| My Epic – Death Bed Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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"Lord if You already stand outside of time And keep the corners of the universe aligned I have nothing to fear" AWESOME SONG!! |
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| mewithoutYou – Nice and Blue (Pt. Two) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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MY THOUGHTS: It helps a lot to look at in context of "Nice and blue (part 1)" [which is two albums earlier]. It also helps if you know a little about Aaron Weiss's life, which I do. Basic idea of mine: The song is about a girl who he once was obsessed with. (random info: Aaron is 30 and single, but was once engaged (i think)). Main line. "I was once the wine, you were the wine glass." The wine represented Aaron's life. Symbol of wine used cause wine takes time to become "great" and because it has to be crushed (die to self) to become wine. (all this is personal opinion). The part "and you were the wine glass" means like "all my life is held together by you." He establishes that having his life revolve totally around is bad in both songs. Nice and blue part (2): "You were a song I couldn't sing caught like a bear by the bees with its hand in the hive who complains of the pain of the sting when I'm lucky I got out alive! a life at best left half behind, the taste of the honey still sweet on my tongue and I'd run (Lord knows I've tried) but there's no place on Earth I can hide from the wrong I've done" (so he was chasing her and got "stung" but is like how can I complain when "I'm luck i got out alive." He still tastes the honey (loves her) but he wasted like half his life chasing her, and he regrets chasing her rather than God, and there's "no place he can hide" from that regret) Nice and blue (part1) says: "You were a song that I couldn't sing you were a story I couldn't tell I've only ever loved myself But I've loved myself so well. And how defeated I return! you're nice and blue, you're nice and blue I missed what I was supposed to learn as all I learned about was missing you." (same idea. He missed God (what he was suppose to learn) because he was so focused on his pain in regards to the girl. Chorus thing: (nice and blue part 2): “then I saw a mountain and I saw a city steadily sinking but suspiciously calm it wasn't an end, it wasn't a beginning but a ceaseless stumbling on there, strapped like a watch on my wrist that's finished with gold but can't tell the time was all or what little pleasure exists seductively sold and uselessly mine” (this represents his relationship with the girl. Pretty simple once you look at it in that context. City=relationship.) (Verse 2 Nice and blue part 2) “our horse was fast and first from the gate with the lead of a length at the sound of the gun and the last of our cash laid down to fate (at 17 to 1) but by the final stretch in the rear of the pack that nag limping bad in the back we reluctantly gave all the money we'd saved, a fifth to the commonwealth and the rest to the track” (This is still about the relationship, but in a chronological view. Horse=relationship. They bet a lot on it, knowing it probably would not work out. By the end of the “race” their “horse” was nothing but a “limping nag.” I am not sure what the commonwealth and track represent….hmmmmm…. Chorus 2 (first half) Nice and blue part 2 “then I saw a forest grow in the city & a driftwood wall of birdhouse gourds and I'm still waiting to meet a girl like my Mom who's closer to my age” (the forest represents life moving on I think. What was once the city of his relationship is over grown and gone back to its roots, literally.) Chorus 2 (second half) Nice and blue part 2 “the true light of my eyes is a Pearl equally emptied to equally shine and all or what little joy in the world seemed suddenly simple and endlessly mine” (the “Pearl” is God. Not sure what the “equally emptied to equally shine” line means. But Aaron has at this point found joy in its simplest, most pure form.) The last parts of both part 1 & 2 are all most exactly the same except for one line. Both say: “I was once the wine and you were the wineglass, I was once alive when you held me, but God became the glass, all things left are emptiness but oh little girl, you're just a little girl” (he realized that God is much more important than the city he lost. He then goes back to the wine glass symbol. Now all his life, all his joy, hope, etc, is all contained within the glass (God) The only difference in the songs: -Part 1 ends: if you look out and see a trace of dark red that used to be my face, in the clarity of his grace: remember me. -part 2 ends: if you look out and see a trace of a dark red that was once my face in the clarity of such grace, you'll forget all about me (forget vs remember. Not sure what the difference means) Thoughts?? |
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