| Hey Rosetta – We Made A Pact Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think Orion510's interpretation is great, and I thought I'd offer my take on this song from when I first heard it a couple years ago. It was on a television show and it captivated me instantly; I searched for it and listened to it about twenty times as I sat for nearly an hour studying the lyrics and pondering their meaning. you you and i made a pact a deal that as we lay dying we'd think about each other then and smile as we're taken in I believe this is between two lovers, and like Orion said, I believe they made this pact. In the television show I saw, however, this was used as a song between brothers, which I thought added a profound depth of meaning. It's applicable to close relationships in general, not just romantic ones, but that take is my favorite. Although it makes the "he" statements in the second verse a little more complicated, that's how I like to see it and because when I sing it, it comes from a female voice, it makes sense to me. Perhaps it wasn't written with a "she" in order to keep it ambiguous and applicable to a wide range of relationships, as I mentioned earlier. These are my thoughts on the matter, but to be honest this song has been so profound to me that the he/she thing is rather a non-issue in my mind. Anyhow. i i listened like a little child to the story of your earthbound pilot he plummeted so violent a parachute not opening and rushing to oblivion he broke into that knowing grin I think that this song is about souls and that "earthbound pilot" refers to the body housing the lover's soul. The singer's love is dead, and as their body plummeted to a sudden, unforeseen, catastrophic end, they kept that pact and smiled, thinking of their love. i i think about that a lot cause a lot is what i've not got and a smile is what i least expect in the clutches of this darkness I think the death of the loved one sparked a lot of realizing that life is brief and that the singer, too, could easily come to an unforeseen end. In dark emotions brought on by life and the loss of the loved one, the singer can't even imagine being able to smile again. you you i was surprised to hear your birdsong velvet in my ear the phone broke its silent stint i pulled the cord and i needed it you billowed like a bowl of silk and slowed me from my ruining The singer's time has come, but instead of it being a horrible end as they'd previously assumed, they're surprised to hear not the sounds of impending doom but the voice of their lover, sweet and welcoming like birdsong and velvet, beckoning them. I think the phone ringing signifies the calling of their loved one, and in falling as they pulled the parachute cord, it wasn't just a parachute but the love that bore them gently to the bottom. The lover who'd died before didn't have such a parachute ("a parachute not opening"), but by bravely keeping the pact, their love became that parachute for the soul of the other and beautifully rescued them from a shattering fall, removing the pain of the ruining of their bodies, the sting of that moment of death, as their soul passed on. |
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