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Face it, the band you've been waiting for all these years is The Shins. Not convinced? Give me a moment to introduce you the Miracle of the Great Southwest. The vast deserts of New Mexico are anything but barren, at least from a creative standpoint. Our story begins in Albuquerque circa 1992. The Grunge Invasion has swept out of the Northwest and into the ears of every kid with a pawn shop guitar. It affects everyone differently. For The Shins, there comes to pass a monumental distillation of post-punk garage rock, the indie sounds of Chicago and a healthy dose of pure, unadulterated pop from a time when Brian Wilson was at the helm. Melody is key. Hooks are aplenty and then some. Some stars are born. Call it a natural progression. Nine years, 10 records, acc More... (Submit New The Shins Lyrics) (Submit New The Shins Lyrics) Review about The Shins great song | Reviewer: Ruby T ------ About the song Mine's Not a High Horse performed by The Shins I find this song easy to interpret, but i fail to put it's meaning in good words :P I can relate this song to many people, like possibly a very conservative leader... Or just someone who thinks they know everything. Beautiful Song | Reviewer: Matt ------ About the song New Slang performed by The Shins This is one of my favorite songs. It is so well written. I interpret the song as a sad song. The guy is longing to be with a girl he use to be with. In different metaphors and what not he essentially says he be the happiest guy ever if he was given another shot by his ex. Lovely song that I could listen to over-and-over again. realistic | Reviewer: sanstitre ------ About the song Australia performed by The Shins For me these lyrics are absolutely realistic, of what is the real meaning of life.. dont try hard to find what is it about.. you born to do the same because there´s no other way , trying to find a park i life to feel much better ..I love this song i'm not sure... | Reviewer: Bren ------ About the song Australia performed by The Shins i'm not really sure what all the fuss is about. being a musician i feel like i write songs because they mean something to me, but it is up to other people to determine and interpret the song for themselves, whether it be right or wrong in my eyes. i just think that people need to be a little nicer in this world. there are so many worse things than having differing views on song lyrics, and personally i think all the opinions listed are valid. By combining elements new ones are formed | Reviewer: -Your name here- ------ About the song Saint Simon performed by The Shins Water has different properties than hydrogen and oxygen, does that not make it its own? You say that this band pulls elements from separate bands but by combining them in the way that they do, they become unique, you don't call ragtime jazz communism | Reviewer: Glenn ------ About the song So Says I performed by The Shins I agree with Hayley about communism and i think a great way to sum it up is to quote the film "enemy at the gates" which is about war torn Stalingrad in ww2 when Stalin was at the height of his powers. In this film a Soviet political officer who has always believed in communist ideals finally comes to the realisation that, in his words: "Man will always be man. There is no new man. We tried so hard to create a society that was equal, where there'd be nothing to envy your neighbor. But there's always something to envy. A smile... a friendship. Something you don't have and want to appropriate. In this world- even a Soviet one- there will always be rich and poor. Rich in gifts... poor in gifts. Rich in love... poor in love. Great film, suggest you watch it, and amazing song from, if not, my favourite band very jealous of Olivia for seeing them live and if they play glastonbury this year i'll kill myself (i didn't get tickets). Boy is comfort food and wants girl to have a real relationship with him | Reviewer: jenny ------ About the song Girl Sailor performed by The Shins This song is about a girl who rarely gets her heart broke. When she does she runs to her boy who is just a friend but who she knows likes her as more than a friend...aka the writer of this song. He of course wants her and tries to belittle her into getting with him on a permanent basis and taking their thing in an actual direction...instead of her just using him as a plaything between exciting men she's actually interested in. Men like this never do get the sailor girl, because she can never be broken so much as to settle for the fellow who takes her into his arms every time she effs up a relationship that she truly does want. Every woman wants and needs a comfort food boy, but we don't want them around too long...there is something wimpy and wrong about the situation and we know it. But if you keep taking it, your ship will continually be sunk. We aren't sailing anywhere with men like this writer. The writer is merely begging not to be spurned again, and if there are so many girls out there like sailor girl...then why doesn't writer go get one that actually wants him