Don't you know that I'll be around to guide you.
Through your weakest moments to leave them behind you.
Returning nightmares, only shadows.

We'll cast some light and you'll be alright.
We'll cast some light and you'll be alright for now.

Crosses all over, heavy on your shoulders.
The sirens inside me waiting to step forward.
Disturbing silence darkens your sight.

We'll cast some light and you'll be alright.
We'll cast some light and you'll be alright for now.

Crosses all over the boulevard.
Crosses all over the boulevard.
Crosses all over the boulevard.
Crosses all over the boulevard.

The streets outside your window overflooded.
People staring, they know you've been broken.
Repeatedly reminded by the looks on their faces.
Ignore them tonight and you'll be alright.

We'll cast some light and you'll be alright.



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    Memory:I can hardly listen to this song without crying. My mom, dad, little sister and dogs (my whole family) all passed away in a plane crash in July '10 when I was 25 and these lyrics and the tone just reminds me of them.

    "Don't you know that I'll be around to guide you.
    Through your weakest moments to leave them behind you.
    Returning nightmares, only shadows.
    We'll cast some light and you'll be alright.
    We'll cast some light and you'll be alright for now."
    These specific lines just sound like they're coming straight from them to me, like they will watch over me and be there somehow, at least when I need it. But the "for now" part just makes it seem like I have to do some of the work on my own and I need to be strong for myself as well.

    "Crosses all over, heavy on your shoulders.
    The sirens inside me waiting to step forward.
    Disturbing silence darkens your sight."
    This part along with all of the cross references just reminds me of the funerals and church services and such. My family was Christian but I am now an atheist and I felt guilty about it at first, hence, "heavy on my shoulders".

    "The streets outside your window overflooded.
    People staring, they know you've been broken.
    Repeatedly reminded by the looks on their faces.
    Ignore them tonight and you'll be alright."
    Just reminds me of how the crash was really big news in my town and how people just kind of swarmed me and my family, people not knowing how to react to us or treat us, or me, especially, since I was orphaned. Mostly their presence was comforting and appreciated but sometimes it was just overly stressful and debilitating. It's especially true about the "looks on their faces". I could be having an ok time, or be out with friends trying to get my mind off of everything, and people I knew would just give me that pitiful look or bring it up and I would feel awful again. I feel like the last line about ignoring it and I'll be alright was another one that came from my family.

    All and all, this song has both torn me up and given me a lot of strength in how I've dealt with this situation. I don't know why he wrote it, and I don't know that I really want to know. But it's been the summary of how I've felt and I'm thankful for it.
    Flag buerketton April 12, 2013   Link
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    General Comment: . .and so on - could quote so many line that would fit our situation. But that's the point of a great song?
    Flag willow123on September 25, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:"Returning nightmares, only shadows." - my fear that my pony had broken something/ my sister's and bf's fear that I had broken something. But it was ok.
    Flag willow123on September 25, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This is going to be totally random but my sister put this track over a video of a horse festival that I and my pony took part in and had a potentially bad fall in . She played the tune over the video to cover up her screeches ;) (we fall at about 4.00)youtube.com/…
    The thing is, to me, the lyrics speak for the stewards who helped us up and assured us all was well - and that is a powerful thing if a true horseman looks into your eyes and tells you, yes, you are ok and your pony is ok. To my sister who put the music to the video, it was the emotion of pure relief that all was well.
    So, good songs can mean so many incredibly diverse things, though the feeling of safety and looked-after-ness is universal.
    Anyway, am not a music person but that's my take on what is now one of my lifetime fave songs :) It's a song and a moment I will always treasure.
    Flag willow123on September 25, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I think the:

    ''Crosses all over the boulevard''

    Might mean crosses as in bad experiences all over the boulevard (of life). This is actually a common phrase: '' the boulevard of life ''

    And the ''Crosses all over, heavy on your shoulders'' might mean that the person this is about has been trough several traumatic experiences, as where the ''heavy on your shoulders'' Might mean the burdons (s)he carries on his/her shoulders due to those experiences (also commonly used).

    ''The sirens inside you waiting to step forward.''
    Might be meant as in that the person can no longer carry this burdon and will break eventually; or has to speak up but can't(as in it being very hard in cases of abuse and everything related).

    ''Disturbing silence darkens your sight."
    People who have been trough traumatic experiences in life; start to think when being left alone. I think the '' Disturbing silence'' refers to that. And ofcourse the ''Disturbing silence'' darkens his/her sight; makes him/her feel depressed and lose hope: looking at life in a negative way: ''Disturbing silence darkens your sight."

