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There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea
You became the light on the dark side of me
Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill
But did you know that when it snows
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen?
Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey
Ooh, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grey
There is so much a man can tell you, so much he can say
You remain my power, my pleasure, my pain
Baby, to me, you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny
Won't you tell me, is that healthy, baby?
But did you know that when it snows
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen?
Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey
Ooh, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grey
I've been kissed by a rose on the grey
I've been kissed by a rose on the grey
And if I should fall, will it all go away?
I've been kissed by a rose on the grey
There is so much a man can tell you, so much he can say
You remain my power, my pleasure, my pain
To me, you're like a growing, addiction that I can't deny
Won't you tell me, is that healthy, baby?
But did you know that when it snows
My eyes become large, and the light that you shine can be seen?
Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey
Ooh, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grey
Yes I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey
Ooh, the more I get of you stranger it feels, yeah
And now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grey
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grey
You became the light on the dark side of me
Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill
But did you know that when it snows
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen?
Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey
Ooh, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grey
There is so much a man can tell you, so much he can say
You remain my power, my pleasure, my pain
Baby, to me, you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny
Won't you tell me, is that healthy, baby?
But did you know that when it snows
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen?
Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey
Ooh, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grey
I've been kissed by a rose on the grey
I've been kissed by a rose on the grey
And if I should fall, will it all go away?
I've been kissed by a rose on the grey
There is so much a man can tell you, so much he can say
You remain my power, my pleasure, my pain
To me, you're like a growing, addiction that I can't deny
Won't you tell me, is that healthy, baby?
But did you know that when it snows
My eyes become large, and the light that you shine can be seen?
Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey
Ooh, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grey
Yes I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey
Ooh, the more I get of you stranger it feels, yeah
And now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grey
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grey
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The greying tower was totally fine being alone on the sea. Wise sturdy bachelor tower.
-I'm sure its Grey not Grave! The tower is Greying....think about it.-
This is a love song.
I think when he says kiss from a rose, he means he is coming to life. Color coming back to his body as his blood flows. Like CPR!
"...light on the dark side of me" could mean his dark side is lightened so as to be more exposed or lightened as it kills the darkness. "love remained...drug..high...pill" Means he is/was one of those people who really believes love is nothing more than a biochemical reaction. "When it snows" snow is cold, freezes things..he gets cold feet maybe. eyes become large in a state of panic or fear, and he begins to search and cannot find the "light" as he is freaking out it left forever. He's never felt this way, he is scared, he wants to know if he falls (after all he is a tower on the sea) will he be ok, cause this is new. The rose is in bloom, hes in love totally. DRUG FREE!!
Here is what I think the song means:
There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea:
- A tower usually refers to a strong man, in other words he was happily in love.
- Greying means that it is losing colour, the woman he loved died.
- So it refers to a man that has lost the woman he loved and is getting more and more depressed.
- A tower on the sea means that he is looking out over the pool of women, just like the expression: there are more fish in the sea.
You became the light on the dark side of me:
- He meets a new woman that brings happiness even though he is still depressed over the loss of his previous love.
Love remains a drug that's the high and not the pill:
- He falls completely in love with this new woman and it makes him so happy no drug can compare.
But did you know that when it snows:
- Roses usually don’t bloom in the winter, that is when it snows.
- This means the woman is away.
My eyes become large:
- No matter how much he looks for it.
And the light that you shine can't be seen?
- He can’t see her light.
- He can’t feel happy when she isn’t near him.
Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey:
- A rose may symbolise many things, but here it symbolises colour, which in turn represents happiness, while the grey represents sadness.
- Because of the new woman’s love the man can feel happy again despite his loss.
Ooo, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah:
- The strange feeling is because he still has loyalty to his old love, but it doesn’t seem to hold him back.
Now that your rose is in bloom:
- Because now that he has found this new woman
A light hits the gloom on the grey
- the loss of his first love doesn’t hurt so much.
There is so much a man can tell you
So much he can say
- Other people may criticize his new relation
You remain my power, my pleasure, my pain
- But it doesn’t matter.
Baby, to me, you're like a growing
Addiction that I can't deny
- He keeps falling more and more in love with her
Won't you tell me, is that healthy, baby?
- So much he is completely lovesick.
And if I should fall, will it all go away?
- This may either mean that he doesn’t want to screw up his new relationship as she is everything to him now. It may also mean he is concerned that if he would die now the woman would become sad and lose her colour just like he did before her.
That's what I think.
I really don't like the relation to drugs. Even though it seems plausible I feel it ruins the beauty of this song.
Thorns are never mentioned in the song, so I strongly believe the rose represents colour and happiness.
