| Cock Robin – The Promise You Made Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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To me the lyrics are quite ambiguous. Who has made what promise to whom? As in real life, we make a number of “promises”, some which we decide to keep and some we decide are unimportant or no longer relevant. At face value the promise is to be there in someone’s hour of need. And why does the singer feel the need to remind the person to whom the song is sung of the promise, other than the fear that the promise won’t be kept? The singer wants to be rescued from the life he/she leads - and seems desperate to convince the other person to keep the promise to rescue them. This desperation hints that the other person is reluctant. A rash promise? Does the other person fear rather than “lifting up” the singer”, they will end up being dragged down to that level? The verse sung by Anna LaCazio in particular is open to a number of interpretations. She talks about “giving her soul” and being “found untrue”. Is she asking her “lover” to save her from an unhappy marriage (“help me out of the life I lead”)? Has her lover promised her to do that? And when Peter Kingsbery sings back “remember the promise you made”, is that a reference to her marriage vows - and is he singing that line in the role of the lover or the soon to be jilted husband? |
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