| David Bowie – Conversation Piece Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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To me the song depicts the insecurities that a depressed-anxious person goes through, the feeling of inadequacy, of awkwardness, of how the person didn't have the passion or strength to do the things he once loved. He can't figure it out and he was unable to call for help. In the end, he chooses suicide. "I took this walk to ease my mind To find out what's gnawing at me Wouldn't think, to look at me, that I've spent a lot of time in education It all seems so long ago I'm a thinker, not a talker I've no-one to talk to, anyway" An introvert person who feels inadequate. He spent a lot of time in education, yet from his perception, those who look at him probably think he's stupid for not being articulate, or awkward, and he doesn't look like someone too bright. In most traditional education systems one of the aspects they try to develop on us is social skills and speaking skills, so leaving school/university without feeling confident on that aspect is kind of depressing. Especially when you feel you only got worse on that. "I live above the grocers store, owned by an Austrian He often calls me down to eat And he jokes about his broken English, tries to be a friend to me But for all my years of reading conversation, I stand without a word to say" He wants to have friends. He appreciates the man's efforts but he still feels inadequate, he feels that whatever he says will be judged. He has read lots of books, novels, anything; he knows what a conversation should be like, but he simply can't find the words to reply. He doesn't know why he feels so inadequate and it bothers him so much. "And the world is full of life Full of folk who don't know me And they walk in twos or threes or more While the light that shines above the grocer's store investigates my face so rudely" The world is full of people who know nothing about him, his education or his awkwardness. He'd like to take a second chance at life and make brand new friends to make up for the ones he could never keep, but he feels he's getting old (it all seem so long ago) and everyone already has their pairs and groups of friends set in stone - how could he possibly find a breach to fit in? And every time he tries, he wish he didn't, because when people do notice him, he feels awkward, he feels like being alone: "the light that shines above the grocer's store investigate my face so rudely". "And my essays lying scattered on the floor Fulfill their needs just by being there And my hands shake, my head hurts, my voice sticks inside my throat I'm invisible and dumb, no-one will recall me" The only things he ever felt adequate for, writing and thinking, he now feels that are actually useless because no one would ever read or be interested in them. He now feels like even the things he once loved to do, he's not good anymore or he was never good to begin with. He feels a weight above him that erases everything he ever was, and why would anyone remember a good-for-nothing like him? He'd better "go away" unnoticed too. "I can't see the road for the rain in my eyes (...) I can't see the bridge for the rain in my eyes (...) I can't see the water for the tears in my eyes" During this walk and all this thinking, he was trying not to cry and pretend it was just the rain. He was trying to think a way out of the situation, trying to figure why was it that he felt like this, at the same time that he knew exactly where he was headed to. He probably thought about suicide way before taking the walk, but would never do it. This time he did. |
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| Sonata Arctica – It Wont Fade Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Heleft in the middle of the tour? I always thought he left just after Unia was done... Whatever, this military service thing was certainly what contributed the most, but I've read somewhere that Jani already was unhappy with the new path the band was taking, and was not attending to the rehearsals... It was coming and it's really hard to believe It Won't Fade does not relate to Jani, the lyrics just FIT (as a metaphor). | |
| Sonata Arctica – Black Sheep Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Actually he plays a little, he says: "We're not Iron Maiden and we're not from England, we are Sonata and we come from Finland!". I think they play like this in every show, now. | |
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