Daddy's drinking whiskey from a mason jar Sacco (duo) – Kerosene
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This may be a reference to the metaphor that every rose has its thorn, meaning that the narrator is suffering/bleeding from his lover’s harshness. It may also be an allusion to the death of Jesus Christ, during which he wore a crown of thorns as an cruel, ironic jab at his given title “King of the Jews”; this would align with the song’s sacrificial tone.
In addition, the Latin phrase Sub Rosa means “a secret”: thorns are beneath a rose and are why sub rosa means a secret. Leonard Cohen is another artist who may have used this concept; in “Famous blue Raincoat”
“I see you there with a rose in your teeth, one more thin gypsy thief”
Except, what’s sub rosa here is a tongue making it doubly effective! Perhaps he means millions are bleeding from their secrets.
And I just want to make it through one more night
So walk me home so walk me home so walk me home Tokyo Police Club – Tunnel Vision
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This final stanza takes us to the end of a night of drinking between the narrator and his lover. He’s so inebriated that he’s immobilized, requiring her to guide him home so they can debauch another day.
I just want to make it through one more night, tonight
I just want to make it through one more night, tonight Tokyo Police Club – Tunnel Vision
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Monks is setting up the scene of any 24-hour convenience store: artificially lit, and stocked entirely with everything you don’t need, but want.
I’ll pick us up some liquor and a pack of Belmonts alright Tokyo Police Club – Tunnel Vision
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A song praising the simple joys of young love, “Tunnel Vision” sees Tokyo Police Club vocalist David Monks taking a trip to the local convenience store to pick up any millennial’s favorite vices: booze and smokes.
Parliaments specifically are known for their recessed filter, developed so that the smoker’s tongue doesn’t have to touch tar and to make the smoke more smooth. Their off-label use: perfect for taking small bumps of cocaine.
Путин научит тебя любить Родину
Путин научит тебя любить Родину
Путин научит тебя любить Родину Pussy Riot – Путин научит тебя любить Родину (Putin will teach you how to love Motherland)
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Putin Will Teach You To Love The Motherland
Pussy Riot are mocking the Putin-esque mindset that political dissenters can be brainwashed into loving Russia. This same tactic was employed on the band themselves as they spent 21 months incarcerated in a Russian prison for their protests and political activism.
Спецсредства, оружие, толпы ментов Pussy Riot – Путин научит тебя любить Родину (Putin will teach you how to love Motherland)
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$50 billion and a rainbow ray
Pussy Riot is commenting on the exorbitant amount of money Russia spent on the Sochi 2014 Olympics; at $50 billion, it’s the most expensive Olympics to date.
Gotta walk together gotta sing this song Peter Hannan – CatDog Theme Song
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