This is a song that can be interpreted many ways it seems. When I first heard it, I thought it was a love song. Admittedly, I did not know all the lyrics, and still question some of them now.
I love "furrealgirl"'s interpretation too (this song is listed twice on this site), but it seems from my recent experience, this song means this...
A man in my shoes runs a light = Guy discovered there was another lover competing for her
All the papers lied tonight = All the love letters were a lie
But falling over you is the news of the day = re-iterating the surprise he felt that someone else loved her
Angels fall like rain = Love from her was "heaven", now it's gone, so angels fall...
love is all of heaven away = heaven was love, and so now love seems so far away...
inside you the time moves and she don't fade = we find that he is thinking of the past... time has passed (moved on), but her memory is still there
the ghost in you she don't fade = once again, the memories don't fade
the race is on i'm on your side = back then he was competing for her...just like the first line of "runs a light"...competition for her...racing for her...
hearing you my engines die = he drops everything whenever he hears from her
i'm in a mood for you = he loves her or...
(for/or..i think "or") running away = ...or wants to run away from the pain...notice how he says this a little sadly...like he feels sad that a love can hurt so much when it's not returned, so you want to run away....
I believe he says "or running away" because in the previous line he says "for"...as in "I'm in a mood for you"...and clearly the "f" is enunciated there...but there's barely a hint of an "f" sound in the following "or running away" verse...
stars come down in you = since there is no "heaven", even the stars fall, but she still looked heavenly
love you can't give it away = but she still won't give him love
don't you go it makes no sense = pleading : don't leave me
when all your "talk of supermen" just take away the time = talking about guys better him just takes away time from me trying to win you back
OR
when all your "talking supermen" just take away the time = other so called "better" guys competing for her takes away time from him trying to win her back
and get in the way = notice how he says this...like he's been pleading for her to come back, but then says this line like he just now realizes at that moment that he has no hope no matter what he says...
ain't it just like rain = so he cries, tears cuz he realizes there is no hope
love is only heaven away = love for her was heaven, now it's not there and so love is far away....
So this is a song of a guy reminiscing of a failed love, and the spirit of what he loved in her will not go away....
This is a song that can be interpreted many ways it seems. When I first heard it, I thought it was a love song. Admittedly, I did not know all the lyrics, and still question some of them now.
I love "furrealgirl"'s interpretation too (this song is listed twice on this site), but it seems from my recent experience, this song means this...
A man in my shoes runs a light = Guy discovered there was another lover competing for her All the papers lied tonight = All the love letters were a lie But falling over you is the news of the day = re-iterating the surprise he felt that someone else loved her
Angels fall like rain = Love from her was "heaven", now it's gone, so angels fall... love is all of heaven away = heaven was love, and so now love seems so far away...
inside you the time moves and she don't fade = we find that he is thinking of the past... time has passed (moved on), but her memory is still there the ghost in you she don't fade = once again, the memories don't fade
the race is on i'm on your side = back then he was competing for her...just like the first line of "runs a light"...competition for her...racing for her... hearing you my engines die = he drops everything whenever he hears from her i'm in a mood for you = he loves her or...
(for/or..i think "or") running away = ...or wants to run away from the pain...notice how he says this a little sadly...like he feels sad that a love can hurt so much when it's not returned, so you want to run away....
I believe he says "or running away" because in the previous line he says "for"...as in "I'm in a mood for you"...and clearly the "f" is enunciated there...but there's barely a hint of an "f" sound in the following "or running away" verse...
stars come down in you = since there is no "heaven", even the stars fall, but she still looked heavenly love you can't give it away = but she still won't give him love
don't you go it makes no sense = pleading : don't leave me
when all your "talk of supermen" just take away the time = talking about guys better him just takes away time from me trying to win you back OR when all your "talking supermen" just take away the time = other so called "better" guys competing for her takes away time from him trying to win her back
and get in the way = notice how he says this...like he's been pleading for her to come back, but then says this line like he just now realizes at that moment that he has no hope no matter what he says...
ain't it just like rain = so he cries, tears cuz he realizes there is no hope love is only heaven away = love for her was heaven, now it's not there and so love is far away....
So this is a song of a guy reminiscing of a failed love, and the spirit of what he loved in her will not go away....
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