| Sara Bareilles – Chasing the Sun Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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Here's the real question -- who is the "her" in the song? Is it the cemetery? Is it the city? Is it a 3rd person outside view of herself as in she is reminding herself what she always used to say to others -- that life was not meant to be wasted? I think this is important because sometimes it seems as though she is speaking directly to "her" and sometimes she is speaking about "her". In my own head, I see the singer/voice sitting in the cemetery, looking at her mother's grave and the city behind/beyond it and thinking about life and death and the things her mother used to tell her. In her musings, she comes to realize that there is no certainty in life -- all we can do is try -- but she also believes that we fulfill our lives when we are always chasing the sun. So fill up your lungs and just run! We'll never catch it, but that pursuit, that running, is what we are here to do. |
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| U2 – Song for Someone Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I agree with ProvidenceXz -- beautiful song, very powerful. It is an interesting contrast to another song on the album: Every Breaking Wave. That song seems to be pretty clearly about difficulty making a commitment in a relationship -- a desire to try and build a lasting relationship. This song is about the pains and hurts we all experience in life and how that can make us cautious, but it is also hopeful and a song about reaching out to someone else. The admonition to not let the light go out -- don't give up hope even though we have suffered, the acceptance of each other "you're not afraid of anything they've seen", the feeling of being understood by someone else and the theme of healing from pain are all very powerful elements of the song. I also just love some of the poetry of these lyrics: "You break and enter my imagination, whatever's in there, it's yours to take", and the kiss stolen from her mouth....really well done, U2. | |
| Warren Zevon – Poor, Poor Pitiful Me Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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There is a mistake in the first stanza. It is: "The Railroad don't run no more". This is a great song. It doesn't have the political commentary of many of his songs, but it has that sarcastic bite -- a great bit of humor and poking fun at all of us when we become whiners. |
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| Death Cab for Cutie – Talking Bird Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Well, there are some interesting thoughts here. I think this is song is beautiful and touching; one of my favorites on the album. I have always seen this song as a pondering....he sits and looks at his bird (the first stanza really *is* about his talking bird), but as he does, he begins to think of how it is a metaphor of his relationship. I don't get the feel from the song that his lover wants to leave -- she could if she wanted to. I get the feeling that she is one of these people who fear relationships or commitment -- who are skittish. She loves him, but she feels that marriage/relationship is a type of cage -- a house within a house. Know anyone like that? He reassures her of his love, that the cage door is open. As the song builds, so does the metaphor. One of the awesome things about DCFC is how they slowly build meaning and intensity as songs progress (take a look at I'll Possess Your Heart or Marching Bands of Manhattan) -- very few artists take the time to do that. As he continues to think about his relationship, he imagines them when they are both older -- when they are near the end of their lives....and still together. He will love her until the "breath leaves her delicate frame" -- what poetry! He's telling her (at least in his own mind) -- I'm here for the long haul. I'm here to stay, but I *won't* chain you down, I *won't* make this relationship a prison. It is one of the most genuinely honest and romantic songs I've ever heard. Alternatively, IceWolf has an interesting spin on this. People with anxiety disorders DO feel like this -- trapped between two places. Afraid to leave, afraid to stay. One of the terrible things about anxiety disorders is that the person is convinced that if they give up their anxiety something terrible will happen -- the worrying, the fear is the price of ensuring that things remain safe. The only thing that doesn't quite fit that is the last stanza about growing old. TheMolt also has a great point -- just as in the type of relationship I described above, God leaves the door open; WE are the ones who get confused about what is going on and the longer we think, the more confused we get. Nice one, TheMolt! |
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