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Nova Heart

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Architects of the world
I walk your streets and live in your towns
Temporarily
Architects of the world
You've served us well until now
But soon we'll be on our own

And I'll sleep in your
Nova heart
As things come apart
I'll hide in your
Nova heart
At ease with the thought
That this nova won't burn out

Gentlemen of the world
I read your books and look at your art
Hesitantly
Gentlemen of the world
You want to educate our young
But soon they'll be on their own

And I'll sleep in your
Nova heart
As things come apart
I'll hide in your
Nova heart
At ease with my thoughts

And I'll sleep in your
Nova heart
As things come apart
And I'll rest in your
Nova heart
At ease with the thought
That this nova won't burn out.

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songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012

Romantic Traffic [*]

Romantic Traffic

Old Emotions

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by TimeIsPrecious

10y ago

Sorry, no meaning explanation. Just posting to say this song is awesome.

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by 80s4me

2y ago

Love the song. In my opinion its about WW3 and nuclear war.

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by alloowishus

7y ago

The song is kind of pretentious, but then again most are when you are in your twenties. I think it is about someone feeling ill at ease with the way the world is structured by the "elites", i.e. artists and architects. The way architecture and art can effect your behaviour. The author believes that we will soon not need these elites, perhaps because the world may be destroyed. In all this he feels at ease with his lover, and can sleep peacefully because not matter what happens, she will always be there, even if chaos arrives and destroys all the order that he knows. Her heart is a Nova heart, nova means "new" in latin, also suns go nova, meaning the burn up and explode. So she has an innocence, but he hopes the love won't burn out, the way architectural and artistic fads do.

Just my little interpretation.

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