| Alex Turner – Glass In The Park Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Oops, SLYBlu! * Haha, please excuse my 4am grammar while you're at it |
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| Alex Turner – Glass In The Park Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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So two years after first listening to this song, I've had a COMPLETE 4am epiphany about it's meaning. First off, i'm 100% in agreement with SkyBlu about the lyrics actually being "storm" and "palisades" (do those not make more sense?!) and while there's definitely a sexual power about this song, it comes down to the fact that it's much more than that. This song is an ode to uncovering an unrequited love. It's a possessive love where the person will do anything in return for intimacy - AND affection. In the case of Oliver & Jordana, Oliver truly believed that by Jordana taking his virginity she was proclaiming her true love to him. In this idealistic mindset, Oliver then becomes obsessive and possessive (sweeping beneath the climbing frame, tightening the blindford) - over-thinking his actions and causing destruction to the people around him (Jordana, his family, etc.) as well as, most notably, himself. No matter the relation to Submarine, the "I'll wait for you..." and "I shoot through the night..." verses are definitely concerning the excitement of intimacy and the lengths you'd go to just to be with that one person - at least one more time. It's a love which leaves you blind, while everyone else around you can see the truth ("I've heard them talking about how I'm gonna put you off") and Alex Turner removes that blindfold in the song's last verse where an almost unimaginable closure takes place. Maybe it's just me making this too relevant to my life at the moment, but how wonderful is that feeling when a song finally makes perfect sense to you? I could honestly go into interpretations about every line of the entire soundtrack. Definitely Alex Turner AND Joe Dunthorne's best work so far. |
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