| Take That – Eight Letters Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Like a couple of other Take That songs since their comeback, I think Eight Letters is another song about their reunion - this one mainly from Robbie Williams' point of view. "We became the parade on the streets that we once cleaned Expendable soldiers smiling at anything Raised on a feeling our lives would have meaning eventually" Is about their initial rise in the 1990's and possible naivety at the fickle world of the music industry. "We were once the answer and then you discover You're actually just one thing after another And what was the question and why was the lesson so deafening?" A point, probably as they were about to split, when they realised they were just another boy band and they weren't invincible or guaranteed anything. "And outside forces didn't make it easy So I thought I'd go before you leave me Self-preservation was no explanation for anything" From this point on it seems to come from Robbie Williams' point of view. "Outside forces" suggesting his head was turned by people outside of the band, he left because the band were fed up with him and "Self-preservation" was a poor excuse for his attitude at the time. "But the truth is more than we'll ever comprehend I'm just starting to understand, my friend All of that distance, 'cause I fell in love with the enemy" Robbie again, saying he's started to realise what the band meant to him and he seems to regret all the negativity he showed the other four and it was all because he had his head turned (by "the enemy"). "This is all that matters now And that was all that happened anyhow You can look back but don't stare Maybe I can love you out of there" He now wants to move on with the other four (this is all that matters now), hopes they don't dwell on past feelings (you can look back but don't stare) and wants to change their view of him again - "maybe I can love you out of there", "there" being memories of when the rivalry was bitter. "And when I went away what I forgot to say Was all I had to say: Eight letters, three words, one meaning" He always loved the band but was never truthful enough to admit it because of "the enemy". "At last, we meet on no man's land Just footprints in the sand We meet on no man's land, at last" "No man's land" being a term for land avoided for fear, they're expressing their relief at finally getting back together and forgiving each other. |
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