| Beach House – The Hours Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I was thinking there were two people to the story. As I go through my interpretation it's the singer and the other person. I believe that 'the hours' is a way of referring to their time spent together. Also for some reason I think it's a romantic sort of connection that they have but I know that there is no real evidence of this. Anyway. 'Can I wait the hours Til they find me Climb up to the tower So that you could see' I think she means like Can I wait for you? Are you coming back? in the first 2 lines. He is busy for now trying to figure something out by looking at the bigger picture overall from a higher point of view. Maybe even a more logical one as opposed to a more emotionally charged one living in the present. 'Violence in the flowers where they found you Can I wait the hours Would it be untrue Climb up to the tower So that you can see All across the hours' Everything was great between them, and peaceful in a way, like in a meadow of flowers. It was almost too easy somehow and that gave him time to think and then that is where he ran into trouble. In that there was frustration and second guessing (violence) on his part. Is it too good to be true, he wanted to know. In order to answer this question for himself he withdraws from her and hyper analyzes what they have. He is searching for an explanation for his uneasiness. I think he might just not be used to the niceness of it. 'Frightened eyes Looking back at me Change your mind Don't care about me Frightened eyes Looking back at me Change your mind Don't leave with out me Frightened eyes' He's going ahead and is halfway out the door basically but looks back as he is kind of unsure. She knows it's his fear making him want to leave. She doesn't want him to leave without her. 'Made in your reflection So that you can feel Mad in your intentions Fear it isn't real All the recollections Spinning in a field Left in your possession Til it isn't real You say it isn't real' He is the only reason behind his fear. He turns the memories and good times they've shared over in his head many times until everything is so twisted to him that he can see whatever it is he wants. Eventually he can find a reason to discount their relationship. 'It's deeper than you and me It's further than you could see Is it too much to ask tell me It's all in a glance you'll see It's deeper than you and me It's all in a glance you'll see It's farther than we could be It's deeper than you and me' It's not something you can make sense of just by thinking hard about it for awhile or suddenly draw a conclusion of from the evidence. It is too deep seeded and he is acting too fast. It runs too far to see even up from the tower. Is it too much to ask, she says, just to wait and see. Everything he could need to figure out could be known from a mere glance at the situation. There's nothing to find and he's thinking on it too hard and with too much urgency. Any problems he might have run deeper than their relationship and so he should not look there for the source of his inner conflict. 'Frightened eyes' Really he is just scared of what he knows to be true. Things are just as good as they seem. It isn't specified why. There are probably many reasons for feeling this way and totally going out on a limb but maybe he doesn't want to get his hopes up because then they could be crushed. |
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| Lana Del Rey – Summertime Sadness Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I'm glad you all like my interpretation! From the time when I wrote this I have since watched the music video and that has changed my perspective on the song a little bit and so thought I'd update! In the music video, it is clear that the song is about another female, could be a friend/ sister/ whatever. In the video, the friend commits suicide by jumping off of a ledge. The singer later does the same. The lyrics, "Late is better than never," mean she feels like she should have been with her the first time, because where one goes, the other does as well. She is hurt because she doesn't know why she would do that without talking to her or anything. She thought they had this wonderful connection, and she knows they did, but she still is very hurt by the fact that her friend was in so much pain, so much so that she killed herself, but she wasn't able to help her and potentially knew nothing of it. Technicalities and broading aside, whenever I hear this song I think of human connection and how stunningly beautiful it can be. |
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| Lana Del Rey – Summertime Sadness Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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She has lost someone dear to her. A lover, I think, because of the line, "kiss me hard before you go." This *could* be directed at a close female friend or sister or other family member but to me the line is more passionate and sexual than that. I hug my little sister hard when I'm not going to see her for a while. I kiss my lover goodbye. She feels his presence this summer, as she does every summer because it is the season in which he died. The elements remind her of him and freshen her fading memories. It could be his spirit or wishful thinking but it's all the same to her. It's been a while since she lost him. She misses him madly and is somewhat happy just to feel him around. Which is why she tells him, "Kiss me hard before you go." She knows when the summer ends she will have to go back to trying to live without him, instead of just letting the depression consume her as she does at this time of the year. I think it is this idea that inspires her to commit suicide in the first place. She can't bear the thought of going back to trying to forget him. Oh, my God, I feel it in the air Telephone wires above all sizzling like your stare Honey I'm on fire I feel it everywhere Nothing scares me anymore She feels his intense gaze on her ("sizzling like your stare") as she she dolls herself up for the occasion. She is sort of delirious and euphoric at the idea of being reunited with her lover in the afterlife. She feels "alive" and "on fire." She feels this energy "in the air" and all around her. She's not afraid. Nothing could ever hurt her worse than losing him did. "Cruising down the coast goin' 'bout 99 Got my bad baby by my heavenly side I know if I go, I'll die happy tonight" She senses him in the passenger seat as she speeds down the road and this gives her confidence. If her suicide attempt is successful, she knows she will die happy. "I think I'll miss you forever Like the stars miss the sun in the morning skies Late is better than never Even if you're gone I'm gonna drive, drive" It has been so long and she still misses him deeply. Because it doesn't hurt any less now than it ever did she thinks it won't ever get any better. She considers the possibility that they may never be together again. They are so close, yet so far. She's a bird who is in love with a fish. She doesn't care. Even if he really is lost to her forever she would rather bet her life on the chance of being with him again than go on without him. |
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