    "The streets outside your window overflooded."
    I think this line refers to anxiety. People that have been trough traumatic experiences in life tend to have really bad anxiety to go outside because of the people there. (S)he clearly looks at it as big obstacle; making it seem bigger or more in his/her eyes: "The streets outside your window overflooded."

    "People staring, they know you've been broken.
    Repeatedly reminded by the looks on their faces."

    People that feel depressed/are anxious to go outside get stared at a lot by other people. This person clearly has anxiety as (s)he doesn't like the people staring at him/her; and the ''they know you've been broken'' people somehow always seem to sense that, and the person is affraid that it shows that (s)he has been broken.

    ''Repeatedly reminded by the looks on their faces."
    When people stare at someone and sense something is wrong/the person has been broken; they look at someone in a certain way. The person doesn't want it to show that (s)he has been broken and pushes it out of his/her mind to not have to think of it. But because of the way people look at him/her (s)he gets reminded everytime.

    "Ignore them tonight and you'll be alright."
    Ignore the looks; and you don't have to think of your burdons and past; and you will be allright.

    Any opinions?

    Flag ForbidenRoseon September 10, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I think it's about supporting your friend/partner who lost someone. 'Crosses all of over the boulevard' probably refers to a cemetery...
    Flag kadaaifon March 08, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:It seems that the song does talk about an accident but crosses can be a reference to crossing over. A term used for dying. This would be supported by the first verse.
    Flag esbon1on February 12, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:it's not about jesus, jose doesn't believe in jesus.
    Flag dreamhotelon January 14, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Alright, since I have a lot of trouble with religion, I don't see any references about God in the song.
    I'm gonna try and talk about what I hear here. Oh, also, nevermind my previous comment.

    "Don't you know that I'll be around to guide you
    Through your weakest moments to leave them behind you."

    First off, this song makes me think of a relationship where one is comforting the other, and trying to go through bad times together. Let's call them Bob and Lucy. Just for the sake of argument.

    "Returning nightmares, only shadows."

    Returning nightmares - memories of a bad past, though they are but shadows - they do nothing, but they're always there.

    "We'll cast some light and you'll be alright.
    We'll cast some light and you'll be alright for now."

    Bob is telling Lucy that everything's OK for now. Just settle down and have a cup of tea(figuratively speaking, of course). But it's only "for now".

    "Crosses all over, heavy on your shoulders.
    The sirens inside you waiting to step forward.
    Disturbing silence darkens your sight."

    Notice the correction i made in the second line. I'm hearing "you" instead of "in". Which lets me continue my thoughts in the same direction. The first line is a reference to Jesus. JG is an atheist and so am I. But why not use a reference to the bible? Doesn't matter - the metaphor is quite obvious. Lucy is carrying those crosses(Maybe somebody's making her? Can't be Bob. He seems like a nice guy). And the sirens inside her are waiting to step forward, which means Lucy can't bear this pain anymore and might snap pretty soon. Unfortunately I can't make anything out of the last line.

    "Crosses all over the boulevard."

    Two images come to my mind:
    1. Pretty literal. Imagine - a dark night, street lights standing all over the boulevard, the light they make kind of looks like a cross if you look at it directly.
    2. Lucy isn't the only one with a cross. There are people all over the boulevard, carrying crosses on their shoulders. Personally, I prefer this option.

    "The streets outside your window overflooded."

    Not sure about this one. The streets outside her window might reflect Lucy's view of the world. Maybe she's wrong? Maybe there are no such thing as crosses? We made them up.

    "People staring, they know you've been broken.
    Repeatedly reminded by the looks on their faces."

    Again, Lucy thinks that people think she's somehow wrong, that they're looking down at her. And their expressions always remind her of that.

    "Ignore them tonight and you'll be alright."

    Bob is saying that their opinion doesn't matter. Lucy knows herself better they do. So nevermind them and get on with our lives.
    Flag Norroon February 21, 2010   Link
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    Song Meaning:If you read the lyrics from the perspective of someone who has passed away and is watching down on their loved one(s) who are left to live with the burden of losing someone close, it makes a lot of sense. I don't buy the takes on it about ambulances or war. I think the first few posts were on the right track with the song being about carrying on with burdens in life. Agree most of all with others that it is just a great song. I don't mind the version he did with Zero 7 either.
    Flag Mozart50on February 13, 2010   Link

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