| Lykke Li – I Know Places Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I don't think this is about drugs or simply comforting someone who has been hurt. I think this is about a serious relationship that causes a lot of pain for both partners, but they love each other very deeply. "I know places we can go babe" They're asking where this is going. They don't know how to hold their relationship together, and this is the singer's response. "The high won't fade here babe" The joy of being together won't fade where they're going. "Don't ask me when, but ask me why" Don't ask me when we'll make it to this place, ask me why. Neither of them know how they're going to make it work, so she's asking him to have hope instead. "Don't ask me how but ask me where" Don't ask me how, just pretend it exists. Ask me where. Believe in me, and then we can go there. "There is a road, there is a way There is a place, there is a place" There is some way to make it better. "So come lay and wait Now won't you lay and wait Wait on me" Come lay with me for a while longer. Forget everything else and come be peaceful. "Coming home, come unfold babe" This is home, Unfold. Let it go. |
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| Regina Spektor – Wallet Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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When I hear this song, I think of a faint memory I have from when I was very little. I think it was an educational event, or maybe just my teacher asking the class a moral question: what would you do if you found a lost wallet? They told us if you did, you should return it. I don't think I quite knew what I would do, because I was young and all I could understand was that there are valuable things in a person's pocket. I've never found anyone's wallet before but now I say I would return it. I couldn't steal something when I look through the contents and see "pictures of your small family" without thinking that the person I'm stealing from has a life, and a family, and that the same thing could happen to me some day. I like the way she ends the song, "you'll never know me, I'll never know you, but you'll be so happy when they call you up" It feels like, well, when I think about what's in it for me if I return your wallet to you, materialistically there is nothing. But at least I know that what I'm doing is going to make someone out there really happy. This may not be what Regina meant, but it's just what this song reminds me of. |
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