| David Gray – Shine Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| This is lyrically my favourite song of all time. The first two lines "i can see it in your eyes, what i know in my heart is true" say's everything to me. I dont think David had to write anything more after that. And he sings the song with such emotion my hair stands on end whenever i hear it. A beautiful song in every respect. | |
| Elbow – Great Expectations Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This is one of my favourite songs of all time. To me it seems to be about love and loss. The man in the story has fallen in love with someone that he can no longer have for whatever reason. To me the female character may have passed away, from the lines "spitfire thin and strung like a violin, i was" - thin and highly strung with worry/grief?? "yours was a face with the grace from a different age"- aged through illness?? The man appears to reminisce about the loss with the line "you were the sun in my sunday morning" (which is surely one of the most beautful lines ever!!!) and he is stillso much in love that he sings "know ill always wait", until they can be reunited? I suppose those lines could also just be him reminiscing about a relationship when they were both younger, maybe ive just got a morbid mind! I also love the line "sodium light turning silver to gold", which to me is the streetlights turning the rain in the streets from silver to yellow- a fantastic analogy. Someone give guy garvey a medal for coming up with such beautiful songs! |
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| Elbow – Switching Off Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I absolutley love this song. It gives me goosepimples whenever i hear it. It seems to me quite a defiant song. All the neurons are shooting off in the mans brain ("deep in a rain of sparks behind his brow") and instead of death defied by will, the man in the story is saying "im choosing to go now, with the thoughts i want to have". Courageous and beautiful. I love the line "a simple trinket locked away". A simple memory, like "teaching her how to whistle like a boy". Guy Garveys is definatley one of the best lyricists in the country... |
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