Wow, I've heard this song soo many times, but never really listened to the lyrics.
It's beautiful.
I think (pretty much like everyone else) that it's about the songwriter being really optimistic and naive and imaginative. He tries to write a song but gets really carried away by it.
Still it was worth it as I turned the pages solemnly, and then
With a winning smile, the boy
With naivety succeeds
At the final moment, I cried
I always cry at endings
I think the song he's writing absorbs him so much that he gets drawn into his own story. Then he suddenly realises what he's written, hence the:
Oh, that wasn't what I meant to say at all
From where I'm sitting, rain
Washing against the lonely tenement
Has set my mind to wander
He becomes aware of the naive story he's written, and he's jolted back to reality. I think the "get me away from here I'm dying" is talking about reality/imagination, so it's not a physical escape, just a mental one.
I love "Thought there was love in everything and everyone, you're so naive"
Wow, I've heard this song soo many times, but never really listened to the lyrics. It's beautiful.
I think (pretty much like everyone else) that it's about the songwriter being really optimistic and naive and imaginative. He tries to write a song but gets really carried away by it.
Still it was worth it as I turned the pages solemnly, and then With a winning smile, the boy With naivety succeeds At the final moment, I cried I always cry at endings
I think the song he's writing absorbs him so much that he gets drawn into his own story. Then he suddenly realises what he's written, hence the:
Oh, that wasn't what I meant to say at all From where I'm sitting, rain Washing against the lonely tenement Has set my mind to wander
He becomes aware of the naive story he's written, and he's jolted back to reality. I think the "get me away from here I'm dying" is talking about reality/imagination, so it's not a physical escape, just a mental one.
I love "Thought there was love in everything and everyone, you're so naive"