In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Oh it's healing bang bang bang
I can hear your canons call
You've been aiming at my land
Your hungry hammer's falling
And if you want me, I'm your country
I'm an angel bored like hell
And you're a devil meaning well
You steal my lines and you strike me down
Come raise your flag upon me
And if you want me, I'm your country
If you win me I'm forever, oh yeah
'Cause you're the storm that I believe in
And all this peace has been deceiving
I like the sweet life and the silence
But it's the storm that I believe in
Come and conquer, drop your bones
Cross my borders and kill the calm
Bury your things and burn my winds
I hear bullets singing
And if you want me, I'm your country
If you win me I'm forever, oh yeah
'Cause you're the storm that I believe in
And all this peace has been deceiving
I need some wind to get me sailing
So it's the storm that I believe in
You feel my heart you keep my breathing
'Cause you're the storm that I believe in
I can hear your canons call
You've been aiming at my land
Your hungry hammer's falling
And if you want me, I'm your country
I'm an angel bored like hell
And you're a devil meaning well
You steal my lines and you strike me down
Come raise your flag upon me
And if you want me, I'm your country
If you win me I'm forever, oh yeah
'Cause you're the storm that I believe in
And all this peace has been deceiving
I like the sweet life and the silence
But it's the storm that I believe in
Come and conquer, drop your bones
Cross my borders and kill the calm
Bury your things and burn my winds
I hear bullets singing
And if you want me, I'm your country
If you win me I'm forever, oh yeah
'Cause you're the storm that I believe in
And all this peace has been deceiving
I need some wind to get me sailing
So it's the storm that I believe in
You feel my heart you keep my breathing
'Cause you're the storm that I believe in
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You're the Storm Lyrics as written by Peter Anders Svensson Nina Persson
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This is definitely a song about the American war in the Middle East--from a Swede's point of view. Don't you see all the war terms? I guess it could be about love or sex too, but there is DEFINITELY a war theme going on here. It's all over the song, people!
I pretty sure this song has nothing to do with war. It's about love and that she met a man that changed her life and gave her the exitment she needed. Her life was boring and peacefull before, but then she met a man that made her life exiting and opend her eyes.
Parts like "come and conquer and drop your bombs, cross my borders and kill the calm" are just metaphors. This part means come and conquer my heart and cross the boarders into my life and make it exiting.
I can't believe no one commented on this one...it's the only song by The Cardigans that I really love. It's a beautiful love song really, in it's own way.
yeah one of my favorites by them if not the best
It's a girl who craves the "storm" she has with this guy. My best friend and I used to argue a lot and challenge each other, and when we started dating we just became really sweet all the time and wonderful. It was nice, and it made me happy, and he was a great boyfriend, but the sweetness is not what I started dating him for, it's not why I became crazy about him in the first place. The way we used to challenge each other, the "stormy" but solid relationship that we had at first, the way we balanced each other out together, THAT'S what I believed in - "I like the sweet life and the silence, but it's the storm that I believe in." I love the line "And if you want me, I'm your country." I would be perfectly happy watching as he tears into my life and takes me over - I want to feel out of control, I want him to bring me to life that way, with that passion and intensity that we had at first.
This song is one of my favorites ever. It's so beautiful.
Those lyrics above are wrong. Here are the real lyrics from the Cardigans' official website:
oh it's healing - bang bang bang I can hear your cannons call you've been aiming at my land your hungry hammer is falling
and if you want me I'm your country
I'm an angel bored like hell and you're a devil meaning well you steal my lines and you strike me dumb come raise your flag upon me
and if you want me I'm your country if you win me I'm forever - oh yeah!
'cause you're the storm that I've been needing and all this peace has been deceiving I like the sweet life and the silence but it's the storm that I believe in
come and conquer and drop your bombs cross my borders and kill the calm bear your fangs and burn my wings I hear bullets singing
and if you want me I'm your country if you win me I'm forever - oh yeah!
'cause you're the storm that I've been needing and all this peace has been deceiving I need some wind to get me sailing so it's the storm that I believe in
you fill my heart, you keep me breathing 'cause you're the storm that I believe in
and if you want me I'm your country
Yes, I agree that it's about love, but it's also very political, don't you think? That's how some countries are. For some reason, they get bored like hell with peace, so they start wars.
I can see where you're coming from. The way the singer yearns for a bad boy to shake up her life...is this akin to a small, newly industrialised nation wanting to play with the big boys (rich countries) by opening up its borders, which will - according to the current neoliberal economic paradigm - make it wealthy, developed etcetera?
The war words are just diction- she is choosing them to set up and support her metaphor which is what everyone has been saying love/sex.
I think its both love and sex. She recognizes she loves him and he is good for her. Now, she wants to challenge him to make her seize her and take things to a new level. I think it doubles to challenge him to not only have sex with her but to want her all to himself all the time. Oh yeah. I love this song.
I want to like this song, but i have a hard time with them romanticizing war. whatever.