Stone Sour - Through Glass

Song: Through Glass

Artist: Stone Sour

Album: Come What(ever) May

Stone Sour is an American rock band from des Moines, Iowa.

The song Through Glass is the second single from Stone Sour's second studio album. The album was released in 2006. I think the song is about celebrities being fake, and plastic. About how a lot of plastic celebrities are making 'entertainment' that has no real meaning and no real value. I think it's about how with some celebrities it's way more about what they wear than what they actually do. The lyrics "How much is real? So much to question. An epidemic of the mannequins, Contaminating everything" says it all. The music video shows the band at a party full of people like the aforementioned fake celebrities. As the band members walk around the party, these people turn into cardboard cut outs. I really like lead vocalist Corey Taylor's voice. The song is awesome and I really like it.

"Through Glass"

I'm looking at you through the glass...
Don't know how much time has passed
Oh, god it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever
Feels like home sitting all alone inside your head

How do you feel? That is the question
But I forget.. you don't expect an easy answer
When something like a soul becomes
Initialized and folded up like paper dolls and little notes
You can't expect a bit of hope
So while you're outside looking in
Describing what you see
Remember what you're staring at is me

Cause I'm looking at you through the glass...
Don't know how much time has passed
All I know is that it feels like forever
When no one ever tells you that forever
Feels like home, sitting all alone inside your head

How much is real? So much to question
An epidemic of the mannequins
Contaminating everything
When thought came from the heart
It never did right from the start
Just listen to the noises
(Null and void instead of voices)
Before you tell yourself
It's just a different scene
Remember it's just different from what you've seen

I'm looking at you through the glass...
Don't know how much time has passed
And all I know is that it feels like forever
When no one ever tells you that forever
Feels like home, sitting all alone inside your head

And it's the starrrssss
The sttarrrsss
That shine for you
And it's the starrrssss
The sttarrrsss
That lie to you.. yeah-ah

I'm looking at you through the glass...
Don't know how much time has passed
Oh, god it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever
Feels like home, sitting all alone inside your head

'Cause I'm looking at you through the glass...
Don't know how much time has passed
All I know is that it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever
Feels like home, sitting all alone inside your heaaaaddd

And it's the starrrssss
The sttarrrsss
That shine for you.. yeah-ah
And it's the starrrssss
The sttarrrsss
That lie to you.. yeah-ah

And it's the starrrssss
The sttarrrsss
That shine for you.. yeah-ah
And it's the starrrssss
The sttarrrsss
That lie to you.. yeah-ah yeah

Ohhhoh when the starrs
Ohhh oh when the starrrrs that liieee

Stone Sour - Through Glass - Youtube (Music Video)

The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm

Song: Disarm

Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins

Album: Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins is an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois.

The song Disarm is the third single from The Smashing Pumpkins second album. The album Siamese Dream was released in 1993. I think the song about a tumultuous and probably abusive relationship between a child and their parent(s) or guardian(s). My interpretation of the lyric "I used to be a little boy, so old in my shoes" was that it's about a child who grew up too fast and was forced by his circumstances to shoulder the responsibility of someone much older than himself. The music video is for the most part black and white. It shows the band floating above a house, performing the song, while home movie like clips show a child outside. It is a haunting rock song. Billy Corgan's voice is great, and the lyrics and music are excellent.

"Disarm"

Disarm you with a smile
And cut you like you want me to
Cut that little child
Inside of me and such a part of you
Ooh, the years burn

I used to be a little boy
So old in my shoes
And what I choose is my choice
What's a boy supposed to do?
The killer in me is the killer in you
My love
I send this smile over to you

Disarm you with a smile
And leave you like they left me here
To wither in denial
The bitterness of one who's left alone
Ooh, the years burn
Ooh, the years burn, burn, burn

I used to be a little boy
So old in my shoes
And what I choose is my voice
What's a boy supposed to do?
The killer in me is the killer in you
My love
I send this smile over to you

The killer in me is the killer in you
Send this smile over to you
The killer in me is the killer in you
Send this smile over to you
The killer in me is the killer in you
Send this smile over to you

The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm - Youtube (Music Video)

Seether - Fake It

Song: Fake It

Artist: Seether

Album: Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces

Seether is a rock band from South Africa.

Fake It is the first single from Seether's 2007 album Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces. I think the song Fake It is about people (in the music industry or in ordinary life) being fake. The lyrics are calling someone out for being fake. The lyrics refer to the person the song is speaking to as a "hypocrite". I think it's about pretending to be someone you're not to get something. The music video for the song shows the band making a music video, and shows them in an airplane with scantily clad models dancing around, and in the middle of the woods. The video shows that a bunch of stuff in the video is faked by way of green screen, and computer generated imaging. The music is loud, energetic rock n' roll. I love lead singer Shaun Morgan's voice.

