Belladonna:
She is a young irish girl, who has had, what she think it was, a “hard life”. So, now she is trying to leave it all behind. She have changed her style, her clothes and is trying to be a grown-up tough girl. She think that she has moved on, and that she is stronger now, but she is still an innocent and young girl.
The-Blind-Singer:
I think he is an old man. He is an old street musician who plays for money. I don’t know if he is really blind. I think he is blind to superficial things, like Belladonna’s look and style. He can see more than that. What he have “seen before” is that kind of girls, trying to run away from her past and living a rock-life for a while. So that’s why he knows Belladonna, he knows what she is trying to do, how she is trying to look like, and who she is trying to be.
The Story:
She is walking through the high street. She is in a new place, no one know her, and she don’t know anyone. And she don’t care. She is trying really hard not to be an “english rose” nor a “garden flower”: a nice, cute and sweet girl. She is another flower, a Belladonna. But he sees her. The blind singer is the only one who know what’s going on and what she is doing. So, he plays a song, the irish song, about an irish girl. I think he is like mocking at her in a really sweet way. I don’t know if she hears the song, but if she does, I think she wouldn’t like it. Because the song he plays is like “Oh girl, u can’t fool me, I know who you are and where u came from. I’ve seen girls like u before”. If Belladonna listened the song, I think she would be mad at him. He is pointing what she wanna hide. No one else would know it. No one else would get who he is playing for. Just them know what he is talking about.
Then he makes a description of her travels, the things she have seen and the things she is living. “Belladonna is in the Jungle”. I think that, yes, it talks about big cities, the big world, the crazy people. But i think that the Jungle is her mind in that moment. That moment when she realize that he is right: He knows! She feels like exposed to this man who don’t know her ...but he does.
Then, at the end of the song, “Belladonna is taking control”. She is really mad at the blind singer, so she insult him, and tells him he is wrong (but both know that he is right), she is really angry. At this part of the song you can see that the music changes. I think it is because till this part, the Blind Singer is in some way Mark Knopfler: we have HIS point of view, not hers. But now, “she is taking control”, the music change, now Belladonna is who is talking. “SHE sing a song about a long-gone irish girl”.
@ireari really nice long consideration. But what it also could be, is.. the girl feels happy about the blind man- because he at least was one, who actually really saw her, while no one else really did.
@ireari really nice long consideration. But what it also could be, is.. the girl feels happy about the blind man- because he at least was one, who actually really saw her, while no one else really did.
Belladonna: She is a young irish girl, who has had, what she think it was, a “hard life”. So, now she is trying to leave it all behind. She have changed her style, her clothes and is trying to be a grown-up tough girl. She think that she has moved on, and that she is stronger now, but she is still an innocent and young girl.
The-Blind-Singer: I think he is an old man. He is an old street musician who plays for money. I don’t know if he is really blind. I think he is blind to superficial things, like Belladonna’s look and style. He can see more than that. What he have “seen before” is that kind of girls, trying to run away from her past and living a rock-life for a while. So that’s why he knows Belladonna, he knows what she is trying to do, how she is trying to look like, and who she is trying to be.
The Story: She is walking through the high street. She is in a new place, no one know her, and she don’t know anyone. And she don’t care. She is trying really hard not to be an “english rose” nor a “garden flower”: a nice, cute and sweet girl. She is another flower, a Belladonna. But he sees her. The blind singer is the only one who know what’s going on and what she is doing. So, he plays a song, the irish song, about an irish girl. I think he is like mocking at her in a really sweet way. I don’t know if she hears the song, but if she does, I think she wouldn’t like it. Because the song he plays is like “Oh girl, u can’t fool me, I know who you are and where u came from. I’ve seen girls like u before”. If Belladonna listened the song, I think she would be mad at him. He is pointing what she wanna hide. No one else would know it. No one else would get who he is playing for. Just them know what he is talking about. Then he makes a description of her travels, the things she have seen and the things she is living. “Belladonna is in the Jungle”. I think that, yes, it talks about big cities, the big world, the crazy people. But i think that the Jungle is her mind in that moment. That moment when she realize that he is right: He knows! She feels like exposed to this man who don’t know her ...but he does. Then, at the end of the song, “Belladonna is taking control”. She is really mad at the blind singer, so she insult him, and tells him he is wrong (but both know that he is right), she is really angry. At this part of the song you can see that the music changes. I think it is because till this part, the Blind Singer is in some way Mark Knopfler: we have HIS point of view, not hers. But now, “she is taking control”, the music change, now Belladonna is who is talking. “SHE sing a song about a long-gone irish girl”.
@ireari Nice! especialy the last phrase ; )
@ireari Nice! especialy the last phrase ; )
Btw track 4 isn't that bad afterall. Now,....... i just got to listen to "Single Handed Sailor"
Btw track 4 isn't that bad afterall. Now,....... i just got to listen to "Single Handed Sailor"
@ireari really nice long consideration. But what it also could be, is.. the girl feels happy about the blind man- because he at least was one, who actually really saw her, while no one else really did.
@ireari really nice long consideration. But what it also could be, is.. the girl feels happy about the blind man- because he at least was one, who actually really saw her, while no one else really did.