The rush of being home in rapid fading
Failing to recall
What I was missing all that time in England
On foot or by the help of transportation
To knock on windows where
A friend no longer live, I had forgotten
There's always something to remind me
Of another place and time
Where love that travelled far had found me
Waiting for the light to come back
We didn't talk I knew
Until you asked what I was thinking
Until you asked what I was thinking
The wise man's tools are analogies and puzzles
A woman holds her tongue
Knowing silence will speak for her
The wise man's tools are analogies and puzzles
A woman holds her tongue
Knowing silence will speak for her
There's always something to remind me
Of another place and time
Where love that travelled far had found me
it's just about the facet of the human condition where one is never happy with what one has and where one is.
when he was in England he was constantly missing his home (Norway in this case, I guess) and began to build it up in his mind as the place where he actually wants to be, where he can be happy, maybe. so this time England's the place he goes and something there-or something that's not there- is what reminds him of and makes him dwell on being back home in Norway where maybe he had had a girlfriend and it didn't work out or he had to leave. the love that traveled far actually just traveled in him and it finally caught up with him that he might have missed out on something really good.
so he finally goes back to Norway all psyched because he built it up so much in his mind as this magical place where he can finally find happiness. but soon after he gets there, he realizes that it's just as bleak as before, except maybe moreso sinch things have changed and old friends are no longer around, so he can't remember what could have made him think it would be so magical, it's no better than when he left.
He does manage to meet back up with his ex, but they soon realize they don't have much in common anymore. additionally, he doesn't have the balls to be direct with her about what he's really thinking and is instead talking in circuitous metaphors, receiving the cold shoulder in return.
all this disappointment makes him want to get away, think of another place and time where he thinks he could go back to and find happiness, which he'll chase with similar results, and everywhere he goes he just finds more places that he'll look back on later and chase fruitlessly.
the song has a numb quality that reflects his jaded view of what's going on. It's happened enough that he's noticed the pattern, but seems to have no want to change it.
I'm glad there's people like you.
I'm glad there's people like you.
@TheJester thank you
@TheJester thank you
The film clip to this song is probably the coolest music video I've ever seen.
What a good song to roll to.
Am I the only one that feels Prometeo's lyrics are off? I always thought it was "PREVAILING to recall," not "FAILING to recall."
And there's supposed to be only one "Brave men tell the truth," stanza, after which this comes along:
"So now I'll never know, As you will only sleep beside me, And everywhere I go..."
And I always thought the end repeated the first two stanzas, not the "And everywhere I go / There's always something to remind me" verse.
There are two versions of the song. The one you are referring to is Remind Me (Someone Else's Mix). This is the original version of the song.
There are two versions of the song. The one you are referring to is Remind Me (Someone Else's Mix). This is the original version of the song.
hahahahahaha kevcarp
you might be right but don't spread bad vibes man
Song is about a man coming home from living abroad in England and everything reminding him of the love he left. Thinking what would life have been like if I'd stayed with her instead.
Song breakdown
It's only been a week the rush of being home is rapid fading Failing to recall what I was missing all that time in England. (He has returned from living overseas and now that he's been home for a week he can't remember what he was missing about home)
Has sent me aimlessly unfettered by the lack of transportation to knock on windows where a friend no longer live, I had forgotten (He has walked to visit one of his friends, likely the ex, but she no longer lives there.)
And everywhere I go there's always something to remind me of another place and time Where love that travelled far had found me (Everywhere he goes there's something that reminds him of his ex, who travelled to England to visit him while he was living there)
We stayed outside till two waiting for the light to come back We didn't talk I knew until you asked what I was thinking until you asked what I was thinking (They stayed outside till 2am but didn't talk about the relationship status, because she didn't say anything about it he knew she had moved on. She asked him what he was thinking, he was thinking is the relationship over? )
brave men tell the truth the wise man's tools are analogies and puzzles a woman holds her tongue knowing silence will speak for her (A brave man would tell the truth and ask if she had moved on and risk having his heart crushed, a wise man would use an analogue to get the answer from her without asking directly, but he knows that her not talking about it means it's over.)
So now I'll never know, As you will only sleep beside me, And everywhere I go Will remind, will remind, will remind me (Now he'll never know what could have happened with the relationship if he hadn't left to live in England. She will only sleep beside him not with him while visiting England so he knows it's definitely over. Now everywhere he goes back home reminds him of the lost love.)
[Edit: Grammatical errors ]
This is a great song how come no one has posted?
you missed some of the lyrics.... here it is: -- o -- It's only been a week the rush of being home AND rapid fading FAILING TO RECALL WHAT I was missing all that time in England
HAS sent me aimlessly ON foot or by the help of transportation to knock on windows where a friend no longer live, I had forgotten
And everywhere I go there's always something to remind me of another place and time WHERE love that travelled far HAD found me
WE stayed outside till two waiting for the light to come back WE didn't talk I knew until you asked what I was thinking until you asked what I was thinking
brave men tell the truth the wise man's tools are analogies and puzzles a woman holds her tongue knowing silence will speak for her
brave men tell the truth the wise man's tools are analogies and puzzles a woman holds her tongue knowing silence will speak for her
and everywhere I go there's always something to remind me of another place and time where love that travelled far had found me -- o --
Just love the verse:
brave men tell the truth the wise man's tools are analogies and puzzles a woman holds her tongue knowing silence will speak for her
so freakin' true. guy: something's wrong? gal: nothing!
(and with that answer she means everything) ^_~
about the song... I've always putted together this one with one that comes early in the album (So Easy), the one with the dialogue:
- Hello?
- Yeah it's me
- I wanna give you some good frequencies 1710, 2.6, 2245...
- Yeah 3032, 400
- Four hundred?
- Yeah.
- I'm coming right over.
- Do that.
- I'll be there in two seconds.
I've allways thought, to no reason, that this was suposed to be a friend calling a guy and offering him a gig, a job or something (the "frequencies" could bey money talk) and he embarked on a trip to england, where he stayed for a while.
In this one, he just came back, and wonders the strets of his former life, failing to recall what was he missing all that time in England.
He seems to meet with a former girlfriend, and ask her to remind him of his past selves.
Mhh kind of makes me think of an ex girlfriend of mine as well... lot's of unresolved issues there too....
Heard it in the Geico commercial, cool song.