Great song on an even greater movie soundtrack.
Great song on an even greater movie soundtrack.
It's about the acquired taste of fixated addictions and describing their discomforts easily surpassed compared to a specific common verbal expression
It's about the acquired taste of fixated addictions and describing their discomforts easily surpassed compared to a specific common verbal expression
I think this song is about her grandma who is dying, and suffering as she does so. She wishes she could save her, she also yearns for things as they used to be before life took its toll on them both. “Grandma, my sleep is narrow (she isn’t sleeping well because her mind is troubled, worrying and grieving, thinking about the past) Bid you bring me some... strong... drink (she wishes her grandma could bring her a strong drink to help her sleep, like when she used to bring her orange juice to soothe her at night) Strain out the pulps and set...
I think this song is about her grandma who is dying, and suffering as she does so. She wishes she could save her, she also yearns for things as they used to be before life took its toll on them both. “Grandma, my sleep is narrow (she isn’t sleeping well because her mind is troubled, worrying and grieving, thinking about the past) Bid you bring me some... strong... drink (she wishes her grandma could bring her a strong drink to help her sleep, like when she used to bring her orange juice to soothe her at night) Strain out the pulps and set them close outside (that might have been what her grandma used to do for her, since perhaps she liked to snack on the pulp, but didn’t like them in her juice.) For when my belly For when my little belly speaks (when she gets hungry for a snack in the middle of the night)
Grandma, there’s air beneath my bed And it whispers, and it whispers when I rest (there’s ‘monsters’ under the bed) Bid hem the skirts in salt and vinegar, vinegar And hover closely Oh hover closely under head (to protect from the monsters or demons)
Grandma, the water is rising My boundless hair has gotten green (they have been in deep water for some time, like the expression. So long that algae has grown in her hair. Now they are in too deep.) I’ll be your swimming forest island Bid you walk safely, safely over me (she wants to carry her grandma through the rough waters pulling them under, and wants her to be where her feet can be dry and she can walk safely through)
Grandma, my hands have wandered And my legs, my little legs are getting weak (she has searched everywhere and got no solution, she has exhausted herself.) Bid lend me your wispy frame And guard my powers Guard my precious powers in its cage (she wants to trade places with her grandma so that she doesn’t have to suffer, and that she may be well again and in her prime. She just trusts she take care of her body in her place)
Grandma, I’ve been unruly In my dreams and with my speech (she has felt indignant and probably acted out in anger) Drill little holes into my eyelids That I might see you That I might see you when I... Sleep (she hopes that she will still see her grandma when she is gone, even if it’s only in her dreams or while she sleeps)
Party girls or "Parting Girls."
Party girls or "Parting Girls."
The lyrics describe a dismissal of companionship at the end of summer with the anticipation of it's effect parallel to the seasons
The lyrics describe a dismissal of companionship at the end of summer with the anticipation of it's effect parallel to the seasons
I remember many years ago visiting my mother's homeland in Palestine and visiting the 30 foot concrete wall surrounding the West Bank and reading the words, "The dirt whispered, child I'm coming home" spray painted on it.
I remember many years ago visiting my mother's homeland in Palestine and visiting the 30 foot concrete wall surrounding the West Bank and reading the words, "The dirt whispered, child I'm coming home" spray painted on it.
I still cry when I think of it.
I still cry when I think of it.
A couple are talking about the feel of the relationship. He says, 'I don't know what to say, or what I'm supposed to, so it's just about how I feel right now. Today I've one more opportunity to try and understand you and why you keep pulling away, then why you distance me. so I'm just going to keep trying to love you...
A couple are talking about the feel of the relationship. He says, 'I don't know what to say, or what I'm supposed to, so it's just about how I feel right now. Today I've one more opportunity to try and understand you and why you keep pulling away, then why you distance me. so I'm just going to keep trying to love you...
Take on me = try me, feel me, see if you can let go and connect... 'Take me on, ' in your life. If we don't come closer, I'll be gone in a day maybe two. I have an a clue how long I can hang on.
There's no need to pointy out I'm confused, at wit's end, but if we can't be, I'll stumble away, make myself leave, and hopefully find life after you, after this relationship, that I can have a life even if I can't have you. Say after me = 'let's both agree it's no better to be safe and protect your heart, then to give it away and potentially lose it in love. One is no better than the other.
This feels like an honest dialogue between lovers, 'do you care? Can you love me, can you give me a chance and take me on fully in your life? Will you stop pulling away from me if you can? If you can't I'll soon be gone, and will have learned there's going to be life, even love, after you, but I don't want that, I want you! Take me on = try me on completely, love me, see me, give me and us a chance, won't you please give us a chance?
It’s about heroin addiction
It’s about heroin addiction
One of the more obscure songs by the Kinks, tho it was used for a TV ad c. 2015. Some of the melody is copped from the Who's "I Can't Explain". This was likely a 'tit-for-tat' choice on the part of the Kinks, as the debut Who single was clearly influenced by "You Really Got Me".
One of the more obscure songs by the Kinks, tho it was used for a TV ad c. 2015. Some of the melody is copped from the Who's "I Can't Explain". This was likely a 'tit-for-tat' choice on the part of the Kinks, as the debut Who single was clearly influenced by "You Really Got Me".
Not just about gang violence, put poor-on-poor violence, which is a product of the government, because the government wanted and created a system that would cause poverty, knowing it would cause violence amongst the poor. Have you ever heard about that study of monkeys, and when the one group one got beat up by a more dominant group, the group that just got beat up would turn violent amongst themselves?
Not just about gang violence, put poor-on-poor violence, which is a product of the government, because the government wanted and created a system that would cause poverty, knowing it would cause violence amongst the poor. Have you ever heard about that study of monkeys, and when the one group one got beat up by a more dominant group, the group that just got beat up would turn violent amongst themselves?
Some great comments here already. I just want to add that I think the change from the original first-person lyrics is brilliant. "I'd be giving it to her" becomes "He'd be giving it to her" and now it's like a friend of the couple offering observations on their complicated relationship. The original is kind of condescending, like "if this mixed-up girl could sort herself out, she'd realize how great I am".
Some great comments here already. I just want to add that I think the change from the original first-person lyrics is brilliant. "I'd be giving it to her" becomes "He'd be giving it to her" and now it's like a friend of the couple offering observations on their complicated relationship. The original is kind of condescending, like "if this mixed-up girl could sort herself out, she'd realize how great I am".