this song is told in a 'story' like format... which progresses throughout the song...
the song begins with positive tones:
"Now is the time of our comfort and plenty
These are the days we've been working for
Nothing can touch us, and nothing can hurt us
And nothing goes wrong anymore
Singing a song with your feet on the dashboard
The cigarette streaming into the night
These are the things that I want to remember
I want to remember you by"
these two stanzas tell of a relationship that is flourishing and that is going perfectly and to plan... memories are being made and love is plenty...
after the chorus... the song takes a tragic turn... wherein the person in the song is dumped... and experiences the shock of the breakup... and experiences melancholy
"I took off my clothes and I ran to the ocean
Looking for somewhere to start a-new
And when I was drowning in that holy water
All I could think of was you"
this stanza leads me to think the person is so distraught at the break up that he rushes into commiting suicide but cannot bring himself to drown himself.
...
in the next stanza he could be begging to his former partner to be "taken back" and begs his partner to reconsider...
Take it back, don't let it die
Or rage against the fallen night
Cos I still do, depend on you
So don't say those words, that wrung me through
"those words" refer to him being told he is dumped.
...
the final stanza is extremely powerful.. it shows that the man has lost the one light in his life... and now that that light has been diminished.. he is lost in the world and does not know what to do or where to go...
So I tread the only road
The only road I know
Nowhere to go, but home
Nowhere to go
Maybe our time is up
But still you can't look back
But all the principles of love
Don't say those words
Don't say those words
Don't say those words
Don't say those words
All in all... this song tells of the power of love... love is the most powerful of feelings one can experience and has the ability to make/ruin lives.
this song is told in a 'story' like format... which progresses throughout the song... the song begins with positive tones:
"Now is the time of our comfort and plenty These are the days we've been working for Nothing can touch us, and nothing can hurt us And nothing goes wrong anymore
Singing a song with your feet on the dashboard The cigarette streaming into the night These are the things that I want to remember I want to remember you by"
these two stanzas tell of a relationship that is flourishing and that is going perfectly and to plan... memories are being made and love is plenty...
after the chorus... the song takes a tragic turn... wherein the person in the song is dumped... and experiences the shock of the breakup... and experiences melancholy
"I took off my clothes and I ran to the ocean Looking for somewhere to start a-new And when I was drowning in that holy water All I could think of was you"
this stanza leads me to think the person is so distraught at the break up that he rushes into commiting suicide but cannot bring himself to drown himself.
...
in the next stanza he could be begging to his former partner to be "taken back" and begs his partner to reconsider...
Take it back, don't let it die Or rage against the fallen night Cos I still do, depend on you So don't say those words, that wrung me through
"those words" refer to him being told he is dumped.
...
the final stanza is extremely powerful.. it shows that the man has lost the one light in his life... and now that that light has been diminished.. he is lost in the world and does not know what to do or where to go...
So I tread the only road The only road I know Nowhere to go, but home Nowhere to go Maybe our time is up But still you can't look back But all the principles of love Don't say those words Don't say those words Don't say those words Don't say those words
All in all... this song tells of the power of love... love is the most powerful of feelings one can experience and has the ability to make/ruin lives.