Okay so i am a big fan of stars and memphis and I saw memphis live in hamilton ontario when they first sorta started to come out and do shows, and this song moved me completely because i found i related to it. The last line cuz when its lights up youre alone, brought tears to my eyes i was so moved. So this is my tranlation of the song basically part by part.
I think the song is intended to be how a person wishes and plays their life out to be like a movie.
"Im tired of seeing you buried in the twilight
Cradling your heart, watching people play
Am I ever gonna catch you in the early morning?
Are you ever gonna shine for us all someday?
Or will you spend your life in the cinema?
How do you sleep in the cinema alone?"
Translation:
Buried in the light of a movie screen watching people play out their characters lives as you wish you could. The person the song is directed to never goes out and only lives at night like when you watch movies you watch them in the dark, and singer wonders if shell ever live her life, or spend her life dreaming about what she could have instead of doing it.
"Do you keep in touch with the one that killed you?
The one that made you start to dream your life away?
Get on the telephone and tell her youre alone
And if she doesnt take you back
Its gonna stay that way"
Translation:
Wonders if she keeps in touch with the person who hurt her and made her revert to movie fantasies and dreams. The telephone part is basically saying that you could call that person who hurt you up and if they dont take you back its just going to be that way its not like in the movies where people end up living happily ever after all the time.
"Theres nothing left to see in the final reel
I havent seen the movie but I know the play
The lovers reunite, but its not your face up there
The sky is bright, but its not the way
Thats just the cinema
Your love will die in the cinema
Alone."
Translation:
The singer knows what happens in real life as oppose to the movies, the lovers on screen reunite but it doesnt mean that it will be you because it isnt, and thats just the way movies are and if you live your life according to movies and how they play out youll live and die alone.
"So dream all you like
Dream all you like, youre gonna end up alone
Dream all you like, dream all you like
Youre gonna end up all alone
Dream all you like, dream all you like
Cuz when its lights up
Youre alone"
Translation:
Basically dream how you want to dream imagine yourself in the movie senario but it does not mean youll get it, and if you dont get away form it youll end up alone. And even though in the movies the lovers reunite and end up all happen when the lights up your there watching the movie alone.
Okay so i am a big fan of stars and memphis and I saw memphis live in hamilton ontario when they first sorta started to come out and do shows, and this song moved me completely because i found i related to it. The last line cuz when its lights up youre alone, brought tears to my eyes i was so moved. So this is my tranlation of the song basically part by part.
I think the song is intended to be how a person wishes and plays their life out to be like a movie.
"Im tired of seeing you buried in the twilight Cradling your heart, watching people play Am I ever gonna catch you in the early morning? Are you ever gonna shine for us all someday? Or will you spend your life in the cinema? How do you sleep in the cinema alone?"
Translation: Buried in the light of a movie screen watching people play out their characters lives as you wish you could. The person the song is directed to never goes out and only lives at night like when you watch movies you watch them in the dark, and singer wonders if shell ever live her life, or spend her life dreaming about what she could have instead of doing it.
"Do you keep in touch with the one that killed you? The one that made you start to dream your life away? Get on the telephone and tell her youre alone And if she doesnt take you back Its gonna stay that way"
Translation: Wonders if she keeps in touch with the person who hurt her and made her revert to movie fantasies and dreams. The telephone part is basically saying that you could call that person who hurt you up and if they dont take you back its just going to be that way its not like in the movies where people end up living happily ever after all the time.
"Theres nothing left to see in the final reel I havent seen the movie but I know the play The lovers reunite, but its not your face up there The sky is bright, but its not the way Thats just the cinema Your love will die in the cinema Alone."
Translation: The singer knows what happens in real life as oppose to the movies, the lovers on screen reunite but it doesnt mean that it will be you because it isnt, and thats just the way movies are and if you live your life according to movies and how they play out youll live and die alone.
"So dream all you like Dream all you like, youre gonna end up alone Dream all you like, dream all you like Youre gonna end up all alone Dream all you like, dream all you like Cuz when its lights up Youre alone"
Translation: Basically dream how you want to dream imagine yourself in the movie senario but it does not mean youll get it, and if you dont get away form it youll end up alone. And even though in the movies the lovers reunite and end up all happen when the lights up your there watching the movie alone.