| Andrew Lloyd Webber – Any Dream Will Do Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This song was in the musical, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat. Thus, I would assume that there will be biblical context in it, or at least whatever was shown in the musical. In a summary, Joseph could interpret what dreams meant, and therefore became sort of a prophet, so I would say that the dream here is the symbolism of direction. JOSEPH: I close my eyes, drew back the curtain To see for certain, what I thought I knew It may seems illogical that the speaker drew back the curtain yet was closing his eyes. However, the closing of the eye could mean that the speaker is escaping from the reality world, or the world as the society sees. In another words, the world, seen from our eyes, is based on our human logic and earthly understandings. Thus, the speaker is trying to see the world at a different point of view, most probably from Heaven. The drawing back of curtain then represents the willingness to open up to new ideas and insights. Far far away, someone was weeping But the world was sleeping Any dream will do I have read some interpretation of this verse, and I find it accurate. The someone refers to Heaven, where whoever up there was sad to see the world in such chaos, yet the world is ignorant and oblivious to it, thus sleeping peacefully. So in order to give them some directions, the speaker hoped that Heaven could shine the path for them in the form of dreams, any type of dreams will do, any directions will do. JOSEPH & CHILDREN: I wore my coat (I wore my coat), with golden lining (Ahhh) Bright colors shining (Ahhhh), wonderful and new And in the east (and in the east), the dawn was breaking (Ahhh) And the world was waking (Ahhhh) Any dream will do There is the symbolism of hope, as dawn is usually used to describe a new beginning, which in a way, hope. So perhaps, the speaker hoped to use this gifts, as a dream interpreter, to be sensitive to whatever Heaven got to say, to receive the directions from Heaven. JOSEPH: A crash of drums, a flash of light My golden coat flew out of sight The colors faded into darkness I was left alone However, the speaker had his talents as a dream interpreter wasted, unrecognised, and condemned, or ignored. Thus the colors faded into darkness describes his feeling of hope — crushed hope. JOSEPH & CHILDREN May I return (May I return) to the beginning (Ahhh) The light is dimming (Ahhhh), and the dream is too The world and I (The world and I), we are still waiting (Ahhh) Still hesitating (Ahhhh) Any dream will do The speaker really hoped that he could be allowed to use his talents as a dream interpreter to give the world a sense of direction. There is also a second meaning to the dream in this stanza, which is a symbolism of hope. This time, however, is the hope to escape the “punishments”. Therefore, the light is dimming, on one hand, the world will have lesser directions to go, on the other hand, his fate or destiny is getting vaguer, and he started to doubt this talents, that he started to lose hope. |
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| Glen Campbell – Rhinestone Cowboy Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think the song is about shortcut to success, I've been walkin' these streets so long (He had lived long) Singin' the same old song (being idling and living a monotonous life) I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway (crack=weakness, dirty=ruined/corrupted, Broadway=society) Where hustle's the name of the game (Speed is the key factor to success) And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain (Honest people are ignored) There's been a load of compromisin' On the road to my horizon But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me (I'm gonna get the fame by any means) Well, I really don't mind the rain And a smile can hide all the pain (Ignoring the cost of the fame, probably moral values, or family or friends, or the humiliation before success) But you're down when you're ridin' the train that's takin' the long way (even a train was considered too long, meant his yearn for quick success) And I dream of the things I'll do With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe (Finding means to take the shortcut to success) There'll be a load of compromisin' On the road to my horizon But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me (repeat) |
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| Howie Day – Collide Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Somehow the chorus of this song reached into me once, and ot me, it is interpreted this way: When there is mistrust, (Even the best fall down sometimes) you will find faults even in a flawless thing, (Even the wrong words seem to rhyme) and all the negative stuffs will be anchored in your heart deep, and you remember these vividly instead of the nice memories. (Out of the doubt that fills my mind, I somehow find you and I collide.) and then I'll find out that of all the doubts I have on your reasons do do stuffs, I'm sure that you and I collide... (Even the best fall down sometimes) repeat (Even the stars refuse to shine) Our qualities fails to be recognized since we have so much misunderstandings (Out of the back you fall in time, somehow find you and I collide) A lil weird, but I think it means out of all the times i recall our past (conflicts), I'm sure you and I collide. These few lines struck me hard that day, and so this is my interpretation for just this part, thus this might not be correct but it's personal. |
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