Lyrics for Aquarius as interpreted by flore

Aquarius Lyrics
Dear someone listening in the shadows
I only talk to you sometimes
And though I ask for help in riddles
It is clearer in my mind, clearer in my mind

Born of a sign that carries vessels
But in a month that's cold as ice
I know I question things too quickly
But I have never questioned if I've loved

Dear someone watching from the shadows
I'm clenching water in my fists
the drops, they slip right through my fingers
But there's water on my lips, water on my lips

Born of a sign that carries vessels
But in a month that brings just ice
I know I question things too quickly
But I've never wondered if I've loved

Dear someone watching from the shadows
You've seen me lose all the water from my hands
I'm not a skillful water carrier
But the raindrops keep falling on my head, falling on my head

Born of a sign that carries water
But in a month that brings just ice
I'm not a skillful water carrier
But I've learned to carry love,
learned to carry love...


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Rae123
07-09-2006

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I love this song.
I think all the references about the water are about the zodiac sign aquarius (like the title). "In a month that's cold as ice" and other lines similar to that are about the months january/february, which are very cold in most countries and thus it is not possible to carry the water because its frozen, so she questions the meaning of this or even the meaning of life? I don't know what the person in the shadows is all about, possibly someone she is imagining because she is alone? But i think the line " I only ask for help in riddles" is about the fact that the person in the song wants/needs help but can't express it like that, so she uses signs/riddles (like the people who want to commit suicide but kind of have the hope of beeing saved and express that in many signs). I also think this because many lines in the song refer to thoughts about beeing a failure or just beeing sad/depressed ("You've seen me lose all the water from my hands
I'm not a skillful water carrier
But the raindrops keep falling on my head, falling on my head"). I think the lines about carrying love are maybe about a love she once had, or she has (maybe the shadow person???)
I could be totaly wrong about everything, maybe one of you can help?

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just_old_light
11-10-2006

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At first I thought she was saying "oh, someone listening in the shadows," which sounded to me like she was so lonely that she was speaking to random strangers. But then I heard "dear someone in the shadows" and "I only talk to you sometimes/And though I ask for help in riddles/It is clearer in my mind, clearer in my mind" led me to believe that the person in the song is talking to God. (Also, I myself am an atheist, so no, I'm not just projecting. ;])

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littlestkinner
11-23-2006

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This song is amazing. I think Regina is singing to someone (someone watching from the shadows) who is not in her life anymore like an ex or a dead loved one. This person knew of her faults and failures, but this person also was a witness of her love.

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humblestudent
12-28-2006

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i agree that it is god, tho i may be projecting as i myself am christian ;)

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liberatepotatoes
01-29-2007

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This song's gorgeous. I agree that Regina's talking to God or some sort of higher power. I don't know if it's that she's lonely, but maybe that she feels she's been failing to fulfill her purpose in life (carrying water) because she isn't sure of what that purpose is, or how she can fulfill it. The only thing she is sure of is that she can love herself and those close to her. I get the feeling this is one of Regina's songs where she hasn't put another character in place of herself, especially since she was born in February. Aquarius or not, anyone can connect with this song.. Beautiful.

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ewrecktion
02-19-2007

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this song really does describe many of the characteristics of the "aquarius".
they tend to be very over analytical - "I know I
question things too quickly"
& therefore confuse themselves and those around them - "And though I ask for help in riddles"
and so in the end, alot of times they can drive away the things they love away - "the drops, they slip right through my fingers"

Aquariuses have also been known to be detached and uncaring and maybe that's why she talks of the "month that brings just ice".

I am an Aquarius and can identify closely with some of the phrases.
Love the song.

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apres-moi
03-19-2007

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cactus - cactii
aquarius - aquarii

there's no such word as aquariuses

good song, though!

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Dierdra
04-16-2007

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Definitely her talking to God.

And her talking about how she knows how to keep friends and 'special others'... I know for a long time, I had to learn how to be friends with people... I just didn't know how, it didn't come naturally... Still learning, actually.

Hey! I'm an Aquarius as well!!! Whoohoo!

And apres-moi is right, it's Aquarii

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envirohodges
04-30-2007

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great song. it seems to me like she just read a horiscope and wroe about her fortune, or aquarius quirks. i never saw the person in the shadows as god, but as an either ex or hopeful lover. its hunting "born of a sign that carries water, but in a month that brings just ice"

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Dudey
05-27-2007

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First of all, I think this is a great song.

I don't know why people think it's god that she's talking to. I had never considered that until I read those views. I think she's just talking to an undefined person, making a cry to the wild.

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xdani961
06-07-2007

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regina and i have the same exact birthday
february 18th
the last day of the aquarius sign

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RSaddict
07-26-2007

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I also love this song... the fact that Regina and I have the same sign...Aquarius:)"a sign that carries vessels".

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jeskajeska
08-11-2007

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i agree with the view on her talking to God maybe asking him for some advice but only when she is alone or needs it. but she cant quite express herself (note the riddles line) then i think she is further expressing that even tho shes not completely sure of what shes doing (in whatever situation she needs God's help) she does know how to love, and will continue to do so. i also agree with all the aquarius traits and references. beautiful song, and completely relateable.

