This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
You shake my senses and raise my alarm then drift away
You can't keep up with whoever you think you are any other day
You're weightless and drifting over the sea
Black interference invading the screen
On a red line trajectory
And you change my mind again
Because what you see is never what you get
But I'll take my chances, yeah
When you come back around here again
And I know things now that I didn't know then
Well I'll second guess it
There's things that you believe about yourself that don't add up
This version of you, more like somebody else, but not enough
And now you're cutting a deal in your head
Conscience is crystal clear once again
And you lock up the skeletons
And I change my mind again
Because what you see is never what you get
But I'll take my chances, yeah
And you come back around here again
And you say that you know things you didn't know then
Well I'll second guess it
Nobody new, just passing through
And I change my mind again
Because what you see is never what you get
But I'll take my chances, yeah
And you come back around here again
And I know things now that I didn't know then
Well I'll second, second guess it
I'll second guess it
You can't keep up with whoever you think you are any other day
You're weightless and drifting over the sea
Black interference invading the screen
On a red line trajectory
And you change my mind again
Because what you see is never what you get
But I'll take my chances, yeah
When you come back around here again
And I know things now that I didn't know then
Well I'll second guess it
There's things that you believe about yourself that don't add up
This version of you, more like somebody else, but not enough
And now you're cutting a deal in your head
Conscience is crystal clear once again
And you lock up the skeletons
And I change my mind again
Because what you see is never what you get
But I'll take my chances, yeah
And you come back around here again
And you say that you know things you didn't know then
Well I'll second guess it
Nobody new, just passing through
And I change my mind again
Because what you see is never what you get
But I'll take my chances, yeah
And you come back around here again
And I know things now that I didn't know then
Well I'll second, second guess it
I'll second guess it
Lyrics submitted by chocol8_k8
Kaplan/Thornhill Lyrics as written by Paul Anthony Dempsey Stephanie Ashworth
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Dreamwalker
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Silent Planet
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Punchline
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Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
Page
Ed Sheeran
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There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
I'm pretty sure that the title comes from the Alfred Hitchcok film North by Northwest (ya know, the one with the scene where cary grant gets chased by a crop duster in a corn field)
this is a beautiful song. I was listening to it as I was driving home late one night and the wind was blowing like crazy. I was being honked at by a strange car and I had no idea who it is, I thought it was a crazy person and it was actually someone I knew.
Anyway I think the meaning has something to do with treating types of people differently when you've had past experience with similar people.... second guessing them, thinking you know what they're like when you really don't, and you're not really sure about them in general but you decide to take the chance to get to know them anyway.
Even though your opinion of them is constantly changing, you keep having to go back to them to relate... having learned from past mistakes, you treat the situation differently in the current scenario. Maybe the person involved acts as a trigger in some way, reminding you of something you'd rather forget.
It may also be about seeing yourself in another person, and finding them intriguing and complex, I don't know. It's very late and I could do a better reading of this some other time. :S
It's about someone who can't be trusted, someone who hurt the speaker in the past and is now coming back and insisting she has changed. The speaker knows better, realizing that she is lying to herself as well as him, putting on another personality to avoid dealing with the things she's done.
The chorus suggests that the speaker may be "taking his chances" on a friendship/relationship with this person again, but he thinks that since now he knows she is inconsistent and two-faced, he'll be able to question her ("second guess it") and will avoid getting hurt.
This song seems to be about some one who’s continually changing themselves. They’ve made mistakes in the past, so they’re trying to find a new and better identity, but they can’t. The speaker knows what the person has done, but loves them anyway, and is waiting for them to realise they can be themselves. They’re taking they’re chances that the person will realise it & won’t lose themselves along the way. That’s what I think anyway