I wish I had someone to take me away .. 'till then this song has got to do this ..
just one question : "
and the smell of the coffee bean,
well it just won't go away" what does that mean? does she work as a waitress? isn't the smell of coffee something nice?
A little delayed in reply, but I interpret that line as her having a negative stance towards the smell of coffee because of its connotations. In the context, she's been singing about this monotonous, grinding life that is really difficult and draining: "When your days are long/And lonlier than before" and "When you're tired of working/Like a slave." People may drink coffee just to help them persevere through that kind of arduous lifestyle, so the "smell of the coffee bean" could be read as the necessity someone feels to keep pushing through (although seemingly not by their own will), "it...
A little delayed in reply, but I interpret that line as her having a negative stance towards the smell of coffee because of its connotations. In the context, she's been singing about this monotonous, grinding life that is really difficult and draining: "When your days are long/And lonlier than before" and "When you're tired of working/Like a slave." People may drink coffee just to help them persevere through that kind of arduous lifestyle, so the "smell of the coffee bean" could be read as the necessity someone feels to keep pushing through (although seemingly not by their own will), "it just won't go away" meaning all the weight of their job is always weighing down on them and they can't forget about it. The person doesn't want to have to keep struggling on but they have this constant reminder or knowledge that tomorrow is coming and they'll have to keep going.
I wish I had someone to take me away .. 'till then this song has got to do this .. just one question : " and the smell of the coffee bean, well it just won't go away" what does that mean? does she work as a waitress? isn't the smell of coffee something nice?
A little delayed in reply, but I interpret that line as her having a negative stance towards the smell of coffee because of its connotations. In the context, she's been singing about this monotonous, grinding life that is really difficult and draining: "When your days are long/And lonlier than before" and "When you're tired of working/Like a slave." People may drink coffee just to help them persevere through that kind of arduous lifestyle, so the "smell of the coffee bean" could be read as the necessity someone feels to keep pushing through (although seemingly not by their own will), "it...
A little delayed in reply, but I interpret that line as her having a negative stance towards the smell of coffee because of its connotations. In the context, she's been singing about this monotonous, grinding life that is really difficult and draining: "When your days are long/And lonlier than before" and "When you're tired of working/Like a slave." People may drink coffee just to help them persevere through that kind of arduous lifestyle, so the "smell of the coffee bean" could be read as the necessity someone feels to keep pushing through (although seemingly not by their own will), "it just won't go away" meaning all the weight of their job is always weighing down on them and they can't forget about it. The person doesn't want to have to keep struggling on but they have this constant reminder or knowledge that tomorrow is coming and they'll have to keep going.