You guys have to tell me if I'm just being a 'broken hearted' cynic but this song almost screams heartbreak at me.. He's comparing love to all these, what I can see, terrible things.
Finger nails on a chalkboard - horrible
Throwing myself overboard - giving up
A breakdown on a motorway - annoying
A heart attack on Christmas day - tragic
Like scaling a cliff then falling off - falling off a cliff? How is that not terrible?
A symphony with the sound on mute - if a symphony is all about the music, the mute makes it pointless
A letter sent to the wrong address - a waste
Or red wine on a wedding dress - ruin
Like broken bones in my playing hand - set back
I'd actually really like someone to show me the other side of this song, because it really is beautiful.
Finger nails on a chalkboard - almost unbearable
Throwing myself overboard - willingly losing control
A breakdown on a motorway - out of your control
A heart attack on Christmas day - sudden chaos on a peaceful day
Like scaling a cliff then falling off - hurting yourself while doing what you enjoy
A symphony with the sound on mute - frustrating
A letter sent to the wrong address - meaningful, in a way we don't even consider
(Even you didn't consider that SOMEONE recieves the letter, so it does have a "meaning" and it wasn't "a waste".)
Or red wine on a wedding dress - an unfortunate...
Finger nails on a chalkboard - almost unbearable
Throwing myself overboard - willingly losing control
A breakdown on a motorway - out of your control
A heart attack on Christmas day - sudden chaos on a peaceful day
Like scaling a cliff then falling off - hurting yourself while doing what you enjoy
A symphony with the sound on mute - frustrating
A letter sent to the wrong address - meaningful, in a way we don't even consider
(Even you didn't consider that SOMEONE recieves the letter, so it does have a "meaning" and it wasn't "a waste".)
Or red wine on a wedding dress - an unfortunate twist to an otherwise perfect day
Like broken bones in my playing hand - Hurts to keep going.
If I still haven't made them sound like descriptions of love, then I don't know what can..
I think this song is about how we often love SO much, it becomes almost unbearable - yet we keep on willingly losing our control, head over heels in love.
Our feelings are often out of our control and even though the bad times hurt like hell, the good times is why we keep going on.
"Your love is like a map that leads to nowhere", because it's more about the journey, than the destination.
"A wine glass on a concrete floor", fragile...
"Like trying not to cough", almost impossible to resist
I think those metaphores do describe love in all it's chaotic senseless fragile beauty, that we do not for the reward, but... for.. reasons we don't even know.
It's like trying to swallow sand - sometimes just impossible...
And right now I'm in a situtation, where me and my girlfriend kinda broke up, since she thought it's good for both of us, but we both ended up crying, we both ended up missing eachother before the day was through, and we both ended up in eachothers arms.
Right now I'm not sure what's around the corner... I'm not sure are we dating or not.. and though filled with uncertainty and fear, I'm insanely happy that we ... still do love eachother. That .. we didn't really break up, at least not yet.
Bittersweet, I know.. But I wouldn't have it any other way.
You guys have to tell me if I'm just being a 'broken hearted' cynic but this song almost screams heartbreak at me.. He's comparing love to all these, what I can see, terrible things.
Finger nails on a chalkboard - horrible Throwing myself overboard - giving up A breakdown on a motorway - annoying A heart attack on Christmas day - tragic Like scaling a cliff then falling off - falling off a cliff? How is that not terrible? A symphony with the sound on mute - if a symphony is all about the music, the mute makes it pointless A letter sent to the wrong address - a waste Or red wine on a wedding dress - ruin Like broken bones in my playing hand - set back
I'd actually really like someone to show me the other side of this song, because it really is beautiful.
Finger nails on a chalkboard - almost unbearable Throwing myself overboard - willingly losing control A breakdown on a motorway - out of your control A heart attack on Christmas day - sudden chaos on a peaceful day Like scaling a cliff then falling off - hurting yourself while doing what you enjoy A symphony with the sound on mute - frustrating A letter sent to the wrong address - meaningful, in a way we don't even consider (Even you didn't consider that SOMEONE recieves the letter, so it does have a "meaning" and it wasn't "a waste".) Or red wine on a wedding dress - an unfortunate...
Finger nails on a chalkboard - almost unbearable Throwing myself overboard - willingly losing control A breakdown on a motorway - out of your control A heart attack on Christmas day - sudden chaos on a peaceful day Like scaling a cliff then falling off - hurting yourself while doing what you enjoy A symphony with the sound on mute - frustrating A letter sent to the wrong address - meaningful, in a way we don't even consider (Even you didn't consider that SOMEONE recieves the letter, so it does have a "meaning" and it wasn't "a waste".) Or red wine on a wedding dress - an unfortunate twist to an otherwise perfect day Like broken bones in my playing hand - Hurts to keep going.
If I still haven't made them sound like descriptions of love, then I don't know what can..
I think this song is about how we often love SO much, it becomes almost unbearable - yet we keep on willingly losing our control, head over heels in love. Our feelings are often out of our control and even though the bad times hurt like hell, the good times is why we keep going on.
"Your love is like a map that leads to nowhere", because it's more about the journey, than the destination.
"A wine glass on a concrete floor", fragile...
"Like trying not to cough", almost impossible to resist
I think those metaphores do describe love in all it's chaotic senseless fragile beauty, that we do not for the reward, but... for.. reasons we don't even know. It's like trying to swallow sand - sometimes just impossible...
And right now I'm in a situtation, where me and my girlfriend kinda broke up, since she thought it's good for both of us, but we both ended up crying, we both ended up missing eachother before the day was through, and we both ended up in eachothers arms.
Right now I'm not sure what's around the corner... I'm not sure are we dating or not.. and though filled with uncertainty and fear, I'm insanely happy that we ... still do love eachother. That .. we didn't really break up, at least not yet.
Bittersweet, I know.. But I wouldn't have it any other way.