There's probably no other song that touches me as much as this one - even though I'm not really sure what she sings about. I have a feeling somewhere along the interpretation from leighrichmondroose, but I still don't relly know what RLJ means by words like "you stay inside that foolish grin" or "If grown-ups could laugh this slow".
Maybe anyone here can explain those expressions to me? Not being a native english speaker it's kind of difficult to truly get the meaning of lines like that :-/
@woffi no idea if you still have access to this account or if it’s linked to your email a decade later but hi :) it’s all up for interpretation since it’s art, only the writer can answer definitively. But I think of it this way:
@woffi no idea if you still have access to this account or if it’s linked to your email a decade later but hi :) it’s all up for interpretation since it’s art, only the writer can answer definitively. But I think of it this way:
“If grown ups could laugh this slow” - everything seems so slow when you are a child. You haven’t lived as long so waiting for anything feels like forever and you can grow impatient of things like adults taking their sweet time
“If grown ups could laugh this slow” - everything seems so slow when you are a child. You haven’t lived as long so waiting for anything feels like forever and you can grow impatient of things like adults taking their sweet time
“You stay inside that foolish grin” - directed toward the...
“You stay inside that foolish grin” - directed toward the writer’s “special friend”. Something you hide behind a smile (maybe a secret) or within a smile (maybe your inner child/sense of wonder/enthusiasm)
There's probably no other song that touches me as much as this one - even though I'm not really sure what she sings about. I have a feeling somewhere along the interpretation from leighrichmondroose, but I still don't relly know what RLJ means by words like "you stay inside that foolish grin" or "If grown-ups could laugh this slow".
Maybe anyone here can explain those expressions to me? Not being a native english speaker it's kind of difficult to truly get the meaning of lines like that :-/
@woffi no idea if you still have access to this account or if it’s linked to your email a decade later but hi :) it’s all up for interpretation since it’s art, only the writer can answer definitively. But I think of it this way:
@woffi no idea if you still have access to this account or if it’s linked to your email a decade later but hi :) it’s all up for interpretation since it’s art, only the writer can answer definitively. But I think of it this way:
“If grown ups could laugh this slow” - everything seems so slow when you are a child. You haven’t lived as long so waiting for anything feels like forever and you can grow impatient of things like adults taking their sweet time
“If grown ups could laugh this slow” - everything seems so slow when you are a child. You haven’t lived as long so waiting for anything feels like forever and you can grow impatient of things like adults taking their sweet time
“You stay inside that foolish grin” - directed toward the...
“You stay inside that foolish grin” - directed toward the writer’s “special friend”. Something you hide behind a smile (maybe a secret) or within a smile (maybe your inner child/sense of wonder/enthusiasm)
@justinerica Thanks for your input - sound's fitting for me :)
@justinerica Thanks for your input - sound's fitting for me :)