this song is so beautiful, i wish i understood what he meant when he said
"They're hiding their eyes and their beauty, like me
But if my eyes were on my back
I know what I'd be looking at
Through every shade of brown and green" because that part is the most beautiful to me
sux4uu
Its just a metaphor. The peacocks are the people in the streets.
sux4uu
Its just a metaphor. The peacocks are the people in the streets.
The verse starts out as "the lights here are softer than you'd think, the dim lit peacocks in the street..." then your favorite part.
The verse starts out as "the lights here are softer than you'd think, the dim lit peacocks in the street..." then your favorite part.
"They're hiding their eyes and their beauty, like me
But if my eyes were on my back
I know what I'd be looking at
Through every shade of brown and green"
"They're hiding their eyes and their beauty, like me
But if my eyes were on my back
I know what I'd be looking at
Through every shade of brown and green"
The only peacocks with the beautiful brown green [and purple, but its hard to rhyme with purple] feathers are male peacocks.
And male peacocks only show their feathers...
The only peacocks with the beautiful brown green [and purple, but its hard to rhyme with purple] feathers are male peacocks.
And male peacocks only show their feathers when they're trying to mate with female peacocks. (And the feather kind of look like eyes, and they're on its back)
So...
So for me, the entire song is a reflection on messing up an opportunity to sleep with a girl he liked in Oviedo, Spain, because he couldn't show her his inner beauty (like a peacock does), because he was probably nervous around her, and he was "hiding [his] eyes and [his] beauty" from her. Both literally, by not being able to stare into her eyes, and figuratively, because metaphors work better in songs than detailed explanations.
But that's just what it feels like for me.
I could be wrong.
It's my favorite part of the song, too. I interpreted as the peacocks were just peacocks (he's describing all the beautiful things he's seeing in Spain), but his comparison of himself to the peacocks is the important part. "They're hiding their eyes and their beauty, like me," (such a beautiful line) I think implies shame. With "if my eyes were on my back," he uses the 'eyes' on their feathers in a figurative sense to represent looking backward, towards the past. "I know what I'd be looking at" - he's saying he would be looking at her (or whomever he's...
It's my favorite part of the song, too. I interpreted as the peacocks were just peacocks (he's describing all the beautiful things he's seeing in Spain), but his comparison of himself to the peacocks is the important part. "They're hiding their eyes and their beauty, like me," (such a beautiful line) I think implies shame. With "if my eyes were on my back," he uses the 'eyes' on their feathers in a figurative sense to represent looking backward, towards the past. "I know what I'd be looking at" - he's saying he would be looking at her (or whomever he's talking about) with that hindsight.
this song is so beautiful, i wish i understood what he meant when he said
"They're hiding their eyes and their beauty, like me But if my eyes were on my back I know what I'd be looking at Through every shade of brown and green" because that part is the most beautiful to me
sux4uu Its just a metaphor. The peacocks are the people in the streets.
sux4uu Its just a metaphor. The peacocks are the people in the streets.
The verse starts out as "the lights here are softer than you'd think, the dim lit peacocks in the street..." then your favorite part.
The verse starts out as "the lights here are softer than you'd think, the dim lit peacocks in the street..." then your favorite part.
"They're hiding their eyes and their beauty, like me But if my eyes were on my back I know what I'd be looking at Through every shade of brown and green"
"They're hiding their eyes and their beauty, like me But if my eyes were on my back I know what I'd be looking at Through every shade of brown and green"
The only peacocks with the beautiful brown green [and purple, but its hard to rhyme with purple] feathers are male peacocks. And male peacocks only show their feathers...
The only peacocks with the beautiful brown green [and purple, but its hard to rhyme with purple] feathers are male peacocks.
And male peacocks only show their feathers when they're trying to mate with female peacocks. (And the feather kind of look like eyes, and they're on its back) So...
So for me, the entire song is a reflection on messing up an opportunity to sleep with a girl he liked in Oviedo, Spain, because he couldn't show her his inner beauty (like a peacock does), because he was probably nervous around her, and he was "hiding [his] eyes and [his] beauty" from her. Both literally, by not being able to stare into her eyes, and figuratively, because metaphors work better in songs than detailed explanations.
But that's just what it feels like for me. I could be wrong.
It's my favorite part of the song, too. I interpreted as the peacocks were just peacocks (he's describing all the beautiful things he's seeing in Spain), but his comparison of himself to the peacocks is the important part. "They're hiding their eyes and their beauty, like me," (such a beautiful line) I think implies shame. With "if my eyes were on my back," he uses the 'eyes' on their feathers in a figurative sense to represent looking backward, towards the past. "I know what I'd be looking at" - he's saying he would be looking at her (or whomever he's...
It's my favorite part of the song, too. I interpreted as the peacocks were just peacocks (he's describing all the beautiful things he's seeing in Spain), but his comparison of himself to the peacocks is the important part. "They're hiding their eyes and their beauty, like me," (such a beautiful line) I think implies shame. With "if my eyes were on my back," he uses the 'eyes' on their feathers in a figurative sense to represent looking backward, towards the past. "I know what I'd be looking at" - he's saying he would be looking at her (or whomever he's talking about) with that hindsight.