Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
When I was eight
I was sure I was growing nerves
Like steel in my palm
Make a map of what you see
Direct pain effectively
I was eight
I was sure I was growing pains
Like lead in my feet
SOS to my mother
Take the hinges off the door
SOS to my mother
Take the hinges off the door
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh
Like O, like H
In your gut
Like O, like H
In your gut
Like O, like H
In your gut
Like O, like H
In your gut
In your gut
In your
SOS
SOS
Then I was four plus a ten
I was swinging fists
Like nails in a board
Pull your hands inside of you
Six years 'til I'll be through
I was four plus a ten
I was swinging back
Like a race to be sure
SOS to my mother (SOS)
Take the hinges off the door
SOS to my mother (SOS)
Take the hinges off the door
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh
Like O, like H
In your gut
Like O, like H
In your gut
Like O, like H
In your gut (SOS)
Like O, like H
In your gut (SOS)
In your gut (SOS)
In your gut (SOS)
In your
I was sure I was growing nerves
Like steel in my palm
Make a map of what you see
Direct pain effectively
I was eight
I was sure I was growing pains
Like lead in my feet
SOS to my mother
Take the hinges off the door
SOS to my mother
Take the hinges off the door
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh
Like O, like H
In your gut
Like O, like H
In your gut
Like O, like H
In your gut
Like O, like H
In your gut
In your gut
In your
SOS
SOS
Then I was four plus a ten
I was swinging fists
Like nails in a board
Pull your hands inside of you
Six years 'til I'll be through
I was four plus a ten
I was swinging back
Like a race to be sure
SOS to my mother (SOS)
Take the hinges off the door
SOS to my mother (SOS)
Take the hinges off the door
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh, oh, sugar spell it out like
Oh
Like O, like H
In your gut
Like O, like H
In your gut
Like O, like H
In your gut (SOS)
Like O, like H
In your gut (SOS)
In your gut (SOS)
In your gut (SOS)
In your
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Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. 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 and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Just A Little Lovin'
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
"'Just a Little Lovin’ is a timeless country song originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1954. The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives." https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-just-a-little-lovin-by-eddy-arnold/
Blue
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
American Town
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.
I think Sara wrote this song about wanting to figure out what was going on in her about being gay. Wanting her mom to get straight to the point once Sara told her she was gay, because her mother had problems with that at first.
Or also a want sara has of people needing to get to the point and not to beat around the bush.
I think it's mostly about the anxiety Sara had as she was growing up. Like someone mentioned earlier, she did an interview where she said that when she was young, she always thought she was sick.
overall I think the lyrics Sara writes are kind of dark and cryptic, I like her style. Tegan's lyrics tend to be more explicit and let the listener know exactly what she's going through, when Sara likes to make sort of a riddle out of it. It's funny how much the twins actually differ.
such a good song, really.
I think this about the singer warning her mother to help her as a child and teenager because she's going to develop issues that she won't be able to handle on her own. It's the gut feeling.
It's ironic that the chorus line is "sugar spell it out" as in "Just say what you mean" since the song is so cryptic
A friend of mine when to a Tegan & Sara concert and she told me that before Sara played this song she said it was about her experimentation with drugs and how her mother didn't know about it but Sara knew she was getting out of control, so that explains the "SOS to my mother take the hinges off the door" line; like she wanted her mother to help her and see what she was doing. "Make a map of what you see direct pain effectively" is her taking out pain in drugs,.<br /> I love this song, It's so mysterious a<br /> nd I think it can be interpreted in many different ways.
"Spell it out" - the mothers difficulty in understanding her - since teenage emotions are so difficult to explain. Often seemingly angst-ridden over nothing?
if you watched the chapter 3 -the con you would know that sugar spell it out was what sara wanted to name the album so this song would've been the title track probably. i love this song it's so cool sara could make a decent rapper :P please don't bash me for saying that!
Oh oh sugar spell it out like Like O like H in your gut
Os and Hs in the gut make me think stomach acid. probably meaning like the gut feeling, like ImpliedLove said.
I think this song is just basically about the confusion one goes through while growing up, and how she was kind of looking to her mom for advice or guidance on how to handle it.
i agree with implied love, i think it's about her struggle with her sexuality. she realized it when she was really young (six), and maybe came out when she was twenty? "i was four plus a ten....six years til i'll be through"
it's this inner turmoil of wanting to be honest with her parent, but not being able to tell them..i think. ha.
i think you're wrong. <br /> i think that the "six years til i'll be through" is about her turning 20 and no longer being a teenager.
*eight not six. oops