When I first heard this, I could tell why they put it first on their album.
Here is how I see it interpreted...
"Angel of Mercy, how did you find me?
Where did you read my story?
Pulled from the papers, desperate and hurting
Seeking a momentary fix"
This is the time when he is broken and alone. The "Angel of Mercy" I see as hope when he is alone. She is the "momentary fix." Just the knowing there is hope helps and heals, but he doesn't know how there is still hope with him.
"All I wanted to say, all I wanted to do
Is fall apart now
All I wanted feel, I wanted love
It's all my fault now
A tragedy I fear"
Everything he was going to do and all of the love for that special someone is gone. It's broken, and he is mourning and hoping their relationship isn't a "tragedy" and there is still a chance for happy ending for them.
Chorus:
"Angel of Mercy, how did you find me?
How did you pick me up again?
Angel of Mercy, how did you move me?
Why am I on my feet again?"
The Chorus is him pleading with hope asking why it is still there, when to him it might be hopeless. He is wondering how there can be hope in so much despair.
"I see you
Whoa, whoa, whoa
I feel you
Whoa, whoa, whoa"
He knows and can feel hope is still there in his life.
"Before just the daylight
Came and I stand by
Waiting to catch the quickest plane
To fly me to nowhere
It's better than somewhere
That's where I've been and nothings changed"
He wants hope to take him from despair. If it takes him anywhere else, even to her he knows that nothing would have changed between them. It would just hurt going back.
"All I wanted to say, all I wanted to do
Is fall apart now
All I wanted to feel, I wanted to love
It's all my fault now
A tragedy I chose"
Same as last time except for the last line. He is saying he chose a "tragedy" and that is how it is. It was inevitable what happened between them, and now he has to accept it.
"I'm so lost in you
A tragedy, it seemed to be over now
A tragedy, it seemed to be over now"
He has come to accept that their relationship is over. There will be no happy ending for both of them. He's moved on, and hope is there to help him.
Hmm...I think the lyrics are a tad incorrect... I belive the lyrics for that last line in the second chorus is actually "a tragedy for sure", not "a tragedy I chose", and the lyrics at the end are:
Hmm...I think the lyrics are a tad incorrect... I belive the lyrics for that last line in the second chorus is actually "a tragedy for sure", not "a tragedy I chose", and the lyrics at the end are:
"I'm so lost in you
A tragedy it seemed to be
Oh what now, oh what now?
A tragedy it seemed to be
But what now?"
"I'm so lost in you
A tragedy it seemed to be
Oh what now, oh what now?
A tragedy it seemed to be
But what now?"
And that makes me think, chef_brian, that maybe the relationship only "seemed to be" a tragedy, and it all worked out in the end. His asking "but what now"...
And that makes me think, chef_brian, that maybe the relationship only "seemed to be" a tragedy, and it all worked out in the end. His asking "but what now" almost implies that maybe there's hope?
Of course this is just my interpretation :) I like to hear different opinions; it gives the song even more meaning. This is an absolutely beautiful song by OneRepublic.
When I first heard this, I could tell why they put it first on their album.
Here is how I see it interpreted...
"Angel of Mercy, how did you find me? Where did you read my story? Pulled from the papers, desperate and hurting Seeking a momentary fix"
This is the time when he is broken and alone. The "Angel of Mercy" I see as hope when he is alone. She is the "momentary fix." Just the knowing there is hope helps and heals, but he doesn't know how there is still hope with him.
"All I wanted to say, all I wanted to do Is fall apart now All I wanted feel, I wanted love It's all my fault now A tragedy I fear"
Everything he was going to do and all of the love for that special someone is gone. It's broken, and he is mourning and hoping their relationship isn't a "tragedy" and there is still a chance for happy ending for them.
Chorus: "Angel of Mercy, how did you find me? How did you pick me up again? Angel of Mercy, how did you move me? Why am I on my feet again?"
The Chorus is him pleading with hope asking why it is still there, when to him it might be hopeless. He is wondering how there can be hope in so much despair.
"I see you Whoa, whoa, whoa I feel you Whoa, whoa, whoa"
He knows and can feel hope is still there in his life.
"Before just the daylight Came and I stand by Waiting to catch the quickest plane To fly me to nowhere It's better than somewhere That's where I've been and nothings changed"
He wants hope to take him from despair. If it takes him anywhere else, even to her he knows that nothing would have changed between them. It would just hurt going back.
"All I wanted to say, all I wanted to do Is fall apart now All I wanted to feel, I wanted to love It's all my fault now A tragedy I chose"
Same as last time except for the last line. He is saying he chose a "tragedy" and that is how it is. It was inevitable what happened between them, and now he has to accept it.
"I'm so lost in you A tragedy, it seemed to be over now A tragedy, it seemed to be over now"
He has come to accept that their relationship is over. There will be no happy ending for both of them. He's moved on, and hope is there to help him.
Hmm...I think the lyrics are a tad incorrect... I belive the lyrics for that last line in the second chorus is actually "a tragedy for sure", not "a tragedy I chose", and the lyrics at the end are:
Hmm...I think the lyrics are a tad incorrect... I belive the lyrics for that last line in the second chorus is actually "a tragedy for sure", not "a tragedy I chose", and the lyrics at the end are:
"I'm so lost in you A tragedy it seemed to be Oh what now, oh what now? A tragedy it seemed to be But what now?"
"I'm so lost in you A tragedy it seemed to be Oh what now, oh what now? A tragedy it seemed to be But what now?"
And that makes me think, chef_brian, that maybe the relationship only "seemed to be" a tragedy, and it all worked out in the end. His asking "but what now"...
And that makes me think, chef_brian, that maybe the relationship only "seemed to be" a tragedy, and it all worked out in the end. His asking "but what now" almost implies that maybe there's hope? Of course this is just my interpretation :) I like to hear different opinions; it gives the song even more meaning. This is an absolutely beautiful song by OneRepublic.