Okay well I have one interpretation but that's all it is, can't know for sure what they were really talking about :)
-i started getting ideas from the middle onwards and then looked at the start again so i'm going to put the 'meaning' i got in that order starting from:
The future's in my hands
I hold it in my palms
Engrave it the leylines running right down her arms
-this part reminds me of how we have ipods and iphones and all this handheld technology that allows us to control our lives, like we literally hold the future in our hands with this new technology.
-the leylines bit almost feels like there's this pressure to control the future and take on this technology as a part of your life, engraved like the way palm readers can read the lines in your hand that tell you future, you have no say in the matter, you're born with these prophetic markings.
Speak in silent tongues
Lies reflect the times
The ghosts and the shadows fill the living scene
-this reminds me of how communication is all via texting, and the internet etc so nothing is heard in the 'real world'
-and how lies can be created so easily via this medium because everyone is in control and has a voice so we have the opportunity to use this voice to tell lies without being detected
-and the ghosts and shadows are us in the real world, we're more alive in the cyber world than in real life, aren't fully alive until connected with this technology
Don't want to talk
All I hear is noise
Don't want to talk
-and the chorus really feels like a protest against this technology and pressure to have a voice via technology because "all i hear is noise" so no one is actually being heard (think of twitter, how many pointless tweets go unread on that site)
-so pretty much saying what's the point in talking if you're just going to join the noise that's polluting the world (via the net and phones etc.)
-then back to the start
Standing on the shore
Waiting for the ship in call
There's something in the way I move that keeps them on their own
-this was almost tying in with this no real voice idea, they're waiting for their 'call' but in the masses they remain unheard, not acknowledged because there are too many voice out there, screaming to be heard
-the 3rd line is hard, i don't know what that could mean
The stars explodes a storm
A billion seasons born
A shock to the waves I know, breaking far from shore
-this part could be describing all the voices of everyone expressing themselves and trying to be heard but i don't know..
-and the shock line could almost be talking about those from the older generations who aren't breaking on the shore (so who aren't "with it") and are almost alarmed by the exlosion of voices modern technology has created.
anyway let me know what you think, even if my interpretation isn't "right", that's the beauty of songs isn't it? we can all get what we want from it :)
There's something in the way I move that keeps them on their own
There's something in the way I move that keeps them on their own
In going with your idea which is great, maybe he means that there is something they are not doing right to join the others and that keeps the others on their own.
In going with your idea which is great, maybe he means that there is something they are not doing right to join the others and that keeps the others on their own.
Okay well I have one interpretation but that's all it is, can't know for sure what they were really talking about :)
-i started getting ideas from the middle onwards and then looked at the start again so i'm going to put the 'meaning' i got in that order starting from:
The future's in my hands I hold it in my palms Engrave it the leylines running right down her arms
-this part reminds me of how we have ipods and iphones and all this handheld technology that allows us to control our lives, like we literally hold the future in our hands with this new technology. -the leylines bit almost feels like there's this pressure to control the future and take on this technology as a part of your life, engraved like the way palm readers can read the lines in your hand that tell you future, you have no say in the matter, you're born with these prophetic markings.
Speak in silent tongues Lies reflect the times The ghosts and the shadows fill the living scene
-this reminds me of how communication is all via texting, and the internet etc so nothing is heard in the 'real world' -and how lies can be created so easily via this medium because everyone is in control and has a voice so we have the opportunity to use this voice to tell lies without being detected -and the ghosts and shadows are us in the real world, we're more alive in the cyber world than in real life, aren't fully alive until connected with this technology
Don't want to talk All I hear is noise Don't want to talk
-and the chorus really feels like a protest against this technology and pressure to have a voice via technology because "all i hear is noise" so no one is actually being heard (think of twitter, how many pointless tweets go unread on that site) -so pretty much saying what's the point in talking if you're just going to join the noise that's polluting the world (via the net and phones etc.)
-then back to the start
Standing on the shore Waiting for the ship in call There's something in the way I move that keeps them on their own
-this was almost tying in with this no real voice idea, they're waiting for their 'call' but in the masses they remain unheard, not acknowledged because there are too many voice out there, screaming to be heard -the 3rd line is hard, i don't know what that could mean
The stars explodes a storm A billion seasons born A shock to the waves I know, breaking far from shore
-this part could be describing all the voices of everyone expressing themselves and trying to be heard but i don't know.. -and the shock line could almost be talking about those from the older generations who aren't breaking on the shore (so who aren't "with it") and are almost alarmed by the exlosion of voices modern technology has created.
anyway let me know what you think, even if my interpretation isn't "right", that's the beauty of songs isn't it? we can all get what we want from it :)
You pretty much nailed it, really cool i get the song much better now, but like you said it we all get what we want from it ;)
You pretty much nailed it, really cool i get the song much better now, but like you said it we all get what we want from it ;)
Yeah pretty cool interpretation, interpretations are very personal and you gave yours and defended it. Like.
Yeah pretty cool interpretation, interpretations are very personal and you gave yours and defended it. Like.
Jessicaknows should be jessicaknowsbest = The explanation was great. Best I could find anywhere. It makes a lot of sense now. Thank you for sharing.
Jessicaknows should be jessicaknowsbest = The explanation was great. Best I could find anywhere. It makes a lot of sense now. Thank you for sharing.
Haha yay! Just rediscovered this old post..glad i could help? :D
Haha yay! Just rediscovered this old post..glad i could help? :D
There's something in the way I move that keeps them on their own
There's something in the way I move that keeps them on their own
In going with your idea which is great, maybe he means that there is something they are not doing right to join the others and that keeps the others on their own.
In going with your idea which is great, maybe he means that there is something they are not doing right to join the others and that keeps the others on their own.