I've been going over these lyrics a lot myself. And I'm really impressed as to how much some of you read into them!
However, I highly doubt they are as complex as most of you think. First of all, where the hell do you get the idea of erica being pregnant? Because a baloon is round? Pretty far fetched, if you ask me. Secondly, it's rather obvious who the narator is, there aren't that many options here. Just look at the first few lines:
I've been going over these lyrics a lot myself. And I'm really impressed as to how much some of you read into them!
However, I highly doubt they are as complex as most of you think. First of all, where the hell do you get the idea of erica being pregnant? Because a baloon is round? Pretty far fetched, if you ask me. Secondly, it's rather obvious who the narator is, there aren't that many options here. Just look at the first few lines:
"Erica and her Isadore
climbed aboard a balloon
I want more than this kite will soar
I've set our...
"Erica and her Isadore
climbed aboard a balloon
I want more than this kite will soar
I've set our sights on the moon"
Obviously, the narator has to be one of the two persons travelling in the baloon. Proof: First of all, "kite" in line 3 is a reference to the baloon in line 2, why would an unnamedd narator outside of Isadore and Erica want the "kite to soar"? It's much moar plausible that "I" is simply either Isadore or Erica. Secondly, and more importantly:
"There's just one parachute
Goodbye Erica now I see
that my worst fears were in tune"
"I" = the narator uses one of the parachutes, clearly indicating that he'd have to be in the baloon in order to do so...narrowing the identity of the narator down to, again, Erica and Isadore.
Next, most of you seem to be kinda misled by the in general happy tune of the song. If you just read the lyrics without the music, one actually notices, that there's a lot of unhappiness, discontent and sadness in the lyrics. I picked some of them out for you in order to demonstrate:
"I can't believe you're taking everything"
"Blinded by their unbridled height
our lovers turned dissolute"
"There's just one parachute
Goodbye Erica now I see
that my worst fears were in tune"
I don't see a lot of "fatherly" love in those lines. Maybe an angered or broken heart, but certainly not a sad lament about the death of one's lover or something like that.
And to end my take on the lyrics:
I'm pretty sure, that AlisonFowles nailed it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_Flying_%28novel%29 The way I see it, the song is about what you want out of a one night stand (the "zipless fuck") and what you expect from someone. There are those, who want to "soar higher" (into a serious relationship) and who maybe are disappointed, because there goals are ultimately unachieveable and about how eventually, they come to terms with that, in the end realizing, that it would have been a bad idea to begin with ("Goodbye Erica now I see, that my worst fears were in tune").
The song must be referring to Erica Jong's novel Fear of Flying. The Narrator and main character is Isadore.
I've been going over these lyrics a lot myself. And I'm really impressed as to how much some of you read into them! However, I highly doubt they are as complex as most of you think. First of all, where the hell do you get the idea of erica being pregnant? Because a baloon is round? Pretty far fetched, if you ask me. Secondly, it's rather obvious who the narator is, there aren't that many options here. Just look at the first few lines:
I've been going over these lyrics a lot myself. And I'm really impressed as to how much some of you read into them! However, I highly doubt they are as complex as most of you think. First of all, where the hell do you get the idea of erica being pregnant? Because a baloon is round? Pretty far fetched, if you ask me. Secondly, it's rather obvious who the narator is, there aren't that many options here. Just look at the first few lines:
"Erica and her Isadore climbed aboard a balloon I want more than this kite will soar I've set our...
"Erica and her Isadore climbed aboard a balloon I want more than this kite will soar I've set our sights on the moon"
Obviously, the narator has to be one of the two persons travelling in the baloon. Proof: First of all, "kite" in line 3 is a reference to the baloon in line 2, why would an unnamedd narator outside of Isadore and Erica want the "kite to soar"? It's much moar plausible that "I" is simply either Isadore or Erica. Secondly, and more importantly:
"There's just one parachute Goodbye Erica now I see that my worst fears were in tune"
"I" = the narator uses one of the parachutes, clearly indicating that he'd have to be in the baloon in order to do so...narrowing the identity of the narator down to, again, Erica and Isadore.
Next, most of you seem to be kinda misled by the in general happy tune of the song. If you just read the lyrics without the music, one actually notices, that there's a lot of unhappiness, discontent and sadness in the lyrics. I picked some of them out for you in order to demonstrate:
"I can't believe you're taking everything" "Blinded by their unbridled height our lovers turned dissolute" "There's just one parachute Goodbye Erica now I see that my worst fears were in tune"
I don't see a lot of "fatherly" love in those lines. Maybe an angered or broken heart, but certainly not a sad lament about the death of one's lover or something like that.
And to end my take on the lyrics:
I'm pretty sure, that AlisonFowles nailed it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_Flying_%28novel%29 The way I see it, the song is about what you want out of a one night stand (the "zipless fuck") and what you expect from someone. There are those, who want to "soar higher" (into a serious relationship) and who maybe are disappointed, because there goals are ultimately unachieveable and about how eventually, they come to terms with that, in the end realizing, that it would have been a bad idea to begin with ("Goodbye Erica now I see, that my worst fears were in tune").
From what I understand, the character from Fear of Flying is named Isadora, not Isadore.
From what I understand, the character from Fear of Flying is named Isadora, not Isadore.