| Conor Oberst – Things You Know Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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The lyrics are actually a bit messed up which destroys the meaning at some points. I think the correct words should go like this: Still and quiet on my bed And fighting wars inside my head While counting footprints on the ceiling Blank and colorless tapestries The voices yell inside of me And I knew then the paint was peeling You say you know this misery Well that's no more than sympathy for me Because this time you were faking Your motive very questioning This silence is so deafening now You see you've got me shaking Screaming, cursing, then you spit And saying all your worthless shit And I, of course, I'm worth hearing And I don't know of what I sing But you, my friend, don't know anything And that's what makes you not worth fearing And I've been lying here for a while now Sitting and acting like a child And if you find my garden, could you bring it back? Because I've been lying here for a while now And I, I've been dying here for a while now And I, I've been dying for a while, for a while, for a while now If your finger is an untamed beast Then I am just a centerpiece On the table of your feelings A funny sort of an interlude It's just that helpless attitude of mine Because there's no footprints on your ceiling And everything slips through my hand I'm sorry, I don't understand The point I should be making Your selflessness I must have missed I never knew this emptiness Like a child been forsaken That all the things you never take The toys you purposely would break Like a gift not worth giving I know I just did hear and stare Never thinking about how unfair it was Like a life not worth living And I've been lying here for a while now Sitting and acting like I was in exile But if you see my sister could you send her home? Because I've been dying here for a while now And I, I'll be dying here in a while now Dying for a while, for a while now I'm dying for a while, a while, a while now For a while, for a while now |
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| Bright Eyes – Laura Laurent Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think that Laura was a girl whose character was very similar to Conor's. ("Your thoughts have always laid close to mine.") But although the two were very much alike, Laura was still a bit sadder, still a bit more in trouble with living and Conor couldn't spend time with her on a contining basis because being together with her made him even more sadder than he was anyway. ("I thought you were beautiful but I wept with your movements.") Finally he dad to go away from her although he promised her sister so care for her because he couldn't bear her depression any longer. I like the way he describes that he still misses her, the way he tries to keep alive their inner connection. ("But do you know WE'RE in high demand, Laura, us people who suffer...?"/"But you should never be embarrassed by..." I think that on the one hand he regrets leaving her but on the one hand he knows hat it was the right decision because he didn't want to end up like her..in total depression. |
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| James Blunt – Goodbye My Lover Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Thank you! I always used to type in the title instead of the artist. But damn the one who wrote that title wrong...And now I'll read the comments on "Goodbye my love"^^ Seeya | |
| James Blunt – Goodbye My Lover Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I'm a bit surprised that nobody has commented on this song yeat, since in my eyes it's a wonderful one. It often brings tears to my eyes and I simply love it. Nevertheless I never qite understand its contents and it seem to me as if it's controversial to the core. I mean, in the beginning the lyric I talks about his relationship to be over, he doesn't know whether to feel guilty or not. Obviously he didn't really want the girl because he knew from the start that it wouldn't work out. ("I saw the end before we'd begun..."). But despite all disbelief, he got into the relationship and he finally fell in love with the girl. ("And love is blind and that I knew when my heart was blinded by you..) Then in the chorus it says "Goodbye my lover" which means that they split up. Now you expect a reason for that, don't you. But the lyrics go on telling that he still loves her. ("I'd be the father of your child", "And I love you, I swear that's true.."). So it seems that it wasn't him but her who broke up although it was him who was doubtful in the beginning. Okay, I can live with that, so she probably ended it. Still I ask myself why he says "We've had our doubts but now we're fine" Why are they fine when they broke up and at least he still loves her? Doesn't make sense to me. But then comes the last verse which strikes me the most of all. Why the hell does he still hold her hand when he's asleep?! I'm always confused when I listen to the song because I don't know whethet they are really seperated or not. I'd be glad if somebody could explain to me. |
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