[Shaun]

Every now and again, a world event happens that gives a song a whole new meaning. Take this example (it was released on their album 'Funeral' in 2003, I think):

Youtube video

Lyrics:

Haïti, mon pays, [my country]
wounded mother I'll never see.
Ma famille set me free.
Throw my ashes into the sea.

Mes cousins jamais nés [my cousins never born]
hantent les nuits de Duvalier. [haunt the nights of Duvali]
Rien n'arrete nos esprits. [nothing stops our spirits]
Guns can't kill what soldiers can't see.

In the forest we lie hiding,
unmarked graves where flowers grow.
Hear the soldiers angry yelling,
in the river we will go.

Tous les morts-nés forment une armée, [translation: All the still-borns form an army]
soon we will reclaim the earth.
All the tears and all the bodies
bring about our second birth.

Haïti, never free,
n'aie pas peur de sonner l'alarme. [don't be afraid to sound the alarm]
Tes enfants sont partis, [your children are gone]
In those days their blood was still warm

[MarkWaldorf]

it's like this song predicted what would happen

Youtube video

Mona Lisa

Ladies and gentlemen, I've got a little story to tell
About Mona Lisa and how she suddenly fell (huh)
See everyone knew her, they knew her oh so well
Now I am taking over to release her from her spell

She's the original(yeah,yeah,yeah)
She's unforgetable(yeah,yeah)
She want's you to know(yeah)
She's been cloned
It's kind of incredible(yeah,yeah)
She's so unpredictible(yeah,yeah)
She want's you to know(yeah)
She's been cloned, she's been cloned, she's been cloned

She was taken under, drowning in her sea
Running like an angel, she was crying, and could not see (oh no)
and see everyone's watching, as she starts to fall
They want her to break down
And be a legend of the fall

Now Ladies does that make you cry? (huh)
Mona Lisa's got to fly
Nobody really dies
Everyone, may we have a moment of silence? Right Here. God.

She's the original(yeah,yeah,yeah)
She's unforgetable(yeah,yeah)
She want's you to know(yeah)
She's been cloned
It's kind of incredible(yeah,yeah)
She's so unpredictible(yeah,yeah)
She want's you to know(yeah)
She's been cloned, she's been cloned, she's been cloned

[Shaun]

well I asked for songs with meaning but OK.

[MarkWaldorf]

just be thankful someone actually replied s0b

[Shaun]

pmsl, touché

[Scarlett.]

Robbie's opening to Advertising Space (an Elvis Tribute) pretty much describing Michael Jackson's death

Youtube video

Lyrics;
There's no earthly way of knowing
What was in your heart
When it stopped going
The whole world shook
A storm was blowing through you
Waiting for god to stop this
And up to your neck in darkness
Everyone around you was corrupted
Say something

There's no dignity in death
To sell the world your last breath
We're still fighting over everything you left

(Chourus)
I saw you standing at the gates
When marlon brando passed away
You had that look upon your face
Advertising space

No one learned from your mistakes
We let our prophets go to waste
All that's left in any case
Is advertising space

Through your eyes the world was burning
Please be gentle I'm still learning
You seemed to say as you kept turning up
They poison you with compromise
At what point did you realise
That everybody loves your life but you


The rest of the song is more Elvis specific though

[Stu]

Surely all of Aqua's songs are a prediction that the apocalypse is nearing.

[Twilight]

Originally Posted by judas iscariot

surely all of aqua's songs are a prediction that the apocalypse is nearing.

lmao

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by Judas Iscariot

Surely all of Aqua's songs are a prediction that the apocalypse is nearing.

Barbie Girls and Cartoon Heroes taking over the world.