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In two more years, my sweetheart, we will see another view
Such longing for the past for such completion
What was once golden has now turned a shade of grey
I've become crueler in your presence
They say: 'Be brave, there's a right way and a wrong way'
This pain won't last for ever, this pain won't last for ever
Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years so hold on
Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years so hold on
You've cried enough this lifetime, my beloved polar bear
Tears to fill a sea to drown a beacon
To start anew all over, remove those scars from your arms
To start anew all over more enlightened
I know, my love, this is not the only story you can tell
This pain won't last for ever, this pain won't last for ever
Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years so hold on
Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years so hold on
You don't need to find answers for questions never asked of you
You don't need to find answers
You don't need to find answers for questions never asked of you
You don't need to find answers
(dead weights and balloons)
(drag me to you)
(dead weights and balloons)
(drag me to you)
I've become crueler since I met you
(dead weights and balloons)
I've become rougher, this world is killing me
You don't need to find answers for questions never asked of you
You don't need to find answers
You don't need to find answers for questions never asked of you
You don't need to find answers
Such longing for the past for such completion
What was once golden has now turned a shade of grey
I've become crueler in your presence
They say: 'Be brave, there's a right way and a wrong way'
This pain won't last for ever, this pain won't last for ever
Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years so hold on
Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years so hold on
You've cried enough this lifetime, my beloved polar bear
Tears to fill a sea to drown a beacon
To start anew all over, remove those scars from your arms
To start anew all over more enlightened
I know, my love, this is not the only story you can tell
This pain won't last for ever, this pain won't last for ever
Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years so hold on
Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years so hold on
You don't need to find answers for questions never asked of you
You don't need to find answers
You don't need to find answers for questions never asked of you
You don't need to find answers
(dead weights and balloons)
(drag me to you)
(dead weights and balloons)
(drag me to you)
I've become crueler since I met you
(dead weights and balloons)
I've become rougher, this world is killing me
You don't need to find answers for questions never asked of you
You don't need to find answers
You don't need to find answers for questions never asked of you
You don't need to find answers
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Treatment centres that teach a 12 step program (that of Alcoholics Anonymous) strongly advise to wait 2 years after beginning recovery before taking any major life descisions eg relationships. There are many reasons for this that I wont go into.
'..we will see another view' refers to seeing things very differently after this time if the program has been followed. The next few lines may refer to looking back at how the addiction started off as enjoyable but turned bad, ' I've become crueler in your presence' meaning its taken control and has led to many lies and cruel acts.
'Be brave ........... wont last forever' relates to the program as you have to be brave. Drugs are obviously the wrong way, living life the right way and living the right way leads to recovery where the pain faids away.
Crying and tears are part and parcel of addiction, but in time the 'scars' on your arms will disappear. Starting anew and being 'enlightened' to me means embarking on a life of recovery. He has become rougher in his addiction and the world he is living in is killing him.
All addicts have a lot of secrets that they are very ashamed about and tell no-one... 'bury them in the garden'.'This is not the only story you can tell' to me means that he knows there is more to his life than the continual hell of drug use addiction.
This is just my take on what the song is about and what it now means to me. Cheers.
Wither way, i love this song! Very emotional.
“Try to pose for yourself this task: not to think of a polar bear, and you will see that the cursed thing will come to mind every minute.”
What this means is, that when you try not to think of something, you think about it even more.
So, when Kele calls her "His beloved polar bear" he could be saying that he tries not to think of her, but in doing so, thinks about her more than ever.
that is my inturputation
I think he's anticipating how long it's going to take for the pain of the breakup to pass. Perhaps it's proportionate to how long they were together.
I think at the end when he says 'we could never make this love last' and 'the only love we know is love for ourselves' along with the line toward the middle: 'I know, my love, this is not the only story you can tell', sounds to me like he knows they've been hurt before and they'll be hurt again and that romantic love is uncertain. the only love you can be sure about is the love for yourself. and that love will get you through the pain of being alone.
everyone can relate a little though hey?
good songs are like that. i think he wrote it a little elusively that way on purpose, so that it could be open to interpretation. ie. long distance relationships, heterosexual and homosexual relationships...
Kele tends to be very good at writing relationship-themed songs that work for either side, including after he came out. Look at Intimacy: there isn't one song on the whole album that is exclusively one orientation over another. Kele writes relationship-themed songs about love, unmucked with orientation.
Kele is a homosexual, and, with that in mind consider this being about him being 'in the closet' and not telling his parents - 'we tell lies to our parents who hide in their rooms...', having a boyfriend that he can't show to them - 'we cover our lies with handshakes and smiles...'. Consider also the use of gay slang 'polar bear', talked about earlier, it's about being secretive in a love relationship that is not likely to be accepted by other people around him. I think 'of course we could never make this love last' is about not being able to keep a secret relationship going and not breaking up because he says '...so hold on', but asking his older partner to wait for him perhaps to move out and be able to be with him properly.
There's my two cents
but i think the other versus and the chorus are open to a little interpretation.
of course he's writing from experience, but you don't just write songs for yourself. even though he's writing about just one of his relationships doesnt mean that he might not have intended it to envoke other feelings in other people.
but like i said. you're right. the gay thing is really obvious in those lines.