In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
It started out as a feeling
Which then grew into a hope
Which then turned into a quiet thought
Which then turned into a quiet word
And then that word grew louder and louder
'Til it was a battle cry
I'll come back
When you call me
No need to say goodbye
Just because everything's changing
Doesn't mean it's never been this way before
All you can do is try to know who your friends are
As you head off to the war
Pick a star on the dark horizon
And follow the light
You'll come back when it's over
No need to say goodbye
You'll come back when it's over
No need to say goodbye
Now we're back to the beginning
It's just a feeling and no one knows yet
But just because they can't feel it too
Doesn't mean that you have to forget
Let your memories grow stronger and stronger
'Til they're before your eyes
You'll come back
When they call you
No need to say goodbye
You'll come back
When they call you
No need to say goodbye
Which then grew into a hope
Which then turned into a quiet thought
Which then turned into a quiet word
And then that word grew louder and louder
'Til it was a battle cry
I'll come back
When you call me
No need to say goodbye
Just because everything's changing
Doesn't mean it's never been this way before
All you can do is try to know who your friends are
As you head off to the war
Pick a star on the dark horizon
And follow the light
You'll come back when it's over
No need to say goodbye
You'll come back when it's over
No need to say goodbye
Now we're back to the beginning
It's just a feeling and no one knows yet
But just because they can't feel it too
Doesn't mean that you have to forget
Let your memories grow stronger and stronger
'Til they're before your eyes
You'll come back
When they call you
No need to say goodbye
You'll come back
When they call you
No need to say goodbye
Lyrics submitted by incurable_humanist
The Call Lyrics as written by Regina Spektor
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Walt Disney Music Company
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To me, this song is truely about war. I live in a country where wars arise and this song interprets some of the feelings surrounding the fight.
the first and second verse talk about a war that is just ending, and the thought, feeling, hope... they are all the idea of winning..then its about soldiers saying goodbye to each other..
Just because everything's changing Doesn't mean it's never been this way before ^ is a new war, and theres the feeling of war in the air which changes a lot of things, but its happend before so you can know what to expect..
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Now we're back to the beginning It's just a feeling and no one knows yet
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But just because they can't feel it too Doesn't mean that you have to forget
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Exactly what I think. So sad...all my respect really goes to military soldiers and the heroes who fight for their country.
Beautiful song, I agree with most early posts that this was solely written for the movie...so essentially it may be talkin about the relationship that they had with aslan, which C.S Lewis meant to represent Jesus. In the same way Aslan will come back to them if they simply call on him. Very powerful lyrics.
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@jayhawki <br /> I totally agree. I just lost a very important person in my life that I am forbidden to talk to and I keep listening to this song and thinking ever though we will never be able to talk again dosnt mean it´s goodbye. Maybe someday I´ll be able to talk to him. Even though everything seems like its coming to an end dosnt mean it you have to say goodbye
Omg lifegrdsten I COMPLETELY understand what you mean!! I studied abroad in Spain this past semester and all of my friends who I made there live far from me now so it's like the only people who would really understand... in a way are gone. Everyone's like "So how was Spain" to which all I can really say is "Amazing" or some variation of that answer. It sucks because it's like there are these 4 months during which I had some of the best times of my life and I can't really share it the way I want to- not that I even really know where to start when I haven't talked to someone much for an entire semester... Anyway, this might sound strange but if you want to talk or anything, I know exactly how you feel!
I discovered this song awhile ago. I looked it up on songmeanings and read yours and lifegrdstens post about how it put into words how you felt after coming back from studying abroad. Then a few weeks later I found out I had been accepted to study abroad for a year in Canada.<br /> <br /> I have just returned a few days from my year away in Canada, and this is exactly how I'm feeling, I knew this would happen and I tried my best not to let the feelings get the best of me, but I can't help it. <br /> <br /> "Just because they cant feel it too doesnt mean you have to forget, let the feelings grow stronger and stronger..." <br /> Even though it is so difficult, this is what I must do!<br /> <br /> So I just wanted to say thank you, becaus of your posts, I thought of this song in this way and now when I'm missing my life abroad I have something to turn to for some comfort...<br /> I know you wrote this way back in 2008 so I hope it gets easier and better to adjust back to life, I really really hope so
It started out as a feeling Which then grew into a hope Which then turned into a quiet thought Which then turned into a quiet word
And then that word grew louder and louder 'Til it was a battle cry I'll come back When you call me No need to say goodbye
^^ the feeling they speak of, that transforms, is NARNIA. they all feel it, then they hope it, then they think it, then they say it aloud. when they are there, it becomes a brilliant and thriving cry to all of that world. they are for narnia, for aslan.
and i totally agree with everything the person on top of me said.
