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Nothing unusual, nothing strange
Close to nothing at all
The same old scenario, the same old rain
And there's no explosions here
Then something unusual, something strange
Comes from nothing at all
I saw a spaceship fly by your window
Did you see it disappear?
Amie come sit on my wall
And read me the story of O
And tell it like you still believe
That the end of the century
Brings a change for you and me
Nothing unusual, nothing's changed
Just a little older that's all
You know when you've found it,
There's something I've learned
'Cause you feel it when they take it away
Something unusual, something strange
Comes from nothing at all
But I'm not a miracle
And you're not a saint
Just another soldier
On the road to nowhere
Amie come sit on my wall
And read me the story of O
And tell it like you still believe
That the end of the century
Brings a change for you and me
And Amie come sit on my wall
And read me the story of O
And tell it like you still believe
That the end of the century
Brings a change for you and me
Close to nothing at all
The same old scenario, the same old rain
And there's no explosions here
Then something unusual, something strange
Comes from nothing at all
I saw a spaceship fly by your window
Did you see it disappear?
Amie come sit on my wall
And read me the story of O
And tell it like you still believe
That the end of the century
Brings a change for you and me
Nothing unusual, nothing's changed
Just a little older that's all
You know when you've found it,
There's something I've learned
'Cause you feel it when they take it away
Something unusual, something strange
Comes from nothing at all
But I'm not a miracle
And you're not a saint
Just another soldier
On the road to nowhere
Amie come sit on my wall
And read me the story of O
And tell it like you still believe
That the end of the century
Brings a change for you and me
And Amie come sit on my wall
And read me the story of O
And tell it like you still believe
That the end of the century
Brings a change for you and me
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
Track duration: 04:36
"Amie" as written by Damien George Rice
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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So that's that.
But then I started to look at the lyrics.
Nothing unusual, nothing strange
Close to nothing at all
The same old scenario, the same old rain
And there's no explosions here
This is Amy before she met the doctor
Then something unusual, something strange
Comes from nothing at all
I saw a spaceship fly by your window
Did you see it disappear?
When she's 7 the doctor appears in her backyard with his ship. The noise wakes her up and she looks out of the window and sees the doctor. He promises to be back in 5 minutes but disappears for many years.
I could go on like this but I just wanted to know if someone else sees the similarity too.
Proof:
damienrice.com/music/discography/cd/…
I believe he says "amie come sit on my wall and read me a story of old." At least those are the lyrics on his website damienrice.com/…
and tell it like you still believe...
Sounds to me like Damien might think that the senseless violence that ended her life may have caused Amie to lose her faith.
"...a change for you and me"
If I do remember right, it was only after Amie was struck that the violence subsided. Guilt is a powerful thing.
- "I saw a spaceship fly by your window..." he could be talking about her soul going to heaven...
- In the chorus, he is asking her to come back, and do what they used to do when they were friends...
- "Nothing unusual, nothing's changed, just a little older, that's all..." he is letting her know that time has passed, and he is still the same, and that he realized that he was in love with her, but too late, she is gone...
- "but I'm not a miracle, you're not a saint, just a little soldier on the road to nowhere...." he cannot change the past, he cannot revive her, and she cannot do it neither, she is "on the road to nowhere" (heaven).
- I do not think that "The Story of O" has a secret message, just a book they used to talk about.
"And tell it like you still believe
That the end of the century
Brings a change for you and me"
This means he wants her to believe they can escape the endless O. Now thing about Damiens other album "9". It's an O with a path leading out of it.