cross the line into " sloganeering ".

Steely Dan's " cerebral, wry and eccentric " lyrics, often filled with sharp sarcasm, touch upon such themes as drugs, love affairs, and crime.

Strike Anywhere lyrics touch on such issues as police brutality, anti-capitalism, women's rights, animal rights, and globalization.

The music, accompanied with Palumbo's lyrics — which were often bitter and resentful towards particular characters he was discussing — and his singing style in itself — powerful and aggressive guttural screaming along with a melodic touch — created a unique dynamic.

Most of the lyrics were written by Alan Duffy, a school friend with whom Steven Wilson had lost touch a few years before the album was released.

Like any poet, the tukang karut is expected to create lyrics that touch upon everyday life, but he can also address social issues, legal matters, politics, government regulations, and human foibles.

In a characteristic example of Noel Gallagher lifting elements from songs of which he is fond, the rousing sequence of chord changes between the repeated chorus lyrics ' Stand by me / Nobody knows the way it's gonna be ' bears a remarkable similarity to a similar chord sequence in David Bowie's " All the Young Dudes ", acknowledged by Gallagher: " It's a bit like " Live Forever ", I suppose, with a touch of " All the Young Dudes " in the background — though I made sure I changed the chords.

On 25 April that year Crime and the City Solution issued their second album, Shine, which Allmusic's Ned Raggett felt was " a touch less classically smooth and arranged, more rough around the edges and jagged, especially with Bonney's delivery ... his lyrics come across as distinctly unfriendly to a usual verse / chorus structure, sounding like a spoken-word recitation sung a line at a time ".

Whereas the first two releases may have brought to mind The Sundays and 10, 000 Maniacs with their moody keyboards and layered sound, Herring's lighter touch gave more emphasis to the group's guitar work and to Karen's vocals and lyrics.

Combining elements of mid-1960s pop, 1970s AM radio, and a touch of vaudeville, Kingsauce creates tunes with silly, tongue-in-cheek lyrics.

Their lyrics have a political undercurrent that uses horrific imagery as a metaphor to touch on various political, personal, and social issues.

The song's lyrics are, for the most part, about the group's flight to London in August 1965 and their accompanying English tour, as illustrated by the opening couplet: " Eight miles high and when you touch down, you'll find that it's stranger than known.

Their creative lyrics touch on faith, society, love, music, and culture with song topics ranging from the periodic table to the experience of touring on the road, from the history of sound recording to the loss of a loved one.

The lyrics were written in 1819 by Adam Oehlenschläger and bore the motto in ( Horace: " This corner of the earth smiles for me more than any other ").

Furthermore, the song continues to pull at racism with the lyrics such as “ the white man has invaded our earth.

A concept album about the earth being caught in the middle of a war between heaven and hell, Electric Lucifer featured a heavy, driving sound complete with Moogs, Kachulis ' singing, and Haack's homegrown electronics including a prototype vocoder and unique lyrics, which deal with " powerlove " — a force so strong and good that it will not only save mankind but Lucifer himself.

" According to him, that was the time when Timberlake wrote the opening lyrics " You were my sun, you were my earth ".

" The song begins with the lyrics " You were my sun, you were my earth ", which according to Timbaland were Timberlake's inspiration to write the whole song.

Travelling circuses, like Pablo Fanque's, dominated the British provinces, Scotland, and Ireland ( Fanque would enjoy fame again in the 20th century when John Lennon would buy an 1843 poster advertising his circus and adapt the lyrics for The Beatles song, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite !).

A year later, the band came under fire again, this time as part of a campaign by conservative activist William Bennett, Senator Joe Lieberman, then-Senator Sam Nunn, and National Congress of Black Women chair C. Delores Tucker to get major record labels — including Time Warner, Sony, Thorn-EMI, PolyGram and Bertelsmann — to " dump 20 recording groups ... responsible for the most offensive lyrics.

An attempt to turn the play into a musical in the 1970s, with Davis again in the role of the schoolteacher with lyrics by Williams, failed.

