| Peter Bradley Adams – Between Us Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I believe this song to be about a couple who has parted ways for awhile, but long to be together again. Whatever is in their way, they will get through. The narrator was getting so lost at sea, but he thinks it is worth the struggle to stay afloat and work things out. They've been apart for so long, that the possibility of them changing and evolving without being with each other could cause them to be considered strangers. But sometimes, you have to fight for what you want and overcome what might be in your way. "Hey stranger, when can I call you my own I know I don't know you But there's somewhere I've seen you before Whatever your name is Whatever you do This living between us I'm willing to lose" The distance isn't worth it; the "life" of society in between them, that went along while they were parted; the branches that grew and formed and created a bigger partition. They've become "strangers" in certain terms… but he's "seen her before", in their past relationship. He knows who they both were, but who have they become? "Just hold me, if ever our paths may collide I want you to hold me under these darkening skies Whoever you love now Whoever you kiss The ones in between us I'm willing to miss" He's willing to forget everyone and everything that stood in between them. He was in a dark spot, and if they're going to work out, there will be challenges ahead. He just wants them to hold each other through this darkest moment. If she gives him a second chance, he just wants to be held; because the dangers he couldn't see began to scare him. "Now I'm drifting out over deep ocean And the tide it won't take me back in In these desperate nights, I'll call you again and again" He's falling apart without her… he's lost himself in the tide, he's gotten himself into something he doesn't want to be a part of. He's desperate for help in remembering who they are, instead of running after the 'dangers he can't see', or the things he feels like he's missing out on. "There's a comfort, comfort in things we believe But I live in danger, wanting the things I can't see Wherever you live now Wherever you walk This distance between us I'm willing to cross" The comfort, the routine, the things they believe… the white picket fence and the happily ever after were the comforts they believed. But he wanted to get out of that comfort zone, and find excitement or "danger" or the "recklessness" he may be missing out on. I'm just saying… I can relate to him. |
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| Joseph Arthur – Honey And The Moon Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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[[I'm going to assume the singer perspective is a male, the the person being sung about is a female]]. My perception of this song is that the singer is in love with someone who is in love with him back. But the person he is singing about is stuck in love, and having the desire for freedom. This causes him to be scared, even though everything is great even though his love for this person is strong. "Don't know why I'm still afraid // If you weren't real I would make you up". But he's realizing she doesn't know what she wants, and he doesn't want to be afraid of getting dropped, so he's saying "I wish that I could follow through//I know that your love is true//And deep//As the sea//But right now//Everything you want is wrong". She's wanting this freedom, but he knows this relationship is what is right. And then he says, "I wish I could follow you//to the shores//of freedom//where no one lives" which I take to mean people are always dreaming of the grass that's greener. She thinks not being in this relationship will give her that freedom. They take the journey to realize it isn't what they expected, and they're back again in the cycle of relationships. No one lives there because freedom isn't real. It's all different until you get there. I take "everything is turning blue" with negative connotation, because if the sun was trying to eat the moon, I'd probably take that with negative connotation too. It's just a very stressful point. "Turning blue" reminds me of someone holding their breath. And he wants to follow her, and wait for her, but it's stressing him out. |
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