It's purely about "the grass" being "greener" on the other side. How we imagine things would be better "if only..." instead of loving what we have and who we already are.
I always loved this song and the video from the eighties. Now, I hear something that I didn't at a younger age.
It's a two-sided dialogue. One party is telling how they are struggling and unhappy: restless.
The other party is the chorus: Those who think it would "be good" to be the first party.
The former tries to explain their eror, but the chorus remains unchanged each time. I imagine a celebrity and their fans. Artists make their work look easy, and fans imagine that it truly would be all "good" if they could live their imagined perceptions of a celebrity's life.
The video was always eerie and omenous to me, and now I see a bit more... The character constantly reflects and carries the experiences of others right within his person. It's not something he can control, and yet it is what drives him. Others wish they could be in his place, though he tells them that it's not all that they imagine it to be. He lives, like an alien, among others and eventually must return to from wherever he came, possibly as only energy when he finds a device that can take him home.
A very nicely written and well thought out summary. I never thought of the artist/performer angle, but so many other polar positions... I feel like the cold could be perceived failure, and the heat could be perceived success - the one who watches the success wants it but the one who experiences it wishes they didn't have it. But the lyrics are so visceral and physical. "The cold is biting through each and every nerve and fibre." "The heat is stifling, burning me up from the inside." These have to be two of the best...
A very nicely written and well thought out summary. I never thought of the artist/performer angle, but so many other polar positions... I feel like the cold could be perceived failure, and the heat could be perceived success - the one who watches the success wants it but the one who experiences it wishes they didn't have it. But the lyrics are so visceral and physical. "The cold is biting through each and every nerve and fibre." "The heat is stifling, burning me up from the inside." These have to be two of the best lines ever written. They say the same thing from opposite sides. The whole song is a perfect balance of emotional imbalances. Love it.
It's purely about "the grass" being "greener" on the other side. How we imagine things would be better "if only..." instead of loving what we have and who we already are.
I always loved this song and the video from the eighties. Now, I hear something that I didn't at a younger age.
It's a two-sided dialogue. One party is telling how they are struggling and unhappy: restless.
The other party is the chorus: Those who think it would "be good" to be the first party.
The former tries to explain their eror, but the chorus remains unchanged each time. I imagine a celebrity and their fans. Artists make their work look easy, and fans imagine that it truly would be all "good" if they could live their imagined perceptions of a celebrity's life.
The video was always eerie and omenous to me, and now I see a bit more... The character constantly reflects and carries the experiences of others right within his person. It's not something he can control, and yet it is what drives him. Others wish they could be in his place, though he tells them that it's not all that they imagine it to be. He lives, like an alien, among others and eventually must return to from wherever he came, possibly as only energy when he finds a device that can take him home.
It's a pretty somber theme to me.
-Phase
A very nicely written and well thought out summary. I never thought of the artist/performer angle, but so many other polar positions... I feel like the cold could be perceived failure, and the heat could be perceived success - the one who watches the success wants it but the one who experiences it wishes they didn't have it. But the lyrics are so visceral and physical. "The cold is biting through each and every nerve and fibre." "The heat is stifling, burning me up from the inside." These have to be two of the best...
A very nicely written and well thought out summary. I never thought of the artist/performer angle, but so many other polar positions... I feel like the cold could be perceived failure, and the heat could be perceived success - the one who watches the success wants it but the one who experiences it wishes they didn't have it. But the lyrics are so visceral and physical. "The cold is biting through each and every nerve and fibre." "The heat is stifling, burning me up from the inside." These have to be two of the best lines ever written. They say the same thing from opposite sides. The whole song is a perfect balance of emotional imbalances. Love it.