This is possibly my favourite song by Fiona. Her voice is so soft and sad, and the instrumental at the end is just so powerful and moving, when I hear it, it sounds like the crashing of waves, and you can just imagine yourself laying at the bottom of an oceane and it's all going on ontop of you.
I read also, that the pearl reference was about her rape ordeal. She has also explained the metaphore of being ''calm under the waves'' in the blue of her oblivion. To me, this has always been so easy to relate to. When you are at a bad time in your life, and there is just so much going on, the depression you feel is almost a comfort, because you're numb to all the problems.
''Days like this, I dont know what to do with myself, all day, and all night. I wander the halls, along the walls, and under my breath I say to myself, I need fuel, to take flight.''
Those just strike me as being really incredible lyrics, especially since she was so young when she wrote them. It's describing the feeling of being so depressed, you just don't know what to do with yourself, and the days seem so long you just need something, anything, to happen thats going to give you the strength to do something with yourself.
And finally,
They don't know I used to sail the deep and tranquil sea - those words always used to make me feel so sad, because it's seems like a messege to the people who misunderstood her as a child, when she was troubled, she's saying they have no idea that she used to be okay.
This is possibly my favourite song by Fiona. Her voice is so soft and sad, and the instrumental at the end is just so powerful and moving, when I hear it, it sounds like the crashing of waves, and you can just imagine yourself laying at the bottom of an oceane and it's all going on ontop of you. I read also, that the pearl reference was about her rape ordeal. She has also explained the metaphore of being ''calm under the waves'' in the blue of her oblivion. To me, this has always been so easy to relate to. When you are at a bad time in your life, and there is just so much going on, the depression you feel is almost a comfort, because you're numb to all the problems. ''Days like this, I dont know what to do with myself, all day, and all night. I wander the halls, along the walls, and under my breath I say to myself, I need fuel, to take flight.'' Those just strike me as being really incredible lyrics, especially since she was so young when she wrote them. It's describing the feeling of being so depressed, you just don't know what to do with yourself, and the days seem so long you just need something, anything, to happen thats going to give you the strength to do something with yourself. And finally, They don't know I used to sail the deep and tranquil sea - those words always used to make me feel so sad, because it's seems like a messege to the people who misunderstood her as a child, when she was troubled, she's saying they have no idea that she used to be okay.