| Rupert Holmes – Escape (The Piña Colada Song) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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And getting caught in the rain I'm not much into health food, I - am - into - CHAMPAGNE!!! |
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| Supertramp – The Logical Song Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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For me, it is about the way society prefers to create non thinking robots than facing the age old philosophical and spiritual questions that have been asked since time began. I think the the first verse speaks of the first 3 stages of a man's life; 1. As a child where the world is a magical place. 2. As a pupil/student where he is taught the rules of society and has his thought processes trained and conditioned. 3. As an adult where he is shown how to conform and become part of that society. Interstingly the song uses the word shown suggesting that he is not totally part of it (yet). The first line of the chorus is suggestive that he either lies awake at night and ponders some of life's deeper questions like "who am I?" and/or that at times the world ie society at large can be totally asleep to these issues. The second verse is warning about how society treats people that don't conform. History has shown that society tends to defend its own dogma and status quo quite ruthlessly. Radical thinkers of the day have been ostracized, ridiculed and compromised as well as burned at the stake, hung and crucified for daring to suggest paths and alternative ways of thinking to the masses. So, it is much safer and easier to "sign up" and bceome part of society. And as the last line says, to become a vegetable. Thankfully, the chorus then kicks in again suggesting that the author/singer isn't going to conform and feels the need to question things and seek answers. |
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| David Gray – This Year's Love Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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It is definitely a song with multiple meanings. Clearly it is about the fear of being hurt in a relationship. However, being a David Gray song, it has a lot more to it than that. One possible meaning is this: David Gray's use of the second person (you) suggests that he is explaining his love to someone i.e. to this year's love. Of course, he doesn't just explain it, he lavishes the song with suggestions of differing interpretations of love. The first verse has the wonderful explanation of the situation of his fear and of how much in love he is this time. Especially, as there are moments when this year’s love makes him forget his pain and he is able to feel the love - presumably his love and her love. Concepts that we can all identify with. The first part of the second verse is a further explanation of the pain that he has suffered over the years. This is followed by the line ‘before I open up my arms and fall, losing all control’ suggesting that he is with-holding a part of his love because he is scared of letting her too close (and presumably in doing so, able to cause greater pain). He then asks for assurance and proof of her love, before he will let her in and allow himself to love her without restraint. An interesting line in this verse is that one about losing control, suggesting that love isn’t about control but rather the opposite. I imagine, somewhere between the second and the third verses he realizes that his request for assurance is in fact control and a ridiculous request i.e. it is better to love totally with a positive view rather than control the amount of love out of fear. Hence the change in attitude in the third verse which appears to be the REAL declaration of love, in that he has grown beyond the fears and is prepared to give ALL his love (including that which he was withholding in the second verse). What I love about this reversal is that there is also a suggestion that he telling her to overcome her fears too. That perhaps, we all have fears of being hurt, of commitment etc. and that the only way to true love is for both people to just GO FOR IT. Wonderful views of love. |
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