| Seven Lions – Worlds Apart Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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For some people, long distance relationships work out really well--messages you send to each other become meaningful, you both do your own things on your own time, you both are able to give attention to friends and family without jeopardizing much time with each other, and the times you actually do get to spend together feels like it's worth so much more. On the other hand, a long distance relationship may not work so well for others. It can make you feel lonely at times, wonder if the other person is being honest about what they say they are doing, make you crave physical affection, and so many more emotion provoking feelings and actions. There's ups and downs, and I like to keep in mind that every relationship is different. For me, this song reminds me of times I have experienced in a long distance relationship. ~I keep reaching But you're not reaching back You're not reaching back~ Have you ever messaged your significant other and it took them multiple hours to respond? Sometimes it's like that because maybe they get busy or stuff comes up, but, at least, they tell you about it after it's all over. I remember a time when the most I would receive from him was one message a day over a span of a few weeks, hours after sending one message. I didn't want to spam his inbox because I understood that maybe he was busy, but after a while I noticed that he wasn't telling me anything about the things going on in his life that were preventing him from timely responding. ~Trying to get in, fight you through the cracks Trying to get in, fought you through the cracks~ I didn't want to sound nosy, but I started to compose messages in ways that would help me understand what he was doing and how he was feeling and also signal to him the discomfort I was feeling. And then he told me. And I stopped prying. I suddenly felt the real distance of all of those miles. ~I guess I'm trying to say It hurts to feel this far Million miles away Next to me, next to me you are Well if you're sitting right here Why are we worlds apart?~ Let me rewind a bit. All this time, everything leading up to that day, I felt that I was waltzing along with him in a bright, wonderful, endearing relationship. We had spent countless hours talking over the phone, sharing details of our lives--I have to admit, when my eyes were closed it really was as if he were right next to me, and on his own he told me that he has experienced the same thing. But what made him want to forgo all that we had? ~If you're so near then why do you feel this far? Why are we worlds apart?~ In the sanctuary of my closet, shower sessions, the darkness of the night into my pillow, anywhere I could fully express my feelings from the stab of his words, I pleaded in my head to him. What did I do wrong? Why am I suddenly a lower priority? What about all of those things you said before? Please tell me, please just please. When things got quiet I really only wanted to hear from you. ~Oh, we're not that different you know I play among the stars and then fall so low I try to make sense as I go~ The worst part was that he couldn't see the state I was in or my actions to understand how I felt. I felt like I was reduced down to a monotone line of generic text. He couldn't physically comfort me, and that was what we both desperately wanted. I tried my best, but the distance seemed to have bested me. ~'Cause nothing is in your soul~ At the end of the day, you still come back to a quiet home, everything exactly how it was left, no lights on, and a cold bed. When you're by yourself so far away, you get a lonely, hollow, very empty feeling, satisfied only by human interaction and it's powerful. You look to fill it, and as you do, you realize what you're doing. He felt wrong for what he did. I don't know if his doings made him feel worse than what he felt feeling lonely, but I think he feels more guilt than anything. I can't completely forgive him for something I could not control, and I won't let him forget, but my heart can harden a little and I can move on with the relationship that I am not willing to put down. |
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| Swimming With Dolphins – Happiness (feat. Sunsun) Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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Hmm, the album came out in 2011, and yet no comments. Guess I'll be the first on this website for this song c: Before I analyze, I hope you guys love this song as much as I do, and for as long as I have (and continuing). Please take this with a grain of salt, everything I say here is just my (first) opinion probably badly explained. To me, this song sounds like a relationship that possibly started out with love, but turned out to be only for show. "February skies You cause the resurrection of my butterflies We got dressed up in disguise And I tried my best but I just can't recognize you Well, you, you've got no excuse Is this making you happy? Is this making you happy? Cause it's true, you're all I have to lose So if it's making you happy, Then it's making me happy too" In the beginning, it's just the girl singing. In this part, I always thought of a scenario where the girl has a crush on a popular, flirty guy at school. It's February and the Valentine's Day dance is coming up (we had one at our high school every year), and she imagines what