Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
What's so wrong?
Why the face so long
Is it over?
And where you going that
You no longer belong here?
And distance tells you that
Distance must come between love
Where have you been luv?
When the mistake we made
Was in never having planned to fall in love, luv
Singing this song
Singing along
Makes it easier for me to see you go
But in doing so
I'm letting you go
It only serves to show me
That I'm still in love with you
Singing this song
Singing along
Makes it easier for me to see you go
But in doing so
In letting you go
It only serves to show me
That I'm still in love with you
So what's so wrong?
Why the face?
So long
Are you changing?
And where you been to that
You no longer remember?
And distance tells you that
Distance must come between love
Where have you been luv?
It's just the chance we took
Having never planned to fall in love, luv
Having never planned to fall in love, luv
Having never planned to fall in love, luv
Luv
Why the face so long
Is it over?
And where you going that
You no longer belong here?
And distance tells you that
Distance must come between love
Where have you been luv?
When the mistake we made
Was in never having planned to fall in love, luv
Singing this song
Singing along
Makes it easier for me to see you go
But in doing so
I'm letting you go
It only serves to show me
That I'm still in love with you
Singing this song
Singing along
Makes it easier for me to see you go
But in doing so
In letting you go
It only serves to show me
That I'm still in love with you
So what's so wrong?
Why the face?
So long
Are you changing?
And where you been to that
You no longer remember?
And distance tells you that
Distance must come between love
Where have you been luv?
It's just the chance we took
Having never planned to fall in love, luv
Having never planned to fall in love, luv
Having never planned to fall in love, luv
Luv
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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"
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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”
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Magical
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How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
Fran wrote this song about his girlfriend while their relationship was rocky and asked to her listen to it. I guess she left for a while or he did but when he finally did talk to her again he asked her what she thought of it and she just blew it off. But Fran says that he knows it got through to her because he could just tell. This is probably my favourite song off of The Man Who- which, as MDMaster said, is the best Travis album and I completely agree.
This song is the best and most poetic on THE MAN WHO. It is very Beatle-y and well written while still original. It is definitely my favorite track. It is a painful ballad about love and the confusion of losing it. It hits on emotions we have all felt and this is one of ten reasons (ten tracks) why this should be album of the year.
Well I guess it's a bit late to be the album of the year, still I think it's the best Travis album. And I luv this song too...
the man who is one of the best albums i own, easily better than the other 2 travis albums, it came out in 99 though so i dont think its gonna make album of the year. i dont personaly think this song is the best ont eh album, though this is a good song. the only thing i dont like about travis is that their songs are so simple that u cant really read any deeper meaning into the lyrics. they are too straight forward. not that that is bad but it means i cant really post clever messages on this site.:(
This song i obviously about Luv:P but guys, is it true that there is actually a hidden track on The Man Who?!?
Yea the hidden track is called Blue Flashing Light. This song is really cool, great music.
I think this song is about distance - whether it is actual distance in a long distance relationship or just distance between a couple. "And where you going that you no longer belong here?" i think in that line "belong here" refers to in his heart - relating to the fact that no matter where she's going she will still belong there.
To me this song reminds me of my and my ex. We had a rocky relationship to start with, always bickering and falling out but then all of a sudden it just all worked out and we fell in love. Recently we both moved away to uni on opposite coasts and it has fallen apart. (and distance tells you that distance must come between us) We went back to our origional fighting and bickering and it has recently ended. Neither of us want this but it's just the way it happened. Love makes it harder really when the circumstances are difficult (The mistake we made was in never having planned to fall in love luv)
Distance really does test the love between 2 people to the max. It really lets you know the extent of the other person's desire for you. It's unfortunate most relationships are based on physical intimacy rather than going beyond that.
this song is on Stephanie Meyer's (the author of the Twilight series) playlist for the book Eclipse. There it's intended to be from the character Jacob's point of view.
In the story Jacob and Bella fall in love, but Bella loves Edward more and ends up choosing him over Jacob.
There's a terribly sad scene where Jacob and Bella say goodbye to each other and this song fits it perfectly.
They are still in love, and that was a mistake they didn't mean to make and it just makes it incredibly hard on both of them.