Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Author: Amanda London

Ode to Freedom

ABBA

“Ode to Freedom” by ABBA

To note, as written, this song is not actually an “ode to freedom”. Rather it centers on the vocalist conceptualizing, if she did in fact accept the challenge to pen such a piece, what it...

When You Danced with Me

ABBA

“When You Danced with Me” by ABBA

The ‘hood, if you will, is such that upon adulthood some people bounce, while others may spend their entire lives there. And it is that residential realty that “When You Danced with Me” is meant to...

Control

Zoe Wees

Zoe Wees’ “Control” Lyrics Meaning

In her youth Zoe Wees suffered from rolandic epilepsy, a disease which a quick Google search reveals results in, most simply put, seizures. Additionally, this is a malady that tends to strike its victims either...

Girls Like Us

Zoe Wees

“Girls Like Us” by Zoe Wees

The titular sentiment of this song, in full, is “it’s hard for girls like us”. And even though that statement may read as if Zoe Wees is singing about a specific group of females, such...

Woman Like Me

Adele

“Woman Like Me” by Adele

There’s no question that Adele’s “Woman Like Me” is a bonafide diss song. But a diss about who? Is it about Simon Konecki, Adele’s ex-husband who the music star spent a number of years...