Lyrics that confuse the heck out of you- Page 2

[Broadwayboy2631]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:29pm

"Broadwayboy, she's not stating it to say, "Dancers dance." Zach tried to make her into a big acting star. She's not. She'a a dancer. That's what she does for a living. Does that help?"

I know that.It has meaning, but it just makes me laugh.

[K8eeyore]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:31pm

Okay, here's another one: "Just No Time at All" from PIPPIN, when Pippin's grandmother sings: "When you are as old as I my dear, and I hope that you never are. . ."

I realize that she's probably saying that she hopes he never FEELS as old as she does, because he remains young at heart, but doesn't it kind of sound like she wants him to die before he gets to her age?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:36pm

Dust is representative of nothingness.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 10:17pm

"/For the things I've done you blame me for" from "For Good" in Wicked. I don't even think that's proper English."

If you rearrange the words it makes sense. It's words are just in a strange order.
Updated On: 12/6/06 at 10:17 PM

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 10:23pm

All of these make perfect sense.

Except for the "Monkey-Doo" one...

[HoshiForever]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 10:25pm

I'm with you munkustrap...that Monkey one...::blink::

[Fenchurch]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 10:30pm

It's an old british expression, meaning, he wouldn't hang around long enough to gather dust

[elvisitis1302]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 10:47pm

From "I'm Not Alone" from "Carrie":

"My lovely balloon doesn't have to burst."
- Just stupid - I sorta get the point, but it's horribly put.

"Somebody's freed me from this lonely tower."
- I like that lyric, but it's still bad in context.

And from "Out For Blood":
Kill the pig, pig, pig, pig
Kill him, kill him, kill him and make him bleed
Get the blood, blood, blood, blood
Kill the pig, make him bleed
Take the blood that's all we need
Out for blood
Oh yeah, kill the pig, make him bleed
Get the blood that's all we need
Out for blood
Now, now, now, now, now, now!

AWFUL LYRIC. I really don't want to hear different - it really doesn't make sense with all of the "ha's" and "oo's" that they did in the show. Bad sequence.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 1:20am

It's an old british expression, meaning, he wouldn't hang around long enough to gather dust

Thank you! It's been bugging me for years.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 1:44am

Elvis-
Let's NOT forget the *Original* lyrics:
You never know what your nickel buys
Until you grab a box of Cracker-Jack
And open up the prize
Is it what you thought?
I bet not!
Once you've gone to far
There's no turning back
Remember Cracker-Jack
Cracker-Jack

Am I the only one who doesn't see the connection between Cracker Jacks and pig killing?

or in RENT
from Out Tonight
You're online with the feline of Avenue B

[Mistress_Spouzic]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 2:07am

well, i think that rent line is obvious. shes talking about being in line to get into a club and how her infamy/reputation will get them into the club...

[AnythingCanHappen]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 4:27am

oh wicked lyrics... they arent the greatest

but isnt it enough that they just sound pretty?

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 8:30am

Mistress-
my question was her calling herself a feline (although I still swear it's actually "You're online with a beeline of that value be" and that they changed it for the film.)

[Claire2141]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 8:48am

"I've never understood "at sixes and sevens with you"

"Sixes and sevens is an expression for confusion or disagreement. So she's saying that the people are at sixes and sevens with her because they don't understand why she has done what she's done."

That line is one of my favourites as I love the double meaning to it...while yes it can mean the above, the line previous to it is 'although she's dressed up to the nines' followed by 'at sixes and sevens with you' could mean while I appear to be at 9 I'm actually on the same level as you.

Unsure if that makes any sense at all...x

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 9:37am

From "I'm Not Alone" from "Carrie":

"My lovely balloon doesn't have to burst."
- Just stupid - I sorta get the point, but it's horribly put.

"Somebody's freed me from this lonely tower."
- I like that lyric, but it's still bad in context.

And from "Out For Blood":
Kill the pig, pig, pig, pig
Kill him, kill him, kill him and make him bleed
Get the blood, blood, blood, blood
Kill the pig, make him bleed
Take the blood that's all we need
Out for blood
Oh yeah, kill the pig, make him bleed
Get the blood that's all we need
Out for blood
Now, now, now, now, now, now!

Need I say more? The most AWFUL lyrics I have ever heard in the theatre.

[teh_pretty]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 4:44pm

"my question was her calling herself a feline (although I still swear it's actually "You're online with a beeline of that value be" and that they changed it for the film.)"

Cats/cat-like/felines are generally associated with sexiness when applied to humans (women in particular). She's callin' herself hot!

[luvliza89]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 5:05pm

"People who need people are the luckiest people in the world".

I still think it should be, "People who DON'T need people...", because otherwise you'd just be dependent on someone, and how is that lucky? Fanny wants to be dependent on a man? Obviously she is (The Music That Makes Me Dance), but why would she want to be?

[jasonf]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 5:09pm

"...you won't see me here for dust."

Actually, I wondered about that for a long time also and then recently (within the past month or so) I'd heard it in another context which definitely implied it meant something like "I won't wait around for long." I think it was in an episode of Dr. Who, but I could be wrong about that...

[roquat]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 5:11pm

I think it means that Fanny wants to be able to depend on someone who is also dependent on her. She wants to be part of a relationship and a community. In her view, people who "need people" are whole; people who "let their grownup pride/hide all the need inside" are "children"--immature and unfinished.

[strelimyn]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 5:40pm

"In a Little While" from Once Upon a Mattress -
In a little while,
Just a little while,
You and I will be one, two, three, four

Alright, I understand that Larken is pregnant and that with the baby, her and Harry will become three ... I just don't see the four. I dunno

[Mistress_Spouzic]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 5:44pm

i just assumed she referred to herself as a feline because yes it implies hot and ties into the whole 'cat scratch club' thing...

[mattnyc2]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 7:38pm

This one from EVITA never really confused me, but always made me stop and think:

"Then again we could be foolish not to quit while we're ahead..."

Everytime I hear this I have to stop and thinkg, "so does he thinks it's a good or bad idea to quit?" I'm sure the lyric makes sense to everyone else, but it's always bugged me.

[Jennifer Lynn]

Posted: 12/8/06 at 2:16pm

Regarding Berthe's lyric in Pippin:

It makes a lot more sense when you realize that this isn't Pippin's real grandmother, but someone playing the part...and that she is a member of an acting troupe that is working toward Pippin's suicide in the finale.

[MisterRussell]

Posted: 12/8/06 at 2:42pm

The MATTRESS lyric should be read thusly:

In a little while,
Just a little while,
You and I will be "one, two, three,"
For, in a little while
I will see a smile
On the face of my son.
To be forever hand in glove:
That's the way I have it planned.
But I'll only stay in love
If the glove contains your hand.


It's a very clever little internal rhyme. The whole show has a lot more going on than meets the ear. Updated On: 12/8/06 at 02:42 PM

[StageManager2]

Posted: 12/8/06 at 2:44pm

Thanks, Mister. That makes a lot more sense. Clever pun, too.