it'd be like if he took her to the dance, which makes her feel all lovey-dovey (butterflies in your stomach). However, she feels like she has a one in a million chance that he would ask her of all girls, so she has her hopes up. Turns out, he asks her, and she gets all lovey-dovey again. In the time leading up to the dance, when they're getting to know each other better, she tries to be the kind of person she believes he and his friends would like--she uncomfortably tries to be someone she's not. If he's happy, then she should be too--she thinks this as a way to measure how well she's been doing. She realizes that he's nothing like what she imagined him to be, and she's suddenly aware that he might have chosen her for the way that she acts and looks clinging to his arm. She believes that her happiness isn't even a thought that goes through his mind and that he's really only in it for himself. Now she's wondering why she's going with this guy, whoever this guy really is, and sees that she's better off without him. "Go do what you like Cause you always find a way to be satisfied But when all that glory dies You can find me trapped behind your tired eyes" In this next section of lyrics, the guy starts singing with her in the background. They're both telling each other to do whatever it is they want, neither of them care to have a say in what the other person does since it'd make them both happier that way anyway (rather than one person telling the other person to do something and that choice ends up being not very satisfying). They're no longer interested in each other (trapped behind your tired eyes = tired of seeing each other), they're just with each other for the dance. "Yeah, you, you've got no excuse This is making you happy This is making you happy And it's true, you're all I have to lose So if it's making you happy, It must be making me happy too" Here we have both the girl and the guy singing a slightly different version of the chorus. Let's back it up a little for the guy's point of view: the boy may have picked the girl because he might have known that she wanted to go to the dance with him, so he wanted to be nice and give her a chance. She's not who he thought she would be (maybe he's not that funny, but she's giggling so he could feel funny; or maybe she's not as needy, but she's acting that way just so he can feel needed, etc--ie. she's just pretending to be someone she's not). He could have asked any other girl to the dance, but if it makes her happy that she got that one in a million chance, he should be happy that he enabled that in her--but he's not. He sees it more as she's taking him for granted, and he's ok with letting her go--they're both ok with dropping this fake relationship. "Well, I don't know who you are Yeah, I don't know who you are Well, I don't know who you are Yeah, I don't know who you are, oh no" Only the guy is singing this part, and he's admitting he has no idea who this girl is that he's taking to the dance, and maybe he's regretting it. "Well, I don't care who you are Wanna fall in love, wanna fall apart Yeah I don't care who you are Wanna fall in love, wanna fall apart Well, I don't care who we are, Wanna fall in love till we fall apart Yeah I don't care who we are, Wanna fall in love till we fall apart" They both sing a layered up version of these parts, and they're both admitting that, yeah, this was a train wreck of a hookup for some stupid dance. She's saying that she wanted to fall in love with a guy that she had a low chance with, and now that she's with him she wants the relationship to end and get this dance over with. If you listen carefully, the guy is saying he doesn't know who they are, saying that they were fake to each other the entire time. My second opinion is similar to the first, except applied to a longer relationship that started graying from what used to be strong and loving. Two people who once loved each other so dearingly are now tired of each other and find more satisfaction in other things. The only time something exciting happens is in February when the entire month is themed with love, and everyone is focused on that for the first 14 days. They start abusing each other with the fact that their relationship is failing to the point that they no longer know each other/remember what the other person used to be like. When relationships end this way, it's always kind of sad to look back on it. Just know that time is the best healer when it comes to breakups. |
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| Lana Del Rey – Love Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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I like how this song turned out. It's got a really chill mood and a nostalgic feeling to it, making me love what we are capable of feeling. The accompanying video, to me, kind of matches up with the feelings. If you look: ~"Look at you kids with your vintage music Comin' through satellites while cruisin' You're part of the past, but now you're the future Signals crossing can get confusing"~ The very first line shows that she's looking at the younger people and talking about them. She notes how they like old things and continues with the vintage theme by bringing up satellites. The first satellite was launched in the late 50's and since then thousands more had been launched, which continues the vintage theme of Lana's song (and if you watch the video, it's quite obvious). She says they're coming through