| Tori Amos – Sleeps With Butterflies Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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This song is about the aftermath of a larger-than-life one-night stand seen from the perspective of a girl who’s very clear-headed about what she did. For some reason, they knew in advance the sparks would fly sky-high once they engaged. And so it was. She is fully aware the guy may have trouble committing, probably due to geography or his career: he’s the acrobat, and even though they were together just the night before, he’s already flown away; that’s his routine. She won’t push. She won’t hold him down. Maybe she’s not like the girls he’s used to, in the sense that she is not as rich or famous or accomplished. But she sleeps with butterflies. And this is why, upon reading the other comments, I chose to add my two cents. To me, this is a purely lyrical image. Butterflies are no metaphor to explain the kind of guy she sleeps with; neither is it about change. It’s the scene: a simple yet pretty girl lying down in peaceful sleep as beautiful, colorful butterflies gently hover over her. It’s her little peace of magic; her being wrapped in some sort of wonder. She’s not like the girls he knows, BUT she’s worth coming home to. The night will be kissing away (that is, people will be kissing away in the night), but she’ll be at peace, wrapped in her own wonder, waiting for him. And then comes the best part: the very lyrical, dreamlike thought of flying away with him in a balloon, balanced by down-to-earth considerations (balloons look good from the ground, but they may get pierced by needles and pins scattered around), and then an incredibly lyrical final nod to chance — if their balloon gets pierced and falls to the ground, they may stumble upon a spinning carousel that may take them anywhere. If their story won’t always be high-flying, the spinning wheel of chance will tell where it goes when it hits the ground. And she’s okay with that. It’s the tale of a humble yet magical girl who was never afraid to give her all. |
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| The Cure – A Letter to Elise Lyrics | 5 years ago |
| Glad you liked it! I love the song and the more I listen to it, the more I’m convinced it’s about love dying because it’s unrequited. | |
| The Cure – A Letter to Elise Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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| The Cure – A Letter to Elise Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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As I see it, the song is indeed about resignation by the letter-writer, but not just at the fact that his love for Elise is gone. He also - a most importantly - seems to have realized that, back when his love was whole, he loved Elise more than she loved him and that, no matter how hard he tried or how well she pretended, he had never been able to change that. He makes it as clear as poetic language will allow that it was due to this imbalance in the relationship that he let his heart move away (Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you do / I know I'll never really get inside of you / To make your eyes catch fire / The way they should The way the blue could pull me in / If they only would / If they only would / At least I'd lose this sense of sensing something else / That hides away / From me and you). He´s painfully reminded of that imbalance at breakup, when she was obviously more capable than he was of keeping her cool and holding herself together (Yesterday / I stood and stared / Wide-eyed in front of you / And the face I saw looked back / The way I wanted to / But I just can't hold my tears away / The way you do). She managed because her pain was simply not as huge. In short, what this song tells you, in my view, is that love´s gotta be returned in the exact same amount it is given, otherwise it goes sour. |
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