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| Sara Bareilles – Hercules Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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Sara clarified the meaning of this song when performing live in Texas. She stated that she dealt with some depression the year prior to this song, and that she viewed music as a "friend during your darkest times". Therefore, she wrote this song "asking for some strength" during her difficult times. It's evident in the lyrics. |
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| Sara Bareilles – Hold My Heart Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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After listening to Sara on 'iTunes Live from Soho', Sara describes what this song means. She wrote this during her depression, and it's about the fear that you'll never find someone who truly understands you and all your 'facets'. The lyrics are just begging for someone to come along and give her vitality. It's a very heartbreaking song and is not about romance, despite what you might think! |
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| Sara Bareilles – Cassiopeia Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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Sara starts off the song by telling the Ancient Greek myth of the woman Cassiopeia (who became the constellation due to an eternal punishment of her vanity). Then, she creates her own, sequel-like story to the mouth. It tells how, whilst in the form of a constellation, Cassiopeia fell in love with an adjacent shining star (or constellation). At first it talks about how Cassiopeia wants to shine bright to get the attention of this fellow star, as they are far away in the universe from her. She wants her rotation course to collide with him because then that will be her only peice of "heaven" in this eternal punishment. She is trying to make the bad in to good. As Cassiopeia was doomed to circle the earth, sometimes upside down, it talks about how she missed the star and is now lost in the "interstellar sea" as she rotates the earth once more. As she begins to weep that nothing good will come of her life ever again (I mean, she's trapped forever in the stars...alone..that's pretty sad!), the shooting star appears and the two collide. She proclaims "what a day" since she was only moments ago crying about her loneliness. As they are stars, when they collide they of course combust and create a supernova (this is could be a reference to sex). And as you know when a supernova occurs, it leaves behind stardust which comes down to earth and becomes matter, thus creating human life (which is an analogy to a child).
This is essentially a ballad (and no not the celine dion version, I mean ballad as in telling a linear story through song), but could also be an analogy for something else! |
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| Sara Bareilles – Send Me the Moon Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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I think the song is about being away from your lover. A long distance relationship of some sort (whether it be physically or metaphorically). |
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| Sara Bareilles – Stay Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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Much in the vain of 'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?' I think here Sara is describing someone she has fell for whilst on a night out, and they have slept together. She doesn't want the morning to come and the reality hit her that it is just a one-night stand. |
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| Sara Bareilles – Winter Song Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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Considering both women dealt with depression, I think this has some ties to it. They have been told the seasons are linked to emotions, especially Winter with sadness.
The actual specific tells of a relationship that has blossomed throughout the year, especially in summer, yet has seemingly gone sour in the winter. The women are asking if maybe it is due to Winter and it's negative effects on one's moods or it is just their love has been lost. Beautiful song! |
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