satellites while cruising, so to me I think that means these younger people are either out of this world or super down to earth (I think it's the first of the latter, based on more lyrics); they're one way or the other without changing their minds. These young people, even if they're so vintage and dwelling in the past, they are still the next generation to carry on human life and the world. It feels controversial and kind of scary to know that you'll have to take on so much responsibility; this is what it's like to face reality, when signals in life start to cross. ~"It's enough just to make you feel crazy, crazy, crazy Sometimes, it's enough just to make you feel crazy"~ True true, Lana. Growing up and looking back makes you feel crazy. It's so simple to do, and it just makes you feel strange. The video begins in black and white/faded tones, so I think during these times Lana is looking back. ~"You get ready, you get all dressed up To go nowhere in particular Back to work or the coffee shop Doesn't matter 'cause it's enough To be young and in love To be young and in love"~ (This little bit makes me think of the "Schrodinger's Cat" idea.) She's talking about the younger people, they're ready either to start working or to keep going about living their way; in a way, it's like the younger people are either ready to have responsibilities to provide for themselves in the long term (down to earth) or they're ready to forgo all of those responsibilities at the moment and wait (out of this world). Either way they're ready, and either way they can feel in love, and when you're in love you feel like you are young because for a moment you forget about all of those responsibilities. ~"Look at you kids, you know you're the coolest The world is yours and you can't refuse it Seen so much, you could get the blues But that don't mean that you should abuse it"~ When you're young and in love, you feel pretty unbounded, and it's such an amazing feeling. When you're young and unbounded, it's easy for you to be up to date on all of the cool, hip things; being young is literally the coolest time to be alive (at least from my experience). You feel like you rule the ground you walk upon, it's just amazing to be alive. Also, at this point in life, you've seen a lot of things--whether they're uplifting world events and life experiences, or depressing realities, Lana wants the young people to steer away from blues, because why waste away your young, amazing life on something that doesn't feel good? In the video, the first permanent bit of color comes to Lana's eye and eye makeup and you can see that they're blue. (This might not actually mean anything or her eyes might just be blue and that's cool, but...) I think this means that she spent time in the blues, which is why she's talking about the younger people and wanting them to not experience what she has in her lifetime; she's seen so much that she's gotten the blues and abused it (in some of her other songs, she's talked about rough times in her life). Then in the video, you see the moon and how close it looks to the earth, and the ceiling is gone. I think this shows how unbounded you feel and how close it is to feel out of this world when you're in love. There's colors everywhere, the water looks refreshing (hinting youth), the stars are bright, the sun is warming, and the young people are effortlessly drifting off into space having a surreal, fun, active time, because they're in love, not carrying any dead weight of responsibility. ~"Don't worry, baby Don't worry, baby"~ When you're in love, just don't worry. Don't think of depressive things, forget about your responsibilities for a moment, just let that amazing feeling take you over. ~"And it's enough just to make me go crazy, crazy, crazy It's enough just to make me go crazy, crazy, crazy I get ready, I get all dressed up To go nowhere in particular It doesn't matter if I'm not enough For the future or the things to come 'Cause I'm young and in love I'm young and in love"~ She reveals that she's in love, feeling young and overtaken by what it's like to be in love, not necessarily thinking about the future at the moment. When you're in love, you can see so many beautiful things, and that's what Lana sees, despite being grounded, but she sees herself on the moon. |
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| The Killers – Here with Me Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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@[SunshineSomeDay:16781] I'm sorry, he has not come around. I see him from time to time on campus, sometimes with a group of guys, sometimes by himself. It will always hurt at least a little, especially when he waves, but that's ok. |