"Fake It"

Who's to know if your soul will fade at all
The one you sold to fool the world
You lost your self-esteem along the way
Yeah

[Chorus:]

Good god you're coming up with reasons
Good god you're dragging it out
Good god it's the changing of the seasons
I feel so raped
So follow me down
And just fake it if you're out of direction
Fake it if you don't belong here
Fake it if you feel like affection
Woah you're such a fucking hypocrite

And you should know that the lies won't hide your flaws
No sense in hiding all of yours
You gave up on your dreams along the way
Yeah

[Chorus]

Whoah
Whoah

I can fake with the best of anyone
I can fake with the best of em all
I can fake with the best of anyone
I can fake it all

Who's to know if your soul will fade at all
The one you sold to fool the world
You lost your self-esteem along the way
Yeah

[Chorus]

Fake it if you're out of direction
Fake it if you don't belong here
Fake it if you feel like affection
Woah you're such a fucking hypocrite

Seether - Fake It - Youtube (Music Video)

Alter Bridge - Isolation

Song: Isolation
Artist: Alter Bridge
Album: AB III

Alter Bridge is an American rock band from Florida.

The song Isolation is the first single from Alter Bridge's third album. The album AB III was released October 8, 2010. I think the song is about someone isolating themself and causing themself only pain by doing so. I think it's about someone who has been hurt and is feeling very alone. The song is saying you need to let yourself live and love. The song is heavy, hard rock. The music video shows live footage and behind the scenes clips of the band on tour. Myles Kennedy's voice is great. The lyrics are good. The music is good. Great song.

"Isolation"

When all is lost to you inside
When all the darkness takes the light
The ritual it has begun
And now you tear away from everyone
Disconnected so alone yeah
Severed ties from all you know

Isolation Brings you to the end
Until you love again
Isolation If you could only see
What will come to be
Yeah!

Justify you waste away
You dare to dream but still you're too afraid
And now you're broken and deceived
Lost to live this cruel reality
You're disconnected so alone
Severed ties from all you know

Isolation Brings you to the end
Until you love again
Isolation If you could only see
What will come to be
Yeah!

Maybe you'll stand
Maybe you'll give and break to find another way
And make things better
Maybe you'll find
A life you can live and learn to love along the way
And make things better
And make things better

Isolation Brings you to the end
Until you love again
Isolation If you could only see
What will come to be
Yeah!

Isolation Brings you to the end
Until you love again
Isolation If you could only see
What will come to be

You're disconnected so alone
What will come to be?
You're disconnected so alone

Alter Bridge - Isolation - Youtube (Music Video)

Billy Talent - Turn Your Back

Song: Turn Your Back

Artist: Billy Talent

Album: Billy Talent III

Billy Talent is a Canadian rock band from Ontario.

The song Turn Your Back is from Billy Talent's third studio album (fourth if you count their first album, which was released under a different band name.) One version of the song features guest vocals by members of Anti-Flag (an American punk band, from Pennsylvania.) I think the song is about people ignoring the state of our world. How some selfish people will only be sorry when the bad stuff starts to affect them. I think it's about the human race needing to take responsibility for it's actions. I love the lyrics and the songs sound.

"Turn Your Back"

And when the clock strikes 12, tell me where you gonna be?
Cleaning up the mess we've made or watching your TV?
And if you have to ask, then you don't have a clue,
There's snow in Arizona while they're bombing in Beirut!

I hope some day...when i'm dead and gone,
We learn to right...everything that's wrong,
With loving hands...turn sick to strong,
Our time will tell...if life goes on, on, on, on, on

When the storm hits your front door, with a roar you can't ignore,
You run, run, away! but there's no place to hide, mate!
When the days turn into night, you don't got no chance to fight,
'Cause you're too late! so kiss your ass goodbye, mate!

It just don't make no sense, there's a million mouths to feed,
We got military action over monetary need
And you can turn your back, or you can plant the seed
You can choose compassion over universal greed

I hope some day... when i'm dead and gone,
We learn to right... everything that's wrong,
With loving hands... turn sick to strong,
Our time will tell... if life goes on, on, on, on, on

When the storm hits your front door, with a roar you can't ignore,
You run, run, away! but there's no place to hide, mate!
When the days turn into night, you don't got no chance to fight,
'Cause you're too late! so kiss your ass goodbye, mate!

