This is a very symbolic song so I’ll break it down to you line for line. "Jack was a man that lived in the sand" is in reference to a person that spends his days on the beach like so many people do that live on the coast, there for are often referred to as "people that live in the sand".
"Amy was a girl that was new to the world" is referring to a freshman college student that has just arrived for her first year in college and is looking for things to do for entertainment. "She lived in the coalmine out of town" recalls the dorm rooms and apartments outside of college towns that are so much like coalmines in the fact that they are all the same and contain the same thing.
"DreamerLand" is a fake town in my mind that I refer to as any normal city or place that people wish they could be.
From here on, the song tells a story of Amy and her friends going to see Jack and his band play a concert in DreamerLand and after meeting Jack, she fell in love.
"She placed her small heart in his hand" means she gave him her love and trust.
The line about Marching Bands is referring to the steady beat that they keep, much like a heart does.
The last line shows that Jack and Amy became lovers from then on and made a life for themselves in DreamerLand, struggling to pay the bills but are still happy to have each other.
this is just the story of the song, I’d love to hear how it has affect you.
This is a very symbolic song so I’ll break it down to you line for line. "Jack was a man that lived in the sand" is in reference to a person that spends his days on the beach like so many people do that live on the coast, there for are often referred to as "people that live in the sand".
"Amy was a girl that was new to the world" is referring to a freshman college student that has just arrived for her first year in college and is looking for things to do for entertainment. "She lived in the coalmine out of town" recalls the dorm rooms and apartments outside of college towns that are so much like coalmines in the fact that they are all the same and contain the same thing.
"DreamerLand" is a fake town in my mind that I refer to as any normal city or place that people wish they could be.
From here on, the song tells a story of Amy and her friends going to see Jack and his band play a concert in DreamerLand and after meeting Jack, she fell in love.
"She placed her small heart in his hand" means she gave him her love and trust.
The line about Marching Bands is referring to the steady beat that they keep, much like a heart does.
The last line shows that Jack and Amy became lovers from then on and made a life for themselves in DreamerLand, struggling to pay the bills but are still happy to have each other.
this is just the story of the song, I’d love to hear how it has affect you.
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