| Damien Rice – The Blower's Daughter Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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What a wonderful song to describe this ambiguity when a great love ends and somehow you are glad it's over. But merely somehow and sometimes. Loathing someone is as strong a feeling as loving someone deeply. The Blower's Daughter makes me think of an ex boyfriend, who I loved passionately and was loved back in the same way. It doesn't really matter, if two people are still together, when there had been such strong feelings. The love they shared has changed them forever and thus the other is still a part of you. Either you like it or not. I wish him all the best, I don't loathe him, but sometimes I miss him. |
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| Bright Eyes – First Day of My Life Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Light. Innocent. Straightforward. One of my favourite songs of all time. I understand how music is and should be interpretated individually, but when i sometimes read the comments on this site, i wonder if it has to be that difficult. And if - for the writers - love is also difficult. My favourite line: "Yours was the first face that I saw I think I was blind before I met you" This feeling of finally seeing somebody. Really seeing. Not just physically. Feeling somebody. Breathing somebody. Whispering somebody's name like a prayer. Finally everything becomes wonderfully clear, the colours are brighter, the birds' song sweeter. This is not retrospective at all. This young man is in love. Right now. And deeply. He doesn't know where this is going, he obviously has made some experiences in life, but right now in this moment he is in love and feels reborn. Just like the first day of his life.. |
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| Damien Rice – Volcano Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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It doesnt really matter who feels more than the other, this song is about imbalance. The key phrase is: "You give me miles and miles of mountains and I'll ask for the sea." Mountains are not "better" than the see or "more difficult to cross" (think of all the people got lost because of the sea or its forces), they are just different. In this case, two people met, got involved a little bit and figured out, that in this moment they just need different things. It's nobodys fault, it's just life. Although I love the thought of life imitating art, I dont think they are referring to a significant age different being their initial challenge. There seem to be wounds that still hurt too much for them to be healed. Maybe these wounds are from past relationships. Maybe one of them or even both don't know what they want. And that's why nothing the other can offer - neither the mountains nor the sea - can ever be enough. Much like the phrase: If you don't know what port you are sailing to, no wind is favorable. |
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