And you can turn your back, but it won't go away
And you don't look scared, but you should be afraid
You can shut your mouth, but you still have a say
And you just don't care, for tomorrow, today

And you can turn your back, but it won't go away
And you don't look scared, but you should be afraid
You can shut your mouth, but you still have a say
And you just don't care, for tomorrow, today

Well no way! way! No way, no way, no way, no way!

When the storm hits your front door, with a roar you can't ignore,
You run, run, away! but there's no place to hide, mate!
When the days turn into night, you don't got no chance to fight,
'Cause you're too late! so kiss your ass goodbye, mate!

Billy Talent - Turn Your Back - Youtube (Audio Only)

Papa Roach - Blood (Empty Promises)

Song: Blood (Empty Promises)
Artist: Papa Roach
Album: Getting Away With Murder

Papa Roach is an American rock band from California.

Blood is a track from Papa Roach's fourth album Getting Away With Murder. The album was released in August of 2004. I think the song is about someone being screwed over by a person who is supposed to be their family. I think it's from the point of view of someone who has been stabbed in the back by someone close to them. They're saying that they won't let that person walk all over them anymore. Also telling that person that they need to change or they'll only screw themselves over in the end. Lead singer Jacoby Shaddix seems to be singing directly to the perpetrator of this betrayal. I really like the drums in this song. Blood has a great hard rock sound. This song is really good.

"Blood (Empty Promises)"

I will forgive but I won't forget
And I hope you know you've lost my respect

You better watch out
If you don't know whats going on around you
You better think twice
Before you fly off the handle and lose it
You better join us
Before you get lost in the shuffle
You better rise against
The demons that are gonna try and hold you down

Does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love?
Does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love?
The ones you love, the ones you love, the ones you love

Cause I'm not a pawn for you to play in your fucking game
I've got dignity and a dream that I want to achieve
The pressure, your troubled and you let me down
I'm not deaf and all I hear are your empty promises

Does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love?
Does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love?
The ones you love, the ones you love, the ones you love

Does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love?
Yes it runs in your blood to betray the ones you love!
Yes it runs in your blood to betray the ones you love!
Yes it runs in your blood to betray the ones you love!

I will forgive but I won't forget
And I hope you know you've lost my respect

Yes it runs in your blood to betray the ones you love
Yes it runs in your blood to betray the ones you love

Papa Roach - Blood - Youtube (Audio Only)

Bleeker Ridge - Small Town Dead

Song: Small Town Dead
Artist: Bleeker Ridge
Album: Small Town Dead

Bleeker Ridge is a Canadian rock band from Orillia, Ontaio.

Small Town Dead is the first single and title track from Bleeker Ridge's debut album, which was released in September of 2010. I think the song is about growing up in a small town, and not wanting to be stuck there for your whole life. The band member's are all really good musicians, and lead singer Taylor Perkins has a great voice. The song is fast, energetic and great to rock out to. The music video shows the band in their hometown of Orillia, where they work boring jobs or hang out in random places.  It alternates between them leaving these places to go play a show and them actually playing a show in the middle of town. In the radio edit the lyrics "My reputation failed and fucked me again / Pack my shit leave this town" are replaced with "My reputation failed and stopped me again / Pack my things leave this town".

"Small Town Dead"

I got the number but my reputation failed
and fucked me again, pack my shit
Leave this town go to a place where no one
Knows who I am

And Why do I get in this situation
And Why do I leave myself to blame yeaah

Oh no there we go like it never ended
Small town has left me dead
I cant stay for the blame and the broken hearted
With my back against the wall
Oh no here we go like it never ended
Small town has left me dead
I cant stay for the blame and the broken hearted
Small Town Dead!

I like to tell her but to say those words would mean
My cover is blown
What's truth when it doesnt help you
You've got to look after your own

And Why do I get in this situation
And Why do I leave myself to blame yeaah

Oh no there we go like it never ended
Small town has left me dead
I cant stay for the blame and the broken hearted
With my back against the wall
Oh no here we go like it never ended
Small town has left me dead
I cant stay for the blame and the broken hearted
Small Town Dead!

Growing up never living
A second hand city
Living like this forever
I'm small town dead!

(ooooooh)

Oh no there we go like it never ended
Small town has left me dead
I cant stay for the blame and the broken hearted
With my back against the wall
Oh no here we go like it never ended
Small town has left me dead
I cant stay for the blame and the broken hearted
Small Town Dead!

Oooooh, I'm small town dead!

Bleeker Ridge - Small Town Dead - Youtube (Music Video)