This is my favorite CC song so I posted the lyrics in case someone has some insight on the lyrics. I like the lyrics but I'm not sure what they mean. Is this about the pain of war? love? What does he mean "we'll take all the doubtful ones in the fight and make them hold off til spring. take hold of their hallowed souls and save them from pain?"
My take on this song has always been that Shirley is an Eleanor Rigby type, and the song is about hope for the lonely and lost. The sum of the lyrics seem to point to that. It is a powerful message, perhaps open to private interpretation.
My take on this song has always been that Shirley is an Eleanor Rigby type, and the song is about hope for the lonely and lost. The sum of the lyrics seem to point to that. It is a powerful message, perhaps open to private interpretation.
A very melodic tune, with or without that message. I hope this answer was worth the 6-year wait!
A very melodic tune, with or without that message. I hope this answer was worth the 6-year wait!
this song I listened to so many times while on deployment, as it struck a cord in me. Reading the lyrics it seems to mean poor Shirley is waiting for a special friend who is away or possibly at war and is hopeful that he will return in the spring and whom will make good on the relationship. the phrase "we'll take all the doubtful ones in the fight and make them hold off til spring. take hold of their hallowed souls and save them from pain" might mean that any "suitors" who she comes across will be...
this song I listened to so many times while on deployment, as it struck a cord in me. Reading the lyrics it seems to mean poor Shirley is waiting for a special friend who is away or possibly at war and is hopeful that he will return in the spring and whom will make good on the relationship. the phrase "we'll take all the doubtful ones in the fight and make them hold off til spring. take hold of their hallowed souls and save them from pain" might mean that any "suitors" who she comes across will be considered but not given into til the spring.
This is my favorite CC song so I posted the lyrics in case someone has some insight on the lyrics. I like the lyrics but I'm not sure what they mean. Is this about the pain of war? love? What does he mean "we'll take all the doubtful ones in the fight and make them hold off til spring. take hold of their hallowed souls and save them from pain?"
My take on this song has always been that Shirley is an Eleanor Rigby type, and the song is about hope for the lonely and lost. The sum of the lyrics seem to point to that. It is a powerful message, perhaps open to private interpretation.
My take on this song has always been that Shirley is an Eleanor Rigby type, and the song is about hope for the lonely and lost. The sum of the lyrics seem to point to that. It is a powerful message, perhaps open to private interpretation.
A very melodic tune, with or without that message. I hope this answer was worth the 6-year wait!
A very melodic tune, with or without that message. I hope this answer was worth the 6-year wait!
this song I listened to so many times while on deployment, as it struck a cord in me. Reading the lyrics it seems to mean poor Shirley is waiting for a special friend who is away or possibly at war and is hopeful that he will return in the spring and whom will make good on the relationship. the phrase "we'll take all the doubtful ones in the fight and make them hold off til spring. take hold of their hallowed souls and save them from pain" might mean that any "suitors" who she comes across will be...
this song I listened to so many times while on deployment, as it struck a cord in me. Reading the lyrics it seems to mean poor Shirley is waiting for a special friend who is away or possibly at war and is hopeful that he will return in the spring and whom will make good on the relationship. the phrase "we'll take all the doubtful ones in the fight and make them hold off til spring. take hold of their hallowed souls and save them from pain" might mean that any "suitors" who she comes across will be considered but not given into til the spring.
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