I could really see this played for one of those television...save the children kind of initiative.
I think it serves as a paradox. We people are all full of a capacity to love, - "human kindness is overflowing"- we belong to this type of community where we should be able to love and care for one another. Even so, to the singer, or to any individual person, the world is a sad, lonely, and cold place. In the end, you find you stand alone.
The verses just talk about how we run our lives trying to be happy, to show we are okay...Scarecrows in new fashions, frozen smiles. We can't be vulnerable to the feeling of being alone, especially not to other people.
This song was also played in the season 5 finale of Gilmore Girls, and I think it was placed well, although its meaning in the show's context was different.
It was probably meant to show, that after several years, a really strong bond, a loving and caring mother-daughter relationship relationship has just crumbled. Both feel abandoned and hurt, and yet they try to compose themselves, hide their feelings lest they break down.
I could really see this played for one of those television...save the children kind of initiative. I think it serves as a paradox. We people are all full of a capacity to love, - "human kindness is overflowing"- we belong to this type of community where we should be able to love and care for one another. Even so, to the singer, or to any individual person, the world is a sad, lonely, and cold place. In the end, you find you stand alone.
The verses just talk about how we run our lives trying to be happy, to show we are okay...Scarecrows in new fashions, frozen smiles. We can't be vulnerable to the feeling of being alone, especially not to other people.
This song was also played in the season 5 finale of Gilmore Girls, and I think it was placed well, although its meaning in the show's context was different.
It was probably meant to show, that after several years, a really strong bond, a loving and caring mother-daughter relationship relationship has just crumbled. Both feel abandoned and hurt, and yet they try to compose themselves, hide their feelings lest they break down.