This song is actually a lot deeper than it's given credit for. It goes into some very basic truths that a lot of forget sometimes.
"Cause love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care
For the people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves"
I see people "on the edge of the night" as homeless people or just people who aren't as fortunate as some of us are. This is echoed by the "people on the street" lines.
A lot of us say we love people. And that we're open-minded and enlightened. Meanwhile we see a street person and we ridcule them.
Love "dares" us to be open-minded about the term and apply it to people we might otherwise never think about.
I also think the song doubles as a rant about the insanity of this world in general.
Excellent interpretation. I agree with you, but would like to add that it isn't necessarily just people on the street, it could be anybody that's having a hard time, like someone who's being abused by their spouses/parents.
Excellent interpretation. I agree with you, but would like to add that it isn't necessarily just people on the street, it could be anybody that's having a hard time, like someone who's being abused by their spouses/parents.
People typically don't get involved in that kind of thing because it's not their problem, but as the song says, "love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night". This is something that our society really needs to learn better, because we don't care for people that we don't know, which worked fine when we lived in...
People typically don't get involved in that kind of thing because it's not their problem, but as the song says, "love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night". This is something that our society really needs to learn better, because we don't care for people that we don't know, which worked fine when we lived in small family groups, but now that we live in large groups numbering in the millions, we need to learn to be more interested in the people around us.
This song is actually a lot deeper than it's given credit for. It goes into some very basic truths that a lot of forget sometimes.
"Cause love's such an old fashioned word And love dares you to care For the people on the edge of the night And love dares you to change our way of Caring about ourselves"
I see people "on the edge of the night" as homeless people or just people who aren't as fortunate as some of us are. This is echoed by the "people on the street" lines.
A lot of us say we love people. And that we're open-minded and enlightened. Meanwhile we see a street person and we ridcule them.
Love "dares" us to be open-minded about the term and apply it to people we might otherwise never think about.
I also think the song doubles as a rant about the insanity of this world in general.
Great song.
Excellent interpretation. I agree with you, but would like to add that it isn't necessarily just people on the street, it could be anybody that's having a hard time, like someone who's being abused by their spouses/parents.
Excellent interpretation. I agree with you, but would like to add that it isn't necessarily just people on the street, it could be anybody that's having a hard time, like someone who's being abused by their spouses/parents.
People typically don't get involved in that kind of thing because it's not their problem, but as the song says, "love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night". This is something that our society really needs to learn better, because we don't care for people that we don't know, which worked fine when we lived in...
People typically don't get involved in that kind of thing because it's not their problem, but as the song says, "love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night". This is something that our society really needs to learn better, because we don't care for people that we don't know, which worked fine when we lived in small family groups, but now that we live in large groups numbering in the millions, we need to learn to be more interested in the people around us.