| Earshot – Wait Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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although this song seems pretty straightforward, i wanted to give my two cents on something i noticed with the lyrics that i found interesting. so, you have the chorus; "i can't wait for someone to hear me and wait for someone to touch me and wait forever to be told i'm forever alone - i can't wait for someone to feel me and wait for someone to heal me and wait forever to be told i'm forever alone" so, how i interpreted this as, is that the vocalist is excited for these things, or looking forward to them, in the same sense that someone would say "oh boy, i can't wait to go rob that ice cream store of all their ice cream after school!" i like that interpretation because it gives the first 2/3 of the song a light tone in words despite the music and general subject being heavy but after the second time the chorus is repeated, there's a bridge that flips the meaning of the last chorus. at least, it did for me. it's a very simple line, but it does a lot to change your perspective on the song. the bridge before the last chorus of the song is as follows; "i, i'm not waiting here this time." then the chorus goes as it had before. but, the bridge before the chorus brings a darker meaning to the song. to me, it makes it sound like this guy literally cannot wait any longer to have someone who cares about him. like, he wouldn't wait even if he could, because he can't wait anymore. and this is just speculation of course, but uhhh that to me sounds like he's going to kill himself because he can't take being lonely anymore. or maybe i'm just depressed and looking into it too hard. still, i think it's an interesting thing to take into consideration. makes the last third of the song have some more weight. |
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| Chris Garneau – Over and Over Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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personally, i interpret this song as someone who's been abused trying to get over it. that might just be because of my current situation, but hear me out. "It's not my fault,, You said so. You said it over and over." reminds me of therapy, trying to tell traumatized people it's not their fault. it could also be the abuser apologizing, if they would. i imagine this part is repeated because no matter how many times someone tells you it's not your fault, you might still think it is, especially with abuse. "Now I'm in this thing, This fucking thing, I'm stuck over and over." the "thing" might be trauma or depression or trying to let go of the negative experience/s and failing, again and again. "And you give me things That make me sad You give them over and over." this could be interpreted as the abuser giving the abused gifts to try to make up for it, or making comments that bring them down. “And I can feel the days. But I'd like to say, ‘Remember the days when we used to?’ But I don't feel them over and over.” the days referred to in the first line seems like the abused saying they can feel what they felt back in those times when they were being abused-- fear, panic, worthlessness. but the abused would like to attempt reconciliation with their abuser and try to recall the good days they had, but they don't feel the good times as frequently as the bad ones. "We're rockers, anyway. Just skin and bones, Good hair, good clothes. And that's how it goes. We've got sweet little toes." i'm not exactly sure what to make of this? but if i had to guess, it's the abused kind of trivializing existence, breaking it down to anatomy and good appearances and being sweet (that's the best interpretation i have for "sweet little toes") "And it's all, all, all, all, all up to me now. There's a lot of work, work, work, work to do. And it's all, all, all, all, all up to me now. Leave me be, be, be, be, be, I am through." the child's voice in this might symbolize the child who was abused finally coming together with a more mature adult version of themself to work out their feelings of what they've been through. and ultimately, it's all up to the child and the adult version of that one person to get better mentally. and it's hard, there's a lot of therapy and self forgiveness required. so i think this song ends with the abused telling their abuser to fuck off so they can get better in peace. but that's just a theory, a MUSIC THEORY |
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