If you strip away the overtly romantic context, this is my ethos in life. If I can help those around me whom I love to ease their burdens and remember the beauty and joy of life, I will 馃挋馃挋.
If you strip away the overtly romantic context, this is my ethos in life. If I can help those around me whom I love to ease their burdens and remember the beauty and joy of life, I will 馃挋馃挋.
Loving
Loving
Putting the past and all of the bad things you used to do to each other in the past where they belong. Starting new and doing things right this time around.
Putting the past and all of the bad things you used to do to each other in the past where they belong. Starting new and doing things right this time around.
If you've come this far, it's because you're probably suffering from the struggles we all deal with in our lives. Whether it's alcohol and drugs like Stevie. Whether it's the struggle of relationships. Whether it's mental and emotional turmoil within your own mind. Like he said, it's all based on fear. Once you tear down that wall of denial in your life and let the truth of whatever it is that is holding you back no longer have control, you begin to break the cycle of madness that consumes you . The threads in the veil of darkness fall away...
If you've come this far, it's because you're probably suffering from the struggles we all deal with in our lives. Whether it's alcohol and drugs like Stevie. Whether it's the struggle of relationships. Whether it's mental and emotional turmoil within your own mind. Like he said, it's all based on fear. Once you tear down that wall of denial in your life and let the truth of whatever it is that is holding you back no longer have control, you begin to break the cycle of madness that consumes you . The threads in the veil of darkness fall away one by one until you see clearly. The love of the people around you, the grace of God, the peace of mind in no longer fighting the truth, whatever it is, will ultimately lose it's grip on you. Today is your day. Let it go and find simplicity and amazement in your own existence no matter how small it may seem, and let that sensation grow into something greater. Life will get better.
If you've come this far, it's because you're probably suffering from the struggles we all deal with in our lives. Whether it's alcohol and drugs like Stevie. Whether it's the struggle of relationships. Whether it's mental and emotional turmoil within your own mind. Like he said, it's all based on fear. Once you tear down that wall of denial in your life and let the truth of whatever it is that is holding you back no longer have control, you begin to break the cycle of madness that consumes you . The threads in the veil of darkness fall away one by one until...
If you've come this far, it's because you're probably suffering from the struggles we all deal with in our lives. Whether it's alcohol and drugs like Stevie. Whether it's the struggle of relationships. Whether it's mental and emotional turmoil within your own mind. Like he said, it's all based on fear. Once you tear down that wall of denial in your life and let the truth of whatever it is that is holding you back no longer have control, you begin to break the cycle of madness that consumes you . The threads in the veil of darkness fall away one by one until you see clearly. The love of the people around you, the grace of God, the peace of mind in no longer fighting the truth, whatever it is, will ultimately lose it's grip on you. Today is your day. Let it go and find simplicity and amazement in your own existence no matter how small it may seem, and let that sensation grow into something greater. Life will get better.
Song is about heavy drug abuse, and how every time the main character stops, the drugs "beg him" to come back. "I got what was / I want to take what's left," the main character wants to take all of the drugs he has at once, so he takes a lot The main character is hypnotized by taking so much drugs, his "beautiful senses are gone," and the drugs keep calling him back, "Canary in a gilded cage / Singin' / Sweet, soft and low / I will poison you all / Come closer, racin' to your tongue," the main character listened...
Song is about heavy drug abuse, and how every time the main character stops, the drugs "beg him" to come back. "I got what was / I want to take what's left," the main character wants to take all of the drugs he has at once, so he takes a lot The main character is hypnotized by taking so much drugs, his "beautiful senses are gone," and the drugs keep calling him back, "Canary in a gilded cage / Singin' / Sweet, soft and low / I will poison you all / Come closer, racin' to your tongue," the main character listened to the drugs, and took even more, but he doesn't realize he is overdosing. "No talk will cure / What's lost, or save what's left," the main character won't listen to anyone, and wants to take more. "Who are you hiding? Is it safe for the deaf? / Beautiful cancer, infiltrate then forget," The main character realized he screwed up, he's going to overdose. "Yeah, I saw you coming and I heard not a thing / A mistake not to listen / When I knew where you'd been," the main character was told what would happen if he took everything, but was too ignorant. Finally, the main character succumbs to his stupidity, and the song transitions to Mosquito Song, about his rotting corpse.
