I love both of the Great Gatsby movies and ive also read the book. This song has to be one of my favorites on the whole soundtrack, its so beautiful.
I agree with everyone when it comes to it being in Daisy's POV. But i think it also has some of Jays perspectives as well.
"I sang by that piano, tore my yellow dress and
Cried and cried and cried" this line is obviously the main focus of the song. And to me, it symbolizes Daisy's sadness at the loss of Jay, both when he went to war and when she makes her decision to stay with her husband. The color yellow symbolizes happiness and peace, and she lost all happiness and peace when Jay left, her crying is obviously expressing her grief and depression she felt.
"And I don’t wanna see what I’ve seen
To undo what has been done" this is Daisy not wanting to forget Jay, or let him go. She doesn't regret meeting him but at the same time she wishes she didn't because she doesn't want to feel her pain anymore, she wants to keep him in the forefront of her mind, but she knows she has to pretend he never existed to try and move on.
"Turn off all the lights
Let the morning come" again this is Daisy trying to move on, for another day to come so she can get further and further away from the thoughts an feelings she had of Jay.
"Now there’s green light in my eyes
And my lover on my mind" This is where i think Jay comes in, he sees the green light at Daisy's dock, thinking of her, his lover. I think this was put in the song to show that Jay is also Thinking of and wanting to be with Daisy. And that he couldn't let her go even after all that time.
"On this champagne, drunken hope
Against the current, all alone" this to me is one of the saddest parts of the song, though the song is all sad. This is Daisy being drunk and rebellious the night she gets the letter from jay and shes against her family for making her marry someone else though she loves and wants Jay. Shes going "against the current" going against the rules of society and her family for loving jay though hes poor and shes rich and expected to marry into wealth.
"Everybody, see, I love him" this line could be seen in 2 different lights from Daisy's POV. everybody could see her love of Jay, how happy she was with him. Or it could be seen as sarcasm and referred to Her husband. She wasn't in love with him, only his money. But to the outside world they were a great match and perfectly in love together.
"‘Cause you’re a hard soul to save
With an ocean in the way
But I’ll get around it" this is Jay coming back into the song. He knows Daisy is in love with him but shes greedy and materialistic, greed is a sin, he wants to save her soul. He doesn't care what obstacles he has to go through, he is determined to be with Daisy no matter the consequence.
"I can see the green light
I can see it in your eyes" this again is Jay. The green light represents his want and need and dreams of being with Daisy, he sees it in her eyes. He sees his future in her eyes.
"Over the love of you" is about all the pain and suffering they have gone through all for the love of the other.
The yellow dress being torn is in the book someone says they tore theirs and gatsby sent a fixed or new one the next morning. i think it's there just to relate to the book but also the meaning of the color yellow happiness and peace and it was torn
The yellow dress being torn is in the book someone says they tore theirs and gatsby sent a fixed or new one the next morning. i think it's there just to relate to the book but also the meaning of the color yellow happiness and peace and it was torn
I love both of the Great Gatsby movies and ive also read the book. This song has to be one of my favorites on the whole soundtrack, its so beautiful.
I agree with everyone when it comes to it being in Daisy's POV. But i think it also has some of Jays perspectives as well.
"I sang by that piano, tore my yellow dress and Cried and cried and cried" this line is obviously the main focus of the song. And to me, it symbolizes Daisy's sadness at the loss of Jay, both when he went to war and when she makes her decision to stay with her husband. The color yellow symbolizes happiness and peace, and she lost all happiness and peace when Jay left, her crying is obviously expressing her grief and depression she felt.
"And I don’t wanna see what I’ve seen To undo what has been done" this is Daisy not wanting to forget Jay, or let him go. She doesn't regret meeting him but at the same time she wishes she didn't because she doesn't want to feel her pain anymore, she wants to keep him in the forefront of her mind, but she knows she has to pretend he never existed to try and move on.
"Turn off all the lights Let the morning come" again this is Daisy trying to move on, for another day to come so she can get further and further away from the thoughts an feelings she had of Jay.
"Now there’s green light in my eyes And my lover on my mind" This is where i think Jay comes in, he sees the green light at Daisy's dock, thinking of her, his lover. I think this was put in the song to show that Jay is also Thinking of and wanting to be with Daisy. And that he couldn't let her go even after all that time.
"On this champagne, drunken hope Against the current, all alone" this to me is one of the saddest parts of the song, though the song is all sad. This is Daisy being drunk and rebellious the night she gets the letter from jay and shes against her family for making her marry someone else though she loves and wants Jay. Shes going "against the current" going against the rules of society and her family for loving jay though hes poor and shes rich and expected to marry into wealth.
"Everybody, see, I love him" this line could be seen in 2 different lights from Daisy's POV. everybody could see her love of Jay, how happy she was with him. Or it could be seen as sarcasm and referred to Her husband. She wasn't in love with him, only his money. But to the outside world they were a great match and perfectly in love together.
"‘Cause you’re a hard soul to save With an ocean in the way But I’ll get around it" this is Jay coming back into the song. He knows Daisy is in love with him but shes greedy and materialistic, greed is a sin, he wants to save her soul. He doesn't care what obstacles he has to go through, he is determined to be with Daisy no matter the consequence.
"I can see the green light I can see it in your eyes" this again is Jay. The green light represents his want and need and dreams of being with Daisy, he sees it in her eyes. He sees his future in her eyes.
"Over the love of you" is about all the pain and suffering they have gone through all for the love of the other.
The yellow dress being torn is in the book someone says they tore theirs and gatsby sent a fixed or new one the next morning. i think it's there just to relate to the book but also the meaning of the color yellow happiness and peace and it was torn
The yellow dress being torn is in the book someone says they tore theirs and gatsby sent a fixed or new one the next morning. i think it's there just to relate to the book but also the meaning of the color yellow happiness and peace and it was torn