Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Author: Amanda London

The Man with the Axe

Lorde

“The Man with the Axe” by Lorde

The titular metaphor is based on the vocalist depicting herself as a pine tree, with the addressee, i.e. “the man with the axe”, ‘falling her’. Or put more plainly, this is an individual whom she...

2019

Rod Wave

“2019” by Rod Wave

Rod Wave is what we often refer to as an emo vocalist – sort of a dying breed in the present hip-hop landscape. And what that designation means is that his songs tend to be...

The Baddest

BGYO

“The Baddest” by BGYO

There is perhaps no word in the English lexicon that has enjoyed more diverse modern colloquial usages than the term “bad”. And it was hip-hop culture in particular which established this word as pointing to...

Desperate Things

The Killers

“Desperate Things” by The Killers

The Killers’ “Desperate Things” is a song with a distinct storyline. According to Brandon Flowers, the storyline is loosely based on “a little scandal” that took place in one of the communities he resided...

Pressure Machine

The Killers

“Pressure Machine” by The Killers

The Killers’ “Pressure Machine” is largely a reflection of the vocalist’s family life and more to the apparent point how he views that reality in the grand scheme of things. The first time the...

Never Mind, Let's Break Up

LANY

“Never Mind, Let’s Break Up” by LANY

LANY’s “Never Mind, Let’s Break Up” is based on a romance which, in hindsight, we can perhaps say never should have transpired. And that’s because the vocalist hooked up with a lady who possessed two...

Visiting Hours

Ed Sheeran

“Visiting Hours” by Ed Sheeran

As expounded on towards the tail end of this article, “Visiting Hours” is a song which Ed Sheeran composed in memory of a loved one named Michael Gudinski. And this piece doesn’t beat around the...