| New Order – Leave Me Alone Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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'On a thousand islands in the sea / I see a thousand people just like me' This makes me think of how the Narrator feels he is alone, though he knows he isn't, 'the sea' could represent the separation and disconnection he feels away from other people. 'We live always underground / It's going to be so quiet in here tonight / A thousand islands in the sea / It's a shame' This suggests that the Narrator thinks that people who are alone are 'always underground' (maybe metaphorically) and are not seen or known. The second two lines make me think of how the Narrator has become submissive in being lonely, and just simply thinks of his (and other people's situation) 'a shame', a bit like 'it is what it is' sort of situation. 'And a hundred years ago / A sailor trod this ground I stood upon / Take me away everyone / When it hurts thou' 'A hundred years ago' could suggest that this state of being lonely has been happening a long time, and in a sense is normal. 'A sailor trod this ground I stood upon' makes me think of how the sailor (who would've sailed at sea) found his place, or in this context 'island', and perhaps became content with loneliness. 'Take me away everyone, when it hurts thou', makes me think of how the Narrator does not want to be in the way, and just thought it would be easier to be alone, as not to hurt anyone, removing himself from society. 'From my head to my toes / From the words in the book / I see a vision that would bring me luck' 'From the words in the book' could suggest a religious text of sorts, that perhaps the Narrator puts faith in, to bring him luck, perhaps to get him out of his state of isolation, or maybe because believing in something doesn't make him feel completely alone. 'From my head to my toes / To my teeth, through my nose / You get these words wrong / You get these words wrong / Everytime / You get these words wrong / I just smile' 'You get these words wrong / Everytime' could suggest how when he tries to make contact with other people they misinterpret his words, but in the end he doesn't care he just smile, 'everytime' could also show a sort of helplessness, and that he feels no one will understand him, so he's better off alone. 'But from my head to my toes / From my knees to my eyes / Everytime I watch the sky / For these last few days leave me alone / But for these last few days leave me alone / Leave me alone / Leave me alone' - 'Everytime I watch the sky' could suggest a place above the sea and islands, above what the Narrator sees as underground, perhaps a heaven or refuge, a place where he hopes to be, or maybe just observes. 'The sky' could refer to society beyond his isolation, but with him being underground and society in the sky, he feels distant and detached, knowing it's a place he can never reach, and now all he is asking for is to be alone. 'For these last few days' could show how he knows he's spent his alone (in and out of attempts to reconnect with society), but now all he asks is to be alone in it's most complete state. (one of my favourite New Order album tracks :) |
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