| Mike And The Mechanics – Silent Running Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Okay, I think there are multiple voices speaking in this song. If you watch the music video, it makes a little more sense. The first stanza is someone who knows a fallen father, following out the father's dying wishes by giving his son (who is still a child) a message - and a key. The video flashes back to the father, trying to explain to his wife that they were not safe, even though everything looked alright (clearly they have lost the war and their own church and state are corrupt). In the video she resists him as he tries to convince her. The boy listens to his father's message (with a lot of weird 80's imagery). I believe the talk about ammunition and God protecting "from up here" is part of the message - as it's more specific and clearly the voice of someone who knows where the families weapons are stored. The stanza about swearing allegiance to whatever flag they offer, I believe is the part of his message that is meant for his wife who refused to believe him before he died. Soon she will have no choice as the fighting is close at hand. She is instructed to play along with the victors, teach the children quietly, and wait until his son grows up to finally win back their freedom. That is my theory. |
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| Hayley Westenra – Dark Waltz Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I think this song is about denial and how lovely the world can be when you avoid the daylight. "We are the lucky ones... all our colors run together" implies to me the groupthink that happens in dysfunctional families and the false sense of connection and comradery. Throughout the whole song, there is little mention of why the waltz is 'dark' and why the melody is so sad. The whole thing escalates towards more longing to be "turning into the light" - a light far superior to daylight. Just like in Phantom this person is under the enchantment of denial whispering that the dark can be treated as "light" and fulfill the same purpose. The phrase "turning into the light" is emphasized more than once. There is only one stanza that hints at why the song is sad and dark - "Time dancers moving past, I look through the looking glass" and she finds heaven (or fulfillment) is out of reach. Alice's looking glass was a mirror (quite symbolically a dream). Dreams are the mirrors to the soul and when people are in denial they never really "look in the mirror" or address the truth about them and the dance they are dancing. I love that the song is sang sweetly and lovingly and yet has this undercurrent of sorrow. To me that is what it is to be in denial, unable to find truth and healing, yet dancing on as if everything were normal. That's my take :) |
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