This song is great, one of my favorites on lifted. I have to disagree with all of you though, the melody might be really uplifting but just look at the lyrics. It's not a happy song at all.
"We'll keep working on the problems we know we'll never solve Of love's uneven remainders our lives are fractions of a whole. But if the world could remain within a frame like a painting on a wall then i think we'd see the beauty then.." The last verse is like a summation of the entire song, he talks about being happy and bouncy up until that point, but he realizes all of that's just a painting on the wall. He talks about how things are only beautiful in still lives, things that don't move and don't change.
The up beat melody and the lyrics up until the last verse seem almost sarcastic to me, but then maybe i'm just being cynical. In my opinion the song's not any happier than any other bright eyes songs. Still wonderful though.
@Fadingreflection It's been 23 years, so I doubt you'll see this reply, but I wonder if anything about this song has changed for you. I like your take on it, although I see it a little differently.
@Fadingreflection It's been 23 years, so I doubt you'll see this reply, but I wonder if anything about this song has changed for you. I like your take on it, although I see it a little differently.
I think we have a narrator who is bipolar and the beginning of the song marks coming down from one extreme and heading into another — mania. So he awakes in a fit of optimism, and as the song progresses, it intersects with realism, and those combine to become hope.
I think we have a narrator who is bipolar and the beginning of the song marks coming down from one extreme and heading into another — mania. So he awakes in a fit of optimism, and as the song progresses, it intersects with realism, and those combine to become hope.
When someone willingly acknowledges that they'll keep working on an unsolvable problem with a partner,...
When someone willingly acknowledges that they'll keep working on an unsolvable problem with a partner, that represents the hope of discovering a microcosm of beautiful balance within a macrocosm of disarray. I think the overall message, within that moment, is "life isn't so bad, especially when we can face it together."
This song is great, one of my favorites on lifted. I have to disagree with all of you though, the melody might be really uplifting but just look at the lyrics. It's not a happy song at all. "We'll keep working on the problems we know we'll never solve Of love's uneven remainders our lives are fractions of a whole. But if the world could remain within a frame like a painting on a wall then i think we'd see the beauty then.." The last verse is like a summation of the entire song, he talks about being happy and bouncy up until that point, but he realizes all of that's just a painting on the wall. He talks about how things are only beautiful in still lives, things that don't move and don't change.
The up beat melody and the lyrics up until the last verse seem almost sarcastic to me, but then maybe i'm just being cynical. In my opinion the song's not any happier than any other bright eyes songs. Still wonderful though.
@Fadingreflection It's been 23 years, so I doubt you'll see this reply, but I wonder if anything about this song has changed for you. I like your take on it, although I see it a little differently.
@Fadingreflection It's been 23 years, so I doubt you'll see this reply, but I wonder if anything about this song has changed for you. I like your take on it, although I see it a little differently.
I think we have a narrator who is bipolar and the beginning of the song marks coming down from one extreme and heading into another — mania. So he awakes in a fit of optimism, and as the song progresses, it intersects with realism, and those combine to become hope.
I think we have a narrator who is bipolar and the beginning of the song marks coming down from one extreme and heading into another — mania. So he awakes in a fit of optimism, and as the song progresses, it intersects with realism, and those combine to become hope.
When someone willingly acknowledges that they'll keep working on an unsolvable problem with a partner,...
When someone willingly acknowledges that they'll keep working on an unsolvable problem with a partner, that represents the hope of discovering a microcosm of beautiful balance within a macrocosm of disarray. I think the overall message, within that moment, is "life isn't so bad, especially when we can face it together."