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| The Milk Carton Kids – There By Your Side Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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for some reason this makes me think it's coming from the perspective of a person who is thinking back to losing a parent when they were a child. idk… weird thought I guess. |
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| Sarah McLachlan – Ice Cream Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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Wow. your comment really moved me. I'm about to start my teaching career with Kinders and i can just completely relate to understand what you say here. |
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| Des'ree – I'm Kissing You Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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excellent interpretation - especially the part about not being caught in the moment anymore... thanks for posting this |
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| Sleeping At Last – Turning Page Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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This is my personal interpretation in the context of a situation I am going through right now. I do not believe this is necessarily (or at all) the musician's meaning behind it... this is how these couple of lyrics touched me today in the moment i am living right now...
"I surrender who I've been for who you are"
I feel like, in my current situation, I was so set in my ways and wanting him to change that I didn't realize that I needed to make some changes with regards to acceptance and understanding that him and I are not exactly alike and I can not make him be someone he is not and that I need to surrender who I am (dominating the situation and wanting what I want when I want it) for who he is (someone who is slow to change, shy, not as touchy feely as I'd prefer, etc. etc.) I must accept his way of being and to do so I must surrender my "need" for him to be something his is not...
"Nothing makes me stronger than your fragile heart"
The same situation I spoke of above... I have had to be so strong through all of this. Surrendering my needs and wants and desires in order to keep around the man that I love so much... this man who has a fragile heart, that I didn't even realize he did until recently. But he is fragile. I am not so much. I am growing stronger through this and I'm realizing that I CAN sacrifice some of my desires and needs for him... for my love. I can do it and I will be stronger for it and who knows? Maybe down the road he will grow stronger and he may someday be able to fulfill some of these needs and desires I have that he is simply unable to do at this time... Maybe later he will be able to stand in the other shoes and make sacrifices for who I am... and we will meet in this beautiful middle. |
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| Rachael Yamagata – You Won't Let Me Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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At her live show, before singing this one, Rachael said something along the lines of:
Have you ever loved someone so much, but they just are in such a bad space or place and you just want to help them and heal them and make it all better, but you can't... You can't because the person has to do it for themselves ya know?
She said something like that... |
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| Rachael Yamagata – Sunday Afternoon Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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When I think about the "you leave me here on the other side..." it makes me think about one person in a relationship trying to progress the relationship, or move onto another stage in life or something, and the other person just... doesn't come along. I literally envision like land splitting apart and one person is on one side like, "Come on! Come with me! We can do this! you can do this!" Haha.. isn't that insane? ... Or maybe one person left for something... either way someone is obviously left. I'm just thinking of my situation where I am personally moving forward in life and bettering my life and I wish my SO would progress with me in our partnership but I sorta feel like I'm ready for something he is not... I'm on the other side. And he won't join me. So I guess I'm leaving him on the other side.
It's too late. I need to go to sleep. |
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| Rachael Yamagata – Sunday Afternoon Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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I saw Rachael live a year ago and I remember, right before singing this song, she asked the audience if they've ever been in a bad relationship.... something about getting lost in it... defining yourself through the other person... I *think*... I can't remember clearly exactly (not because of alcohol... just I have a terrible memory)... BUT!! I DO remember her saying that she had a bad breakup and she was so distraught but she decided to only give herself one day a week to grieve over the ending of the relationship... and that day was Sunday... |
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| Tracy Chapman – The Promise Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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I was thinking this as well. Reminds me of the song Ballerina by Laeonna Naess. (I don't think I'm spelling her name correctly... but the song *breaks* my heart in. two.) |
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