| Missy Higgins – Sugarcane Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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@[letheredge:25205] for me personally it's about mental abuse, more specifically bullying and all the ramifications of it. The whole metaphor of the ballerina is the personification of your younger self, like in the second verse where she wishes the ballerina could hide herself the way the narrator can now. "She will leave our games to never be the same" - being abused so much and being torn as to whether stand up or to hide and hope you stay invisible, the whole imagery of the mirror and button in the second verse is referring to the wall you learn to put up; and being able to be free to dance in your own mind without the contant worrying about others opinions. The chorus is the older self telling the ballerina (younger self) to look after herself no matter what, to 'eat the soil and drink the rain" to grow above the abuse and pain so you can run. A song all about personal hindsight. |
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| Missy Higgins – Everyone's Waiting Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| A beautiful lyrical song about all the turmoil that depression brings; being so numb you just function on auto pilot: being able to tie a knot behind your back. Your mind seems to take over and it doesn't matter how hard your heart yells and tries to keep you on track it never seems to win the battle; and you begin to live for everyone else and not for your own life. | |
| Missy Higgins – Cooling of the Embers Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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I've always loved this song, and I never really 100% had a solid interpretation of the lyrics until my grandmother got sick with alzheimers. She's penned the emotions of that journey perfectly, the confusion and having to come to terms with the struggle of having memories that someone else no longer remembers. The way they're still themselves in a way, but no wbete near the same person they were at the same time. Them talking fast but never really talking about anything in particular; such a sad battle that was turned into a beautiful song. |
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| Missy Higgins – Any day now Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| I've always interpreted this song to be about all the feelings that come with someone close to you dying. More specifically someone you know is dying, whether it be illness or old age. For me it was my great grandmother, she was 95 and you know always in the back of your head it's coming but you never want to believe it. All the turmoil that comes with losing them, and the loss of optimism that they'd always be there, and the feeling of moving on but still being pulled back and being surprised that every now and then their memory and presence is still just as strong. | |
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