I joined up for the sole purpose of commenting on this song, because it has my absolute favourite lyric of any lyric I've ever heard or read:
"And the Mississippi's mighty
But it starts in Minnesota
At a place that you could walk across with five steps down
And I guess that's how you started
Like a pinprick to my heart
But at this point you rush right through me and I start to drown"
I coincidentally came across this song when I was experiencing a very intense secret love/crush, and that lyric summed up my entire experience right there. It's not about love at first sight, but about suddenly getting to the point when you realise this person you've known has come to mean more to you than you'd ever anticipated.
This whole song is so perfectly well written, the way everything is brought back to the water analogy - even the references to Helen of Troy are perfectly and subtly written.
"Now I see your face before me
I would launch a thousand ships
To bring your heart back to my island
as the sand beneath me slips
As I burn up in your presence
And I know now how it feels
To be weakened like Achilles
With you always at my heels"
And this bit always makes me cry:
"And my bitter pill to swallow is the silence that I keep
It poisons me, I can't swim free
The river is too deep"
I can't get over the amazing lyrics and melodies that Amy and Emily write... I'm particularly a fan of Emily's songs. This song makes me cry almost every time I hear it!
I joined up for the sole purpose of commenting on this song, because it has my absolute favourite lyric of any lyric I've ever heard or read:
"And the Mississippi's mighty But it starts in Minnesota At a place that you could walk across with five steps down
And I guess that's how you started Like a pinprick to my heart But at this point you rush right through me and I start to drown"
I coincidentally came across this song when I was experiencing a very intense secret love/crush, and that lyric summed up my entire experience right there. It's not about love at first sight, but about suddenly getting to the point when you realise this person you've known has come to mean more to you than you'd ever anticipated.
This whole song is so perfectly well written, the way everything is brought back to the water analogy - even the references to Helen of Troy are perfectly and subtly written.
"Now I see your face before me I would launch a thousand ships To bring your heart back to my island as the sand beneath me slips
As I burn up in your presence And I know now how it feels To be weakened like Achilles With you always at my heels"
And this bit always makes me cry:
"And my bitter pill to swallow is the silence that I keep It poisons me, I can't swim free The river is too deep"
I can't get over the amazing lyrics and melodies that Amy and Emily write... I'm particularly a fan of Emily's songs. This song makes me cry almost every time I hear it!