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She Will Have Her Way Lyrics
I might be old but I'm someone new she said
I'm so sore that I could cry always
in the night lay your tired arms
She will have her way
somehow I will still believe her
She's the life I've been frightened of seems like
deathly silence and especially the dark feels like
I am heavy and my spirit has died
She will have her way
and somehow I will still believe her
she will have her way
one day I will come back
Still no end in sight
though I travel far and wide
dying man is doing time
thinker, soldier terrified
she will have her way
and somehow I will still believe her
she will have her way
and one day I will come (back)
she will have her way
I'm so sore that I could cry always
in the night lay your tired arms
somehow I will still believe her
deathly silence and especially the dark feels like
I am heavy and my spirit has died
and somehow I will still believe her
she will have her way
one day I will come back
though I travel far and wide
dying man is doing time
thinker, soldier terrified
and somehow I will still believe her
she will have her way
and one day I will come (back)
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I love this song. A friend gave it to me and I really liked it, but then I heard it on the show 'Sports Night' as the unofficial theme for Dana and Casey's relationship and I just adored it. It's beautiful, even though I don't understand all of it (such as "thinker, soldier terrified"). Gorgeous melody and I can feel his helplessness when faced with this girl, whoever she is!
@xanya My take: "Thinker, soldier terrified" is about the masculine perspective of the narrator and his anxieties over falling in love. masculinity comes with the social expectations of being in control (of your own emotions, your own life, if not more), of being rational and intellectually powerful ("thinker"), and of being physically/psychologically powerful ("soldier"). But he thinks his love for this She Who Will Have Her Way will lead him to act against what his rational self might advise himself to do. He travels far and wide to try to escape her, to move on, to follow what he thinks...
@xanya My take: "Thinker, soldier terrified" is about the masculine perspective of the narrator and his anxieties over falling in love. masculinity comes with the social expectations of being in control (of your own emotions, your own life, if not more), of being rational and intellectually powerful ("thinker"), and of being physically/psychologically powerful ("soldier"). But he thinks his love for this She Who Will Have Her Way will lead him to act against what his rational self might advise himself to do. He travels far and wide to try to escape her, to move on, to follow what he thinks is the rational way forward. But by not following his heart he's just a "dying man doing time." So he realizes that he has to relinquish a bit of control and to some degree readjust how he views himself if he wants to move forward - at least, eventually, after time has finally worn his resistance to what he truly wants.
Truely deep and beautiful song
i love this song and i love neil finn, i saw him in concert in the uk the other week and he was so amazing
Great song - Neil Finn is a great Kiwi songwriter - Love the video clip - The intro sounds like Bee Gee's You Win Again and from it has a similar meaning
just listened to the song for the first time it just finished as i started this post...its the 7 worlsd collide version and it was amazing...if it wasnt late at night i'de look up the guitar tab for it