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| Jerry Cantrell – Settling Down Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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amazing. I just went through this same tough decision and for some reason, this song just popped up from my youth and has been ringing in my head. I didn't remember the lyrics, but I think it was the line "If there never is again, you were the one..." that brought it back into my consciousness. so I looked up the lyrics just to have a look at that line and I was MOVED when I read the rest of them and realized this song expresses so many of my feelings at this moment.
I agree with the consensus. it has to be about being faced with this god-awful dilemma: feeling the pressure from the one you love to "settle down" and having to decide whether to oblige or stay true to your ambitions and ultimately deciding to leave them behind and soldier on alone. This experience has me seriously contemplating the notion of never entering another relationship again as long as I have my own ambitions to pursue. Because when the other is set on "settling down", it just doesn't seem fair to burden them with your mind or "life out on the run". |
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| Jeff Buckley – You and I Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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amazing. beautiful. I've been going through a really tough time, a break-up of sorts. I turned on my iPod to try and occupy my head from the depression and overload of thoughts. I put it on shuffle and this song came on. I was entranced. It was so perfect. I've had the album on my ipod for a while but hadn't listened to it yet.
I agree. It seems to imply a kind of serene aftermath of a rough and confusing time for a couple in which they both feel so uncertain and he is trying to comfort her. Beautiful and inspiring. |
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| Peter Gabriel – I Grieve Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I really love this song. It is truly depressing. You can definitely hear the sadness in his voice as he sings about this loss. What I find that is really great is how it crescendos into the uplifting section of "Life carries on and on..." only to be brought back down in the end. Like he says, "they say life carries on". So he tries to convince himself of that, and for a moment, there is hope. Then at the end, he seems to say "who am I kidding? I can't get over this" with the lines "did I dream this belief..." (the belief that life carries on) "or did I believe this dream, now I can't find relief, I grieve". The somber chord that rings out at the end supports this hopeless conclusion. Great stuff. |
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