The Great Parade Lyrics
Here comes your son
He isn't all right
Here comes your son
Here comes your son
He isn't all right
I think this song is great, but honestly, i have no idea what it's about..
haha. same here. good song. but to me its just random stuff
its about a boy named james who's mother dies and he wants to run away with his best firend molly. james is saying he's been in that place far too long and its killing him, he wants to look for his mom. "
"I know just where she's hiding the answers in this book that I've been reading the same one she would read to me each night it's about a place at the bottom of the ocean she would always sigh how I wish that I could go there"
that's saying how they have to travel to the bottom of the ocean to find her, b/c that's where she always wanted to go. then he's saying "here comes your son", being james. Then in the last verse james is saying how they'll explore the world and all its beauty and they'll bask in the infinite knowledge that they'll attain.
my favorite line is the last; "it's true everyone must leave but I think it's who you hold inside your heart that keeps you warm while they've gone away ".
this is a beautifully metephorically written songs one of hsh's best.
i kind of get the feeling that the mom killed herself by drowning in the ocean.
and now the boy, james, is wanting to get out of this place because it reminds him of bad times.
"i push my insides outside living here for far too long"
he's putting the way he feels into where he lives, blaming where he lives on the way he feels inside... get it?
i could be wrong.
and i don't know what half of the song means haha -_- but those are my thoughts
Is the "Here comes your son" part a possible reference to the Beatles song "Here comes the Sun"? The lyrics to that song say "here comes the sun, and I say its alright" instead of HSH which is "he isn't alright." Maybe signifying the time frame of this song?
I don't believe the mother drowned herself in the ocean, the ocean reference is simply a book she was reading to him about the ocean (it could be a real book but I have no idea). The boy just wants to be with his mom who often dreamed of going away to the ocean which she read to him about. "Fill our pockets up" possibly means filling them with rocks in order to drown faster. When people kill themselves by drowning, they often do that so they won't float.
It's a horribly sad song, and I demand a follow up song from Molly's point of view after James was found (possibly) dead.
I absolutely agree with the Beatles reference. If you listen to both songs, the phrases match up:
I absolutely agree with the Beatles reference. If you listen to both songs, the phrases match up:
Here comes your son, Here comes the sun, Here comes your son, Here comes the sun, He isn't all right. I say, it's all right.
Here comes your son, Here comes the sun, Here comes your son, Here comes the sun, He isn't all right. I say, it's all right.
Additionally, after the first time saying "Here comes the/your sun/son", it's immediately followed by a background vocal going "dudu dudu" in the same tune.
Additionally, after the first time saying "Here comes the/your sun/son", it's immediately followed by a background vocal going "dudu dudu" in the same tune.
It's very symbolic, especially the differences in the last lines. In the Beatles song, the chorus is meant to be optimistic and referencing the end of winter....
It's very symbolic, especially the differences in the last lines. In the Beatles song, the chorus is meant to be optimistic and referencing the end of winter. But the HSH song has the last line saying the exact opposite, implying that winter is only beginning for the young man as he comes to grips with his mother's death. He is being prematurely forced into maturity, and it might end up killing him if he doesn't let go of his childish ideas (going to the bottom of the ocean?!) in time. Molly sees this and attempts to dissuade him, but we'll never really know if he decided to accept his father's explanation as the truth. The chorus (here comes your son, he isn't alright) seems to imply that he never truly recovers from his loss.