To me it's well to understand, okay, also because I know a bit of Jarvis' biography. But mainly because I do arts myself. The "you" he is referring to is the "time of my life". It is about a feeling you have when you start doing something referred to arts. I know that very well, it is stirring inside and you know you need to do it and somehow, that you'll be able to do it, too. It is a feeling without proof that keeps you going on trying. But you also doubt it, and other people, too, and often they say, there are a lot of people who want to be pop stars or artists, don't do that. "They say I'll never fly". Maybe he refers to own doubts as well. Pulp needed a long time to get recognised and this song was written shortly before Jarvis left Sheffield and went to London and the band had been trying hard but reached a low point.
Jarvis also says that he doesn't understand what this feeling is about for he has tried to see its face and to catch it, but it always seems to land "in the arms of other men", who seem to know and reach what they want early. So he doesn't know what this stirring feeling is and decides to leave the town and to move so maybe he'd find out then or not. "And if I messed it up baby,
Then, that's all up to me." Something is there, inside, maybe the own creativity, the want to do something that he can't escape (this time it was for real there was no place to hide). I had this, too, I knew there is something I can do (and successfully messed up apprentenceships and jobs that weren't related to creativity), but I didn't know what and how, I found out late. I think for Jarvis, according to these lyrics, it was the same.
In conclusion, you don't know if the thing you so much want to do and believe in is ever going to unreveal itself to you. And if so you don't know if it'll be that special and working out. You just have yourself to rely on and you have to believe in yourself. "I'm gonna make it all someday".
I love these lyrics.
To me it's well to understand, okay, also because I know a bit of Jarvis' biography. But mainly because I do arts myself. The "you" he is referring to is the "time of my life". It is about a feeling you have when you start doing something referred to arts. I know that very well, it is stirring inside and you know you need to do it and somehow, that you'll be able to do it, too. It is a feeling without proof that keeps you going on trying. But you also doubt it, and other people, too, and often they say, there are a lot of people who want to be pop stars or artists, don't do that. "They say I'll never fly". Maybe he refers to own doubts as well. Pulp needed a long time to get recognised and this song was written shortly before Jarvis left Sheffield and went to London and the band had been trying hard but reached a low point. Jarvis also says that he doesn't understand what this feeling is about for he has tried to see its face and to catch it, but it always seems to land "in the arms of other men", who seem to know and reach what they want early. So he doesn't know what this stirring feeling is and decides to leave the town and to move so maybe he'd find out then or not. "And if I messed it up baby, Then, that's all up to me." Something is there, inside, maybe the own creativity, the want to do something that he can't escape (this time it was for real there was no place to hide). I had this, too, I knew there is something I can do (and successfully messed up apprentenceships and jobs that weren't related to creativity), but I didn't know what and how, I found out late. I think for Jarvis, according to these lyrics, it was the same. In conclusion, you don't know if the thing you so much want to do and believe in is ever going to unreveal itself to you. And if so you don't know if it'll be that special and working out. You just have yourself to rely on and you have to believe in yourself. "I'm gonna make it all someday". I love these lyrics.