| Of Monsters And Men – Yellow Light Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Ok so, I get how, pretty much everyone get dark meaning to this song, but i have another take, purely because of my personal experiences with a very incredible man that has recently come back into my life :) so.. 'I'm looking for a place to start, And everything feels so different now.' - In my interpretation, she has messed up in the past with a relationship, She strongly believes that she has to rekindle the relationship, yet she is afraid of love, because she doesn't understand it. She might even think that Love is an absurd crazy world of madness... 'Just grab a hold of my hand, I will lead you through this wonderland.' - He wants to support her no matter what, even though she has hurt him in the past, he is willing to take her hand and walk with her, help her get over her fear of love, he even refers to love the way she interprets it, as a crazy wonderland. 'Water up to my knees, But sharks are swimming in the sea.' - Even though he has told her that he will always be there, he has expressed his love to her in the most divine way. She still takes caution to the wind, She is unsure on how to react to his kindness. 'Just follow my yellow light And ignore all those big warning signs.' -he extends her metaphor of caution, referring to his guidance as a yellow light, (Yellow is the colour of caution, a perfect example is when a robot turns yellow, you are supposed to slow down) he tells her to forget about the warning signs her body is giving her (In my opinion, she has rekindled her relationship with her true love, despite her running away from it previously) 'Somewhere deep in the dark, A howling beast hears us talk.' - Just because of personal experiences, I interpret the 'Howling beasts' as people who do not agree with their relationship. (I.E. a family member/members, friends or mentors) and even though she is afraid of what they might think, she just passes that fear because she doesn't care 'I dare you to close your eyes And see all the colors in disguise.' -He says out of desperation, 'I Dare you to close your eyes' So, hes asking her to take a blind leap of faith and discover the beauty and wonders of Love, this indicates that he acknowledges that she is afraid of love, but he doesn't understand why. His understanding of love is pure and beautiful, and he wants her to experience that too. 'Running into the night, The earth is shaking and I see a light.' - As she closes her eyes and takes this leap of faith ( He wants her to close her eyes, be careless and just fall in love again, She feels like in doing so, it is the equivalent of just running into darkness (Justifies her being afraid of love.)) yet true love prevails. but She is so afraid she feels like the earth is shaking (Like the feeling you get just before you pass out).. But finally she sees the light, she sees the meaning of love, the light represents her love, so she finally sees why love is so beautiful. 'The light is blinding my eyes As the soft walls eat us alive.' - This is personally my favorite line, He says the light is blinding his eyes because her light/ her love is so bright, so she has now finally fallen so so deeply and madly in love with him, hence the next line, 'The soft walls eat us alive' you generally find soft walls in an asylum, which is where crazy people go. :D Eeeep! they're so crazy in-love that they're in a crazy people room :P Let me know your thoughts darlings XOXO |
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