as "more than a friend"...eh? I love this song | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Red Rabbits performed by The Shins I am trying to decide if this is about a love affair or someone in a situation where someone in the lead is taking over, and there are some people who are suffering. I think that one of the people prbobally a male is on the side where the people are leading and taking over. There is someone else who is one the other side "the dark side" who convinces him to join. The watershed would be covering the stuff that they are doing from the people under their rule. Not sure if any of that made sense :P Sort of a mix of what everyone said.. | Reviewer: LarLar ------ About the song Girl Sailor performed by The Shins so to me he's saying: this POS dude will tell you he loves you, but then he won't back it up with his actions. to him, there are just so many more girls out there to use. a stronger girl would frown about it and then let it go, but you choose to let it bring you down, you let it bother you. you stay with him. you've just been given your way too many times. you've chosen to take on many different roles or relationships or personalities, but this time you can't win. you've made it through all of these really tough situations and always come out alright, you can't help it that plain, real love isn't cutting it anymore, you're just interested in something exciting. but you haven't changed a bit to me though. does what i'm saying make sense? you've always been in charge, and gotten what you wanted since you were 5 years old, but i've always just been along for the ride. you've always been a leader, worried about where you're going, i've just been enjoying the view. but you've always gotten your way, worrying about having EVERYTHING now, instead of worrying about having something left for the future. all of those good times that you've had are ending now, and you need to make a choice. don't make a stupid choice that is going to hurt you. in a little while from now we will forget all about all of this, and about how what we would have had is going to just collapse, so let's just put this to rest. there is no more good lighting this situation. you've run out of goodness to look to- and i've got nothing to say to help you out anymore. i can't show you the way, you'll have to figure it out for yourself. you are not this perfect person who is just there for a smile and a good time. you've got so much more potential than that. there are such better options for you. don't hurt yourself, don't purposely wreck what we could have for what he has. DaveyjonesYAAAAR | Reviewer: Matt kneen ------ About the song Caring Is Creepy performed by The Shins I love this song so much, It's such a feel-good, calming meaningful song with cleverly thought out lyrics. And it is on the soundtrack or Garden State, which in my opinion is a brilliant movie, with a brilliant soundtrack. I recommend Let Go- Frou-Frou. Shin-tastic | Reviewer: Matt ------ About the song A Comet Appears performed by The Shins Every time I listen to this song I pick up new things relating to the theme/lyrics. Easily the best song on "Wincing the Night Away", although It is very similar to the other songs on the album. The guitar goes perfectly with the lyrics and I absolutely love the song. :) :D | Reviewer: Just Lynn ------ About the song Phantom Limb performed by The Shins This song is amazing! I love when lyrics are written so that you actually have to THINK about the point of the song. There are a lot of meanings to the lyrics once you look at them through different lenses. and it's really great to sing along with. i just all-around LOVE it! good ideas! | Reviewer: Mike ------ About the song Australia performed by The Shins i like the holocaust idea. i don't agree with it, but the guy (max) who thought it up clearly developed it quite a bit and thought through most of the lyrics. a meaning i lean towards is Nicole's, although i would take it out of "story form" and think of it as a whole group of people feeling this way, not just a melancholy old man =D one interpretaiton | Reviewer: anonymous ------ About the song New Slang performed by The Shins this is one of my favorite songs as far as lyrics go, really quite beautifully written. i think its kind of a sad song, talking to a girl he used to be with but isn't anymore, and can't help thinking of what might of been, but never could be. in the first part he's saying, somewhat sarcastically and maybe bitterly, how he's not happy where he is in his life now and would rather be back in blind love like when they started going out. then the chorus, saying if she would have wanted to be with him, he'd do anything, and wouldn't even care about being a fool (king of the eyesores), would proudly dance about for all to see as long as they're happy. the next part is about how reality hit him. things start to take on a "new" meaning, you notice things, "the dirt in your fries" could be an analogy to how when your a child, you can drop food on the ground and pick it up and eat it without thinking about it (all a metaphor