More Than This

Great cover version of the original by Roxy Music. Nice music video also. The song is saying some of the little things in life are so much more important than the usual things we think of.

to me this is saying that there is nothing more than this refering to that so special thing that really makes you happy about the fact that you are alive. personally nothing better than being with her.

Roxy Music does it better :)

This song is to me a praise of the present, like a modern Carpe Diem. We have to accept life as it is, enjoy it as it is, the moment is precious since it is all we have. We shouldn't be wasting life worrying about its meaning and requiring further explanation, as there may not be any. Like the "Fallen leaves in the night", we can't say we're blowing and it shouldn't matter. This song is about not clinging to delusions, but the general tone is positive and life affirming. It invite us to be "as free as the wind" with our own human condition.

I'm surprised by the other interpretations in here. I just started thinking about this song because I heard it in a store today, and was reminded of it. Then I started wondering what it was really about, so I read the lyrics. To me, it's obviously a song about a relationship breaking up because both parties know it's going nowhere. Just look at the phrases.

"I could feel at the time There was no way of knowing"

"It was fun for a while There was no way of knowing"

"More than this You know there is nothing"

In other words, even at the beginning of the relationship, the singer doubted it would go anywhere, and now it has reached the point where there is nothing more than this. Haven't you ever found a significant other, only to go along like things are great for a while, then come to the realization that it has gone as far as it's going to go and it's time to break up because there is no more?

Upon thinking that, and then reading some other interpretations in here, I thought maybe I was nuts, so I did some more reading. Apparently, songwriter Bryan Ferry wrote this on the heels of a breakup in a relationship.

So, sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this is not some introspective commentary on life, being happy, or anything else. It's a "goodbye".

[Edit: Grammar errors]