| Angus and Julia Stone – Death Defying Acts Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I believe this is about being in a relationship with someone who's too clingy/needy and emotionally dependent. "I will perform a dead defying act And I won't fall I'm brave, I can save the very small I'm everything..." ================ He sees her as someone who can perform death defying acts without faltering. he sees her as a savior, as everything. "but I'm nothing at all" But she's really none of that. "You compare my light to the sky Why do you try, to make me better than the divine" ================= He idealizes her too much. "It isn't the same, don't give it a name" ================= not sure. Let me remain Let me remain ================= It's chocking her. He's too needy It doesn't leave a room for her. "I'm everything I've ever been I'm everything I've ever seen I'm everything that slowly falls I'm everything and I'm nothing at all" ================= Who she truly is. She's just the same regular, mortal person she's ever been. "I will perform a death defying miracle For someone with the chemicals to believe" ============== It's only the chemicals of love in his brain that make him so faithfully convinced in her ability to perform death defying miracles. Again, he's idealizing her too much. "I am brave, but I've gravely understated I can't SAVE you from what you've taken and leave" ==================== He relies on her to save him, to give him things he should readily have. But she can't. She can't save him from his troubles. Only he can make himself truly happy. "You compare our love to the sun, what have you done?" ============================= He's sensationalizes the relationship to an extreme, and it's irritating her 'what have you done?' "There's a limit to the prizes we've won" ========================== There's a limit what their love could provide. |
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| Passenger – All the Little Lights Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This is about someone experiencing nostalgic feelings, he's recalling all the warm cheerful heartwarming moments in his life that ignited a light in his soul. The premise of the song is that a human is born with these lights in our hearts that light up every time we experience love, and they turn off when those moments are gone. That's why he feels darkness in his heart. He no longer lives the things he mentions in the song, The light that was brought to him by his uncle ben and the house he grew up in are just memories now. I think this song is quite amazing and it captures the mixture of feelings nostalgia sets in you perfectly, the warmth of old memories combined with the sourness of knowing that these things are gone. |
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| Woodkid – Run Boy Run Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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| Woodkid – Run Boy Run Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I always hear this song as one about a boy who is struggling with society, not fitting in and/or feeling like an outcast. "Run boy run! This world is not made for you Run boy run! They’re trying to catch you" "Run boy run! Break out from society" "Run boy run! They’re dying to stop you" I think that's applicable to many situations, a gay person in the closet like someone else said, a misfit, a bullying victim.. etc The song itself feels like an older version of the bo comforting him. Reassuring him that tomorrow will be better, that he'll be a man and will explore different places of the world and so ultimately wouldn't have to live with those same people he despise for the rest of his life. "Run boy run! Beauty lays behind the hills" "Tomorrow is another day And you won’t have to hide away You’ll be a man, boy!" But for now, he'll just have to survive. "But for now it’s time to run, it’s time to run!" |
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