| Love Is A Story – Hide And Seek (Imogen Heap Cover) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think this song is about a child who is experiencing the divorce of her parents and this is why: Where are we? What the hell is going on? [this is coming from a young child who is confused, because they don't understand what is happening] The dust has only Just begun to fall [it happened so suddenly, the falling dust resembles the aftermath that the divorce has caused; the impact created it's damage and now it's still a fresh wound] Crop circles in the carpet [the crop circles are marks left by furniture, so either 1) a parent literally left and took the furniture with them and now there is missing furniture in the house reminding the child of something missing, or 2) it's just figuratively relating how when a chair is in one spot for a long time and then moves, it will leave a mark in the carpet; so the chair is a parent that left or the relationship of her parents that has left her life, but not without leaving a mark.] Sinking feeling [this obviously makes her feel sad] Spin me round again And rub my eyes This can't be happening [in disbelief that this is happening to her] When busy streets a mess with people Would stop to hold their heads heavy [hmmm...... i think she sees the busy world is just the same and despite this tragedy in her life, they continue in life unfazed, but if they felt the way that she does they would all be holding their heads heavy] Hide and seek [hide and seek is a fun children's game, referring to her happy life before all of this happened, but now it takes on a new meaning... she wants to hide from this. unlike when her parents were together, nobody looks for her. they didn't even notice that she was gone.] Trains and sewing machines [trains=travel, she wants to get away, as far as she can from this situation that is too big for her young years to deal with, sewing machines=things made, somebody once explained it to me this way and it was really convincing but i'm not gonna be able to say it write, but here i go: in things made; her parents made a relationship, then a marriage, then a family and her family was together, seemingly unbreakable. it took a lot of time and effort to make this happy family and this one decision is going to tear it apart, and she's trying to think of a way to sew it back together] All those years They were here first [all she had known were happy times, those times were here first, (in a child's mind when kids are fighting over a toy you think who had it first, okay so they should get it cause they had it first)] Oily marks appear on walls Where pleasure moments hung before [oily marks are missing picture frames (which leave marks on the wall if they are there long enough) and pleasure moments are pictures of the happy family in their better times] The takeover The sweeping insensitivity Of this Still life [the unfairness isn't fair and it's taking over her entire life] Hide and seek Trains and sewing machines *blood and tears They were here first [as before(*i made a correction in the lyrics: blood and tears is just referring to the pain that this has caused] Whatcha say? Mmm That you only meant well, well of course you did Whatcha say? Mmm This it's all for the best, of course it is Whatcha say? Mmm That it's just what we need, and you decided this? Whatcha say? Mmm What did you say? [her parents have told her that it's for the best, they've had the best intentions in deciding this and they think it's what they need, but she's questioning them saying is it really for the best and what "we" need because it sounds like you're doing this for yourself and (still in disbelief) how can you say these things?] Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth [her parents have put her in the middle of their fighting, using her to settle their divorce in terms of money and custody] Mid sweet talk newspaper word cut outs [all of this is going on in the middle of sweet talks from her parents, they are trying to be sweet and explain it to her, but no matter what she can't believe or understand it] Speak no feeling no I don't believe you [she can see right through their lies: lies like they've tried to work it out, that this is for the best, etc.; and in their "sweet talks" she can see through their fake routine of acting like it's civil but she can hear their fights and see their hostility towards each other] You don't care a bit. You don't care a bit. [self-explanatory: she believes that they don't care at all and they don't see what they are losing] Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth Mid sweet talk newspaper word cut outs (paper word cut outs) Speak no feeling no I don't believe you (I don't believe you) You don't care a bit. You don't care a bit. Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth Mid sweet talk newspaper word cut outs Speak no feeling no I don't believe you You don't care a bit. You don't... You don't care a bit. No [just a repeat] I've heard some people interpret it as a separation from the woman's perspective and that makes sense to me as well, and it still kind of goes along the lines of my interpretation. I like seeing it as a little girl's perspective of her parents divorce because it brings a lot of meaning to me personally. I sort of threw in some assumptions like the little girl is trying to run away and nobody is looking for her when she hides because it hits closer to home for me. But I'd like to hear what anybody thinks of my interpretation. |
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| Iron & Wine – Flightless Bird, American Mouth Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I forgot to mention one little thing. By the way, I haven't read all the comments so sorry if I repeat what somebody has already said. My favorite lyric (I cut my long baby hair) is repeating the idea that he is innocent/naive/ignorant when it comes to something and it's the turning point where he grows up or becomes aware of what he has been blind of. So the first four lines are talking about how he was living in a fantasy, blind of reality, and somebody who is a bit envious of his state. "And when the cops closed the fair" - Like a kid that has spent all day at a carnival going on rides and playing games, it has to close sometime. So the cops close the fair that was his life. This is some sort of involuntary realization. He didn't welcome it. "I cut my long baby hair" - is his choice (instead of forgetting and living in his fantasy world) he is going to wake up and accept this reality. A flightless bird is an oxymoron. What is a bird that can't fly? It is without purpose (so it thinks). When it says "Have I found you?" I think he is recognizing, is this how it feels to be you (you who were once envious of what I had) because he goes on to say "jealous, weeping". Now, "American Mouth" is still an enigma. But the big pill looming is the depression of no purpose and the possibility of suicide hanging in the air. Okay so now that he brings up "Now I'm a fat house cat" I think he is taking back what he said (that he's like her) because he can see that he is very fortunate compared to what she is feeling. "Nursing my sore blunt tongue" is him regretting what he said/thought. Watching the warm poison rats curl through the wide fence cracks" he's letting all those things that once made him happy slip through the cracks because they don't make him happy anymore. "Those fishing lures thrown in the cold and clean Blood of Christ mountain stream" - it could either mean he is fishing/looking for something sacred in his life, something he can care about, or he is regretful of disregarding the sacredness of her life by throwing his petty problems on her when she wasn't strong enough to take it. After this declaration of who he was and how he's changed, he's wondering (Have I found you?) and asking her if he got her figured out as a "flightless bird, grounded bleeding" "or lost you" (is he too late to be forgiven for having been oblivious to her pain) "Big pill stuck going down" - I have different ideas as to how this story ends, but I like the idea that it's a cliffhanger. The "big pill" is the open-ended question. And the question is still up in the air, and it's in the moment between him asking and she hasn't answered yet. My other idea is that she was moved by his speech and he did help her by showing that he cares so the "Big pill" (which was her debate on suicide) was stopped in the act. She didn't let herself go through with it, because he made her feel that she wasn't alone and he would help her. A lot of cute things that came out of this song. I'd like to hear what Iron & Wine have to say about their song:) |
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| Iron & Wine – Flightless Bird, American Mouth Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Wow. When I first heard this song, I knew that it had some really deep meaning but I couldn't understand what it was. Reading all of these comments about a boy who was blinded by what he thought he saw in a girl and when she went missing (or suicide), he went after her only to find out that she isn't what he previously thought her to be. These ideas remind me of a book called "Paper Towns" by John Green. Anyone heard of it???? This song fits every meaning that this book holds. Please read it, it is amazing:) | |
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