The trio soon found themselves in the Top Ten once again with the first single from Holiday, the Bunnell-penned " Tin Man ", which reached No. 4, featuring cryptic lyrics set to a Wizard of Oz theme.

In 1998, singer-songwriter Alexander Gradsky, one of the best-known rock artists during the Soviet period, proposed using the song again as the Russian national anthem, but with substantially different lyrics from those originally written by Zhukovsky.

Charlie Daniels, a big-bearded fiddler with a knack for novelty songs, gave Southern rock its self-identifying anthem with his 1975 hit " The South's Gonna Do It ", the lyrics of which mentioned all of the above bands, proclaiming: " Be proud you're a rebel / ' Cause the South's gonna do it again.

The lyrics were changed again for the episodes set in Australia during the Fourth series.

The lyrics tell of the protagonist once again in sorrow about the loss of his love.

This melding of folk and rock ' n ' roll in The Beatles ' music became even more explicit during 1965, with the release of " You've Got to Hide Your Love Away ", a folk-derived song with introspective lyrics, again influenced by Dylan.

The record saw the return of more heavily layered guitars, and Fraser began once again to obscure her lyrics, though not entirely.

After Strickland played some of his new music for the other band members, they all agreed to try writing together again, with Pierson, Wilson and Schneider contributing the lyrics and melodies.

The instrumental " Genesis " from the band's debut album, had lyrics added and was released as " Know Who You Are ," but again, the single failed to make any impression on the UK chart as did the album Play It Loud, released in late 1970 and produced by Chandler himself.

He remained popular, inviting controversy with topical lyrics that criticized the Kenyan government, until becoming a born again Christian in 1993 and switching to gospel music.

Crosbie also took another dig at a fundraising dinner in Victoria, British Columbia in 1990 by saying she made him think of the song lyrics, " Pass the tequila, Sheila, lay down and love me again!

Atari Teenage Riot's sound was characterised by the use of breakbeats ( again sampled from funk and rap, but replayed at more than twice their original speeds ), heavy guitar riffs, and the shouting of politically driven lyrics and slogans by the band members ( as well as sampled dialogue ).

After the final fade to black a sequence featuring an actor playing the Minstrel would be shown as he sung these lyrics to the tune of " Early One Morning ": " We'll have the merry time again with Robin and his Merry Men and the folk who'll bring him to you then now beg a word with you.

The anthem was amended again in 1977 to introduce new lyrics written by Mikhalkov.

In his television series John Safran vs God, Australian television personality John Safran and McKay again demonstrated the " tuning " technique, demonstrating that these techniques could produce " evidence " of the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York in the lyrics of Vanilla Ice's repertoire.

But when Putin ’ s push to restore the old anthem began to pick up momentum, he picked up his pen once again, and wrote new lyrics to go with Alexandrov ’ s score.

In fall of 2000, the group reformed ( with lead singer Regina Mullikan replacing Pieratt ) and began performing again, with an edgier, less conservative sound and lyrics that incorporated more adult topics, including suicide, teenage pregnancy, relationships, drug and alcohol abuse, and other obstacles encountered by teenagers and young adults growing up in the midwest United States.

Many one-hit wonders and short-lived bands appeared and were forgotten again in rapid succession, and the overly broad application of the " NDW " label to these bands as well as to almost any German musicians not using English lyrics, even if their music was apparently not influenced at all by the ' original ' NDW ( including pure Rock bands like BAP or even Udo Lindenberg ) quickly led to the decay of the entire genre when many of the original musicians turned their backs in frustration.

It was not long until public opinion once again asked for the original lyrics to be restored.

While the critical status of Cardiacs is wildly mixed ( the band tends to attract extreme responses with some critics hailing them while others violently condemn them to the point of pariahhood ), Cardiacs are renowned for their unique performing and songwriting styles and their poetically cryptic, philosophical and abstract lyrics, as well as for their ability to produce a unique, complex and innovative sound with all their musical ventures over and over again throughout their long career.

The National Anthem of Saudi Arabia ( النشيد الوطني السعودي ) was first officially adopted in 1950 with no lyrics and then again in 1984 with new lyrics.