I got a filling that this song its about a boy meeting a girl with depression and suicidal thoughts.
“I met you on the Palisades
The sun was spilling kerosene
And I was feeling wide awake
Girl, you can be so obscene
And when you sang a lullaby
A missionary called your name
You disappeared and hopped a flight
For the Serengeti plain”
He find her away from home in NJ, She's from LA, it was a perfect day to meet a lady, and he knew exactly how he felt for her as he was wide awake, “Girl, you can be so obscene” is the first statement that he gets to know her deeply, and “And when you sang a lullaby, A missionary called your name” That calming effect she has on him calming his own demons, “You disappeared and hopped a flight,
For the Serengeti plain” He he lets us know the first time she tries to row way from her depression.
“I think I own a photograph
That shows her in the freezing rain
With the Italians on the bank
They know how to entertain
A string of pearls behind your hair
A music box to catch your tears
Now call your mother in L.A.
She hasn't heard your voice in years”
“I think I own a photograph. That shows her in the freezing rain” This es the time where he discovers her depression and suicidal thoughts.
“With the Italians on the bank. They know how to entertain” Another place the ran off, looking for love in men but finding only entertainment or a way to numb her self. “A string of pearls behind your hair. A music box to catch your tears” Pearls are consider woman best friends and also resemble tears, and the music box can be some kind of “recreational” drug to catch her tears, “Now call your mother in L.A. She hasn't heard your voice in years” This is where he starts to worry for her and calls her mom, but also reveals that even the mother has no idea of her “illness”.
“Tell everyone you know
Open up the door
Tell everyone you know
Open up the door”
The pre chorus is all about him telling her to seek help on all the people she knows.
“You can jump a ride
But don't ask why
And don't close your eyes
This the song for no one”
“You can jump a ride, But don't ask why” Here is the last part as a statement that id ok to run hide, but please, (he ask as a plea and a way of showing that even he can’t do anything for her) “And don't close your eyes, please don't take your own life.
“When your love has gone
You carry on
This is her song
This the song for no one”
“When your love has gone, You carry on” This part tells him self that he needs to cary on in spite of her committing suicide. At the end he tells the world her history but no one can help her because she's gone.
I got a filling that this song its about a boy meeting a girl with depression and suicidal thoughts.
“I met you on the Palisades The sun was spilling kerosene And I was feeling wide awake Girl, you can be so obscene And when you sang a lullaby A missionary called your name You disappeared and hopped a flight For the Serengeti plain”
He find her away from home in NJ, She's from LA, it was a perfect day to meet a lady, and he knew exactly how he felt for her as he was wide awake, “Girl, you can be so obscene” is the first statement that he gets to know her deeply, and “And when you sang a lullaby, A missionary called your name” That calming effect she has on him calming his own demons, “You disappeared and hopped a flight, For the Serengeti plain” He he lets us know the first time she tries to row way from her depression.
“I think I own a photograph That shows her in the freezing rain With the Italians on the bank They know how to entertain A string of pearls behind your hair A music box to catch your tears Now call your mother in L.A. She hasn't heard your voice in years”
“I think I own a photograph. That shows her in the freezing rain” This es the time where he discovers her depression and suicidal thoughts. “With the Italians on the bank. They know how to entertain” Another place the ran off, looking for love in men but finding only entertainment or a way to numb her self. “A string of pearls behind your hair. A music box to catch your tears” Pearls are consider woman best friends and also resemble tears, and the music box can be some kind of “recreational” drug to catch her tears, “Now call your mother in L.A. She hasn't heard your voice in years” This is where he starts to worry for her and calls her mom, but also reveals that even the mother has no idea of her “illness”.
“Tell everyone you know Open up the door Tell everyone you know Open up the door”
The pre chorus is all about him telling her to seek help on all the people she knows.
“You can jump a ride But don't ask why And don't close your eyes This the song for no one”
“You can jump a ride, But don't ask why” Here is the last part as a statement that id ok to run hide, but please, (he ask as a plea and a way of showing that even he can’t do anything for her) “And don't close your eyes, please don't take your own life.
“When your love has gone You carry on This is her song This the song for no one”
“When your love has gone, You carry on” This part tells him self that he needs to cary on in spite of her committing suicide. At the end he tells the world her history but no one can help her because she's gone.