Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
People rushing left to right
There's pretty faces left to right
I'm just frozen staring into space
Faster than the speed of light
I'm holding on I'm holding tight
'Cause stars are gonna crash into this place
And it's caught wide screen so we don't miss a thing
Now I'm standing clear
'Cause all i waited for is
Closing in
Still got Twenty Four Hours
We're closing in
Still got twenty four hours
This is more than daily bread
It's three degrees, it's something else
And you just take it all into your stride
Couldn't be an accident 'cause I can't see no ambulance
I know that we will work it out this time
And it's caught wide screen so we don't miss a thing
Now I'm standing clear
'Cause all i waited for is
Closing in
Still got Twenty Four Hours
We're closing in
Still got twenty four hours
Closing in
Still got Twenty Four Hours
We're closing in
Still got twenty four hours
It's not over
It's not over
Still got twenty four hours
It's not over
It's not over yet
Still got twenty four hours
There's pretty faces left to right
I'm just frozen staring into space
Faster than the speed of light
I'm holding on I'm holding tight
'Cause stars are gonna crash into this place
And it's caught wide screen so we don't miss a thing
Now I'm standing clear
'Cause all i waited for is
Closing in
Still got Twenty Four Hours
We're closing in
Still got twenty four hours
This is more than daily bread
It's three degrees, it's something else
And you just take it all into your stride
Couldn't be an accident 'cause I can't see no ambulance
I know that we will work it out this time
And it's caught wide screen so we don't miss a thing
Now I'm standing clear
'Cause all i waited for is
Closing in
Still got Twenty Four Hours
We're closing in
Still got twenty four hours
Closing in
Still got Twenty Four Hours
We're closing in
Still got twenty four hours
It's not over
It's not over
Still got twenty four hours
It's not over
It's not over yet
Still got twenty four hours
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The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
Silent Planet
I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
"This is more than daily bread" I thought it was "baited breath"...?
Anyway, since I always look for depressing undertones, I think this is about cherishing one's last moments with someone who is dying. That's just me...
I guess you're quite right here.<br /> When I first listened to the song I was thinking of my father who's quite old compared to other boys' fathers. I was kind of feeling like it's the song for our last moments together. Something like sitting in a hospital at his bed and knowing it will all end soon, but telling him that we still have twentyfour hours.<br /> <br /> The first two verses could be counted as evidences for my thesis. <br /> "People rushing left to right<br /> There's pretty faces left to right<br /> I'm just frozen staring into space" - rings a bell, could be the hospital scenery.<br /> <br /> Uhm, well, not really fitting into this explanation is the following line "And it's caught wide screen so we dont miss a thing", which I understand the way... that he's referring to our media society, to reality soaps covering every aspect of our lives. Everything's filmed, so we don't miss a thing. Humm.<br /> <br /> Anyone agreeing with any party of my interpretation? ;)