It was me on that road
But you couldn't see me
Too many lights out, but nowhere near here
It was me on that road
Still you couldn't see me
And then flashlights and explosions
Roads end getting nearer
We cover distance but not together
I am the storm and I am the wonder
And the flashlights, nightmares
And sudden explosions
I don't know what more to ask for
I was given just one wish
It's about you and the sun
A morning run
The story of my maker
What I have and what I ache for
I've got a golden ear
I cut and I spear
What else is there?
Roads end getting nearer
We cover distance still not together
If I am the storm, if I am the wonder
Will I have flashlights, nightmares
And sudden explosions
There's no room where I can go and
You've got secrets too
I don't know what more to ask for
I was given just one wish
But you couldn't see me
Too many lights out, but nowhere near here
It was me on that road
Still you couldn't see me
And then flashlights and explosions
Roads end getting nearer
We cover distance but not together
I am the storm and I am the wonder
And the flashlights, nightmares
And sudden explosions
I don't know what more to ask for
I was given just one wish
It's about you and the sun
A morning run
The story of my maker
What I have and what I ache for
I've got a golden ear
I cut and I spear
What else is there?
Roads end getting nearer
We cover distance still not together
If I am the storm, if I am the wonder
Will I have flashlights, nightmares
And sudden explosions
There's no room where I can go and
You've got secrets too
I don't know what more to ask for
I was given just one wish
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What Else Is There? Lyrics as written by Tony Macaulay Roger John Reginald Greenaway
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There are more interpretations right, but non of them where finished or there are holes in there story
Introduction: This song is about dissicions of a sad mid-life-crissed woman who looks back at the moment of her big-love-of-the-past and life. The clip is all about emotions you cant share and de lycris is the story behind that. Its about constant pressure and anxiety in life but no one to turn to. So the video clip is shaped by the womans emotions and the lycris is the story behind that feelings. It is in a dream-state becaus dreams are reality of emotionel expressions(=explosion) of thinks we asking are self in real life this dream (= "nightmare") is a deriorating relationship. A well knowin love story:
Main story: The road of life(=light, seeing or knowing where to go in life) together into the dark (dark=whitout knowing where to go in life(=light)) She just wants his attention, because she feels ignored (=look for the man on the road, even the dog(moste love giving creatures)
"I've got a golden ear, I cut and I spear" The only thing left for her(=because anxiety) asking for more attention through the wrong way (saying spiteful, jealousy, etc) So she has just "given one wish" be him, a wish of basic trust. To be with a man she cannot have annymore.
"It's about you and the sun, A morning run" A reference to HIM (sun=light in here life). "I don't know what more to ask for" "The story of my maker, what I have and what I ache for" He is the maker, he is shaping her live in different ways. He knows he has potential to succeed this relation, knowledge to pursue a further understanding of the logical side of the outsiders perspective, but his intuition is consuming his mind. An unforeseen future clouds his thoughts. He aches for an answer and cries out, "What else is there?" But there is no apparent answer. Only a void that plays with his emotions.(=exploisions)
So the outsiders bring only more suffering, because they only projecting all of the problems of their own lives. Their good memories are clouded by memories of a bad experience of their own. She becomes jealous because he listning more to the outsiders(=people that brings light into the dark besides her own) then her. They've drifted apart (=houses floating away) and taking slowly different roads. "Road's end getting nearer We cover distance, but not together"
Conclusion: You see a floating-state-of-mind (=unwilling freedom, pressure, anxiety), where she tries to toughing the ground (=touching tree in clip), meaning get her shit together. When she tough the ground she takes a good look at herself and snaps. Moments later there is a moment-of-clearity; She is the storm, the wonder of nature that would burst out all of her emotions (=explosions), not because see realist her wrong doing in the past(=nightmare), but because her life is decayed(=X) by asking the same question (=reference to "why"=the last lycris) as he did: "What else is there?"
X:
"There's no room where I can go and, You've got secrets too" She has drivin herself years in isolation (=blanket=feeling of closure) as a spinster In the video jou see the puritan collar(English Protestant from the 16th and 17th centurie) of celibacy around her nek when see sitting on the table.
So the main life-lesson is: Dont compare the bad moments of your life. Dont think of the future. Live in the moment, trust your own feelings. Just jump together into the dark!!
the "smoke" mushroom (royksopp in norwegian) is not a reference to taking drugs. the smoke mushroom is actually a puffball mushroom, which is edible and not hallucinogenic. the reason it "smokes" is because when the fruits go past the edible stage and mature, the mushroom is hollow and filled with millions of dusty spores that come billowing out in a puff of smoke when you step on it.<br /> <br /> botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/aug98.html<br />
Thanks for your reply, because I using your theory as referention-point in mine theory.<br /> I completely agree about the translation, but think outside the box like you did before.<br /> We do agree that the smoke from the tree in the video a reference is to royksopp, right?<br /> Mabe there is nothing more behind it and got nothinhg to do with the whole story, but think about it.<br /> Everthing in this song is spoken in metaphor, so metaphorsly speaking;<br /> smoking and mushrooms are 2 references of doing drugs.<br /> And generaly speaking, most people who listen to royksopp are doing drugs. You see the connection, yes.<br /> Why else choice royksopp so bizar name of the group(world wide thinking), not because it roles smooth of your tong like the most names. <br /> Its just a theory, so please correct me if I am wrong. <br /> <br /> Its time to brainstorm this song all together now, so we got a clear answer about the lycris WITH the video clip. Its like a piece of art:<br /> The painter want to express his self in the painting, and in the end everyone else has a different interpretation. <br /> Speaking of interpretation, what I do know for sure is that the car accident theory doesnt work in metaphor. I know why people think that way, but thats not how royksopp works. first of all there is a slow growing time-frame hidden in lycris exactly synchrone with time-frame of the (fading)lights in the clip, even the flash lights and lightning. <br /> The road-light-dark theory is very common in a lycris and the clues are hidden everwhere.<br /> Example;"UNKLE - burn my shadow" got the road-light-dark theory. That clip btw is also speaking in methaphor.<br />
The puritan collar and black shirt/jacket (Karin Drejer Andserson is wearing) is the uniform priests in the Lutheraian church in Scandiviania wear.
One comment today and one comment only, but this was just too interesting to pass up. All one of you are full of yourself with your so-called knowledge of women. Did make me smile, though...a man thinking he truly knows older women. Without reading the novels on this page, I'm guessing it's about two people on two separate paths. I like the band.
Oh, crap...two comments. I meant to hit the minus and not the plus :(