i think you guys are spot on - immense power in this song with provocative imagery.
rear view mirror - sounds like our narrator is looking back - maybe for clarity - but gaining nothing.
it's like when you're stuck; and then you look back at the events leading up to where you are, hoping to figure out what happened or conveniently blame circumstance. but you come up short: the past illuminates nothing new, you realize you have "no one to blame," and you're where you're at regardless of what happened.
biting nails; the clock working against you; running out of time; speeding, and not going fast enough; stepping on the pedal to no avail - all reference anxiety.
how beautiful is this chorus? i think that anyone who has felt lost and out of place finds resonance here;
"home's too far away and "here" is a HOLLOW place."
wow.
and i think the latter part of the chorus is a clear allusion to the feeling one gets when you're surrounded by people you can't relate too.
simply put, i think this song is about the anxiety associated with being lost.
also! this might have just been a clever choice on the part of our interpreter, "books out loud"
also! this might have just been a clever choice on the part of our interpreter, "books out loud"
but "here" in the chorus is placed intentionally between quotes.
but "here" in the chorus is placed intentionally between quotes.
the word as it is used in the song is not so much meant to reference a specific and literal place (but it could!), but perhaps a state of being, a mindset, a stage, a period in time or life.
the word as it is used in the song is not so much meant to reference a specific and literal place (but it could!), but perhaps a state of being, a mindset, a stage, a period in time or life.
i think you guys are spot on - immense power in this song with provocative imagery.
rear view mirror - sounds like our narrator is looking back - maybe for clarity - but gaining nothing.
it's like when you're stuck; and then you look back at the events leading up to where you are, hoping to figure out what happened or conveniently blame circumstance. but you come up short: the past illuminates nothing new, you realize you have "no one to blame," and you're where you're at regardless of what happened.
biting nails; the clock working against you; running out of time; speeding, and not going fast enough; stepping on the pedal to no avail - all reference anxiety.
how beautiful is this chorus? i think that anyone who has felt lost and out of place finds resonance here;
"home's too far away and "here" is a HOLLOW place."
wow.
and i think the latter part of the chorus is a clear allusion to the feeling one gets when you're surrounded by people you can't relate too.
simply put, i think this song is about the anxiety associated with being lost.
also! this might have just been a clever choice on the part of our interpreter, "books out loud"
also! this might have just been a clever choice on the part of our interpreter, "books out loud"
but "here" in the chorus is placed intentionally between quotes.
but "here" in the chorus is placed intentionally between quotes.
the word as it is used in the song is not so much meant to reference a specific and literal place (but it could!), but perhaps a state of being, a mindset, a stage, a period in time or life.
the word as it is used in the song is not so much meant to reference a specific and literal place (but it could!), but perhaps a state of being, a mindset, a stage, a period in time or life.