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paisleyblue
08-29-2007

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it's obviously about the astrological sign. "dear someone listening in the shadows / i only talk to you sometimes" etc reminds me of my mother who died last year. i might be projecting that, but it could be about a person she knows who died, or i could see it being god or something.

ps: most astrology books say "Aquarians" for the plural of "Aquarius." it sounds much softer.

i love her wording to describe the attributes of an Aquarius!

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whatevercakes
11-02-2007

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She's always singing about weather and stuff... I think she admires nature and just, the way life goes. And comparing it to random things... musicbox?? lol.

But anyway. In this song, I think she kind of feels like she isn't as "Aquarius" as she should be. Like, you know, certain signs have certain traits? I think that maybe she doesn't fufill hers....

Oh, and I love the line "I'm clenching water in my fists
the drops, they slip right through my fingers" so freakin sweet.

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sweetunknown
11-05-2007

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stop relating everything to god. not everybody believe in his existence. on a different note, beautiful song & lyrics.

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juicybanana
11-24-2007

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i dont listen to this song but maybe she's not a skillful water carrier because she's a pisces. when by looking at her picture i think she's a pisces, which is after aquarius. i like how she related she related aquarius carrying water with the month cold as ice.

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she_isnt
02-15-2008

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I think most of you guys are missing the point. This song is absolutely beautiful an done of the most sorrowful songs I have ever heard.

Yes, she is an Aquarius and is describing those traits, but more importantly she is expressing an incredibly strong sense of helplessness. In my opinion, she is most certainly talking to God/ a higher being, as someone before me mentioned. She is asking for God's help, and and she feels he isn't doing anything to help her. She has terrible luck in life and everything she does, she does wrong. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't get ahead. Life has dealt her a bad hand, in a sense... water which she cannot hold.

At first, she is actually "clenching water in her fists", so she has the water, but then it "slips slips right through my fingers." Later on, she tells God, "you've seen me lose all the water from my hands" and pretty much is asking why he has done nothing to help her. Everything in her life has gone wrong, and he has done nothing to interfere. He has just sat back and watched.

She references being as Aquarius, ( which is pure genius) "born of a sign that carries water, but in a month that brings just ice" she is saying she was doomed (in life) from the very start. She feels like she never had a chance to do right.

Just my two sense. One of the *best* songs ever written, both lyrically and musically... for lack of a better word.

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she_isnt
02-19-2008

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*and one
*two cents

That's what I get for not proofreading.. Ha.

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philaphobic
03-12-2008

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she isnt, i don't think everyone missed the point, i think people were saying most of those things... at least when u add what everyone said together.
o agree that she is failing at what she thinks he sign is telling her to me (a water carrier) and she is talking to God (sweetunknown can get over it). she doesn't know if she can succeed at what her sign tells her to do but she knows that she can at least do something-- love. i think that she isn't sooo upset about God's lack of help... just asking for more. She talks about losing the water from her hands but still getting some on her lips. I think this shows that she does get what she needs, for an instant, but just can't hold on to it to get security, this could even be a metaphor for money. It seems like Fate has dealt her a bad hand (ice when she needs water), and she might blame God for this, but she asks for more help.

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Slayton
04-18-2008

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I've got a live version of this song in my iTunes library, and at one point she's very clearly crying. Her vibrato goes kind of hoarse, she says 'sorry' very quietly, and she sounds on the verge of tears for the rest of the song.

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just_old_light
05-04-2008

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sweetunknown, not everyone may believe in god, but a higher power and all the ideas it connotes are a huge part of our culture, whether we like it or not. Just because you don't believe god exists doesn't mean you get to pretend the belief in any god doesn't exist for anyone.

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athlyn232
05-28-2008

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I love the mystery in a lot of Regina's songs, but I think it would be such an insight if I actually knew them! But my/these interpretations of the songs are all good!

I think this one, a bit like 'somedays' may have something to do with suicide/depression etc. Because the 'dear someone listening in the corner' kinda links to her only being able to talk to this 'someone'. The someone could be herself, because she doesn't have anyone else to talk to, so she's almost invented someone in her mind to help her work out her problems.
Oh I love Regina!!

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gheneefur
05-31-2008

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This is such a beautiful song. I don't think it's a cry for help, though, and I don't really think she's speaking to God, either. I feel like she's singing to whoever's listening. The overall tone of the song is a positive one. In the end she sings:

"I'm not a skillful water carrier
But I've learned to carry love,
learned to carry love..."

It's as if she's saying even if she's not successful in what she does, she'll always have love. She's looking on the brighter side of her misfortunes.

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musicandsequins
06-30-2008

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I've always thought of the water as thoughts inside her head, problems, words building up. Some people are so good at being contained and always remaining perky, or smooth on the surface (like ice), but Regina is speculating about how she "is not a skillful water carrier," or can't keep these things inside. She instead expresses herself in songs, or even to a near stranger (someone "watching in the shadows" who has seen her "lose all the water from her hands.") I can relate to this song because I am an Aquarious, and overanalyze things to the point where I have to talk to somebody to straighten out my thoughts, and learn to carry love.

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