| CHVRCHES – The Mother We Share Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I think the lyrics are wrong in several places. (I've listened over and over) "Until the night falls" should be "Into the night for once" and more importantly, "I'm in misery where you can see..." should be "Come in misery where you can see" To me, the song makes more sense this way as well, as then it become clear that the "you" in this song is misery. In other words the song is being written to personified misery (likely a double meaning here with the person who has caused her this misery). Then also "the mother we share" becomes a subtle reference to the popular expression "The mother of misery" (google it), referring to realization that the cause of her misery is what has made her who she is. (ie I am who I am because of my difficult experiences in life). But now, she is ready for misery to go. How else would "in the dead of night, I'm the only one here, and I will cover you until you go" make sense? "you" is misery personified. The mother they share is perhaps something along the lines of stubbornness. thus... Come in misery where you can seem as old as your omens. [come into me, misery, where you can seem as old as your omens. or when we are miserable, its hard to remember being anything but miserable, it often feels like the pain and its associations (omens) have been eternal. And the mother we share will never keep your proud head from falling [Misery is proud or stubborn and won't leave or bow to your will] The way is long but you can make it easy on me [working through painful situations can be long and hard, but you, misery, could make it easy on me] And the mother we share will never keep our cold hearts from calling [the mother is likely stubbornness, if the author and misery could just humble themselves and listen to the call of their hearts, misery would leave sooner] Never took your side, [I didn't ask for misery] Never curse your name [I didn't complain about my misery] I keep my lips shut tight [but I don't whine about it either] Until you go oh oh oh [until the pain/misery leaves me] Now We' ave come as far As we're ever gonna get Until you realize, That you should go [but I'm done being depressed and miserable, it's time for this sad experience to be over] In the dead of night I'm the only one here [I am sad and alone with my pain] And I will cover you [but I'll try and cover my misery until it leaves] Until you go oh oh oh And if I told the truth, [If i told others about my pain] I would always be free And keep a prize with me [the prize is self respect?] Until you go oh oh oh [until the pain/misery leaves] [Into the night for once], We're the only ones left [In the still of the night, after all the other personified emotions have gone, and her pain begins to subside] I bet you even know, Where we could go oh oh oh [misery always suggests a poor solution to the pain, like going to a bridge or some other f-ed up idea] And when it all fucks up, You put your head in my hands It's a souvenir [finally misery submits and lets her "proud head fall" into her hands, she overcomes her pain and misery goes] For when you go-o-oh |
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| Willie Nelson – Hands On The Wheel Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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This song is very meaningful to me. Not sure why these other people would think he's singing about his 'girl' or his 'woman' (although that's part of it). I think he is saying that in a crazy world where 'deceivers and believers' are all telling us what life is all about, and what its purpose is and what we should be doing with our life, he, like most people has spent his life trying to figure it out for himself. He looked to the stars (heaven), and bars (vice), but finally found it in his relationships. "An[d]' in the shade of an oak down by the river, Sit an old man an' a boy, Settin' sail, spinnin' tales an' fishin' for whales, With a lady they both enjoy." This is obviously a man, his son, and a 'lady' who is the mother figure. Likely he is saying he found life's meaning or 'something real' in his relationship with this lady and his son. We may likely infer that he fell in love with a lady, they had a son, and now he has found true meaning in life... meaning that religion or vice could not give him. He looks into their eyes and has finally found himself. (It's not specific whether it's the lady's or boy's eyes he looks into, but perhaps we can guess its both). |
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