of course), then you grow out of it and notice all the bad things, and after this the only thing left is to get old and die. and this change hit him abruptly (bull through the hall). he's regretting even telling her this but he doesn't know what else to do, kind of depressed. chorus again then in the bakers thumbs part it refers back to "dawn", the turning point. like when people hit this change and the innocence and sincerity is gone, they end up getting hurt, and often by something close to them, and it never really heals. also it kind of shows a change in his mood to being kind of bitter about losing her. then finally i think he's talking about how he's seen that she's getting on with her life and is happy again, and he doesn't know if he can do the same. he's still messed up from it all, still can't trust or find any courage (flaming field), and doesn't know if he's capable of picking himself back up (refine). and then it ends with one last what if. haha wow that ended up being long. anyways it's just one way to interpret it. tried not to miss anything. lost | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Caring Is Creepy performed by The Shins this song is incredibly sentimental for me, regarding a long lost love. i appreciate seeing that it has touched so many other people. i only hope that one day i can remind this one person of the significance our shared experience with this song has had in my life beyond our relationship. i find it now getting me through every bad moment of my life. thank goodness for it, and for the shins! portland forever in the heart!! Actually...you're all wrong. | Reviewer: chick ------ About the song Girl Sailor performed by The Shins This song is about a girl who can't let go. She isn't special "there are just so many of you out there for rent". She's hell bent on letting the writer's rejection ruin her life. "The direst of straits" was their relationship and now nothing can live up to it for her. The writer is pleading her to move on but will forget her whether or not she decides to. "Just a moment or two from now not a mind will retain even a trace of the thoughts I struggled to tell" Without the false glamour of thinking every song is a love song this is about a boy who doesn't give a damn about a dramatic argumentative ex girlfriend who "won one too many fights." The last fight she won't win is convincing him to care. god I can relate to this. Looking at it the wrong way | Reviewer: Dan ------ About the song Australia performed by The Shins I don't see why everyone's so obsessed with finding the right meaning to the song. I think it's best to find your own meaning, and attach your own memories and experiences to a song, it's much more enjoyable that way. somber lyrics for such a beautiful song | Reviewer: anne onimous ------ About the song Red Rabbits performed by The Shins I think this song is about a love affair from the eyes of the man that the woman is cheating with. Their affair leads to her getting pregnant with several children and she decides to get an abortion. this event takes an emotional toll on both of them and the husband is oblivious to the whole ordeal. new slang... | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song New Slang performed by The Shins I agree with the last review that this song is far from optimistic, moreso focused on the stasis and lack of movement for mankind during life in general. However I doubt the author is considering that in detail here, like most songwriters they are most likely to be drawing ideas from there own personal experiences. So I think the song can be read either pessimistically or optimistically depending on how the listener is actually feeling a that point in time. The song can be a love song talking of how relationships can mend your life or as the world being a living hell for us all to endure, yay for hell on earth! Personally I love this song and the album 'Oh, Inverted World' and think we should all agree 'Garden State' kicks ass (watch it if you haven't!!!), and we should all hail Zach Braff as our God and make yearly sacrifices to appease him. :) my interpretation | Reviewer: luke ------ About the song Turn On Me performed by The Shins i believe that the song is about someone who is irrevocably in love. first verse: man disillusions himself into believing he has a chance with her, but realizes otherwise. first chorus: he knows that she knows about his feelings, and, although she wants nothing to do with him, she "masked [her] disdain." she also used him and toyed with his feelings, leading him on. second verse: he starts to mull over his feelings. he wants to stop loving her, but at the same time is still in love. he hates her and loves her at the same time. he realizes that he should be strong enough to break away. second chorus: he is all broken up, and will never heal from the hurt that loving her has left him. he's given her so many chances, and was so nice to her, but she still treated him poorly. this is just my interpretation, as this way it really relates to my life... 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