This is a very respectable cover of Winston Groovy's song.
This is a very respectable cover of Winston Groovy's song.
It's about when Madonna did a tour of Africa and she kept getting asked by poachers if she wanted elephant tusks.
It's about when Madonna did a tour of Africa and she kept getting asked by poachers if she wanted elephant tusks.
"Ivory Madonna"?
"Ivory Madonna"?
She always declined, so the poachers remained hungry.
She always declined, so the poachers remained hungry.
I just like how this song begins sounding like someone he’s just meeting: “I want to know about you.” …as if someone he’s meeting on a dance floor. But then the line, “cuz I still remember when you were afraid of the dark…” reveals it’s someone he actually knows very well. Then that can then lead to a different interpretation of what seemed like a simple song about someone he just met.
I just like how this song begins sounding like someone he’s just meeting: “I want to know about you.” …as if someone he’s meeting on a dance floor. But then the line, “cuz I still remember when you were afraid of the dark…” reveals it’s someone he actually knows very well. Then that can then lead to a different interpretation of what seemed like a simple song about someone he just met.
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.
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 💙💙.
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 💙💙.
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.
Typo: barmy.
Typo: barmy.