| Tindersticks – Travelling Light Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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@[wuming:52065] first a shout out to @[Mdaedalus:52066]: it looks like you just posted 5m ago - I guess 5 months, that means you're the latest. But to Wuming also, sorry you were left alone for so many years. That might be a leitmotif of Tindersticks and T'sticks followers. Well let me just jump in, many years and months late: this song's meaning is pretty much right there, not as mysterious as some of their others. First he's getting away with "I'm travelling light" i.e. I ain't got NO baggage. She let's him get away with that until she can't anymore, reminding him of how he tortures himself (Chinese water torture) and, no honey, you ain't traveling light at all, you got more baggage than you know. But does denial give in to acceptance? It seems not. Pain and suffering anguish on and on. I didn't care for the video too much. I get the concept of the regular-day scenery of the imaginary couple in the song. I would have preferred a more live performance, like a more gentle and mourning version of Fleetwood Mac's Go Your Own Way. |
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| Thievery Corporation – Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| @[Pretty:45324].Like.Drugs I was hung up on the meaning of "heaven's gonna burn your eyes". I don't see it as that person being so perfect. I see it as, you are so focused on your fears, you applaud them, you hold them near...your fears are the focus of your gaze. But "heaven" says, don't focus on that. You have been gifted with vision for so much more, don't focus on your fears, or your vision will be taken away from you. You will be blinded from being able to see anything "heavenly". I put that in quotes because what is heaven is so open to interpretation, but I love it here as a way to point to the sacredness of what a human can and should strive for. I think this might be my favorite TC song. I wish there were an official video for it. | |
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