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you are subtle as a window pane
standing in my view
but i will wait for it to rain
so that i can see you
you call me up at night
when there's no light passing through
and you think that i don't understand
but i do
we don't say everything that we could
so that we can say later
oh, you misunderstood
i hold my cards up
close to my chest
i say what i have to
and i hold back the rest
'cause someone you don't know
is someone you don't know
get a firm grip, girl
before you let go
for every hand extended
another lies in wait
keep your eye on that one
anticipate
dress down get out there
pick a fight with the police
we will get it all on film
for the new release
seems like everyone's an actor
or they're an actor's best friend
i wonder what was wrong to begin with
that they should all have to pretend
we lost sight of everything
when we have to keep checking our backs
i think we should all just smile
come clean
and relax
if there's anything i've learned
all these years on my own
it's how to find my own way there
and how to find my own way back home
standing in my view
but i will wait for it to rain
so that i can see you
you call me up at night
when there's no light passing through
and you think that i don't understand
but i do
so that we can say later
oh, you misunderstood
i hold my cards up
close to my chest
i say what i have to
and i hold back the rest
is someone you don't know
get a firm grip, girl
before you let go
for every hand extended
another lies in wait
keep your eye on that one
anticipate
pick a fight with the police
we will get it all on film
for the new release
seems like everyone's an actor
or they're an actor's best friend
i wonder what was wrong to begin with
that they should all have to pretend
we lost sight of everything
when we have to keep checking our backs
i think we should all just smile
come clean
and relax
all these years on my own
it's how to find my own way there
and how to find my own way back home
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this song got me listening to ani, so therefore this is the root of my craving for her music :P
I like the way this song addresses the way we maintain our distance and anonymity, so that we dont have to lie, and the price we pay for it.
It's amazing how different people can interpret songs so differently. Part of what makes art so special. I think the song is about relationships between people and the lies that always inevitably follow. I take the first verse: you are subtle as a window pane standing in my view but i will wait for it to rain so that i can see you... to be talking about how she sees a person who may seem to be completely honest and trustworthy, but really may not be underneath. The "waiting to rain" is about waiting for something to come to light, or the truth coming out in the end, to see who someone truly is underneath. I take this verse: "cause someone you don't know is someone you don't know. get a firm grip, girl before you let go. for every hand extended another lies in wait keep your eye on that one. anticipate" to be talking about a partner in a relationship who may or may not be unfaithful. The bit about the hands being extending shows you that you can never prevent it from happening. And you obviously can't "grip" on someone before they let go. Anticipation is no way to live your life basically. It would be better if everyone came clean about their secrets.
yes i agree with you.
yes i agree with you.
this song got me listening to ani, so therefore this is the root of my craving for her music :P
ani... i just got home from a concert. i love her. what can i say?
mm, this song.
fantastic. she's amazing clever.
i love: "we don't say everything that we could, so that we can say later 'oh, you misunderstood'"
just brilliant.
i had a dance teacher who once did a piece to this song and made us listen to the lyrics quite a few times...she had an interesting take on it, that its kind of a commentary on fame and how it changes people and forces them to put on an act and be wary of who they trust..."for every hand extended, another lies in wait"...people constantly are trying to get a piece of it, and will do anything to bring you down. and the general point of the song is that all of the hype surrounding fame is just foolish and that its too easy to lose yourself in it all, she refuses to get caught up in all that and "if there's anything [she's] learned in these years on [her] own...its how to find [her] own way back home"
I saw her in concert and she sang this and said she wrote it about all the big record labels coming to her wanting to sign.
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it makes sense about the bog record labels. she has a lot of songs about it as well such as napoleon, the million you never made, the next big thing. i love all of them.