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Elvis Costello Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More
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Elvis Costello Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More at SongMeanings! song lyrics, song meanings, albums, music and more.
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Elvis Costello - Alison Lyrics
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This is actually somewhat of a sad song, it's about a guy who runs into a girl who broke his heart, and as they talk he finds out how bad her life has gotten.
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Elvis Costello - I Want You Lyrics
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Is there a difference? Loving someone deeply and romantically becomes an obsession in our hearts and minds. When we love as deeply as the song describes we want ...
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Elvis Costello - Less Than Zero Lyrics
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The central idea is how foolish we look when we let our consciences slip away; how corrupt the world becomes when we're not busy digging up the baobabs of ...
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Elvis Costello - Welcome To The Working Week Lyrics
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This song is about how busy life is. family had to kill to survive. the singer doesn't feel like any of it is worth it. I hope it don't kill you. everything is ...
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Elvis Costello - Beyond Belief Lyrics
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They went 'beyond belief' in a sense. Elvis is singing here about being beyond believing in romantic love (in the ways people pursue it anyway), but in those ...
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Elvis Costello - (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea Lyrics
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I've always assumed this song was about the Chelsea Asylum, which was referred to simply as 'Chelsea'... The lyrics seem to make sense: warders, men in white ...
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Elvis Costello - Watching the Detectives Lyrics
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While the obvious connections with suicide or alcoholism could be drawn easily, more subtly this song could be about someone who views the world through a ...
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Elvis Costello - Waiting for the End of the World Lyrics
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Waiting for the End of the World means he is waiting to see if the Day of Reckoning actually reckons anything at all. It belies the spiritual suffering of one ...
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Elvis Costello - Blame It on Cain Lyrics
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This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
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Elvis Costello - Accidents Will Happen Lyrics
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this is definitely about a one-night stand or a relationship going too fast. most likely, the girl gets pregnant AKA "accidents will happen". "Though he says he ...
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Elvis Costello - Shipbuilding Lyrics
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This is a lament about how the common man finds himself feeling locked into an economic system which renders him a cog in a war machine; complicit in state- ...
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Elvis Costello - Green Shirt Lyrics
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This song is about how television media can take the complexities of the world and turn them into simplistic black and white scenarios. It does so using ...
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Elvis Costello - Veronica Lyrics
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This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians ...
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Elvis Costello - Miracle Man Lyrics
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While the obvious connections with suicide or alcoholism could be drawn easily, more subtly this song could be about someone who views the world through a ...
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Elvis Costello - I'll Wear It Proudly Lyrics
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This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
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Elvis Costello - No Action Lyrics
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This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This ...
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Elvis Costello - Sleep of the Just Lyrics
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This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
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Elvis Costello - Deep Dark Truthful Mirror Lyrics
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"I showed everybody the lyrics and I explained it in simple terms, so there was absolutely no ambiguity in the meaning of it. I said 'Here's a drunk guy, he's ...
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Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army Lyrics
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This song simply put is about Britishpresence around the world, mostly militant. It starts in a British citizen wanting to do good and needing to find a job.
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Elvis Costello - Everyday I Write The Book Lyrics
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This song is genius in its treatment of a guy that is in love for the long haul. In a time when people are ready to give up on true love, here's a guy who is ...
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Elvis Costello - Almost Blue Lyrics
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It's about two people in a relationship who have grown apart. "There's a girl here and she's almost you..." refers to his current love, but because they've ...
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Elvis Costello - Opportunity Lyrics
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I think the meaning is pretty clear. This person got really burned in a previous relationship, and because of this is unable to love and show care in his ...
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Elvis Costello - The Beat Lyrics
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"Another head hangs lowly Child is slowly taken And the violence caused such silence Who are we mistaken - Another mother's breaking Heart is taking over" ...
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Elvis Costello - Tear Off Your Own Head (It's a Doll Revolution) Lyrics
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We can mess around with gender roles and manipulate each other to feel like we have some sort of control over our own destinies, but it's an illusion. Escaping ...
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Elvis Costello - Mystery Dance Lyrics
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Its about a young couple trying to figure out how to have sex for the first time... least, that was what I got out of it. Also based on the assumption that ...
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Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding Lyrics
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While the obvious connections with suicide or alcoholism could be drawn easily, more subtly this song could be about someone who views the world through a ...
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Elvis Costello - Goon Squad Lyrics
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Elvis is commenting about the Communist/Facist way in which kids betray their parents (who are taken away). Of course, the kids that are programmed, "rat" on ...
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Elvis Costello - Two Little Hitlers Lyrics
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Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to ...
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Elvis Costello - Radio Radio Lyrics
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Pretty simply, this song is about corporate control of the airwaves and radio stations only playing what is acceptable to their corporate sponsors. That's why ...
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Elvis Costello - Man Out of Time Lyrics
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This song seems to be a charecter study (like many of the songs on the essential masterpiece Imperial Bedroom) about a dried up shell of a man. He's dug his own ...
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Elvis Costello - Tramp the Dirt Down Lyrics
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Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it." " ...
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Elvis Costello - Pretty Words Lyrics
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This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians ...
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Elvis Costello - Senior Service Lyrics
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I think this is Elvis's neurotic comment on the world of work. Senior Service are working-class cigarettes, furthering the idea. He discusses how it's ...
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Elvis Costello - Party Girl Lyrics
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This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
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Elvis Costello - No Dancing Lyrics
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5 Comments ... Dancing = Sex. Scenes from a relationship falling apart, but they don't break up. She's embarrased him in front of others, resulting in no sex when ...
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Elvis Costello - Man Called Uncle Lyrics
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This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
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Elvis Costello - Good Year For The Roses Lyrics
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The lyrics for this are pretty self-explanatory, basically about the break-up of a marriage. I think the title comes from the irony that it's been a good year ...
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Elvis Costello - Love Field Lyrics
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This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This ...
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Elvis Costello - Busy Bodies Lyrics
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This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
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Elvis Costello - Satellite Lyrics
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This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
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Elvis Costello - The Loved Ones Lyrics
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This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
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Elvis Costello - Sneaky Feelings Lyrics
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Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to ...
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Elvis Costello - This Year's Girl Lyrics
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-- where the lead characters wore shades). So I think this song is about a guy who wears shades as a way of hiding his insecurity after learning that his ...
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Elvis Costello - She Lyrics
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I think this song is about someone who has fallen in love with a woman who is somewhat mysterious and has a bit of a front - "inside her shell" "No-one's ...
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Elvis Costello - Pony St. Lyrics
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This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
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Elvis Costello - Chemistry Class Lyrics
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I think this is the age-old story of a sexual attraction to someone that you despise. Love-hate, but you can't have her as she is controlled by the "king-pin" ( ...
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Elvis Costello - Clubland Lyrics
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While the obvious connections with suicide or alcoholism could be drawn easily, more subtly this song could be about someone who views the world through a ...
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Elvis Costello - 13 Steps Lead Down Lyrics
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Therefore, the 13th step is someone saying "my life is out of control and I want to share it with you". It usually refers to people in early stages of sobriety ...
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Elvis Costello - Little Triggers Lyrics
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While the obvious connections with suicide or alcoholism could be drawn easily, more subtly this song could be about someone who views the world through a ...
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