I, I always thought that I knew,
I'd always have the right to,
Be living in the kingdom of the good and true.
And so on,
But now I think I was wrong.
And you were laughing along
And now I look a fool for thinking you were on
My side.
Is it any wonder that I'm tired?
Is it any wonder that I feel uptight?
Is it any wonder I don't know what's right?
Sometimes,
It's hard to know where I stand.
It's hard to know where I am.
Well maybe it's a puzzle I don't understand.
Sometimes,
I get the feeling that I'm
Stranded in the wrong time.
Where love is just a lyric in a children's rhyme,
A sound-bite.
Is it any wonder that I'm tired?
Is it any wonder that I feel uptight?
Is it any wonder I don't know what's right?
Oh these days,
After all the misery you made.
Is it any wonder that I feel afraid?
Is it any wonder that I feel betrayed?
Nothing left inside this old cathedral,
Just the sad lonely spires.
How do you make it right?
Oh but you try.
Is it any wonder that I'm tired?
Is it any wonder that I feel uptight?
Is it any wonder I don't know what's right?
Oh these days.
After all the misery you made,
Is it any wonder that I feel afraid?
Is it any wonder that I feel betrayed?
I'd always have the right to,
Be living in the kingdom of the good and true.
And so on,
But now I think I was wrong.
And you were laughing along
And now I look a fool for thinking you were on
My side.
Is it any wonder that I'm tired?
Is it any wonder that I feel uptight?
Is it any wonder I don't know what's right?
Sometimes,
It's hard to know where I stand.
It's hard to know where I am.
Well maybe it's a puzzle I don't understand.
Sometimes,
I get the feeling that I'm
Stranded in the wrong time.
Where love is just a lyric in a children's rhyme,
A sound-bite.
Is it any wonder that I'm tired?
Is it any wonder that I feel uptight?
Is it any wonder I don't know what's right?
Oh these days,
After all the misery you made.
Is it any wonder that I feel afraid?
Is it any wonder that I feel betrayed?
Nothing left inside this old cathedral,
Just the sad lonely spires.
How do you make it right?
Oh but you try.
Is it any wonder that I'm tired?
Is it any wonder that I feel uptight?
Is it any wonder I don't know what's right?
Oh these days.
After all the misery you made,
Is it any wonder that I feel afraid?
Is it any wonder that I feel betrayed?
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While their debut featured the soaring, piano-driven ballad "Somewhere Only We Know," the new effort's "Strokes-y" first single, "Is It Any Wonder," deals with weightier stuff, inspired in part by England's involvement in the war in Iraq.
"It's probably the one song on the record that most expresses our dismay and confusion about what it means to be a British citizen, in terms of what our society's contributing to the world at large," Rice-Oxley explains. "It's very hard to make sense of why Britain feels it needs to sign up with George Bush's attacks on Iraq and the whole Afghanistan thing. It feels like there's a whole lot of trouble brewing up over Iran, and you just don't know where it's going to end. On a personal level, for people of our age, it's really unsettling."
1st verse: He's saying how he thought he had the right to be with a good, true person. Apparently this person was NOT good and true as he first thought, and now he feels like an idiot.
I'm also assuming the girl is NOW trying to fix things.
Chorus: He's asking if she's really surprised about how he feels. That he really doesn't know what to do. That he's afraid to let her in again because he's been betrayed and afraid of getting hurt.
Verse 2: He really doesn't know how he feels or what's going on with this girl. Maybe this is just a game to her and he doesn't even know. Sometimes he doubts love in general. Like he's stranded in a place where love doesn't actually exist "where love is just a lyric in a children's rhyme"
Bridge: I think the cathedral is like his heart. He's saying there's nothing left inside, just the spirals that hold it up. He doesn't know how to fix it...but she keeps trying. But he still doesn't know what to do.
I interpret this song the way that he's with a girl and he feels bored and doesn't know how to take back animosity in his relation.
Not reallly sure - but just a guess.
i like this new up-beat keane!!
lyrical-wise..
i feel like it connects to me. like he knew me nad wrote it 4 me!! (it's weird...) but apart from a relationship, what if he's talking about life?? its twists and turns (see MV) stressing us out (-"is it any wondor i feel tired...uptight...") and confusing us (- "i don't know what's right") and paranoid (-"afraid" "betrayed")??
interesting about the "lonely cathedral". does he find nothing in a church?? (like me?? and death cab 4 cutie's crooked teeth??)
strange ideas, i kno
that's what i feel..... :)
o and "love is just a lyric in a children's rhyme"
:D
They sound a lot like U2. But that's not a bad thing.
Are those... guitars I hear, Keane?
Oh, I also think that maybe the theme of this song was borne out of the conflicts between the band members while making this album. I read that they nearly broke up while making it, and maybe this song reflects the emotions they felt during that time.
Nothing left inside this old cathedral,
just the sad lonely spires.
How do you make it right?
that bit... im unsure how to read... maybe it the form relationship he had with the person.. but there isnt anything there... and... he doesnt know how to sort that.... maybe.... i am pretty lost on that bit
Maybe it's just me, but I like Keane with the addition of guitars.
also there are NO guitars in this song, just an amazing piece of effect work that keane love to put in!