okay, I know this is like the 3rd comment I've left here, but now that we've got the lyric corrections out of the way...let's get to the song meaning. the important part. so I'll just go ahead and analyze what I feel is the key verses and whatnot. enjoy (:
"Fools on parade cavort and carry on for waiting eyes
Ones you would rather be beside than in front of
Though she's never been the kind to be hollowed by the stares"
an introduction to the girl later referenced. a prologue, if you will. starts off by saying many people strive to be in the limelight, but it actually really sucks. this girl, however, is the kind of beautiful and amazing that everyone just naturally stares at her and judges her. but she's used to it, and it's pretty much just normal to her, and he admires that it doesn't bother her.
"She swam out of tonight's phantasm
Grabbed my hand and made it very clear
There's absolutely nothing for us here"
so he meets this fabulous girl at a party. she drags him away, wanting to be alone with him. not in a, er, sensual way, but just in a way where she can be herself without everyone being all judgmental. he's a little wary, probably because he sees her as...untouchable, too perfect. you know.
"Her arms were folded, most indignant,
Not looking like she was soon to leave
I had to squint in order to believe
Then like a butler pushing on a bookshelf
I'm unveiling the unexpected
I, who was earlier reluctant,
Was suddenly embarrassed and corrected
How could such a creature survive in such a habitat?"
he really would rather be back at the party, away from the girl, but she's stubborn. she stays put and makes him see the real her, not the person everyone assumes she is from the outside. and he realizes he really, really likes this girl on the inside.
"And the secret door swings behind us
She's saying nothing, she's just giggling along
Even if they were to find us
I wouldn't notice, I'm completely occupied"
this is referencing the secret place they go to when they're together. metaphorically, of course. it's the only place where they can be themselves.
"Fools on parade frolic and fuck about to make her gaze
Turn to a scribble on a page, by a picture
That holds her options, but you're daft to think she'd care"
the other guys, the "fools on parade", think that they want her, too. but they don't, not really. they want the girl that they think she is, superficially, not who she actually is. alex is the only guy who loves her for who she is, and that's the only thing she wants.
okay, I know this is like the 3rd comment I've left here, but now that we've got the lyric corrections out of the way...let's get to the song meaning. the important part. so I'll just go ahead and analyze what I feel is the key verses and whatnot. enjoy (:
"Fools on parade cavort and carry on for waiting eyes Ones you would rather be beside than in front of Though she's never been the kind to be hollowed by the stares"
an introduction to the girl later referenced. a prologue, if you will. starts off by saying many people strive to be in the limelight, but it actually really sucks. this girl, however, is the kind of beautiful and amazing that everyone just naturally stares at her and judges her. but she's used to it, and it's pretty much just normal to her, and he admires that it doesn't bother her.
"She swam out of tonight's phantasm Grabbed my hand and made it very clear There's absolutely nothing for us here"
so he meets this fabulous girl at a party. she drags him away, wanting to be alone with him. not in a, er, sensual way, but just in a way where she can be herself without everyone being all judgmental. he's a little wary, probably because he sees her as...untouchable, too perfect. you know.
"Her arms were folded, most indignant, Not looking like she was soon to leave I had to squint in order to believe
Then like a butler pushing on a bookshelf I'm unveiling the unexpected I, who was earlier reluctant, Was suddenly embarrassed and corrected How could such a creature survive in such a habitat?"
he really would rather be back at the party, away from the girl, but she's stubborn. she stays put and makes him see the real her, not the person everyone assumes she is from the outside. and he realizes he really, really likes this girl on the inside.
"And the secret door swings behind us She's saying nothing, she's just giggling along
Even if they were to find us I wouldn't notice, I'm completely occupied"
this is referencing the secret place they go to when they're together. metaphorically, of course. it's the only place where they can be themselves.
"Fools on parade frolic and fuck about to make her gaze Turn to a scribble on a page, by a picture That holds her options, but you're daft to think she'd care"
the other guys, the "fools on parade", think that they want her, too. but they don't, not really. they want the girl that they think she is, superficially, not who she actually is. alex is the only guy who loves her for who she is, and that's the only thing she wants.