I'm normally pretty bad at song interpretation (I'm usually WAY off), but somehow, this makes me think it might be about going on tour.
Wait dear
The time is getting late here
I'm all washed up
And graced with faint applause
Dressed in a cheap facade
I'm looking for a place I'll never see again
It's getting late, almost time to start another show, they're all dressed up and in costumes that are part of their band's image and doesn't reflect their personalities much at all, and the audience is clapping for them. They're never going to see this place or any of the people here again, because they're just here for tonight.
A night turns to a day
A street I've never walked on
I was never here
I'm just a faint reflection
The day turns to a month
A second of affection
I was never here
I'm just a faint reflection
The next day, they're back in the tour bus, driving down a road that they have no connection to at all, and they don't feel like they were ever really in the town, because the only part of them that anybody there knows is the part that they reveal on stage, which is a mere reflection of their real selves. The days start to run together, and they see someone they really do know (lover, close friend, family, etc.), but they don't get to stay with them for very long.
Faking
There's nothing here worth taking
Just my reflection fading on the wall
Not the fairest one of all
I'm looking for a place I'll never see again.
They're just pretending to be the people that others are seeing them as, and there's nothing there that they feel like is worth remembering. All they feel they've taken (and left) are memories that pale in comparison to others ("not the fairest one of all").
Like I said, I'm normally pretty bad at this, so I could be completely wrong. That's just what I got from it.
I think this is a really good interpretation. However, one part I must give my opinion on. The "a second of affection" line, I think would refer to a random one-night stand she/they would have here and there; a meaningless "second of affection" with a nameless person. It happens a lot when people go on tour.
I think this is a really good interpretation. However, one part I must give my opinion on. The "a second of affection" line, I think would refer to a random one-night stand she/they would have here and there; a meaningless "second of affection" with a nameless person. It happens a lot when people go on tour.
I'm normally pretty bad at song interpretation (I'm usually WAY off), but somehow, this makes me think it might be about going on tour.
Wait dear The time is getting late here I'm all washed up And graced with faint applause Dressed in a cheap facade I'm looking for a place I'll never see again
It's getting late, almost time to start another show, they're all dressed up and in costumes that are part of their band's image and doesn't reflect their personalities much at all, and the audience is clapping for them. They're never going to see this place or any of the people here again, because they're just here for tonight.
A night turns to a day A street I've never walked on I was never here I'm just a faint reflection The day turns to a month A second of affection I was never here I'm just a faint reflection
The next day, they're back in the tour bus, driving down a road that they have no connection to at all, and they don't feel like they were ever really in the town, because the only part of them that anybody there knows is the part that they reveal on stage, which is a mere reflection of their real selves. The days start to run together, and they see someone they really do know (lover, close friend, family, etc.), but they don't get to stay with them for very long.
Faking There's nothing here worth taking Just my reflection fading on the wall Not the fairest one of all I'm looking for a place I'll never see again.
They're just pretending to be the people that others are seeing them as, and there's nothing there that they feel like is worth remembering. All they feel they've taken (and left) are memories that pale in comparison to others ("not the fairest one of all").
Like I said, I'm normally pretty bad at this, so I could be completely wrong. That's just what I got from it.
I think this is a really good interpretation. However, one part I must give my opinion on. The "a second of affection" line, I think would refer to a random one-night stand she/they would have here and there; a meaningless "second of affection" with a nameless person. It happens a lot when people go on tour.
I think this is a really good interpretation. However, one part I must give my opinion on. The "a second of affection" line, I think would refer to a random one-night stand she/they would have here and there; a meaningless "second of affection" with a nameless person. It happens a lot when people go on tour.