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Ordinary World (Duran Duran cover) Lyrics
Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue
Thought I heard you talking softly
I turned on the lights, the TV, and the radio
Still I can't escape the ghost of you
What has happened to it all?
Crazy some say
Where is the life that I recognize?
Gone away
But I won't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
Passion or coincidence once prompted you to say
Pride will tear us both apart
Well now pride's gone out the window, cross the rooftops, runaway
Left me in the vacuum of my heart
What has happened to me?
Crazy some say
Where is my friend when I need you most?
Gone away
But I won't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
What has happened to it all?
Crazy some say
Where is the world I recognize?
Gone away
But I won't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
Any world is my world
(I will learn to survive)
Every word
Every word is somehow
(Somehow I have survived)
Thought I heard you talking softly
I turned on the lights, the TV, and the radio
Still I can't escape the ghost of you
Crazy some say
Where is the life that I recognize?
Gone away
There's an ordinary world somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
Pride will tear us both apart
Well now pride's gone out the window, cross the rooftops, runaway
Left me in the vacuum of my heart
Crazy some say
Where is my friend when I need you most?
Gone away
There's an ordinary world somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
Crazy some say
Where is the world I recognize?
Gone away
There's an ordinary world somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
(I will learn to survive)
Every word
Every word is somehow
(Somehow I have survived)
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They changed the song a bit from the original version, but I am unsure about some of the changes they made...
They did a great cover, in my opinion. Really good.
I've always loved Duran Duran's version. This is one is much more raw and heavy! I love it! For me it's about losing someone you love... family, friends, or lover. They're gone now and your life has to go on.
damn... my favorite song on the album, didn know it was a cover :( great song though.
This is possibly one of the best covers I've ever heard! I love Red.
First of all its pretty hard to make a cover of a song and make it as good as the original version, its EVEN harder to exceed the original and that's just what Red has achieved!
This song could be about someone who has a breakdown or very serious experience of failure that shakes him and changes his view of himself. When the song references "you," it is referencing the previous, more confident and capable self, and when the song references "us both," it is referencing the old self and the new, broken self. He is struggling with who he used to be/who he wants to be, and who he's become (or at least the person he views himself as). Eventually (months; or, more likely, years later) he grows and reflects upon what has happened to himself, and how the world is a broken place in which very serious tragedies are constantly happening. He learns to embrace how life is difficult and hurtful, but also how everyone experiences life together and how he has to seek his better self by embracing all of life. By doing so, he is better able to find peace with who he is and who his ideal self is in his heart. The "ordinary world" is the state of being in which he is at peace with himself.