| UNKLE – When Things Explode (feat. Ian Astbury) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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What a great song! Heard it first at the ending of the 10th episode of "Person of Interest". I think it's about the uselessness of regrets or thinking about "what-might-have-beens". The first stanza sets the mood: "Your skull fucked little lives In shadows where you hide A life that was designed You've been cheated, oh, so blind" The addressee might have dreamed up a different life for herself ("skullfucked little lives") - what if she met another partner, what if she moved to a different town, what if, what if.. "You've been cheated" implies that her life might have been better, at least in her view. "You laid it on the line" shows a commitment to a certain course, a sign that the woman has abandoned her more flamboyant ideas and took a risk. The singer then describes his growing fascination and desire for her. The dramatic music and the "I saw my fears in your eyes" stanza implies IMHO that the singer and the woman got together, fell in love, were so intimately connected, that they saw and understood each others fears. However, their dreams were shattered ("watched it burn"). One might wonder about what would have been if this or that happened, if we'd had chosen another route. But such musings are useless, since we have to keep on fighting and living our life as it plays out ("with tooth and claw we fight into this endless night"). In the end it is better to love and crash than not to have loved at all ("all is forgiven"). |
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