Please Push No More

Gary Numan

Now I'm behind glass
I'll talk to you
The telephone lines blind
You have defaced my face
I bet you laughed at me
You bright young things
And now I need no-one
I miss you, so

Please push no more
Please push no more

Now it's all over for sure
I'll walk back home
We must all come down
We all grow old
We are close, we are hurt
So that was love
And love she kills me
It needs to, so

Please push no more
Please push no more

Please push no more
Please push no more


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    Hi there,

    I love this song so much!

    Despite its melancholy sound, i truly believe that there is a progression from problem to resolution. I agree with some of the other comments on here and would like to share my personal opinion, thanks :)

    VERSE 1: THE PRESSURE OF FAME

    1. ‘I'm behind glass, I'll talk to you' His studio recording medium is his most comfortable means of expression Although just as on a prison visit, talking from behind glass, maybe he feels more confined than protected.

    2. ‘The telephone lines blind, you have defaced my face’ The media, press or critics communicate powerful misleading defaming and blinding information

    3. 'I bet you laughed at me, you bright young things' A normal human insecurity: an artist who is sensitive to negative critics

    4. 'And now I need no-one, I miss you, so' The pop machine propaganda: if you are famous, fame is all the love you need. But he is human. He wants human love. Anyway wanting and needing is not the same thing. Independent people can still hold romantic dreams (not need but want love)

    5. 'Please push no more' As a conclusion to verse one: Fame presents its pressure

      VERSE 2: REAL LIFE/ TRUE LOVE

    6. 'Now it's all over for sure, I'll walk back home, we must all come down', After the end of a concert: The anti-climactic episode after being on stage: A transition from public persona (fame) to private REFLECTION upon life and love.

    7. 'we all grow old, we are close, we are hurt' This is a reflection of REAL things like life and love as opposed to superficial love (fame) Consciousness of his own mortality, need for real love.

    8. 'So that was love, and love she kills me, It needs to, so' A reflection on a moment of true love occurs. True love exposes us to the risk of pain.

      SYNOPSIS

      VERSE 1: THE PRESSURE OF FAME VERSE 2: REAL LIFE/ TRUE LOVE (as opposed to FAME)

      Perhaps real life/ true love is what will release him from the pressure of fame We feel that there is liberation from this pressure by the end of the song

    the dolphins communicating freely, without glass, freely swimming in the sea: nobody is pushing anymore: HE IS FREE

    Makeitmeansomethingon January 05, 2014   Link

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