Before reading the lyrics I too always thought he sang grave, but grey makes a lot more sense, especially since the songs starts with "a greying tower". But even if grey is replaced by grave it still holds the same meaning.
There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea:
- A tower usually refers to a strong man, in other words he was happily in love.
- Greying means that it is losing colour, the woman he loved died.
- So it refers to a man that has lost the woman he loved and is getting more and more depressed.
- A tower on the sea means that he is looking out over the pool of women, just like the expression: there are more fish in the sea.
You became the light on the dark side of me:
- He meets a new woman that brings happiness even though he is still depressed over the loss of his previous love.
Love remains a drug that's the high and not the pill:
- He falls completely in love with this new woman and it makes him so happy no drug can compare.
But did you know that when it snows:
- Roses usually don’t bloom in the winter, that is when it snows.
- This means the woman is away.
My eyes become large:
- No matter how much he looks for it.
And the light that you shine can't be seen?
- He can’t see her light.
- He can’t feel happy when she isn’t near him.
Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey:
- A rose may symbolise many things, but here it symbolises colour, which in turn represents happiness, while the grey represents sadness.
- Because of the new woman’s love the man can feel happy again despite his loss.
Ooo, the more I get of you, the stranger it feels, yeah:
- The strange feeling is because he still has loyalty to his old love, but it doesn’t seem to hold him back.
Now that your rose is in bloom:
- Because now that he has found this new woman
A light hits the gloom on the grey
- the loss of his first love doesn’t hurt so much.
There is so much a man can tell you
So much he can say
- Other people may criticize his new relation
You remain my power, my pleasure, my pain
- But it doesn’t matter.
Baby, to me, you're like a growing
Addiction that I can't deny
- He keeps falling more and more in love with her
Won't you tell me, is that healthy, baby?
- So much he is completely lovesick.
And if I should fall, will it all go away?
- This may either mean that he doesn’t want to screw up his new relationship as she is everything to him now. It may also mean he is concerned that if he would die now the woman would become sad and lose her colour just like he did before her.
That's what I think.
I really don't like the relation to drugs. Even though it seems plausible I feel it ruins the beauty of this song.
Thorns are never mentioned in the song, so I strongly believe the rose represents colour and happiness.
Before reading the lyrics I too always thought he sang grave, but grey makes a lot more sense, especially since the songs starts with "a greying tower". But even if grey is replaced by grave it still holds the same meaning.
Lovely song. :) It was the best part of that Batman installment.
I'm gonna take a crack at this song's meaning....I honestly believe it has nothing to do with drugs except to compare Love to a 'High'....And no matter how hard i try, i can't hear 'Grave' so i maintain it's 'Grey'.
I think this song is about an obsessive love for someone to the point of being very 'unhealthy' for the singer.
'There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea
You became the light on the dark side of me
Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill'
This is very romantic....like how, when you're madly in love you can wax lyrically and poetically about someone....The singer is the 'greying tower alone on the sea'....This person's love is the 'light' that shines on him, and brings him out of the dark....The love/infatuation he has for this person is all consuming, and he compares it to an 'addiction' like one with drugs.....By comparing her to a 'drug high' he's saying She makes him feel good, and he wants/needs her even if she's not healthy for him.
'But did you know
That when it snows
My eyes become large and
The light that you shine can be seen'
Again it's Romantic..I find the lyrics are dreamy/surreal...almost like a 'fairy tale' and he's the loner in the high tower and love finds him.....Well....When you're attracted to someone your pupils dilate.....So he wants her and he describes a gloomy but romantic setting that she makes better for him with her light/Love.
'Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey
Ooh, the more I get of you the stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the grey'
This part is very telling to me and explains the whole song....It's a play on words....When we think of Rose contrasted with Grey...Well.....the Rose jumps out at you with it's vibrancy and colour and beauty whereas the Grey remains mute and depressing and darker than ever...Now compare the man and his love....His life/grey is lifeless and depressing...He's just existing...His love/rose is full of life and light and beauty...She wakes him up and brings his gloomy depressing world to life...but Roses carry thorns which is basically saying that Love isn't easy but so worth it...
'There is so much a man can tell you
So much he can say
You remain my power, my pleasure, my pain'
He's telling her what she means to him and what her love means to him....She has the power to make him her slave...give him the best high and cut him deep.
I love how Seal uses the Rose as a 'metaphor' for love....It's perfect, and shows how Love is beautiful but carries pain, and describes how you can get caught up the beauty of the Rose/Love but it can hurt you/bring heartache.
I melt when i hear this song...It's so seductive and yearning, and shows how Love is the 'ULTIMATE HIGH' <333