Keeper of the Flame Lyrics
How can it be, that such an amazing band as A-Ha isn't really known these days? I still can't understand what is this magical song's meanings... can you help me with it?
Very surprised that this nice song has almost no comments here...
To me, it sounds a lot like someone abandoning an uninteresting life for an entirely new one ("Four more years and I am out of here") in year's time. The dissatisfied singer is longing for a different life despite all of the respites of his/her former life ("Give it up for vinyl days, kicking back from school...Give it up for summer days, laying in the grass"). Also, in my opinion, the "You could've/should've been the keeper of the flame" repetitions could symbolize some other voice/person's dissatisfaction with the singer's choice to leave the situation he is in. Not my best interpretation: just some thoughts.