I want to say that I really really like this song!! I like Regina Spektor a lot, but here she sounds just a little bit different, but it suites her. I don't realy know what it's about, but I just think it's about a joung girl and boy in love, but it's a silent love, one no one knows about. (Maybe it's a secret love, not allowed to excist?) But for some reason, the boy have to go away, here for the battle, may be something else. He has to leave her. But yet they know that their love is true and that if they wait long enough at the end, they wil come back together, because it's ment to be. And finally, everything will be allright.. (like a happily ever after :)
wow i really like this song!!!!!! Ya i no im a 14 year old guy so why dont i like rap? Because it sucks!!! Well any way this song is really powerful and meaningful and really catchy too. Its the type of song that gets you choked up and you cant really figure out why. I think the word might be forbiden love or something along that line. If any one want to talk about this or other good music email me at<br /> <br /> sammy123iscool@hotmail.com
I would've thought it described the story of Narnia. <br /> <br /> "I'll come back<br /> When you call me<br /> No need to say goodbye"<br /> <br /> <br /> Talks of the way that the children enter Narnia when the people of Narnia call for them, rather than just barging in. <br /> <br /> Now we're back to the beginning<br /> It's just a feeling and no one knows yet<br /> But just because they can't feel it too<br /> Doesn't mean that you have to forget<br /> <br /> Talks about how when the children return to earth, they are the only ones that know about Narnia and how just because the rest of the world doesn't know about it doesn't mean that they should forget it. <br /> <br /> Let your memories grow stronger and stronger<br /> Until they're before your eyes<br /> You'll come back<br /> When they call you<br /> No need to say goodbye<br /> <br /> Suggests that the Peter, Susan, Lucy and Edmund should remember Narnia vivedly, and that they will return when they are called back. <br />
yeah that's right. this song was for narnia. it plays towards the ending of "prince caspian." regina was inspired to write this song after watching the film before it was completely done and she was so moved by the movie that she stayed up all night to write it. the next morning, she had finished it and played it for the andrew adamson over the phone.<br /> <br /> it's a beautiful song and i wish i could hear it all the time. =]
@Janaake <br /> Im literally going through exactly what you just explained. This guy and I really like each other and we have become really good friends but now are forbidden to talk to each other but I have faith and hope that if this is ment to be then It´ll all work out in the end and he will come back adventually so theres no need to say goodbye
This song is AMAZING! It ttly applies to me. I do have one question though, the song says, which then turned into a quiet thought which then turned into a quiet word. In your opinion, what exactly is that word?
I think that word is love
i think that the word is "love". "quiet thought" referring to how they thought they were in love and "quiet word" referring to saying that you love somebody.
now see? i dont really think that it is love, i think it is somthing strong but hopeful, mabey somthing religious?
I think it is love. "It started out as a feeling," of course it could be something just as powerful. But for me, love starts out as a feeling, then i kinda hope i actually am in love and the one i love is just as in love with me. I tell people, tell myself, and eventually, if it lasts long enough, evryone hears like "it's a battlecry." I love this song it's so beautiful. good question too! ^_^
Samdaninja I agree with you, the word is the answer of the calling this song makes you feel. When the song talks about "Let your memories grow stronger and stronger<br /> 'Til they're before your eyes" He is talking for me about the inmortality of his soul... of our souls... I am not religius at all... havent been in church for 5 years maybe... it just occured to me when i listened to that song.<br />
Ok, so this is what I think. Since the whole series by CS Lewis is about Christ/God, well, this song should be about him too. Although, I strongly doubt the fact that it is even Christ related, but this is how I think we should interpret it. "It started out as a feeling" - the feeling of love from God in the beginning "Which then grew into a hope" - a hope for God to have humans in his kingdom as his people that were made in his image. "Which then turned into a quiet thought" - God seriously thought about it and considered it. "Which then turned into a quiet word" as it starts in the gospel of John, "at the beginning it was the word" and as CS Lewis explains in the book of the Magician's nephew, Aslan starts Narnia with a roar/sound/word.
