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Sorrow for letting someone else define you
Know who you are at every age
What impression am I making?
I see me as other people see me

There is no going back
I can't stop feeling now
I am not the same, I'm growing up again
I am not the same
I'm growing up again
There's no going back I can't stop feeling now

I had to fantasize
I was a princess, Mum and Dad were Queen and King
I ought to have what feeling?
I see me as other people see me

There is no going back
I can't stop feeling now
I am not the same, I'm growing up again
I am not the same
I'm growing up again
There's no going back I can't stop feeling now

Feeling now

There is no going back, and
I can't stop feeling now
I am not the same, I'm growing up again
I am not the same
I'm growing up again
There's no going back I can't stop feeling now

I had to fantasize
Just to survive
I was a famous artist
Everybody took me seriously

Even those who did
Never understood me
I had to fantasize
Just to survive
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Submitted by
releaseme88 On Jun 04, 2006
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Cover art for Evangeline lyrics by Cocteau Twins

Absolutely fucking sublime. Proof that they were still incredible post-4AD.

Cover art for Evangeline lyrics by Cocteau Twins

To me, this feels like how some people are damaged from their childhood

Even as a child knowing that there's something different or not quite "right" about you.

"I there is no going back I can't stop feeling now" Knowing that you can't change how things were and that you feel the way you do because of the memories and experiences

"I am not the same, growing up again" I think this having the realisation that your childhood experiences weren't normal, and now you have to re-parent yourself as an adult, and learn things that were taught to most others without them by their own family/parents.

"I had to fantasize, mum and dad were queen and king" "Just to survive, I was a famous artist and people took me seriously Even those who understood me I had to fantasize just to survive" I feel like this is about dissociation and maladaptive coping mechanisms and/or daydreams you have to try and escape the reality that was your childhood and your life

Or maybe I'm relating this to my own experiences too much ????

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