| Tyler Joseph – Taken by Sleep Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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This song could mean something different for every person, but to me it seems like Tyler is singing about a friend he lost, or a friend who passed away (probably commited suicide) When I first heard it, and read the lyrics, I felt sick because it hit so close to home. Last year a good friend of me died in a car crash. And this song describes perfectly what I felt/still feel. Because when I realize that she's been dead for almost a year now, I can't believe it, because to me it still seems like it was just yesterday. And if I'd have the chance to see her one last time, I wouldn't know what so say to her. I wouldn't even know if I'd be angry at her for not driving carefully enough and for letting all of this happen, because in all honesty: That's how I felt back then. I was sad and sick and angry. But in the end it wouldn't matter, because I'd be happy enough if I could just see her face again. "And somebody told me they saw you cry and break down Do you know how hard that is to get around and think about? It's not like you to let emotions get the best of things Especially when everything is hanging in the air we breathe" This is the verse that always makes my stomach twist. Because a few weeks after the accident, her boyfriend, who was in the car with her and survived, told me under tears that when paramedics arrived, she was still alive and that she was crying for help and said that she was dying, and paramedics didn't help her, because they wanted to get him out of the car first. When they got him out, she was already gone. And this was so fucking hard for me to know, because then I felt like "They could have saved her" and like there still was a chance that she'd be alive today. And everytime I saw her boyfriend I felt sick again, because deep down I thought that it was his fault. And he was that cruel reminder that she was dead because he was alive. I mean, I later realized that it wasn't his fault. But being around him still gave me a sad and weird feeling. Everytime he was around me, this sadness was literally hanging in the air. This song means so so much to me, and I'm so thankful that Tyler wrote it, because he perfectly captured my thoughts and emotions. "Taken by Sleep" will always be her song, even though I really wish it wasn't. |
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| Band of Horses – The Funeral Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This is my way of interpreting this song. I personally think that this song is about the states of grief after you've lost someone you loved. Last summer one of my good friends died and this song described perfectly what I felt. At first I couldn't accept that she was dead. I thought it wasn't real, that she was still alive. "I'm coming up only to show you wrong" I wanted to prove them all wrong, I wanted to show them that she wasn't really gone. "Really too late to call So we wait for morning to wake you" I secretly waited for a sign or a message from her everyday, just a small note that would show me that she really isn't dead. I was still in disbelief. "At every occasion I'll be ready for the funeral Every occasion, once more, it's called the funeral Every occasion, know I'm ready for the funeral" This is what I told myself. I heard people talking about the funeral and I knew that I would have to go, but I didn't really feel anything. I wasn't crying once before the funeral. It just all seemed unreal for me. "At every occasion, oh, one billion day funeral" But the moment I was standing in front of her casket at her funeral, it all suddenly hit me and I suddenly had to realize that she wouldn't come back. That it was useless to wait for a message from her, because there wouldn't be one. All the feelings that I suppressed before the funeral suddenly came bursting out. And from then on I was crying for months and months afterwards. It was a billion day funeral. I think you can really hear that in the song too. At first, when this quiet melody is playing. That's when everything is still "ok", when you're still in denial. And then when the chorus starts and it gets loud and heavy all of a sudden, that's the moment when you're at the funeral and you suddenly have to realize that your loved person really is gone. |
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