| José González – Down the Hillside Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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It's warm in the blood Cold in the rain It's easy to stay I think these words are referring to the saying "blood is thicker than water" in respect to mourning after a loss. Blood represents family and water, or rain, represent friends perhaps. Meaning, family make a better support system than friends when dealing with death. Because the blood is warm and the water is cold. My interpretation of "it's easy to stay" is; it's going to be easier to "stay" in mourning than to move on. Notice the first word of the pre-chorus is "but". So staying (in mourning) is against the speakers advise. I'm my opinion, I think it's fairly obvious that this song is talking about moving on with one's life after the death of a family member. It's a family member because of the line "the house is for sale". I went ahead and broke it down line by line but not in order. "The pages are pale" as opposed to yellowed with age, is referring to youth. "The books are unwritten" the lives of the people involved have yet to be defined. Notice the plural "books" as in more than one life. Books = lives. I think parents of these youthful siblings (I imagine age ranges of 17 to 25 but idk) have died. Because "the house is for sale". That's all I got. Love to hear an interpretation of "the voice". Whose voice? José Gonzaléz voice is too beautiful to follow anyone else's? |
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