well i was in class today and singin the part of the song
"If I'm to fall
Would you be there to applaud
Or would you hide behind them all"
and i remembered that i read this album has some to do with biblical messages or whatever and the thought of what that line means came to my mind.
Completely random and i have no idea about the other parts of the song but oh well:
Maybe it is referring to when Jesus was arrested and was denyed three times by Peter. "Would you be there" or "hide behind them all" haah just a thought
Yeah I agree that one major strand of meaning in this song is biblical, but imo the "falling" is meant to recall Jesus falling three times when carrying his cross to Calvary. No coincidence that the bridge is sung three times.
Yeah I agree that one major strand of meaning in this song is biblical, but imo the "falling" is meant to recall Jesus falling three times when carrying his cross to Calvary. No coincidence that the bridge is sung three times.
The song is intended to sound like a swansong signalling the end of Oasis's career: they are saying that, like Jesus on the cross, their work is done. John Lennon also said that his band were "bigger than Jesus" (in 1966, a few years before the end of the Beatles), and his voice is sampled at the...
The song is intended to sound like a swansong signalling the end of Oasis's career: they are saying that, like Jesus on the cross, their work is done. John Lennon also said that his band were "bigger than Jesus" (in 1966, a few years before the end of the Beatles), and his voice is sampled at the end of the song. Oasis's hero-worship of Lennon is no secret, and melodically (as well as lyrically) this song owes a huge debt to Lennon.
well i was in class today and singin the part of the song "If I'm to fall Would you be there to applaud Or would you hide behind them all" and i remembered that i read this album has some to do with biblical messages or whatever and the thought of what that line means came to my mind. Completely random and i have no idea about the other parts of the song but oh well: Maybe it is referring to when Jesus was arrested and was denyed three times by Peter. "Would you be there" or "hide behind them all" haah just a thought
Yeah I agree that one major strand of meaning in this song is biblical, but imo the "falling" is meant to recall Jesus falling three times when carrying his cross to Calvary. No coincidence that the bridge is sung three times.
Yeah I agree that one major strand of meaning in this song is biblical, but imo the "falling" is meant to recall Jesus falling three times when carrying his cross to Calvary. No coincidence that the bridge is sung three times.
The song is intended to sound like a swansong signalling the end of Oasis's career: they are saying that, like Jesus on the cross, their work is done. John Lennon also said that his band were "bigger than Jesus" (in 1966, a few years before the end of the Beatles), and his voice is sampled at the...
The song is intended to sound like a swansong signalling the end of Oasis's career: they are saying that, like Jesus on the cross, their work is done. John Lennon also said that his band were "bigger than Jesus" (in 1966, a few years before the end of the Beatles), and his voice is sampled at the end of the song. Oasis's hero-worship of Lennon is no secret, and melodically (as well as lyrically) this song owes a huge debt to Lennon.