This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
I'm looking for a place to start
And everything feels so different now
Just grab a hold of my hand
I will lead you through this wonderland
Water up to my knees
But sharks are swimmin' in the sea
Just follow my yellow light
And ignore all those big warning signs
Somewhere deep in the dark
A howling beast hears us talk
I dare you to close your eyes
And see all the colors in disguise
Runnin' into the night
The earth is shaking and I see a light
The light is blinding my eyes
As the soft walls eat us alive
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And everything feels so different now
Just grab a hold of my hand
I will lead you through this wonderland
Water up to my knees
But sharks are swimmin' in the sea
Just follow my yellow light
And ignore all those big warning signs
Somewhere deep in the dark
A howling beast hears us talk
I dare you to close your eyes
And see all the colors in disguise
Runnin' into the night
The earth is shaking and I see a light
The light is blinding my eyes
As the soft walls eat us alive
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Lyrics submitted by Macuahuitl
Yellow Light Lyrics as written by Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdottir Arnar Rosenkranz Hilmarsson
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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For the most part I agree, and I think that the comments suggesting that the song is "about" madness or death are missing the point. My reading of this is that it is a song about a person experiencing "true" (in the mature, enduring sense) love for the first time and being terrified at the prospect of realising that she wants to spend her life with that other person. This is, indeed, a frightening prospect, as it necessitates confronting one's own mortality - the corollary to spending your life with another person is that they will outlive you - which the song evokes splendidly with the references to howling beasts and being eaten alive, and the funereal closing section (which would not sound out of place on a horror movie soundtrack).
I like the previous comment, especially because mine is a little on the morbid side. ^^; I heard this after I heard Little Talks, so, I interpreted this to be a follow up, and that the female singer has just passed on, and the male singer, who was her husband in Little Talks, has come to guide her home.
Of course, it may not be a follow up at all, and is simply that the first signer has passed and the second singer is merely her guide, leading her from the dark and to safety/heaven with a yellow light, showing her that it's not all that bad along the way.
I have two very different interpretations of this song, both dark for some reason. When I listen to music my brain automatically paints a picture lol I'm strange. anywho
First, I kinda see a girl being sucked into a dark, mysterious world by a stranger. She is hesitant and afraid, for good reason too. But he charms her past her fear and she gives in.
Then, I see somebody recovering from the death of a loved one. Maybe this was a parent, spouse, sibling or child but they're trying to figure out how to live and love again.
(sorry this view of the song is very dark but it makes a lot of sense to me and i wanted to share it)
This song is about a girl being pulled into insanity. The male voice telling her to grab his hand is the insanity, wanting access to her brain, or "wonderland". Her brain begins to be flooded with dangerous thoughts (the water and the sharks), but the insanity tells her to just continue on and ignore her brain trying to tell her this is dangerous. The second verse is after she has already been submerged into the insanity, and the howling beast is actually her familys' worried screams. The colors the insanity is showing her are hallucinations.The lines saying that she is running into the night and that the earth is shaking is saying that she is being driven to an insane asylum. She sees the light of the hospital, and she is put into a padded cell (the soft walls) in which she is forced to stay while her and her insanity wither away.
I love this interpretation.
@halgerl damn, but i do love this. makes sense
Ok so, I get how, pretty much everyone get dark meaning to this song, but i have another take, purely because of my personal experiences with a very incredible man that has recently come back into my life :) so..
'I'm looking for a place to start, And everything feels so different now.'
'Just grab a hold of my hand, I will lead you through this wonderland.'
'Water up to my knees, But sharks are swimming in the sea.'
'Just follow my yellow light And ignore all those big warning signs.'
-he extends her metaphor of caution, referring to his guidance as a yellow light, (Yellow is the colour of caution, a perfect example is when a robot turns yellow, you are supposed to slow down) he tells her to forget about the warning signs her body is giving her (In my opinion, she has rekindled her relationship with her true love, despite her running away from it previously)
'Somewhere deep in the dark, A howling beast hears us talk.'
'I dare you to close your eyes And see all the colors in disguise.'
