Does anybody know a song with a lot of hidden meaning, metaphors, etc?

Question

I'm trying to find a song, any song that just has that deeper meaning to it. It doesn't have to be a ballad but it can be anything but if you could give me the title and artist that would be great!

Answer 1

How about "the Scotsman"

words and music by Mike Cross

Well a Scotsman clad in kilt left a bar on evening fair
And one could tell by how we walked that he drunk more than his share
He fumbled round until he could no longer keep his feet
Then he stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
He stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street

About that time two young and lovely girls just happend by
And one says to the other with a twinkle in her eye
See yon sleeping Scotsman so strong and handsome built
I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath the kilt
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath the kilt

They crept up on that sleeping Scotsman quiet as could be
Lifted up his kilt about an inch so they could see
And there behold, for them to see, beneath his Scottish skirt
Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth

They marveled for a moment, then one said we must be gone
Let's leave a present for our friend, before we move along
As a gift they left a blue silk ribbon, tied into a bow
Around the bonnie star, the Scots kilt did lift and show
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
Around the bonnie star, the Scots kilt did lift and show

Now the Scotsman woke to nature's call and stumbled towards a tree
Behind a bush, he lift his kilt and gawks at what he sees
And in a startled voice he says to what's before his eyes.
O lad I don't know where you been but I see you won first prize
Ring ding diddle diddle I de oh ring di diddly I oh
O lad I don't know where you been but I see you won first prize

Answer 2

The song with the DEEPEST meaning and the MOST hidden metaphors is I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred.

See, the catwalk is a euphemism for international relations and the shirt represents the repressed id craving the superego satisfaction of the 8 Fold Path.

Oh, it's deep. DEEP, I'm telling you.

Answer 3

Try "It's all for the best" from Godspell.

Musical: Godspell
Song: All for the Best

When you feel sad, or under a curse
Your life is bad, your prospects are worse
Your wife is sighing, crying,
And your olive tree is dying,
Temples are graying, and teeth are decaying
And creditors weighing your purse...
Your mood and your robe
Are both a deep blue
You'd bet that Job
Had nothing on you...
Don't forget that when you get to
Heaven you'll be blessed..
Yes, it's all for the best...

Some men are born to live at ease, doing what they please,
Richer than the bees are in honey
Never growing old, never feeling cold
Pulling pots of gold from thin air
The best in every town, best at shaking down
Best at making mountains of money
They can't take it with them, but what do they care?
They get the center of the meat, cushions on the seat
Houses on the street where it's sunny..
Summers at the sea, winters warm and free
All of this and we get the rest...
But who is the land for? the sun and the sand for?
You guessed! It's all for the best...

Don't forget that when you get to Heaven you'll be blessed!
Yes, it's all for the.....(all your wrongs will be redressed..)
Yes, it's all for the.....(you must never be distressed....)
Yes, it's all for the.....(someone's got to be oppressed!)
Yes, it's all for the best!!!


It helps to hear the song, feel it's tempo. What happens is the meaning of "all for the best" changes several times during the song. In the beginning, the best are the rich. By the end, they're the ones who are oppressed.

Answer 4

Juturna by Circa Survive all their songs have extremely deep meanings and they're never really about what you think they're about or This Place is A Prison by The Postal Service :)

Answer 5

go to website: http://www.dwmorrison.com/floydwiz.html
The Pink Floyd CD "Dark side of the moon" is said to be a "soundtrack" to the wizard of Oz. If you listen to the cd while watching the movie, it really goes along with it.
I have done this before and it really is weird and cool.

Answer 6

Hotel California

Nirvana "Smells like teen spirit"
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/n/nirvana/smells+like+teen+spirit_20101055.html

Mazzy Star Fade Into You
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/mazzy+star/fade+into+you_20090972.html

Portishead "Sour Times"
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/portishead/sourtimes.html

Voilent Femmes "Color Me Once"
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/thecrow/colormeonce.htm

All these songs are awesome and I have absolutely no idea what they're about. There's something addictive about them becuase they're so ambiguous.

Answer 7

Hey diddle diddle,

The cat and the fiddle,

The cow jumped

over the moon;

The little dog laughed

to see such sport,

And the dish ran

away with the spoon.

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Ever thought of this literally? cow jumping over the moon!
Puppy laughing while looking at that cow's jump!
The dish and spoon taking to their heels!!
But that is the easier part.
Ever known that it has to do with Queen Elizabeth I who liked to fiddle with her cabinet as if they were mice!
Even her lapdog was a character in this rhyme.
It hides a lot of metaphors.

Good luck

Answer 8

the american pie song. the bye bye one

Answer 9

hotel california

Answer 10

Puff the magic dragon......