| Sade – Like A Tattoo Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"He told me sweet lies of sweet love Heavy with the burden of the truth And he spoke of his dreams Broken by the burden Broken by the burden of his youth" ^^here she is describing her meeting with the man who had been in vietnam "Fourteen years, he said" ^^^from this line on the song is in the perspective of the man "I couldn't look into the sun She saw him laying at the end of my gun Hungrey for life And thirsty for the distant river I remember his hands And the way the mountains looked The light shot diamonds from his eyes Hungry for life And thirsty for the distant river" ^^^^here the veteran is describing killing a man while the dead man's wife or daughter (i'm assuming) was witness "Like the scar of age Written all over my face The war is still raging inside of me I still feel the chill As i reveal my shame to you I wear it like a tattoo I wear it like a tattoo I wear it like a tattoo" ^^^^and here the man is saying how the incident has scarred his life; he wears it 'like a tattoo' --- when i really disected the lyrics the song became so much more special to me. i love the way she tells such a vivid story in so few lines |
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