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nothing's so loud
as hearing when we lie
the truth is not kind
and you've said neither am i
but the air outside so soft is saying everything
everything
all i want is to feel this way
to be this close, to feel the same
all i want is to feel this way
the evening speaks, i feel it say...
nothing's so cold
as closing the heart when all we need
is to free the soul
but we wouldn't be that brave i know
and the air outside so soft, confessing everything
everything
and it won't matter now
whatever happens to me
though the air speaks of all we'll never be
it won't trouble me
and it feels so close
let it take me in
let it hold me so
i can feel it say...
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Submitted by
rabidpenguin On Dec 08, 2001
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Let's try this one on.
It's about a relationship -- sort of. At least, a dynamic. I believe there's a blockage here. Something that's unexpressed, and being frustrated. Perhaps, because there cannot be a relationship -- at least not the way in which this chemistry between them seeks to be expressed. So, it doesn't seem to me to be a break-up song. It's more of a star-crossed experience.
To wit:
'Nothing's so cold as closing the heart when all we need is to free the soul. But we wouldn't be that brave, I know.' Whether it's bravery or commitment to another or a different ideal is up for further extrapolation. Either way, it's a disappointment and a longing.
Here's the kicker, though:
'And it won't matter now. Whatever happens WILL BE. Though, the air it speaks of all we'll never be. It won't trouble me.'
Maybe that's true. Maybe it's being relinquished more easily than initially expected. Maybe, the reasons are understood, and it's decided to be the best course of action. Maybe, there's a bit of denial involved. It's most likely a combination of all of the above.
Since the two people cannot express what's between them, the narrator settles on the overall feeling between them that remains unexpressed -- since it still feels SO close, but not close enough. Letting IT hold him close; IT take him in.
I think it ends perfectly, since it CANNOT end, that feeling. It tends to linger. So, he can hear it say ... the very same things he already knows, over which he is experiencing quite a bit of anguish. In the end, the want remains. Even if it's unsatisfied.
My $0.03.
It's interesting to read the above comments.
It's interesting to read the above comments.
This may be a shock, but the song is about a rape victim. Read above and it makes sense.
This may be a shock, but the song is about a rape victim. Read above and it makes sense.
Right On.
Right On.
@mindhuntress Great interpretation, I feel like this describes my relationships a lot because I'm shy and its almost like all the words unsaid are hanging between them in the song, yet they are still afraid to speak what they feel for each other, wishing they could free their soul and be more confident and open with each other, but they try to make it work with their unexpressed feeling and the connection they have and are grateful for being this close.
@mindhuntress Great interpretation, I feel like this describes my relationships a lot because I'm shy and its almost like all the words unsaid are hanging between them in the song, yet they are still afraid to speak what they feel for each other, wishing they could free their soul and be more confident and open with each other, but they try to make it work with their unexpressed feeling and the connection they have and are grateful for being this close.
I don't feel a relationship aspect to this song like many are saying. That maybe the inspiration for this song but it means so much more for me.
To me it is about epiphany. That place you come to when you stop the struggle of saving face and spinning your wheels for things that don't matter. You are at peace and the letting go is like a weight has been lifted off your shoulders and a veil removed from your eyes. At that moment you can see the color of the world around you again and feel the wind on your face again. Listen to this song at sunset/sunrise or at the peak of an epiphany or trip and maybe you will feel it to.
Yes!
Yes!
@jtstanley7 Bingo!
@jtstanley7 Bingo!
You know, I think EVERY single person in the World has heard this song, and maybe 3000 people know who it is by. It's freaking unbelievable. This song is just unbeatable as a pop rock song, and it's not even all that poppy.
I never thought of this song as a relationship type of song.. I thought of it as sortof a general statement on how there is jsut so much wrong with people and what's going on with his own life that he just wants to have that feeling that an amazing love can give.
I'm so glad you put this. I feel the same way, but these other posts caused me to think I might be way off.
I'm so glad you put this. I feel the same way, but these other posts caused me to think I might be way off.
@ihavechappedlips I agree that love can make us feel better and have better outlooks when things are going wrong.
@ihavechappedlips I agree that love can make us feel better and have better outlooks when things are going wrong.
I thought the lyric was 'whatever happens will be' that's in the music video....
@Prophet3Z That is the lyric in the Bridge section of the song. Just nowhere else in the song.
@Prophet3Z That is the lyric in the Bridge section of the song. Just nowhere else in the song.
great song, toad the wet sproaket kicks ass!!! , lol
ddd
ddd
@LiveUrLife Really Whose?
@LiveUrLife Really Whose?
no ones commented on this song? thats odd. well, i heard this song in 3rd grade, 11 years ago, and i fell in love with it. ive loved toad ever since -
anyhow in this song i always imagine glen being out in the snow somewhere just thinking about this relationship and perhaps life in general and just saying 'listening' to what the world around him and his feelings are telling him. its an acceptance song, he is saying its ok whatever happens, he feels so spiritually close to the world - he will embrace whatever comes.
anyone that thinks thats what the song is about, and likes that kinda feeling/message - check out "on your side" by pete yorn.
it makes you think of snow? I picture a warm rainy summer day ... funny ...
this is an incredible song, it really is.
to me this song is about the joy of life the hope and invigoration of taking in the outside air on a breezy day
I believe it to be about self-awareness and attempting to walk a path of enlightenment.