| Little Feat – Sailin' Shoes Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I named my boat after this song | |
| Phish – Wading In The Velvet Sea Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I translated this song for a friend in France and it really got me thinking about what it means. I think it's about missing someone who has died, and about how memories are precious but difficult to hold onto. "the velvet sea" is good memories or happy thoughts. I think it generally refers to the feeling of being lost in pleasant thoughts, the feeling of reverie. "I took a moment from my day, wrapped it up in things you say" The author is thinking about someone, he knew her well because he knows things that she said frequently that were characteristic of her (i think the present tense "things you say" is used to maintain the rhyming scheme) "mailed it off to your address" he "told" her that he was thinking about her, but not in a way that she could respond. Just like if you said a prayer, it could be like writing a letter to God. "you'll get it pretty soon unless, the packaging begins to break, and all the points I tried to make, are tossed with thoughts into a bin" He is thinking about the possibility that his memories of her could fade. "time leaks out, my life leaks in" (my favorite line) even though the author was close to her, his life goes on and new experiences and new memories make it difficult to maintain his memories of her in the clarity he desires. Because he cannot make new memories with her, the memories he has start to fade. "you won't find moments in a box, and someone else will set your clocks" means that memories cannot be made unless you are aware of the good things that are happening in your life, and understand that time spent with people is precious and not replaceable. When you savor moments and absorb them into memory, it is as if you are capturing time, controlling it. If you are ignorant of how precious memories are as they are happening you have no control of what you remember, the strength of your memories depends on the effect that things have on you, not how much you want to remember them. "I took a moment from my day, wrapped it up in things you say" this is repeated to connect the previous thought with the beginning, as in a conclusion. He is exercising his memories of her and returning to being deep in thought. |
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