This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
I want it, I need it, I got it, believe it
I've seen it, on file, two feelings aspire
I want it, just run out, just wanted to feel good
The change of the season is something to believe in
You know it feels like heaven
All I try, I can't find a reason
To kill her ?
We're facing the scening, escaping the dream and
We're running, and pull yourself, the action you're missing
I want it, just run out, I wanted to feel good
The change of the season is something to believe in
You know it feels like heaven
All I try, I can't find a reason
You know it feels like heaven
(All I try, I can't find a reason)
Find a reason
You know it feels like heaven
All I try, I can't find a reason
You know it feels like heaven
(All I try, I can't find a reason)
Find a reason
You know it feels like heaven
All I try, I can't find a reason
You know it feels like heaven
(All I try, I can't find a reason)
Find a reason
I want it, I need it, I got it, believe it
I've seen it, on file, two feelings aspire
I want it, just run out, just wanted to feel good
The change of the season is something to believe in
You know it feels like heaven
All I try, I can't find a reason
To kill her ?
We're facing the scening, escaping the dream and
We're running, and pull yourself, the action you're missing
I want it, just run out, I wanted to feel good
The change of the season is something to believe in
You know it feels like heaven
All I try, I can't find a reason
You know it feels like heaven
(All I try, I can't find a reason)
Find a reason
You know it feels like heaven
All I try, I can't find a reason
You know it feels like heaven
(All I try, I can't find a reason)
Find a reason
You know it feels like heaven
All I try, I can't find a reason
You know it feels like heaven
(All I try, I can't find a reason)
Find a reason
I want it, I need it, I got it, believe it
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The Night We Met
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Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
No Surprises
Radiohead
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Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Just A Little Lovin'
Dusty Springfield
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
"'Just a Little Lovin’ is a timeless country song originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1954. The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives." https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-just-a-little-lovin-by-eddy-arnold/
Blue
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
Hi, I am the one who originally wrote this down earlier today from ear. After some checking I was pretty sure I wrote down the correct lyrics. However, after submitting, the lyrics got changed. I don't know how this happened, but these are in no way the lyrics to The Factory Gates. I have already submitted an edit, and I hope the problem gets solved. In the mean-time, here are the original lyrics
So this is the age of the train All aboard through the labour exchange My mind is running away with me
I'm a sharp one's sales campaign Trapped behind yellow cellophane My mind is running away with
Everything I ever learned Comes knocking at my head What you thought was way Too much is not enough
They tell you day after day To make your way through the factory gates What you make on the factory floor You take straight to the company store
They tell you day after day To make your way through the factory gates 'Til they can't break your will anymore You are contractually tied to death's door
I never left the town I was made in Wicker's World, Michael Palin My mind is running away with me
I record every one of my feelings Like trying bread bags onto the railings My mind is running away with
Every one you ever loved Is knocking down your door What you thought was way Too much is not enough
They tell you day after day To make your way through the factory gates What you make on the factory floor You take straight to the company store
They tell you day after day To make your way through the factory gates 'Til they can't break your will anymore You are contractually tied to death's door
Not enough, not enough I want wider than this island Not enough, not enough I want brighter than a diamond
And everything you've ever known Is in these city walls What you thought was way Too much, is not enough, it's not enough
But when you thought "It's way too much" It's not enough
They tell you day after day To make your way through the factory gates What you make on the factory floor You take straight to the company store
They tell you day after day To make your way through the factory gates 'Til they can't break your will anymore You are contractually tied to death's door
'Til they can't break your will anymore You are contractually tied to death's door
This is such a brilliant song. The band have previously discussed how this album is a bit of a commentary about society and politics of Britain but I think it can be interpreted in so many ways. “You are contractually tied to death’s door” is such a brilliant lyrics - possibly one of my favourite lines ever written. I take this to mean the grind of daily life, you put most of your life into work and people still demand more. Whatever you do is “not enough”. When the time comes to reflect back, everything you ever knew was just that and you never enjoyed things for yourself.