| Nada Surf – Paper Boats Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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i think this song is about someone who cannot tell his friends or generally his loved ones what is wrong with him. i'd say the narrator wants to get away (train=getting away) but realizes that he cannot escape his problems and reasons for his sadness. i think this song is about feeling alone because you cannot tell anyone about your problems..because they wouldn't understand. that's what i get out of the song. Cause we're stuck in our own paths And that's the way it always lasts And I need something more from you. everyone has his own problems and nothing is ever going to change that. a song about friendships not being strong enough i think. |
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| Bee Gees – I Started a Joke Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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today, while driving, i listened to the song and something crossed my mind that makes these lyrics look quiet political. imagine (however the bee gees did not think about that obviously when they wrote it...) the guy in the song is George Bush. his "joke" was starting a war, which put the whole world to another level of violence. this so called (& very sarcastic thing to say) "joke" started the rest of the world crying. the joke, however, is on him though (thinking of things like... the bush quotes that make him look so stupid). when he cries, the rest of the world laughs and so on and so on. you can also see this song for any other political leader that has caused the world pain. good song. i especially like the cover by kathryn williams. |
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| Tom McRae – Sadly Beautiful Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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i also think it is about losing someone. the first and second verse tell a story from the point of view of an older person(mom or dad) who never got the chance to watch their child grow up. the pain is deep and the child is "sadly beautiful". the title of the song is - to me- an evidance that the person in the song is a mom or dad because to your parents you are always beautiful, no matter what and even though the child is grieving and most likely looks like a mess, it is "sadly beautiful". the last verse though changes the point of view in my opinion. "from the very last time you waved and honked your horn to the face that turned away pale and worn I had no chance at all to let you know you left me so sadly beautiful." it sounds as if the child is singing now. the face turned away pale, maybe it is a metaphor for death. "you left me so sadly beautiful" said by a child makes sense in my eyes because a child will always (/usually) say his or her mom /dad are beautiful and the fact that one of them had to leave makes them sad. sadly beautiful. none wants to leave a child behind when they havent even seen it grow up. maybe i am thinking in too many directions but that is what i think of when i hear the song. or maybe i just made this song fit my life. in the beginning ,for me, it is my dad saying this to my brother who is 8 years now and who was 7 years old when my dad passed away. i can also relate to it for me but "I had no chance at all to watch you grow up " really reminds me of my little brother more. the last part could be words coming out of my mouth. i relate to it a hurtful way too much. "i had no change at all to let you know" to let you know so many things. and if i think about the way my dad had to leave, i can only say he left sad but still beautiful. sadly beautiful. |
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| Tori Amos – Winter Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I get something slightly different out of the song actually. To me "Winter" by Tori Amos is about a father telling his daughter that he is going to die and that she has to live life without him. "Winter" is a song about the death of a dad. In the beginning she emphasizes that she is very close to her dad and that she needs him and his way of protecting her. - "I put my hands in my father’s glove.." the whole chorus is like a dialogue between father and daughter. the dad says she needs to realize who she is and she needs to understand what a great person she is. this , however, also shows her lack of self-esteem and her dad tries to fix it by saying "When you gonna love you as much as I do" "Cause things are gonna change so fast"- he won't be able to be with her for the rest of her life. things will change when he is not around anymore. "All the white horses are still in bed" is the most significant expression of the song to me. the white horses are a symbol for his death. if I picture white horses, i see white horses running at night. horses are associated with running, therefore with "leaving". the fact that the horses are not black though underlines the tone of the song. you could call it the beauty of a tragedy even though that is something people do not realize or atleast it takes a while to realize that the death of your father changes your life and if you want it to be, it can be for the better because indeed you need to start believing in something or you will be broken for the rest of your life. the love you feel for your father is overwhelming and even though you might think now it is not worth anything anymore, you realize at some point that a feeling as strong as this cannot be useless. the second verse is obviously about growing up and in the end she says " But I know the Ice is getting thin" which means to me that she knows the older they both become, the closer death is. when she sings -"Hair is gray and the fire is burrnig so many dreams on the shelf" she basically says again that she is aware of the fact that her father is getting older and that all the dreams he has and maybe both of them have won't come true since his time is running out. "You say I wanted you to be proud of me I always wanted that myself" sounds to me like he tells her just how important she is to him. and if she says "I always wanted that myself" it is as if she'd say "I wanted you to be proud of me" to her dad. so it doesnt mean that she wanted to be proud of her dad, but that she wanted her dad to be proud of her. that way it makes a lot more sense. infact it only underlines their relationship and how close they are. in the end the white horses are no longer "still in bed"; "All the white horses have gone ahead" means he left this world. in the very end she sings "never change": things might change and he is not around anymore but her love cannot be taken away. that way, things change but her feelings and memories do not change. ever. death cannot part people, it can even get them closer to each other even though it hurts that the person you lost is not around anymore. this song reminds me of my dad. i wish he would have had the chance to tell me these things. everything happened too fast and totally out of the blue and..just too early. every time i listen to this song, i see both of us walking through a forest at night. |
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