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Rox-lyrics
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Asia said on May 8, 2003 16:45:
Thanks to everybody for your writing!It’s very important for me,’cos all the latest news about Marie and Per reach my country very late.Though i live almost near them!
I just want to ask,does anybody know what
O.Nox really means?And what about
“steamy ol’wagon”?And “checkin’ in,checkin’ out”?
May be these are stupid questions,but i just try to learn English and it’s hard to understand conversational phrases.And can you find another strange Rox lyrics?
Anyway,i consider Per’s lyrics to be the most poetical,as English lyrics can be.
PS:can’t believe i’m here!It’s me,who hated
Fireworks several years ago!Thanks for greeting!
Majdy said on May 9, 2003 04:39:
Hey, Asia. welcome. I guess it’s not a stupid question. My english is very bad too and there are SO many words in Roxette’s song that I can’t understand either, especially when it’s methaphor or something like that.
gessleism said on May 9, 2003 10:11:
yeah..
I´m not very sure about it but i think it means: kicks....
Anyway, i don´t understand what Per means in this chorus. Who knows the real meaning?
Emil__BG said on May 9, 2003 10:19:
gesle’s lyrics means so much things:-)))
that’s why we like this talented man:-)!!!!
Asia said on May 9, 2003 11:55:
This chorus is what i really know:it means that we all came here for kiks-for carnal pleasure.But may be he wanted to create another meaning?
Im’ interested in what does “sunny called” mean?
And “tie the cover to the ground”?And what does the first couplet of LIES mean?I think these questions are innumerable!
But his lyrics are perfect.
sunnshy said on May 9, 2003 15:50:
Hi
Asia i think that the lines in Lies are Put them on baby Put the big boots on
Baby put them big boots on.
Make a mark
Make a good kick start
Kick yourself right outa my heart.
Mean tha you cant take everything about you and get out of my life, i don’t care any more about you
tinytim said on May 9, 2003 17:31:
Hmmm...roxtexanet...I think in this case, Check in, check in out refers to...sexual movements...you know how Per was lewd in his lyrix in the past...not all of them, but much...
roxtexanet said on May 9, 2003 18:08:
@Piter: Thanks! Glad to be of help.
@TinyTim: Hmmm... could be!
I think the problem with Per’s lyrics are that a lot of them are quite meaningless... I think he just strings words together that he likes the sound of... something like “tie the cover to the ground” in “Surrender” doesn’t really mean very much, it just sounds nice. But, then, somebody might be able to read something into it that I never would, so, hey, what do I know? In any case, I usually like Per’s lyrics because they’re simple and fun, and often very poetic, even if they don’t always make a lot of sense! (-:
traumakittten said on May 12, 2003 19:32:
On a sidenote, there’s a breakfast cereal named Kix... All I ate as a kid ;)
roxtexanet said on May 8, 2003 17:06:
Well, “steamy ol’ wagon” refers to fogging up the windows in an old station wagon... a lot of ideas packed into those three words I guess! (-; A station wagon is a big car that uses a lot of gas and they’re not as popular as they once were, at least not in Canada!
“Checkin’ in, checkin’ out” usually means something like to tell someone you’re coming or going... I think it would make most people think of a hotel... you check in when you arrive and check out when you leave. But “checking in” can also mean to let somebody know what you’ve been doing when you’ve been away awhile... my parents ask me to “check in” every so often with them so that they know I’m alive (-: “Checking out” can also mean to die, but I don’t think Per really means anything by it, I think he just liked the sound of the words together...
Opportunity Nox = opportunity knocks and just means that an an opportunity has presented itself... comes from the expression “Opportunity knocks but once” meaning if you don’t seize an opportunity, it might never come again.
Hope that helps!