| Hannah Fury – Away Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Not sure of the time frame of when this song was written, but for me it brings to mind the death of Jeff Buckley. He drowned, but his body wasn't found immediately. He certainly had an angelic singing voice. He also had a connection with Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins around that time. They recorded a duet. Is she the lullaby singer referenced? Or maybe it has nothing to do with this at all, but it's where my own head takes it. | |
| Cocteau Twins – But I'm Not Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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How about: "....Nothing ever cries Giving in, getting in Is she martyr? Sacrifice?" |
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| Cocteau Twins – Shallow Then Halo Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think it's: "Green water Fetid river" |
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| Sarah McLachlan – Sweet Surrender Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Is it possible she is singing about and to her past and present selves? The past self being a person who was more egoistic--lost, empty, living life in a meaningless, self-destructive, possibly addictive way; and the present self being more evolved physically/mentally/spiritually--more whole and healed. More like her "Higher Self" or even some sort of spirit guide, if you will, that she is choosing to surrender her Ego to, since living the old way was "a cold room where every step I took in faith betrayed me...". Misplaced faith in her Ego vs. faith in something bigger than herself. Now she wants to live up to the guidance of her Higher Self or spirit or whatever ("...are you an angel?...I only hope that I won't disappoint you..."). Yet she acknowledges that even tho' she caused her own downfall, she still sometimes misses/is haunted by parts of her old self and her old way of life (...and I don't understand, how the touch of your hand, how I would be the one to fall.... I miss the little things, I miss everything about you). This all leads to a bit of an identity crisis: "Who are you?", she asks herself repeatedly, as she crosses the line into a new way of living, a new identity. Still, when all things are considered, the old existence "doesn't mean much" except that it cracked her open and gave her the humility that led to her "sweet surrender" where all she has to give is her old self/Ego, casting off old beliefs that didn't work, so she can become her true, higher, more angelic self. This seems to fit with the theme of the video as well; but, of course, I have no idea what was really going on in her head when she wrote it. I don't know if what I've just written will make sense to anyone else. Nonetheless, this is how I like to think of the song. |
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