| Rick Astley – You Move Me Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Not at all. | |
| Rick Astley – Lights Out Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I don't think you're way off. I had no idea what the song was about but your interpretation makes a lot of sense. | |
| IAMX – I Like Pretending Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| It very well may be glaringly obvious but no one has pointed it out yet so I shall. When Chris says "are we pretending?" he is asking his lover if she is a "misfit" like himself and if she is knows the truth about human isolation. He is also asking her, if she does know the truth and is a "misfit", if they can keep on pretending to not know of their isolation. He doesn't want to know that and wishes it weren't true. He wants to pretend so he can be happy. Also, his lover is singing the chorus with him (and at the end by herself), showing that she is asking the same questions of him as he is her. | |
| IAMX – I Like Pretending Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I agree with snowy bear,liebegr, and the alternative. However, what I believe is conceivable if you combine all of their interpretations and add a few things. I agree completely with liebegr. His/her interpretation is the basis of my revisions of the others' interpretations. I do not think that Chris is talking about religion or faith as the alternative has theorised, although the comment about religion in itself being a "neurotic repetition" was spot-on. We are broken machines that are forever alone but refuse to accept this fact, as liebegr has suggested. If we look closely we can observe how we delude ourselves into believing otherwise. We are broken and therefore rely on others for our gratification. If we were to look within ourselves we would realise this and see our constant surrounding ourselves with others to make us feel good and to make us forget that we will die alone. I consider snowy bear's interpretation and extension of liebegr's in that a few are able to realise their isolation because of their "pure expression". "The deathwish" is obviously death, but I would like to suggest the possibility that Chris is saying that if one were to express themselves purely, and therefore realise their isolation, they would soon desire death as escape. I would also like to bring focus to "The whole world's insanities The bleeding hearts and tragedies". I believe that Chris is saying that a desire to help others alleviate their pain(and therefore symbiotically alleviating our own), something most people have, could not stop one from wishing for death. |
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