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| The Killers – Here with Me Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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When I was in high school, I dated a boy for almost exactly 2.5 years; pretty much until the last month of our senior year. Hearing this song and looking at the lyrics, it makes me imagine his point of view. ~Wheels are turning I remember when you were mine Now just to reach you Baby, I'd stand in line~ Our relationship is pretty dang rooted into our memories, and I bet sometimes he thinks of what we used to be (Wheels are turning = recalling those old, good memories). Within a year after the breakup, I kissed 6 guys and dated 3 because, honestly, I felt like I needed to go find that stability that I lost. I'm not sure if he knows that, but anyhow he'd be standing in line. ~But there's another world We're living in Tonight~ One reason we broke up was because we were going to college and he didn't want to be the reason I go to a certain college or be the reason I'm distracted while we're there. Well, we ended up going to the same school anyway. So this other world that we're living in--the same new world that we came to separately, the new adult world we're experiencing--is our first year of college. Another reason we broke up was because we hit another human growing phase (we were becoming adults), and we were growing apart, realizing that we didn't fit and growing further from fitting. ~And there's another heart That's fading in The light~ The other "heart that's fading in the light" is his heart, and he's possibly giving up on us ever getting back together. The other heart could also possibly be mine because forever ago he said I had a rainbow heart. Well, rainbows are made of light (and I'm pretty sure water helps create rainbow, and water could be made of tears, but that's besides the point). My rainbow heart is fading away--kind of like how light makes a rainbow depending on the way the light is shining; as soon as you change the direction of that light, the rainbow disappears--the light slowly changed its direction, so my heart is no longer rainbow, just like our relationship. ~Don't want your picture On my cell phone I want you here with me Don't want your memory In my head now I want you here with me~ He still has pictures of me on his phone and his computer. I'm not sure if he wants me back or not (for better or for worse) because neither of us have been trying. It's just a little bit easier on the heart to assume that he wants what we used to have. Plus, he's a shy boy. ~Spent the summer, just laying out in the sun Time seems to move so slow When you're taking it as it comes Maybe we were just too young~ We broke up just before summer happened. He doesn't play any sports or work or do any outdoor hobbies, but he does go outside just to sit on the porch and relax. With pretty much nothing going on for a whole summer, doing anything to do that comes up, time does seem to move so slow. And when there's nothing going on, I'm pretty sure he got to thinking that, yeah, maybe we were just too young for this relationship. Because we did boatloads of planning and we believed that we'd stay together forever (he'd be a rocket scientist and I'd be an accountant, yadda yadda yadda, all that sappy stuff). That summer was kind of the same for me. I didn't do anything (besides working). I tried new things, literally like sunbathing, but those new things weren't very interesting or fun to me. The sunbathing really didn't help because the feeling of being overall warm just felt too much like the feeling of being in love. ~Your body was tanned and your hair was long You showed me your smile and my cares were gone Falling in love filled my soul with fright You said "Come on babe, it'll be alright" I must have been a fool to the bitter end Now I hold on to hope to have you back again I'd bargain and I'd fight~ In this chunk of lyrics, Brandon Flowers talks about a specific girl. Putting Flowers' words into my ex's point of view: When we started dating, the girls tennis season just ended, so I got all tan, and my hair was long. On another note, I have dimples; a lot of people really like them for some reason (I just see them as weird holes in my cheeks). We also had a different kind of smiley in each text to show each other our emotions when we wrote the text. So, if we talked about something of concern, I'd send him a laughing face after an explanation just to show that everything's really alright. Falling in legit love (as in finding relationships) for him, I'd assume, is hard because he's shy. Before me, he'd only had one other (not-the-greatest) relationship; when he asked me out he was so nervous and unsure. Throughout the relationship, he regretted not doing a lot of things with me. Anything I wanted to do, he didn't want to do, and he didn't know what to do instead. Anything we planned to do, sometimes we didn't even do. I'm not sure if he feels this way, but maybe he felt like a fool for not doing much as a couple all the way to the end of our relationship. Maybe (dear god, just maybe) with whatever unfaded heart left, he still has some hope left to have me back with him again. Maybe he'd bargain and fight if he wasn't as shy as he is. ~Well I saw you in a restaurant The other day And instead of walking towards you I ran away And I'll keep on waiting for you Till you'll come around Come around and say [...]~ I used to work at a bakery/cafe. His parents would come in sometimes and buy coffee and bagels, sometimes I'd even ring them up; however, he never came in with them or came to visit me. I continued working at the same place over the summer after we broke up, and he still never came. I'm not salty about it because I know he's a shy boy. Him being him, I bet he's waiting until I come around and say ~Don't want your picture On my cell phone I want you here with me Don't need those memories In my head now I want you here with me~ Because neither of us wants that memory of us breaking up last year on prom night, in our nice clothes, sitting in his car, at 11:48 subtract 5 minutes because his clock was fast. |
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