| Sarah Blasko – Planet New Year Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Ok here are my thoughts: I think this song is about having writer's block. It begins from the perspective of the personified song speaking to its author (Blasko). The song invites Blasko to "spend some time" "rewriting lines" and having "another try" at songwriting. Yet she feels hopeless like a child, waiting for inspiration to come. The chorus indicates Blasko's hopelessness and feelings of failure. She feels like she is wasting time on the song - and although she is not the first to have done this, it feels that way. The second verse shows Blasko's return to writing the song after some time has passed. "Did you think that I'd forget...?". She realises that "the time has hardly been unkind" (i.e. she can see that the fruits of her labour are finally coming together). With one last effort, she "resolves" to finish the song that night. Finally she sees that it has been a "delightful curse to have wasted so much time" on the song. The song touches on the isolation that comes from being a writer - feeling like you are the only one wasting time while others are being productive. The title also hints at the writer's state of perpetually living in "New Year's Resolutions" - beginning with good intentions to write which will eventually be broken. The video clip which shows Blasko marrying her piano is a humourous portrayal of her commitment to her craft. Eventually, this commitment leads to the joyful creation of something new. |
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