"And then that word grew louder and louder" in the book Aslan gets closer and closer to the humans and therefore the sound becomes louder. "'Til it was a battle cry" I think this is referring to the battle between Satan and God for us, well, where we screwed up! "I'll come back When you call me No need to say goodbye" God WILL come back, as he does in the form of Jesus to save us later. Jesus says ask and u shall be given, and so when it says Ill come back when u call me, it's basically from God, saying that when u (human beings) need me the most and truly ask for me, I WILL come back to you.
"Just because everything's changing Doesn't mean it's never been this way before" Just because we are out of God's kingdom, it doesn't mean that it was never like that. In the movie, as they are going out of Narnia, it doesnt mean that it never happened. "All you can do is try to know who your friends are As you head off to the war" The war is between us and God on one side and Satan on the other. We just need to have discernment and see what and who is our friend in this world.
"Pick a star on the dark horizon And follow the light" Choose God in this whole dark world, as he says in the bible the word shines in the darkness. "You'll come back when it's over No need to say goodbye" God tells us that we will be back in his kingdom when all this war is over and if we rely on his we will come out victorious.
"Now we're back to the beginning" We are getting closer and closer to the end of the world, which is living in his Kingdom, like the beginning. "It's just a feeling and no one knows yet But just because they can't feel it too Doesn't mean that you have to forget" As in the movie, where Lucy tells Aslan that no one believed her, and aslan says why should that keep you from believing? in the same way, a lot of the times we do not feel God's presence, but just because we can't feel it, or that people around us can't feel it, it doesnt mean that He is not there.
"Let your memories grow stronger and stronger 'Til they're before your eyes" It is referring to our memories in God's Kingdom. "You'll come back When they call you No need to say goodbye" Basically, God will call us back to the heavens, and we will be reconciled.
again, this is just something that I just THINK! there is NO evidence that it is true. Specially cuz Regina Spektor is a Jew and not a Christian (well, she still believes that God will come back to save us tho, so .. yeah!). :)
wow dude thats really deep, but scaryly accurate!!!! i think that u might be right about that..... hmmm thats really weird!! haha my post is on the very bottom u should read it!
This is brilliant . THANKYOU . Caroline
@xsavedkt\r\n\r\nAt the timestamp 1:46 you can hear 7 trumpets sound one after the other. Which corresponds to revelation before Jesus comes back.
I loved the song before Narnia, but I watched it today and just read that it was written specifically for the movie. "Now we're back to the beginning", they're fighting a war for Narnia once again, "But just because they can't feel it too, Doesn't mean that you have to forget" basically sums up the whole series.. They knew that Narnia existed, but had to be normal people when faced with their London "reality". It's really upsetting that Suson and Peter can't return to Narnia in the future, Suson even more so because there was such a great chemistry between her and Prince Caspian. So basically, every line that says something like, "You'll come back when they call you, no need to say goodbye" is for Edmund and Lucy, who will later return to continue ruling Narnia. I guess if Caspian really wanted to see Suson again, Aslan could open a portal to the "real" world. After all, he is now a King of Narnia, and the horn will call him back.
This song is still so beautiful, even without the "Narnian" reasoning behind it.
Whether it was written for the movie or not, i'm going with my own interpretation. This is one of my favorite songs and fits so many situations.
It fits the story of two of my characters' relationship:
They became fast friends after meeting, but were hesitant to show their affection. Things get pretty intense in the story, and someone dies in his place at the end of the year. The next year, she has to leave him to find her father, but she was deceived and he and their friends come to rescue her. They escape and danger only seems to come into their lives more and more often following then. The next year, their relationship is severed and complicated. The following year, he leaves for the war and she is separated from him and stays behind, but has to leave home to seek refuge from an invasion. They become reunited about a month later, and continue to face peril... That's as much as i've written, but it's so amazing! I love it :)