| Owen Pallett – This Is the Dream of Win & Regine Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I don't have any feeling one way or another for most of Final Fantasy's music, but this song is a masterpiece. | |
| Rilo Kiley – Does He Love You? Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I have a sort of different interpretation; I'm all pleased that it's not already on here, but let's see if it works. I think this song is sort of a mobius strip. In the first and second stanza, the single friend (let's call her Anna) is telling the married woman (let's call her Norah), who has discovered her husband's affair with the friend, how to leave her husband and why it's the right thing to do. After all, who wants to live out the tired and lonely fate of a woman who apparently wasn't enough for the man she loves? In the next two stanzas, Norah, once married and now single, writes to Anna, to whom she remains close despite the past. She comments on how she's been corresponding with a man who actually gives her butterflies, unlike her last husband, and how excited she is about finally living for passion rather than convenience. In the fifth and sixth stanzas, Norah goes on to congratulate Anna on finally settling down like an adult after her whirlwind affair (whether or not it's Norah's ex, you decide; it changes the rest considerably); she's no longer searching for fulfillment from whomever will give it to her (including married men), therefore she's complete. They're starting a family, and Norah thinks that the man loves Anna despite what Anna commented to Norah at the end of her last affair. In the seventh stanza, it could be either woman writing to the other; Anna is better off for leaving California and her delusion of ending up happy with a married man, and Norah is better off for leaving her loveless marriage for something that stirs her heart. The friends' "You and I" was almost dead, because their friendship was strained by the ordeal AND they each were lying to themselves--(love for someone who doesn't love you enough to leave, and loving a man you settling for a man whom you think will at least love you before finding out that he's the sort of guy who doesn't love enough to be faithful). Either way, they're reminding each other exactly why they're in exactly the right place--hoping to relieve themselves of the doubts they feel about where they are. Finally, Anna calls Norah in tears, explaining that she only married her husband because she felt trapped--she wanted a steady relationship to reassure her that she's a good person after the affair, she's getting on in years, etc.--and now that she finally loves the man she built her new life and dreams around, she finds out that he's cheating on her--with whom else but Norah? Here, Norah tells Anna that she, Norah, is flawed if she's not free, and that Anna's husband will never actually leave to be with Norah. She goes on to give Anna advice on leaving her husband--thus beginning the song again. We go back to the top of this post, switch names, and start again. |
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| Eels – Blinking Lights (For Me) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| this song gives me the chillllllls... | |
| Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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What's really weird is that even if you leave the person you shouldn't have fallen in love with and have an otherwise happy life, they'll STILL haunt you all your life with "what if...."s. Jerks. I think both of the most common interpretations presented (forbidden love for someone of the same sex, forbidden love for someone of the opposite sex) are valid; what's more, I think Jenezzy's Ireland interpretation is valid, too. The meaning of a song's lyrics doesn't necessarily depend on the artist's intended message; every word, copyright or not, belongs to anyone who understands the language it was written in. I think that even though the Buzzcocks probably didn't mean this when they wrote iy, Jenezzy showed that it can apply well to the situation in Ireland. The Buzzcocks were watching the classic movie Guys and Dolls when they heard the line, "Have you ever fallen in love with someone you shouldn't have." The next day, Pete Shelley wrote the lyrics to this song. I was really surprised when I found that out; I love Guys and Dolls, but I hadn't noticed the line before, much less expected it to pop up in one of my favorite songs! Also, I liked the version Pete Yorn did on Shrek, but that maybe that's just because I heard it before I heard the original. |
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