This song is a fantastic modern take on the WH Auden poem 'Funeral Blues'/'Stop all the clocks', particularly the last stanza:
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
To me, this song is very much about contemplating the death of someone the narrator loves very much and the devastating effect that would have on the rest of the narrator's life. It's the first frenzy of grief when you don't understand how the world can go on without the person you loved, and you feel that nothing matters anymore or ever will.
I think it's funny that you mentioned the death of someone when most people would jump to the conclusion that it's about a relationship ending. But the actual fact is that Darren went in to record this song the day that Michael Jackson died and he was a huge fan of MJ and that probably came through in the emotion in his vocals.
I think it's funny that you mentioned the death of someone when most people would jump to the conclusion that it's about a relationship ending. But the actual fact is that Darren went in to record this song the day that Michael Jackson died and he was a huge fan of MJ and that probably came through in the emotion in his vocals.
This song is a fantastic modern take on the WH Auden poem 'Funeral Blues'/'Stop all the clocks', particularly the last stanza:
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one; Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun; Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood. For nothing now can ever come to any good.
To me, this song is very much about contemplating the death of someone the narrator loves very much and the devastating effect that would have on the rest of the narrator's life. It's the first frenzy of grief when you don't understand how the world can go on without the person you loved, and you feel that nothing matters anymore or ever will.
like Romeo and Juliet.
like Romeo and Juliet.
I think it's funny that you mentioned the death of someone when most people would jump to the conclusion that it's about a relationship ending. But the actual fact is that Darren went in to record this song the day that Michael Jackson died and he was a huge fan of MJ and that probably came through in the emotion in his vocals.
I think it's funny that you mentioned the death of someone when most people would jump to the conclusion that it's about a relationship ending. But the actual fact is that Darren went in to record this song the day that Michael Jackson died and he was a huge fan of MJ and that probably came through in the emotion in his vocals.