| Coldplay – Speed of Sound Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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For me, this in an incredibly deep song. The first stanza seems to address the confusion you feel in life, wondering what choices to make, and what to aim for, 'Where to? Where do I go?' And of course, it repeats the mantra that you should just give things a shot, if you never try, you'll never know. 'How long do I have to claim, up on the side of this mountain of mine?' For me, life feels somewhat like a mountain, with each of us struggling to overcome our limitations, defeat our fears, and achieve our dreams, trying to reach the top of our own personal mountain. The planets moving at the speed of light again seems to return to an address of how small you feel in a large world, light moving at ridiculous speeds, making you feel kinda small. " I'll start before I can stop, before I see things the right way up. " How often have you done something, only to look back it at later and wish you knew what you know now? We come to the chorus: All that noise, and all that sound All those places I have found And birds go flying at the speed of sound To show you how it all began Birds came flying from the underground If you could see it then you'd understand? Yet again, I can't escape the feeling of being overwhelmed by all the possibilities and things in the world. For me, the birds flying at the speed of sound, represents what I feel on the inside, the movement from one place to another, moving quickly at the speed of sound, and sound also coming back to things in the world that threaten to overwhelm me. The birds bursting up from the underground, feels like me finally just shouting out how I feel, as it's been buried deep inside for so long. Also, hoping that the person you love, can see you for who you are, and can understand what you're feeling. Just gonna leave it here, might pick up the rest later. Hope my interpretation adds to the discussion. |
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| The Jezabels – A Little Piece Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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To me, the song starts off about how hard it is to be who we want to be 'I could’ve held your love, But wouldn’t you think me weak?' She worries too much about what he'll think of her, even though she knows what she wants. 'Of all, I should know How the streets come and go' This seems to suggest, that she of all people, is familiar with how the 'streets', what I believe is a metaphor for her romantic partner, the street being how she accesses the wider world, suggesting how important have a sexual partner is to her, and she has problems holding one down. 'When you chase the kaleidoscope dream, but, Stranger, baby, always keep me in your sweet memory.' What I think she means by kaleidoscope dream, is chasing after pretty things, such as some perfect, beautiful woman that is not her, 'Stranger, baby' seems to mark how he has become a stranger to her, yet still uses this term of endearment. As most people can understand, she doesn't want to be forgotten and wants him to think of their time together as something dear to him. 'Perfect hips, perfects tits she was. Perfect lips, pieces of your heart, Splattered on the cliff.' These physical features relate back to the 'kaleidoscope' dream, as this guy chases these pretty things that he values for whatever reason, Pieces of your heart, not his whole heart, Instead of invoking emotional detachment from things, Suggests his heart is now fragmented and not whole, Just like his quest for these physical features is not whole, but just some shallow thing to go after, The existence of the cliff just suggesting how hard it is to overcome, going further than 'steep hill'. 'We go home, watch a movie. Tell me can you feel the beat? Getting loose, getting loose she was, Letting those feelings loose; She was, becoming a monster.' The beat could be referring to an underlying theme behind what we can see, behind physical characteristics, again relating back to the guy's quest for physical perfection, as well as the beat of her heart, beating for him. The third person 'she' when it really refers to her, suggests that she was a person that she isn't any more, by letting loose, it suggests she was just doing whatever she felt like and not thinking things through enough. And I'm gonna stop right there, unless someone would like me to continue expressing my interpretation of the lyrics. |
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| We Are Scientists – After Hours Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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By saying it is about death it can be said it is about life. Treasuring every moment, "We're finally drunk enough that we're finally soaking up the hours that everyone else throws away." Drunk enough doesn't necessarily mean drunk..., it could be symbolic of their intoxication with life and loving every moment of it. Only when you sing about dying and spending your last days with a special person do you really value life fully, it is perhaps merely a message to people to enjoy life and treasure every moment of it, especially with a lovely girl ;) |
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