| The Killers – Goodnight, Travel Well Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song is interesting as it stimulates multiple human emotions. I think the CD as a whole ( Day and Age )is about questioning the entire human race as a collective group. I love this song, and I think that after listening to Day and Age "Goonight, travel well" is a beautiful selection for ending this rollcoaster called life. I think the narrator is reflecting on their life. Maybe regretting some ( or a lot ) of things they have done. Seems to be feelings of inferiority, or maybe a pain of not being worthy. Yet sinners and saints still walk together under the sun. The unknown distance to the "great" beyond Stares back at my grieving frame To cast my shadow by the holy sun My spirit moans, with a sacred pain Now the narrator has become swallowed by thought and it appears that time itself has stopped. At the core of their thinking, the narrator feels powerless. That no matter what happens, they can not change or effect the outcome. It's quiet now The universe is standing still And there's nothing I can say There's nothing we can do now And there's nothing I can say There's nothing we can do now While still trapped in thought, the narrator states that really nothing holds the soul back except and human imprisonment. Now that the seal between soul and body are broken, we see the narrator start to reflect on memories of the deceassed. All these memories take hold of the narrator, and they are left for the narrator to sort through. And all that stands between the soul's release This temporary flesh and bone And know that it's over now I feel my fading mind begin to roam Every time you fall, and every time you try Every foolish dream, and every compromise Every word you spoke, and everything you said Everything you left me, rambles in my head Again, the narrator is powerless to do anything to effect the outcome. And the following message repeats in his head. And there's nothing I can say There's nothing I can do now And there's nothing I can say There's nothing I can do now Now the following line could mean one of two things. 1) Heaven is above and beyond us, so far for our body but close to our souls. 2) The memory of the song/poem "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" goes through the head of the narrator. Up above the world, so high Again the narrator, falls back in and out of memories. The person is being observed by others as these lines reveal, people watching and crying. Now the person could either be dead, and being honored at a funeral, or could be dying and people are surrounding this person. Finally, the narrator tore up, begs the person to stay with them, and not to leave them. Everything you loved, and every time you try Everybody's "watchin", everybody cry Stay, don't leave me, the stars can wait for your sign, don't signal now Again, the narrator is powerless to say or do anything. There's nothing I can say There's nothing I can do now And there's nothing I can say There's nothing "we" can do now The narrator realizes that all they can say is goodnight, and just let them go. Wish them the best and hope they find their way in the "great beyond." Goodnight, travel well Repeats themselves, not to the person passing on, but so theyh can realize the reality themselves. Goodnight, travel well There is nothing left to say or do. There's nothing I can say Nothing I can do now The only thing left to say is: Goodnight, travel well I feel that this is really the first song of Day and Age. After listening to this, Human makes a lot more sense. A wonderful beautiful song to something hard to understand and grasp. |
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