One of their best songs. Sublime, like all their work. I will try to give my two cents about it, though all your comments are quite interesting as well!
In my opinion, this is one of those songs/poems that have a self-explanatory first paragraph.
"You are the morning
I am the night
I was the only one left at the right time"
That's it. You are the morning and I am the night. We are two very different people, or at least different enough to not fit what most people understand when talking about "perfect love" -- two very similar people, that support each other and that their similarities make them perfect for one another. But that's bullshit many times, and as BornIndie said, it's just about the serendipity of being the one left at the right time, which btw is the same topic as in "Love is Luck". We are not that alike, but we fit for a while and we found each other stranded and made something good out of it, and we never cared too much about how a good match we were or not. That's the tenet through the whole song, IMO.
"And only I still call you mine
Only I'm still hanging on"
Well, doesn't matter how good we were for one another, I am still hanging on for you, cause after all I am still in love. And it looks like you're not feeling that anymore.
"Blown by strong wind, but it/here we fear (?)
All that you said to me is still so very clear
So take my hand
The players in the band
They can always find
Always find some number that we know"
This is the most metaphoric paragraph. In my opinion, and taking into account what the following one says, it just appeals for optimism. The relationship is clearly over, but hold my hand and don't fear, as the players in the band will always find some number that we both know well -- love will eventually happen again, as it happened with us, just don't give too much thought about it and be happy.
"You’ll miss me when I’m gone
But the happy music will carry on
You are the morning
I am the night
I was the only one left at the right time"
Well, quite clear. You (and I) will miss each other when we leave, but again, we gotta look to the future with optimism. Too different, yet too lucky.
"And only I still call you mine
Only I'm still hanging on"
Yep. If it wasn't clear enough that I still miss you :).
One of their best songs. Sublime, like all their work. I will try to give my two cents about it, though all your comments are quite interesting as well!
In my opinion, this is one of those songs/poems that have a self-explanatory first paragraph.
"You are the morning I am the night I was the only one left at the right time"
That's it. You are the morning and I am the night. We are two very different people, or at least different enough to not fit what most people understand when talking about "perfect love" -- two very similar people, that support each other and that their similarities make them perfect for one another. But that's bullshit many times, and as BornIndie said, it's just about the serendipity of being the one left at the right time, which btw is the same topic as in "Love is Luck". We are not that alike, but we fit for a while and we found each other stranded and made something good out of it, and we never cared too much about how a good match we were or not. That's the tenet through the whole song, IMO.
"And only I still call you mine Only I'm still hanging on"
Well, doesn't matter how good we were for one another, I am still hanging on for you, cause after all I am still in love. And it looks like you're not feeling that anymore.
"Blown by strong wind, but it/here we fear (?) All that you said to me is still so very clear So take my hand The players in the band They can always find Always find some number that we know"
This is the most metaphoric paragraph. In my opinion, and taking into account what the following one says, it just appeals for optimism. The relationship is clearly over, but hold my hand and don't fear, as the players in the band will always find some number that we both know well -- love will eventually happen again, as it happened with us, just don't give too much thought about it and be happy.
"You’ll miss me when I’m gone But the happy music will carry on You are the morning I am the night I was the only one left at the right time"
Well, quite clear. You (and I) will miss each other when we leave, but again, we gotta look to the future with optimism. Too different, yet too lucky.
"And only I still call you mine Only I'm still hanging on"
Yep. If it wasn't clear enough that I still miss you :).