| Ben Howard – Keep Your Head Up Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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The turing point of the song; "Oh yeah, keep your head up, keep your heart strong. No, no, no, no, keep your mind set, keep your hair long. Oh my, my darlin', keep your head up, keep your heart strong. Na, oh, no, no, keep your mind set in your ways. Keep your heart strong." -Howard now appears to teach us a lesson in the uselessness of misery. And just to be chilled and convinced by ones own thoughts. "Now I saw a friend of mine, the other day, And he told me that my eyes were gleamin'. Oh I said I'd been away, and he knew... Oh he knew the depths I was meanin'." -The difference in this mind set now shows physically too his being 'away' is the state by which he had been and he's now back to himself. His friend could understand the depths of that too. "And it felt so good to see his face, All the comfort invested in my soul, Oh to feel the warmth, of his smile, When he said, 'I'm happy to have you home.' Oh oh-oh, I'm happy to have you home" He too felt the good in the good others were seeing in him The fact this friend is a male may relate to the rumours of Howard's sexuality? Maybe this is a hint at his turing? a new love? or the previous realationship could have been an experimental period.. and that being over he is 'home'. "'Cause I'll always remember you the same. Oh eyes like wildflowers, oh with your demons of change." It isn't made clear as to the subject of this, either Ben is saying to or Ben is receiving? If Ben is narrating it then it could be that now he is happy he can remember her/him propperly. "eyes like wildflowers" - Dictionary definition: 'wild·flow·er [wahyld-flou-er] Show IPA noun 1. the flower of a plant that normally grows in fields, forests, etc., without deliberate cultivation. 2. the plant itself.' To be described as this means they're free willed and happy to live in ones own natural ways. This makes sense to be either or both of Ben or ex-lover. "oh with your demons of change" Im not sure about this one.. any ideas? Prahaps its one's not wanting for change or even a temperamental longing for it. "May you find happiness here. (Keep your head up) (Keep your heart strong) (Keep your head up) (Keep your heart strong) May all your hopes all turn out right." I think this is both a message to his ex- and us as the reader/listener. In his current state he can now wish her happiness without him and that she lives on to fulfil all the ambitions they prahaps once spoke about. But that we too should should live long and prosper in order to fulfil ours lives and ambitions. Every interested to here ur opinions on this |
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| Ben Howard – Keep Your Head Up Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Verse2 "Now walking back, down this mountain, The strength of a turnin' tide." He feels as tho his life is being pushed along/down by somthing as relentless as the tide. 'BACK down'.. this seems as though he's retracing his steps to find and mend where it went wrong or collapsed. Maybe that somthing pushing him along is his emotions? "Oh the wind so soft, and my skin, Yeah the sun so hot upon my side." 2 things here.. the first that he's beginning to recover in that he can see the good again or maybe the second being that his raw emotions are whats causing this sensitivity. "Oh lookin' out at this happiness I searched for between the sheets," -Reminiscing his relationship's happiness.. or other people's happiness or his ex's current happiness. 'The sheets' Symbolising their love/making love Or his bedridden sadness but this was in vain.. "Oh feelin' blind, I realize, All I was searchin' for, was me. Oh oh-oh, all I was searchin' for was me." Blinded by his clouded judgment due to his depression. The turning point of the song: "All I was searchin' for, was me." In actual fact, his mind so set on searching for his other half to complete him again, that he fails to realise this isnt the case. Alll he really requires it to find himself, again. :) |
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| Ben Howard – Keep Your Head Up Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Verse1 "I spent my time watching the spaces that have grown between us" 'Spent'.. note this line is in the past I think this implies how the narrator had watched the relationship crumble as they grew apart. "And I cut my mind on second best or the scars that come with the greenness" Green.. Envy? Now moving into the present (I think) .. where he is now suffering under the thoughts of jealousy due to another person (prahaps) having his lover, and then 'second best'. Maybe this is because he know's no-one will compare to her/him.. (rumours that BH is Gay..). 'the darkness' The place he's been (mentally) since the termination of his relationship. "And I gave my eyes to the boredom, Still the seabed wouldn't let me in. And I try my best to embrace the darkness In which I swim." Maybe this is when he seeks comfort in the sea/beach/surfing but even this couldn;t cure his bordem/longing. I think.. |
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