-He says out of desperation, 'I Dare you to close your eyes' So, hes asking her to take a blind leap of faith and discover the beauty and wonders of Love, this indicates that he acknowledges that she is afraid of love, but he doesn't understand why. His understanding of love is pure and beautiful, and he wants her to experience that too.
'Running into the night, The earth is shaking and I see a light.'
'The light is blinding my eyes As the soft walls eat us alive.'
Let me know your thoughts darlings
XOXO
@SarahRae Wow! I really think that you hit the nail on the head, at least for me. That's what I feel this song is about as well. It is very personal to me. I just hope, if I ever have the chance to see this person again, I get the chance to close my eyes. It was never my intention to hurt him, I was just to blind and scared to realize what I had set in motion until it was too late.
@SarahRae your view of the song is really beautiful and I must say you really opened my eyes. I didn't have one dark view of the song but I thought her loved one is telling her to hold his hand and he will be with her side through all the problems but your review really expanded my thoughts and elaborated the meaning even more.
I'm not sure why, but this song seems to be about someone dying peacefully, with a loved one by their side. It's very sad, but also peaceful.
Wow halgerl, your comment really got me thinking. Here's were my thoughts went:
What if it was something other than insanity luring her away? Something darker? The devil?
I'm looking for a place to start-maybe she's gone through some traumatic event and is looking for a way to relieve the stress
And everything feels so different now.-she's going through shock, obviously everything has changed
Just grab a hold of my hand I will lead you through this wonderland.-the devil saying "it's okay, come with me and I'll make everything better"
Water up to my knees But sharks are swimming in the sea.-she goes with him and thinks "it's okay, I'm not that far in yet" but deep inside of her she knows that dangerous things lurk in these waters, and it's hard to get to shore once you're out at sea
Just follow my yellow light And ignore all those big warning signs.-he's telling her that it's all in her head and nothing is wrong
Somewhere deep in the dark A howling beast hears us talk.-she's starting to realize what a bad choice she's made, and even though she can't see anything, she senses the terrible things to come
I dare you to close your eyes And see all the colors in disguise.-he tries to convince her that she's just not looking at the situation right/it may look rough now, but really, things are great
Running into the night The earth is shaking and I see a light.-she realizes what she's done and tries to escape her choices
The light is blinding my eyes-he keeps her in the dark with him
As the soft walls eat us alive.-dark things were never build on a sound foundation, and the structure is flimsy, and the longer they stay, the more they fade away
Wow, that was really dark. I scared myself :I Just to make things clear: I don't think that OMAM are devil worshipers or anything, and neither am I, this is just where my mind went I guess. And even if this IS how they meant this song to be interpreted (which I doubt), I don't think that they were encouraging people to go out and seek evil and dark things. Rather the opposite actually. To remind people what has, and will happen. The song is actually quite beautiful and sad rather than dark.
Anyways......
(I'm actually not a creep I swear ;) )
Your interpretation really made sense to me. But I think that the 'devil' could really be something else like drugs/the drug dealer/alcohol abuse, telling her that everything's fine, so that she would buy more substance, or alcohol, because as she was in shock, things moved and changed so quickly that she just got left behind and turned to drugs/alcohol/etc. The addiction slowly started to pull her down under, even though when she started she said that she would stop using before it got too bad. Great job interpreting it, I really got the meaning. :)
Wow. No comments. Well I'll start this off by saying this is an amazing song. their entire album is just so soothing yet it stirs my soul a bit. As far as the meaning, I think it's simply a song about one person guiding the other through all of the world's trials, but it's told in a very vivid, imaginative way. Dark yet sweet and strangely haunting.
i feel as though these lyrics are about two people who have known of each other a long time, but never had the opportunity/advantage to truly explore/get to know one another until now, regarding many circumstances. so now they've stumbled upon each other and have may have realized they may have found what they really want regardless if it is what they had in mind or not. because everything is subject to change. Even that, that right there, but it's okay with them.
It's painfully obvious this is about the ancient folklore creature Will-o'-the-wisp.
@TheB I do like this interpretation, too. I like the sort of mystic thought.
@TheB I wouldn't call it painfully obvious. I do think that idea fits a lot with some of the lyrics but some of them don't have anything to with it. Interesting thought though.