| Blondie – Dreaming Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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| Blondie – Dreaming Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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IMO, Harry is exploring the dividing line between reality and our thoughts/dreams. She has little or no connection to actual people in the song but rather identifies almost totally with her dreams, even to the point of wondering whether pleasure is created by something real or if it is simply a mental state of being. I think a subtext that is repeated here is that dreaming is free, i.e. it requires no emotional risk. Without that risk there is no chance of being hurt, so perhaps her attachment to her dreams is a function of a desire to avoid pain. In the end, she "sits by" and watches the world pass her by but is willing to "build a road in gold" in order to hold on to her dreams. |
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| Queen – '39 Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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These are pretty opaque lyrics & have thought about them since I first heard the song in 1976. I don't think its about space travel or relativity; May, IMO, is using that to illustrate his point. This is about a long journey that returns to its point of origin many years later. I see it as a conversation between a child and an adult (parent?) who wonders why he cannot seem to make the adult understand (don't you hear my call though your many years away?) After taking the arduous journey, the child, now an adult, finds himself in the same conversation, but now on the other side and still unable to bridge the gap of years. The journey is the jouney of life. I think he uses "lands" as a metaphor for knowledge & experience. And while he certainly points out man's impermanence, there are still universal things such as the inadequacy of language to convey experience and true wisdom. And in the end "all your letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand" which says to me that there are more profound ways of sharing oneself with others than mere words. |
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