| Anna Nalick – Satellite Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I agree with the relationship idea, but I think that it's communicated through a surface story that no one's mentioned yet. I actually don't see it quite as much now that I read the lyrics... so maybe I'm totally off. But listening to the song I never quite understood it - just caught glimpses of a very literal story. I think it could be about someone who's on a boat, lost in the Arctic. I mean not at the core of the song but just as an extended metaphor. She's using her two-way radio to call for help, just like someone calls for help when they're lost in a relationship, but so far no one's heard her. These lines are the best example of this idea: And so I send my feeble flare Through the silent arctic air Heading anywhere Until at last I've finally found A place to lay my anchor down I know that in one sense her feeble flare is a signal for help and that arctic air might mean the atmosphere of the relationship and/or her life is cold, but this could have a basic literal meaning too. I don't know, maybe this was totally unintentional, but this is the image I've always gotten from this song. |
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| Anna Nalick – Paper Bag Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Paper Bag is one of my favorite Anna songs. Recently, things have started getting to me - people mocking me, joking around a little cruelly. Even though the song wasn't written exactly for my situation, if I listen to it with that understanding of it, it really applies well. I love "Someday we'll all be old and I'll be so damn beautiful" - it just has this "I'll show them" attitude, taking comfort in knowing that someday this won't matter. | |
| Anna Nalick – Citadel Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| This song feels like it was written for me, as almost all of Anna Nalick's songs do - that's why I love her so much! For me, it captures so perfectly my relationship with my boyfriend. I'm happy - walking on clouds of white - but I don't know how long it will last. There's that element of the unknown. What if I fall? My heart would be broken. But what if I don't fall? If I never make it home? I wonder sometimes if he's the best thing for me, or if I'm really lost now. I'm in a citadel... for now. | |
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