| Imogen Heap – 2-1 Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I'm pretty sure it says, "And holes to heaven", not "a host from heaven." That makes more sense as well, because it means the stars are pointing out that we're surrounded by a billion galaxies (which they are a part of). I also believe the line says, "The interim of life Has got you tip-toed and pinning all your hopes On the top dog of dreams You're not alone in this The pollyfilla way looks strong in the weakess Of the gaps." I think that makes sense as well, because life is the interim between birth and death, the time before our spirit enters our body and the time our spirit leaves to be reunited with the universe. Or as some people say, the dash between the beginning and end dates - the interim. The interim of life has you pinning all your hopes "on the top dog of dreams" - that is, Heaven, the afterlife, living "right" or following the "correct" religion so that you go to Heaven when you die. Pollyfilla is spackling, it's meant to fill cracks in plaster/drywall. The milky way looks a bit like pollyfilla smeared across the sky. Because of that, the line, "The pollyfilla way looks strong in the weakness of the gaps" makes sense, because the gaps highlight the white pollyfilla paste, the way the "holes to heaven" (stars) in the milky way shine strong in the night sky. "I'm dying to know what's in your head I'm dying to know how we all got in there I'm dying to know, to help make some sense of it all I'm dying to know, tell me, is it my fault?" This line, to me, isn't to a person grilling them about their religious beliefs - it's to God, asking Him about the nature of the universe. If you listen closely it's saying, "I'm dying to know how WE all got in there." That seems to me like she's asking God, "What's in your head, how did we (creation) get in there?" To make sense of it all - to understand why we're here, what the point of the universe is... the meaning of life. The line "tell me, is it my fault?" goes back to the idea of original sin, something evangelical Christians are really big on. The claim is that all humans are tainted by original sin because of Adam and Eve eating from the tree of knowledge. When she asks, "Tell me, is it my fault?" I think she's asking, "Is it my fault that I'm bad? Is it original sin? Is any of this story true?" "Things are not always, things are not always How they seem They don't turn out always, don't quite turn out always How we think Will we be ready?" We may try to understand God/the nature of the universe as much as we want, but we'll probably never have a true understanding. Things aren't always "how they seem" - the earth wasn't flat, for example, like in the beginning of the song, even though it seemed that way. So when she asks, "Will we be ready?" I think she's asking, "Will we be ready to find out, one day, that we might have misunderstood everything?" Just my two cents. :) |
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