| U2 – Moment Of Surrender Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| It is about a drug addict, Bono even said it himself. He wanted to take on a role during the song--its not about him, but in someone else's perspective. | |
| The Goo Goo Dolls – Black Balloon Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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To everyone who is saying "how is this song about drugs..?" or denying the fact that it is, please read because this is my absolute favorite song and at first i was confused but when i started looking into it, really thinking about each line, and when i sort of knew somebody where this song can sort of relate to, everything started making sense to me. It is known to goo goo dolls fans that supposedly this song was written about Robby's(bass player/vocalist)ex-wife who died from heroin. Honestly this song is so beautiful. I'll break it down line by line for you. Baby's black balloon makes her fly --black balloon is a name for something that looks like a black balloon in which heroin comes in. "makes her fly" refers to her getting high I almost fell into that hole in your life --whoevers prospective the song is sung by maybe almost tried it And we're not thinking about tomorrow --the girl isn't thinking about how terrible heroin can effect her future and how much it really is hurting her Cause you were the same as me, but on your knees --she wasn't that different from him besides the fact she used heroin. she was still a perosn with interests and hobbies and what not,although she was "on her knees" as in she was suffering A thousand other boys could never reach you, how could I of been the one --He is so happy that she choose her because many couldn't get her I saw the world spin beneath you --He was there when everything went down, when her addiction started And scatter like ice from the spoon --This line means 2 things-its a description/visual of what happened with her life but also how they make heroin That was your womb --This can either be figurative or she was really having a baby but it died inside of her because of her addiction Coming down, the world turned over --This referring to when she would "come down from her high", she became a totally different person and it was all a bad experience. Angels fall without you there --This mean that she died unfortunately I go on as you get colder --Her life gets worse and he has to continue to live his life and move on even though it is hard as he watches her Or are you someones prayer? --This means is somebody out there praying for you to live or is it too late? You know the lies they always told you --This refers to the drug dealer telling her that heroin is good or it won't hurt her, while in reality those were all lies And the love you never knew --This refers to some many people who supported her during the dark stage of her life, but she didn't realize and didn't want to listen to their help because she thought she was fine Whats the things they never showed you --This also reffering to the lies and just everything about heroin and also what some family/friends never showed about their love for her and how much they cared, and with these things hidden, it could of been what killed her That swallow the light from the sun, inside your room --The addiction took out all of the good in her life, and made her go through a real dark period of her life. "Inside your room" is just stating it wasn't the world going through a dark starge but her in particular (chorus again) And there's no time left for losing --This is him telling the girl she has to stop using heroin before it is too late and she dies from it When you stand they fall --This is about how her actions are really hurting people chorus yet a little different; Coming down the years turned over --She died yet too early, you would think she would be much older but she was too young to die And angels fall without you there --Same meaning from before, referring to her dying I'll go on to bring you home --He wishes he could of done something else to help her, he wishes he could of brought her back to the old her that he fell in love with (pre-heroin) All because I'm..All because I'm --This line is the only one that confuses me, I guess its up for interpretation. I think of it as he is trying to say something, yet he can't quite figure out what he is trying to say because he is always going to be devastated by her loss. He can't finish his thought because its too hard to get out, that why he never completed the sentence. I'll become, what you became to me --he wants/wish he became the most important thing in her life, because she was the most important thing is his own life. I love this line, its really deep and perfect. It's so simple..yet means so much. I hope I explained it well. I love this song so much, its my favorite song ever so as crazy as it seems, I don't have it on my iPod. I have 30+ GGD songs that I love on it, but not the studio version of this(I have the live--I originally bought it because I thought I liked it better but now I realize the studio version is perfect once you know what the meaning is. The studio version really tugs at my heart) This song is way too good for it because I only listen to it every once in a while opposed to everyday like the other GGD songs, simply because I want to preserve it. But I'm not worried--a song this beautiful, the beauty isn't going away. |
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