Obviously about people doing cocaine, because battery acid is in cocaine.
Obviously about people doing cocaine, because battery acid is in cocaine.
I think this song is describing the perils of being a wanderer. Dion is Christian and has some quite conservative beliefs, amongst them are that casual relationships bring pain to both parties.
I think this song is describing the perils of being a wanderer. Dion is Christian and has some quite conservative beliefs, amongst them are that casual relationships bring pain to both parties.
The wanderer with his "two fists of iron" suggests he possesses great strength and control, but also he's clenched in fear/anger? He's going nowhere, the repetition on around around around... suggests it's tedius for him. And he could fall for girls, but a barely thought through compulsion making him "hop right into that car".
The wanderer with his "two fists of iron" suggests he possesses great strength and control, but also he's clenched in fear/anger? He's going nowhere, the repetition on around around around... suggests it's tedius for him. And he could fall for girls, but a barely thought through compulsion making him "hop right into that car".
Dion is saying that people like this appear happy, but are miserable.
I think it's about the police. We want them around to make society better, but they often make things worse. They promise they won't destroy us, and yet their actions say otherwise. The chorus puts me in mind of the military / police using force against civilians. "Pa pa" is the sound of a gun, therefore "pa pa power" is power asserted through violence and fear.
I think it's about the police. We want them around to make society better, but they often make things worse. They promise they won't destroy us, and yet their actions say otherwise. The chorus puts me in mind of the military / police using force against civilians. "Pa pa" is the sound of a gun, therefore "pa pa power" is power asserted through violence and fear.
This is how I perceive the song through the lens of my experiences. When I heard this song again today it so clearly resembled my experience with a past abusive ex. There was a lot of lies, manipulation, and gaslighting - to the point of me feeling crazy. It's been years trying to put it all to rest, and have some closure.
This is how I perceive the song through the lens of my experiences. When I heard this song again today it so clearly resembled my experience with a past abusive ex. There was a lot of lies, manipulation, and gaslighting - to the point of me feeling crazy. It's been years trying to put it all to rest, and have some closure.
When he says "were my laces out?" - to me that feels how I've felt - like, was it my fault? Were my laces undone so I tripped? That's the self-doubt and self blame. I'm not saying I'm a perfect person, but I didn't ask to be treated the way I was, and I didn't deserve it - and I can finally say that now.
"Direct your eyes to the obvious proof" - It's really hard to find obvious proof with mental and emotional abuse. But the abuser will tell you how obvious the "truth" is, and how you're crazy or ridiculous or too sensitive or delusional. "Puppy dog lies won't sweeten the truth" - they try to sugar coat the ugly truth, but it's still ugly and destructive at its core. "I whisper and scream but I can't refute" - How many times I was internally screaming, how I would have to keep my mouth shut or watch what I say so as to not be painted as the villain - the Abuser speaks in absolutes - their version of things is "absolute".
"I bite my lip as you sharpen your tongue" - this whole section feels like denying the reality and maybe even a trauma bond, staying when you should leave. Your anxieties, their verbal abuse.
"I'm breaking through, through, through to you. I'm breaking..." - This part, you really want to believe you can fix a person or situation or relationship, you don't want to believe the truth, so you try to break through and connect, but you end up breaking yourself. It is a mind fuck to heal from the conditioning and destruction of psychological and emotional abuse - it worms its way into your mind and to unlearn that stuff is pretty difficult.
Just one possible meaning for this song and how it struck me, it's probably not the original intended meaning, but who knows, and that's the beauty in the mystery of lyrics! They can resonate on so many levels for so many people.