| Kings of Convenience – 24-25 Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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'' She'll be gone soon you can have me for yourself '' In this part of the song, the speaker, the guy, is talking to the third person, the girl he likes or the girl he is in love with, with whom he plans to start a relationship with after breaking up with his current girlfriend. He is promising her a future together. '' But do give, just give me today or you will just scare me away '' He is asking her for patience, because his current relationship has been long and he needs time because he considers it is not easy to start over with a new person. '' what we build is bigger than the sum of two '' This is a new part of the song, notice the instrumental part between these verses and the previous ones, it sort of makes the 'transition' between both phases of the song; and in this new part he is talking to a different person, that is his current girlfriend, who he is breaking up with. He starts by saying how wonderful their relationship has been. '' but somewhere I lost count on my own and somehow I must find it alone '' But then, here he is giving her the reasons to end the relationship. '' 24 and blooming like the fields of May 25 and yearning for a ticket out '' Another instrumental transition appears between these verses and the previous ones. Here, he is talking to himself, like a self-dialogue. He reflects on his relationship: when he first dated this girl, when he was 24, he had great hopes and expectations on this relationship. But then, at 25, he no longer feels the same for this girl and wants to split up with her because he feels it is the best for both of them. '' dreams burn but in ashes are gold '' I do not consider this part pessimistic at all, he relates dreams with those positive thoughts and hopes he had at the beginning of the relationship, in a way that 'dreams burn but in ashes are gold' means that the relationship ended for the better and goes back to when they were happy, thinking of it as a great experience, not as a bad thing. He kind of thanks the girl for having lived with him such a great time together but wants her to understand that it has to be over now. |
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