Meaning

The blue bird - is her friend who knows she is his friend and has come to see him, but they are no longer friends - and yet she wants to hear about him. Later, perri asks her why she came looking for him? After all, he is not as good as she thinks, after all, she wrote such sad songs about him? But because she is talking to her abut him, she suddenly starts thinking - maybe coming back together is a good idea, but what if the bluebird comes and sees us together again after what I told her? "Taking all i...

Negative
Subjective
Sadness
Friendship
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Back in the Day

This song is about the dark side of love. Especially when you've been in a close relationship you think will never end, then somehow you lose it and you have no idea how it happened. Love begins hopeful, then problems occur, then bickering begins, who's right, whose wrong. You draw apart until it completely breaks.

First Verse: King Saul of Israel was under distress, He had David as a young man come in and play music and that was the only thing that soothed King Saul. Meaning: But you don't really care for music do ya, in relationships it's not always easy...

My Interpretation
Meaning

The Sound of Silence can be read as a revolt song — not a loud one, but a deeply unsettling warning against establishment power, injustice, and, most of all, collective passiveness. It is less a call to immediate action and more a diagnosis of why action never comes.

“Hello darkness, my old friend / I've come to talk with you again” opens in isolation. Darkness here feels like depression, but also awareness without an outlet. The narrator is alone with his thoughts, unable to communicate what he sees because no one around him seems willing — or able — to listen.

“Because a vision...

Negative
Subjective
Fear
Oppression
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Meaning

The Sound of Silence can be read as a revolt song — not a loud one, but a deeply unsettling warning against establishment power, injustice, and, most of all, collective passiveness. It is less a call to immediate action and more a diagnosis of why action never comes. “Hello darkness, my old friend / I've come to talk with you again” opens in isolation. Darkness here feels like depression, but also awareness without an outlet. The narrator is alone with his thoughts, unable to communicate what he sees because no one around him seems willing — or able — to...

Negative
Subjective
Sadness
Oppression
and 4 more tags...