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the sky is grey
the sand is grey
and the ocean is grey
and i feel right at home
in this stunning monochrome
alone in my way
i smoke and i drink
and every time i blink
i have a tiny dream
but as bad as i am
i'm proud of the fact
that i'm worse than i seem
what kind of paradise am i looking for?
i've got everything i want and still i want more
maybe some tiny shiny key
will wash up on the shore
you walk through my walls
like a ghost on tv
you penetrate me
and my little pink heart
is on its little brown raft
floating out to sea
and what can i say
but i'm wired this way
and you're wired to me
and what can i do
but wallow in you
unintentionally
what kind of paradise am i looking for?
i've got everything i want and still i want more
maybe some tiny shiny key
will wash up on the shore
regretfully
i guess i've only got three
simple things to say:
why me?
why this now?
why this way?
with overtones ringing
and undertows pulling away
under a sky that is grey
on sand that is grey
by an ocean that's grey
what kind of paradise am i looking for?
i've got everything i want
and still i want more
maybe some tiny shiny key
will wash up on the shore
the sand is grey
and the ocean is grey
in this stunning monochrome
alone in my way
and every time i blink
i have a tiny dream
i'm proud of the fact
that i'm worse than i seem
i've got everything i want and still i want more
maybe some tiny shiny key
will wash up on the shore
like a ghost on tv
you penetrate me
is on its little brown raft
floating out to sea
but i'm wired this way
and you're wired to me
but wallow in you
unintentionally
what kind of paradise am i looking for?
i've got everything i want and still i want more
maybe some tiny shiny key
will wash up on the shore
i guess i've only got three
simple things to say:
why me?
why this now?
why this way?
with overtones ringing
and undertows pulling away
under a sky that is grey
on sand that is grey
by an ocean that's grey
i've got everything i want
and still i want more
maybe some tiny shiny key
will wash up on the shore
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I always tell people I am feeling grey when I am sad. Usually blue or black is marked as depression but i really think that grey expresses it perfectly... espcially if you are on meds and you are just numb. I heard this song and it almost startled me to see that someone else got it.
another thing... I always think of ways to change the lyrics or add to them to suit my life or something... I thought of this: ani's: "maybe some tiny shiny key will wash up on the shore" me: and holding the key to you I'll hunger no more
so maybe its not about the person not being what she expected... maybe they weren't completely there, not giving everyhting they had. but its just a thought.
I LOVE this song
so sad... having your perfect picture of what u want... and its what u thought it should be.. but ur still incomplete and u feel selfish and stagnant waiting for a sign.
its like ur stuck between white and black things just aren't clear. I feel this way sometimes, u have everything want but u still want more it's like life is good but you are wishing for something amazing. The key is the answer to why she is stuck in the middle. I just love ani's lyrics the mean so many things all at once!
love, like you've had this ideal goal of a person who could make you happy, and once you get it, its not everything you wanted, its dull and monochrome. and the guy can see through that.. see through her, "walk through my walls"
this sounds like tough times in a relationship (or a breakup of a relationship) that started out well... but expectations werent upheld, everything became dull, the paradise she thought she wanted turned out to be different from the truth...
or something. pretty song. nice style :)
"you penetrate me and my little pink heart is on its little brown raft floating out to sea"
This part always struck me as a metaphor for sex.
"you penetrate me and my little pink heart is on its little brown raft floating out to sea"
"you penetrate me and my little pink heart is on its little brown raft floating out to sea"
Ani speaks of a needle entering her skin.. "and my little pink heart is on its little brown raft" Ani refers to Heroin is this verse.
Ani speaks of a needle entering her skin.. "and my little pink heart is on its little brown raft" Ani refers to Heroin is this verse.
and what can i do but wallow in you unintentionally
the rawness of his song hurts me but i love it
Such a good song
this song describes my moods so perfectly. to me it say that the person has fallen for someone who they didnt want to, they have this person but they dont want to love them. well... thats what i think. 'as bad as i am im proud of the fact that im worse then i seem' this song is so raw and broken that its prefect.
This song is hard to listen to and I honestly can't play it when I drive or I will veer of course! It's just so sad yet so true. She captures the mood and everything in this feeling..... I love the second verse. It is very sexual and painful at the same time. It makes her seem so weak and vulnerable. "As bad as I am, I'm proud of the fact that I'm worse than I seem" That describes my feeling at times perfectly. I can't believe she gets it and can express it in words so beautiful. It describes that sometimes people think you have all these problems and you are just a nuisance. You just want to tell them... no no its really worse.
this has to be one of my favorites off this disc, the vulnerability, the imagery, the brazeness of it. It's beautiful.