The morning that I was born again,
I was made into a beast.
Am I free now, am I at peace?
Is that the ground below me, or your feet?
The morning I saw your face again,
I was made into a beast.
Am I free now, am I at peace?
Is that the ground below me, or your feet?
And I'll break my head over you this way!
I was made into a beast.
Am I free now, am I at peace?
Is that the ground below me, or your feet?
I was made into a beast.
Am I free now, am I at peace?
Is that the ground below me, or your feet?
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No clue what this song is about, but I love the line - is that the ground below me or your feet?
Is he carrying her or is she alone? Either way it feels like she is bereft.. Torn between wanting to be with him, but knowing that it makes her less off..
i have no clue what it's about either, but if it IS supposed to be about a romance then the person carrying her would be a woman, since katie stelmanis is a lesbian. :)
i have no clue what it's about either, but if it IS supposed to be about a romance then the person carrying her would be a woman, since katie stelmanis is a lesbian. :)
haha my bad..
haha my bad..
It occurs to me it could be about when someone is struggling to accept being gay, having quite opposing feelings regards to it, freedom and guilt. She could be personifying that aspect and adressing to it, but dunno really.
It occurs to me it could be about when someone is struggling to accept being gay, having quite opposing feelings regards to it, freedom and guilt. She could be personifying that aspect and adressing to it, but dunno really.
It's gaaaaaaay. It took me a bit to parse the context but it makes a lot more sense through a Sapphic lens - and according to a couple interviews I found, Katie Stelmanis is herself lesbian.
"The morning that I was born again" - Discovering your identity, realizing you've got feelings for ladies and accepting it, coming out of the closet, etc.
"I was made into a beast" - By the mere fact of you being gay society has become a lot more hostile to you, and has a bad tendency to demonize you.
"Am I free now, am I at peace?" - Does coming to grips with my sexuality free me to be myself, or does being part a oft-vilified minority place a greater burden on me?
"Is that the ground below me, or your feet?" - 'having feet on solid ground' means that you have a good grip on your situation and remain calm. The 'or your feet' bit implies that someone else could be carrying her (in this context, the person of her affections). In essence: 'am I really doing okay, or are you what's holding me together?'
"The morning I saw your face again" - Following my line of thought, seeing her face again would fill her with joy. Gay joy. And that's a horrible thing in the eyes of a discriminating society.
"And I'll break my head over you this way!" - The syntax of this line is more confusing. 'Breaking your head' is an idiom for conflicted thought, of an ongoing problem with no easy solution (accepting yourself is seen as monstrous, yet staying closeted is suffocating). In essence: 'I'll go crazy if I keep ruminating on this!'