| The Bravery – Believe Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I normally would just stop by a site like this and read the comments... and say "nobody here knows anything." then just keep moving but wow, we got 3 ppl in here that actually convinced me to create a log in. Quakers + Sullivan, thumbs up, as Samik said, you guys got close. Samik just about hit it on the nose. Only thing I disagree with that Samik said is the 2nd verse. I'd lean towards Samik's 1st interpretation of the 2nd verse personally. But also the 2nd interpretation is pretty strong as well, the only thing I disagree with in the 2nd inter is him wanting the bad thing to happen. I have to possible meanings to the 2nd verse as well, and also just some to stack on the 1st verse. "somethings always coming you can hear it in the ground it swells into the air with the rising, rising sound and never comes but shakes the boards and rattles all the doors" 1)I truly lean towards Samik's 1st explanation here, I think he is talking about the ship. In his case tho, the ship is that magical hope of better things that many people idly wait for in life. With his description as he mentions it "shakes the boards and rattles all the doors," I can see how one would think of disaster with that use of words. I think hes just saying the thing that's coming (the better thing around the corner) comes so close you can feel it, but never actually arrives - as outlined in the other words in that verse. Heres my take on another possible meaning behind the ship and it spills into the 2nd verse as well. 2)On the other hand when he speaks of the ship in the 1st verse and the thing thats always coming in the 2nd verse he could be speaking of something internal. "The faces all around me, they don't smile they just crack. Waiting for our ship to come, but our ship's not coming back. We do our time like pennies in a jar What are we saving for?" 2)cont... alot of people have a major shift in their view on life between childhood and adulthood. Kids go from being happy teens, to adults that fake happiness. They go from wanting time to go slower so they can have more time to enjoy the fun, to wanting time to go faster so they can escape the pain of the work week etc. Taking this into account I think the ship is -internal desire, big dreams, inspiration- most people are not doing what they said they would do when they grew up. As a kid that was our "ship" our "big dreams." An adult occasionally thinks of that "big dream/inspiration" and in the same moment says, "that aint gonna happen, I need to be realistic, it's too late." Hence why the artist is waiting for the ship but in the same motion says its not coming back. Further along in the 1st verse the fear is what keeps the person from going after what they've always wanted spilling over into the 2nd verse... The thing that's always coming is the inspiration to actually get up and change their situation. Ultimately as he says, "it never comes" but, they get a little hyped up, "shakes the boards and rattles all the doors" and come close to doing something but, they never do it. Its just like the gym memberships that are never used due to new yrs resolutions, the person gets excited for a week, Jan 1-7, then falls off. 2nd verse is when the person keeps saying, Im gonna... Im about to... (insert dream here). May not even be anything big, as the guy in the song seems very uninspired it could be a small thing. As mentioned in the 3rd verse, the beast is their own fear, which keeps their life mundane, keeps their ship from coming back, keeps them rooted in the ground, keeps the action that almost happens in the 2nd verse from happening, and ultimately results in the person becoming "nothing." Sound like anybody you know? or maybe even you? Thanks Samik, you actually got me to sign up for this thing, and thank you so much for letting everybody know this has nothing to do with suicide... OMG... hilarious. |
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