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a cannon was fired by the light of the moon
I'm waiting, the boat should be here very soon
and I mind less and less all the silly
pictures that hang 'round my room for now
I write you a letter, I hope you feel better
I hope you forgive the transgression, I've given
you love and I've given you anger as well
and I meant them both
I always knew it was coming this way
I always knew a big boat would come and
take me away
I stood on my bed then I slipped on my dress
then I ran through the halls like a ghost and in case
someone heard me I grabbed up a dagger
that I'd never use unless...
bare feet on a cobblestone street, then a beach
then a splash in my ankles, my knees, then my thighs
and my eyes open wide, I threw myself right into the sea
and I could see it was coming my way
I always knew a big boat would come and
take me away
I've woken up once and I've woken up twice
and I've woken up millions and millions of times
somebody's got to tell all the people to be like the water
I would if I could but I can't so I don't
my heart breaks too easy, my words get all jumbled
and when I wear lipstick then no one
understands me at all
they think I'm saying hello and goodbye
what I'm really saying is...
I've woken up once and I've woken up twice
and I've woken up millions and millions of times...
I'm waiting, the boat should be here very soon
and I mind less and less all the silly
pictures that hang 'round my room for now
I write you a letter, I hope you feel better
I hope you forgive the transgression, I've given
you love and I've given you anger as well
and I meant them both
I always knew it was coming this way
I always knew a big boat would come and
take me away
I stood on my bed then I slipped on my dress
then I ran through the halls like a ghost and in case
someone heard me I grabbed up a dagger
that I'd never use unless...
bare feet on a cobblestone street, then a beach
then a splash in my ankles, my knees, then my thighs
and my eyes open wide, I threw myself right into the sea
and I could see it was coming my way
I always knew a big boat would come and
take me away
I've woken up once and I've woken up twice
and I've woken up millions and millions of times
somebody's got to tell all the people to be like the water
I would if I could but I can't so I don't
my heart breaks too easy, my words get all jumbled
and when I wear lipstick then no one
understands me at all
they think I'm saying hello and goodbye
what I'm really saying is...
I've woken up once and I've woken up twice
and I've woken up millions and millions of times...
Lyrics submitted by Lan
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I'm a really bad explainer, sorry!
OH YEAH, and this song also makes me think about our trip to portugal. I commented my interpretation of this song on a comment of this song in youtube. Go find it if you can, my username is also lilyfloss there:)
"a cannon was fired by the light of the moon
I'm waiting, the boat should be here very soon
and I mind less and less all the silly
pictures that hang 'round my room for now"
I think that's sort of the senseless ramblings of the character, speaking of the boat that she imagines is going to take her away.
"I write you a letter, I hope you feel better
I hope you forgive the transgression, I've given
you love and I've given you anger as well
and I meant them both"
I think she's speaking of a frantic letter she left behind for her caretakers, speaking of hectic episodes as well as any affection she had for them.
"I always knew it was coming this way
I always knew a big boat would come and
take me away" This is the wide-eyed enthusiasm I was speaking of. If you really listen to Regina's voice, she sounds like a little kid who's making up a grand story.
"I stood on my bed then I slipped on my dress
then I ran through the halls like a ghost and in case
someone heard me I grabbed up a dagger
that I'd never use unless..."
Her sneaking out. I think the "unless" part might refer to delusions she's had, or maybe dreams in which she has to fight off monsters or ghosts.
"bare feet on a cobblestone street, then a beach
then a splash in my ankles, my knees, then my thighs
and my eyes open wide, I threw myself right into the sea
and I could see it was coming my way
I always knew a big boat would come and
take me away"
This is her finally committing suicide and literally throwing herself into the sea. Then, the excited talk of the "boat" again, which is all fantasy.
"I've woken up once and I've woken up twice
and I've woken up millions and millions of times"
I think the "woken up" part could have something to do with coming out delusions or not being able to tell whats real from fantasy.
"somebody's got to tell all the people to be like the water"
I believe this to be a sort of very casual final musing of the drowning mental patient. She's feeling the flow of the ocean, enjoying it's beauty, and she very casually thinks to herself, "Everybody should fell the natural flow of the ocean. Somebody's got to tell all the people to be like the water". Of course, it's too late for her to do that. I think this part could sort of hint that in a way, this person might be the only sane person surrounded by insane people. She understands the rhythm of the ocean which the uptight society in which she lives might not.
"I would if I could but I can't so I don't
my heart breaks too easy, my words get all jumbled
and when I wear lipstick then no one
understands me at all
they think I'm saying hello and goodbye
what I'm really saying is [whispers]"
I think this is her rambling to herself, and recounting how no one understands her or can properly communicate with her. I think the "lipstick" could be a sedative they give her that makes her a zombie and makes it so that she can't speak properly at all. Maybe this sedative makes her hallucinate that other people think they are having ordinary conversations with her, "hello", "goodbye".
I hope my interpretation is somewhat coherent.
The singer is an idealist, and a dreamer. She believes in these collassal, romantic, adventurous tales. Eventually, she thinks, she will escape to a bigger, more exciting, almost magical life.
But cooped up with the unimaginative, unsympathetic people of her world, she starts to go mad. She imagines a boat sailing towards the shore, for her. She writes off a letter, then runs out and throws herself into the sea, drowning, and no longer waking up millions of times.
'I've woken up once and I've woken up twice
and I've woken up millions and millions of times'
remind me a lot of Sleeping Beauty, except each time she's 'woken up' is like a sort of rebirth or a revelation...
Haha, I got so carried away. X]
She seems to be expressing this longing and expectancy of freedom. It's like she's been waiting for this moment her whole life, and nobody understands that [I hardly see Regina without lipstick], but she's going to go for it, and "be like the water," by going with the flow, and encourages mankind to do the same.