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Petula07 · 03-22-2010, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by TheReverend

Now to me that line is just stupid. My sorrows learned to swim?

I think it's not stupid. I like it too

It means that sorrows are sometimes so deep that you can't get rid of them for long time.

**Janszoon** · 03-22-2010, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheReverend

Now to me that line is just stupid. My sorrows learned to swim?

As in, not even the oblivion of alcohol (or whatever) could drown out his sadness.

It think it's a decent metaphor.

Zaqarbal · 03-22-2010, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheReverend

Now to me that line is just stupid. My sorrows learned to swim?

Because of the form or the content?

I thought the metaphor was clear. Starting from the saying "to drown one's sorrows", then makes an analogy for saying that worries persist. It's a way to describe insidious feelings, thinkings, moods, a "mental pain", or a depression, an obsession, etc.

In the SONG, Judas betrays Jesus and then he can't get the guilty feeling out of his mind.

EDIT: I can choose other lines from the same song, if you prefer something more "lyrically noble". For instance:

"Waves of regret and waves of joy
I reached out for the one I tried to destroy"

I like it too.

TheReverend · 03-22-2010, 03:59 PM

Ohhh kay now I at least get it, but I still think it could have been said better, but thats my opinion- "My sorrows learned to swim" really seems cheesy to me. I like the waves of regret one better though its more dark, kind of mysterious.

Degree7 · 03-22-2010, 09:44 PM

Ah, thought of another great line. This time from Paul Simon's Graceland.

And she said losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody sees the wind blow

xxshwangbangxx · 03-24-2010, 07:04 PM

Brand New "Seventy Times 7"

"So is that what you call a getaway?
Tell me what you got away with
Cuz I've seen more spine in jellyfish
I've seen more guts in 11 year old kids
So have another drink and drive yourself home
I hope there's ice on all the roads
And you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt
And again when your head goes through the windshield"

gogojessicat · 03-24-2010, 07:27 PM

"Three words that became hard to say: I and Love and You"
The Avett Brothers

SBWNik · 03-26-2010, 01:26 AM

The MVPs - Turning My Heartbeat Up

"I've got a little volcano about to erupt, but all I can say is do you love me enough"

How to make smut sound innocent.

scottsy · 03-26-2010, 08:49 AM

"Mild mannered Superman are held in kryptonite, and the wise and foolish virgins giggle with their bodies glowing bright, through the door a harvest feast is lit by candlelight, it's the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight"

I love this line for some reason.... in all the verbose granduer that is the lyrics from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis, this one just paints and vivid and surreal image that I love to play over and over in my head.... doesn't hurt that it's also set to one of the most beautiful melodies on the entire album...

Mandelorean · 03-26-2010, 11:30 AM

I have always loved this line from Pearl Jam's Black

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky, but why, why, why
Can't it be, can't it be mine

I also love the chorus from Precious Things by Tori amos

These precious things
Let them bleed
Let them wash away
These precious things let them break
Their hold over me

03-22-2010, 03:59 PM	#384 (permalink)
TheReverend Strong and Quite Strong Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: When you get out on the interstate, take a left after the gas station Posts: 64	Ohhh kay now I at least get it, but I still think it could have been said better, but thats my opinion- "My sorrows learned to swim" really seems cheesy to me. I like the waves of regret one better though its more dark, kind of mysterious. __________________ One day dude, one day I'm just gonna get off the bus, an I'm gonna run into the woods an I'm never gonna come back. And when I come back, I'm gonna be the night master

03-22-2010, 09:44 PM	#385 (permalink)
Degree7 Groupie Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 25	Ah, thought of another great line. This time from Paul Simon's Graceland. And she said losing love Is like a window in your heart Everybody sees you're blown apart Everybody sees the wind blow __________________ Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

03-24-2010, 07:27 PM	#387 (permalink)
gogojessicat Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: maine Posts: 121	"Three words that became hard to say: I and Love and You" The Avett Brothers __________________ for a minute there I lost myself. Last.fm

03-26-2010, 08:49 AM	#389 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	"Mild mannered Superman are held in kryptonite, and the wise and foolish virgins giggle with their bodies glowing bright, through the door a harvest feast is lit by candlelight, it's the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight" I love this line for some reason.... in all the verbose granduer that is the lyrics from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis, this one just paints and vivid and surreal image that I love to play over and over in my head.... doesn't hurt that it's also set to one of the most beautiful melodies on the entire album... __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

03-24-2010, 07:04 PM	#386 (permalink)
xxshwangbangxx Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 55	Brand New "Seventy Times 7" "So is that what you call a getaway? Tell me what you got away with Cuz I've seen more spine in jellyfish I've seen more guts in 11 year old kids So have another drink and drive yourself home I hope there's ice on all the roads And you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt And again when your head goes through the windshield"

03-26-2010, 01:26 AM	#388 (permalink)
SBWNik Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 67	The MVPs - Turning My Heartbeat Up "I've got a little volcano about to erupt, but all I can say is do you love me enough" How to make smut sound innocent.

03-26-2010, 11:30 AM	#390 (permalink)
Mandelorean Groupie Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: TEXAS/OHIO Posts: 35	I have always loved this line from Pearl Jam's Black I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star In somebody else's sky, but why, why, why Can't it be, can't it be mine I also love the chorus from Precious Things by Tori amos These precious things Let them bleed Let them wash away These precious things let them break Their hold over me