| Dido – Don't Leave Home Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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For me this song is about depression. Life sapping, draining depression. Close the blinds and shut the door/ You won't need other friends anymore. That's the feel of the song to me: isolationist, withdrawing from society. Sadness. |
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| Dire Straits – Love Over Gold Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I think this song is about the type of people who risk their lives or put themselves in great danger seemingly without a care, for the good of their fellow man, without any expectation of a financial reward. It should be the themesong of Medecin sans Frontieres/Doctors without Borders. "You walk out on the highwire/ you're a dancer on thin ice/ Pay no heed to the danger/and less to advise" refers to the dangerous situations these types of people put themselves in, and their seeming dismissal of danger and warnings about going to war or disease ravaged areas, for example. "Your footsteps are forbidden/ but with a knowledge of your sin/ Throw your love to all the strangers/and caution to the wind" They go places where they're officially unwelcome and beyond the help of their governments, but they're there to help the suffering and danger be damned. "And you go dancing through the doorways/ just to see what you will find...and caution to the wind" This second verse expands on the first, about going into squalid, depressed places with open minds and a sense of mission, taking care of all you find there. "It takes love over gold and mind over matter to do what you do that you must, when the things that you hold can fall and be shattered or run through your fingers like dust" It takes a special person, one who puts love of his fellow man over material things and with a special will to do these dangerous, difficult, emotionally draining things. It's something they feel they must do. The things they hold are fragile lives, fragile bodies, easily broken and barely clining to life. Much of the work done perhaps futile as the inflicted are beyond help and only their suffering can be eased until they pass away, and run through fingers like dust... Well, that's my take on this song. I think it's a fantastic piece of poetry. |
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| Dire Straits – On Every Street Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I think this is about a man looking for revenge on the bastard who stole his wife/significant other and ruined his life. The bastard in question is one of those slick bad boy "ladykiller"-types that some women so unwisely fall for. And the wronged man would dearly love to see him in the type of pain he's feeling-"your injured looks"-instead of the cocky, dismissive "What can I tell you...she threw herself under my wheels". "The fireworks over liberty explod[ing] in the heat" refers to the lust or sexual heat and the liberation the woman felt during the affair. The sleazy bastard acknowledges what a dangerous game it is: "Oh it’s a dangerous road and a hazardous load". The wronged man is consumed with rage and obsessed with revenge. He's always looking for this guy and sees his face everywhere, the way your mind plays tricks on you when you're looking for someone. In the final verse, he's reflecting on the futility of his obsession, and the toll it's taking on him. Every victory or clue that brings him closer fuels his obsession yet leaves him empty and unsatisfied. His prey always seems to be a step ahead. He doesn't know why he's putting himself through all this, but he just can't let it go. It's a corrosive obsession. It's eating him alive, this ravenous town. Anyway, that's my take. It reminds me of the movie "Unfaithful" to a degree, with a married woman getting involved with a slick guy. |
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