Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Author: Sabrina Chitty

Mexico

Clinton Kane

“Mexico” by Clinton Kane

To note, even though Clinton Kane may resemble a Latino to some viewers, he is not from Mexico or any of its environs. Nor, by the looks of things, has he ever actually been to said country...

Shirt

SZA

“Shirt” by SZA

SZA’s “Shirt” is a song which, at certain points, reads as if it is going in a number of different directions at once.  Verse 1 The first verse leading into the pre-chorus is obviously...

Seven Wonders

Fleetwood Mac

“Seven Wonders” by Fleetwood Mac

The title of this song, as you likely already know, is a reference to a number of monuments which collectively are known as the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Only one of them still exists, that being...

Haunt Me

Sade

“Haunt Me” by Sade

Sade’s “Haunt Me” is an interesting piece in that first of all, the nature of the relationship between the vocalist and addressee is never really specified. And secondly, this can be deemed a song of...

Sculptures Of Anything Goes

Arctic Monkeys

“Sculptures Of Anything Goes” by Arctic Monkeys

Listeners who favor the Arctic Monkeys from a lyrical perspective must have a particular type of taste, as this definitely isn’t an outfit that goes out of its way to make their songs understandable.  Owing to this, diving too deeply into what’s being...

I Eat Cannibals

Toto Coelo

“I Eat Cannibals” by Toto Coelo

Apparently, “I Eat Cannibals” is some type of amorous love song. And if taken as such, the phrase “I eat cannibals” can be interpreted as indeed pointing to the vocalist consuming human beings, though in...

Everywhere

Fleetwood Mac

“Everywhere” by Fleetwood Mac

It can be said that from the vocalist’s perspective, the lyrics of “Everywhere” speak to Christine McVie being in the euphoric stage of a romance. But the problem with coming to so simple of a...

True Blue

Billie Eilish

“True Blue” by Billie Eilish

“True Blue” is a song that Billie Eilish began performing in 2016, when she would have been 14 years old. And the reason we’re pointing that out is because with the sophisticated way it metaphorically...

The Pill

Loretta Lynn

“The Pill” by Loretta Lynn

“The pill” referred to in the title of this song is in fact the birth control bill, which has been legal in the United States since 1960, as in for just 15 years before this...