-I think that the speaker in this song is someone swallowing their pride or being humble, or worst case scenario, remaining silent ("eat my words").
-She is trying to hide her pain from the other person ("Keep you away from the down side of me")
-Something (perhaps an argument) has caused distress in her relationship. She knows she's right or innocent (if in case of seeing her being as a victim of abuse), but she still loves the other person
-She is trying to view the other person as good. She still believes there good things can also still happen in their relationship, no matter whatever unfortunate event has happened. ("I will show I believe/ And hold you up and know that you're all I see in the light")
-However, she knows deep inside that this other person is someone different from an earlier point in their relationship ("You're not the same")
-She also seems to be asking the other person to open up to her; she wants to support this person still ("You can wrap up your hopes and release them to me")
-It seems that she is very willing to swallow her pride in hopes that he'll still truly love her back. ("You can keep me a trick of the light that you see")
---- This might be a very, very far off reference, but "Trick of the Light" is a song by The Who. At the surface, the song is about a guy and a prostitute. But if you dig in deeper, the song presents the guy's realization that, like him, the prostitute is seeking love/a deep connection with a significant someone.
Overall, I think the song is about the STRUGGLE to hide her down side away from the other person. The line "Not the same, not the same, you're not the same, not the same" sounds like a chant or something uttered in disappointment, quietly to oneself. This contrasts whenever "I believe, I believe" is sung. The music seems brighter and trying to uplift the mood. However, the chanting is embedded throughout, suggesting that she is constantly trying to make a decision. A bit sad, really ):
@rrgn Poignant song lyric. Spot on. Read your interpretation and it resonated with how the song makes me feel. It's about loving someone and ignoring the very fact that the relationship is dying. In all relationships, one person always fights to keep it going and the other side always makes up all the reasons for why it must fail in the end. It's reminiscent of the "Elephant Love Medley" from the movie Moulin Rouge where one character is talking about the possibility of how great love is and the other character (Satine) dismisses the possibility that love exists.
@rrgn Poignant song lyric. Spot on. Read your interpretation and it resonated with how the song makes me feel. It's about loving someone and ignoring the very fact that the relationship is dying. In all relationships, one person always fights to keep it going and the other side always makes up all the reasons for why it must fail in the end. It's reminiscent of the "Elephant Love Medley" from the movie Moulin Rouge where one character is talking about the possibility of how great love is and the other character (Satine) dismisses the possibility that love exists.
-I think that the speaker in this song is someone swallowing their pride or being humble, or worst case scenario, remaining silent ("eat my words").
-She is trying to hide her pain from the other person ("Keep you away from the down side of me")
-Something (perhaps an argument) has caused distress in her relationship. She knows she's right or innocent (if in case of seeing her being as a victim of abuse), but she still loves the other person
-She is trying to view the other person as good. She still believes there good things can also still happen in their relationship, no matter whatever unfortunate event has happened. ("I will show I believe/ And hold you up and know that you're all I see in the light")
-However, she knows deep inside that this other person is someone different from an earlier point in their relationship ("You're not the same")
-She also seems to be asking the other person to open up to her; she wants to support this person still ("You can wrap up your hopes and release them to me")
-It seems that she is very willing to swallow her pride in hopes that he'll still truly love her back. ("You can keep me a trick of the light that you see") ---- This might be a very, very far off reference, but "Trick of the Light" is a song by The Who. At the surface, the song is about a guy and a prostitute. But if you dig in deeper, the song presents the guy's realization that, like him, the prostitute is seeking love/a deep connection with a significant someone.
Overall, I think the song is about the STRUGGLE to hide her down side away from the other person. The line "Not the same, not the same, you're not the same, not the same" sounds like a chant or something uttered in disappointment, quietly to oneself. This contrasts whenever "I believe, I believe" is sung. The music seems brighter and trying to uplift the mood. However, the chanting is embedded throughout, suggesting that she is constantly trying to make a decision. A bit sad, really ):
@rrgn Poignant song lyric. Spot on. Read your interpretation and it resonated with how the song makes me feel. It's about loving someone and ignoring the very fact that the relationship is dying. In all relationships, one person always fights to keep it going and the other side always makes up all the reasons for why it must fail in the end. It's reminiscent of the "Elephant Love Medley" from the movie Moulin Rouge where one character is talking about the possibility of how great love is and the other character (Satine) dismisses the possibility that love exists.
@rrgn Poignant song lyric. Spot on. Read your interpretation and it resonated with how the song makes me feel. It's about loving someone and ignoring the very fact that the relationship is dying. In all relationships, one person always fights to keep it going and the other side always makes up all the reasons for why it must fail in the end. It's reminiscent of the "Elephant Love Medley" from the movie Moulin Rouge where one character is talking about the possibility of how great love is and the other character (Satine) dismisses the possibility that love exists.