| The Maccabees – Went Away Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I passively listened to the album repeatedly when it came out and even though I saw the band in March this song hadn't stood out to me until I saw them perform on Jools Holland, now I can't stop playing it. I don't know the meaning behind but it seems to me Orlando is possibly singing about a male relative, perhaps a brother who used to be so close but has distanced himself and got into trouble with drugs, turning himself into a different person to the one he used to know. However, like with most songs that strike a chord with me I relate it to my own life, my now ex boyfriend went travelling a few months ago but before he left I noticed something was changing in him. The first lines of the song make me think of his vagabond like way of life he is leading at the moment. A little less And a little more In the middle ground You're still miles away - this was how I felt when he first left, that despite all I could do to keep busy I could not escape the fact he was so far away and for so long. Tell me something I don't know That I need to know - I didn't know what would happen when he returned, or that he even if he still had the same feelings for me that he used to. He wouldn't say. (I never went away) Hold those arms around my neck I need you so - I am still here leading the life that he left behind, and I had been going through a really tough time with work and family problems, and all I wanted was for him to be back with me and hold me. His experience was obviously changing him even more and he broke up with me over skype a few weeks ago. I feel that if he never went away we could have worked things out and never reached that point. And if you go To sea again We'll see it out To horizons To see it all It's a little late And better never but it's happening - I interpret this as of course I would prefer that he didn't leave in the first place, or wouldn't in the future but I would deal with it. I feel that I would have the strength as long as we were united. Somewhere sunk behind those eyes A man I've always known That never went away - I would like to believe there is still a part of him that is who he used to be and could be again, the person he would still be if he hadn't gone. VERY self absorbed but when I feel so lost I do find myself making strong connections to songs just because they make me feel less alone |
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| Damien Rice – Accidental Babies Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| These lyrics break me down to tears just reading them, without even playing the song. It describes my situation, the awkward fumbling of the physical encounter, the reminiscing of the good memories, the aspects of the relationship that one side felt were so special that they couldn't imagine another appreciating, questioning if the current partner has any idea of how special that person is, acknowledging the possible reasons for the initial breakdown but reasoning that they made it so significant, but ultimately leaving it up to the other to decide if they are to continue down separate paths or forsake others and give the relationship another chance. I saw Damien Rice with my ex and it was the most emotionally charged night of my life, and I cannot now listen to the album without thinking of him. | |
| Paolo Nutini – Last Request Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I will reflect all the other comments to say this song needs no explanation, but as I have with my other comments, I comment on songs that are pertinent to me. I have an ex who I will probably always have feelings for, and though he has a girlfriend he admits he will always have feelings for me. We meet occasionally to try to maintain a friendship, but struggle with emotions, knowing that nothing can happen and it is going nowhere, but wanting to have one last night just being together to remember how it used to be so long ago in another life. | |
| Lily Allen – Littlest Things Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| i think its lovely that all the little quirks that people (including myself) think that they have exclusively in their own relationship that lily describes are actually universal to everyone, i think apart from the buying trainers i had all the little things with my ex, and every time i listen to it i well up. its especially poignant if they dont speak anymore, and she is still feeling all of these emotions and has no idea if he is as well... its hard. | |
| The Maccabees – Tissue Shoulders Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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i cant believe nobody has commented this yet. its a song from the loving best friend willing someone to be strong, but if you are too weak they will be there for you because they know what you are going through. dont beat yourself up, try to forget about that person and im here to help you move on. |
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| The Maccabees – First Love Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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to me it seems hes dismissing love as the huge thing its made out to be. for some the first love is the greatest, for others its the last time they felt it but really its just the same "its only love", its never gonna be perfect, just make do with what you have now, carry on as people do, marriage is just a tick in a box on a form. i think its written from an outsider's perspective because i doubt someone in love would see it this way. |
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| Kate Nash – We Get On Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| to me this song makes me think of 2 people. the first in the first part, about someone i briefly spoke to once and dont dare make a move, even though i have the idea that he would be great and i see him all the time but never pluck up the courage. the second is an ex who i still maintain we were made for each other even though he is with someone new now. in the lines "i dont even drive by your house to see if you're in..." its quite ironic because although i'd like to say those things, if i'm walkin past his street i still turn to look down there in anticipation and i still have an opinion of that girl... so that bits like saying to me this is how it should be, now make it so. | |
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