Lyrics for Signs as interpreted by true.love.way

Signs Lyrics
Two ravens in the old oak tree and
One for you and one for me and
Bluebells in the late December
I see signs now all the time

The last time we slept together
There was something that was not there
You never wanted to alarm me
But I’m the one that’s drowning now

I could sleep forever these days
Because in my dreams I see you again
But this time fleshed out fuller faced
In your confirmation dress

It was so like you to visit me
To let me know you were ok
It was so like you to visit me
You always worried about someone else

At your funeral I was so upset
So upset so upset
In your life you were larger than this
Statue-statuesque

I see signs now all the time
That you’re not dead, you're sleeping
I believe in anything
That brings you back home to me

I see signs now all the time
That you’re not dead, you're sleeping
I believe in anything
That brings you back home to me.

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legitinate
08-22-2008

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I see signs now all the time

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blocpartylover16
08-22-2008

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definitely one of my faves from the album *sighs*
this is just beautiful the glockenspiels seem so dreamy and sound like a music box

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iluvyougoldenblue
08-23-2008

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i think he says 'you're not dead you're sleeping', i hear it better the second time he sings it. i think its him being 'optimistic' instead of giving in to the fact that they're really dead

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iluvyougoldenblue
08-23-2008

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ok i think this song is about the suicide of a friend. bluebells in december may be the flowers they want on the grave. 'the last time we slept together/there was something that was not there' - the problem that was troubling them that pushed them over the edge? ravens, obviously a reference to death, but 'one for you and one for me', together with 'i can sleep forever these days' and the last two lines of the song, maybe he's contemplating it too?

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x-xanti-lovex-x
08-23-2008

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i think it's autobiographical, or part of a series of songs that fit together about the loss of someone to cancer, see also "biko".
i also think it's about the grief that comes after a death, and about being in denial.

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samfancypants
08-23-2008

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do you think the ravens have anything to do with plans? i think i'm just obsessed with that kinda thing now though. but i see signs now all the time! oh hardy har har.

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darkfrankhs
08-24-2008

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A very personal song I think.... I think it's obviously sbout someone dying/dead. However, i also think it's about struggling with faith/religion. He wants to believe in anything that will bring this person back, and he imagines he sees signs that there is an afterlife or she will come back.

Also, I *think* in catholisism, you get buried in what's known as a confirmation dress, a white frilly thing. So he says he sees her/him in his dreams, but then sees her for real at an open casket funeral, and also at the same time how she/he looks small and statue-like.

Truly a brilliant song....

Thanks again for the confirmation on the lyrics!

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darkfrankhs
08-24-2008

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Also Kele has a very religious mother, who he doesn't talk about much... I think the whole album represents struggle with religion.

Ares, Mercury, Zephyrus, Trojan Horse.... Greek gods/myths. "Are these the real gods? Is what i should believe in?"

Halo, Better than heaven.... Christian symbolism. Again "is this what to believe?"

I dunno, but would seem very well planned.

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huddy
08-25-2008

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The ravens and bluebells, obviously, are signs to the singer. They're signs that they should be together again and that his friend hasn't died. The bluebell is a flower. Because he sees them in the late December, he's seeing it as a sign that his friend hasn't died either, as flowers are supposed to be dead come December. Why a Bluebell? In Greek mythology, the flower sprang from the blood of the dying prince, Hyacinthus. As a mark of his grief on the death of the prince, Apollo inscribed the letters "AIAI". Thus Kele sees it as a sign of his own grief for his lost friend.

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annyonghermano
08-25-2008

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The last two comments were really interesting, especially the part about the bluebells.

I'm a bit confused about what his relationship to this person was. The subject of Biko sounds like a family friend, but this one seems more like kele's partner (mostly because of the "last time we slept together" line). Does anyone have any insights?

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true.love.way
08-26-2008

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Thanks iluvyougoldenblue, I think it is "you're". I love this song =] And the comment from huddy was interesting.

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darkfrankhs
08-26-2008

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I think he does know someone that died and he also had a recent relationship end. Maybe that person he was in a realtionship with, died, I dunno, maybe that's how it ended. But he could also be comparing the experiences, i.e breaking up with someone is like them dying.... Tricky one!

I was talking about this last night with my friend and we couldn't figure it out, so that was the conclusion we came too!

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[na]tasha
08-26-2008

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Before reading the other comments, I am going to put my view across so sorry if it seems anything is repeated.

I think that this song is about someone that has died. The signs are reminders of the person.

The second verse suggests to me that she was dying as "There was something that was not there", she didn't want to tell him in order not to hurt him, but now he can't breathe without her.

He sees her in his dreams and she looks better than before. He reassures himself her presence is still there and she is not dead but sleeping. And will believe any of the 'signs' he sees if it means she will come back or is still there.

One of my favourite songs on the new album. Is beautiful and just lulls you. And I think that with the lyrics, the song is meant to be lulling.

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huddy
08-26-2008

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I looked into it a little further. Apparently there is a connection with the song, Zephyrus.

When the prince was playing quoits with Apollo one day, Zephyrus blew a quoit out of its proper course in jealousy, which killed the prince. In grief, Apollo traced the letters "Ai, Ai" on the purple Hyacinth flowers that rose from the prince and so it was a flower of grief and mourning to the Ancients.

So that begs the question: Is Signs and Zephyrus connected? and is Zephyrus about killing a relationship over jealousy?

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april2111
08-26-2008

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First of all LOVE this song!

I agree that this has to do with the Apollo/Hyacinthus/Zephyrus myth. Zephyrus was extremly jealous of Apollo's relationship with the young boy and while they were playing made the disc appollo threw kill the young boy. So distraught over the death he turned him into a flower rather than go to hades. And get this the genus for a bluebell is hyacinthoides! Crazy clever!!

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captain amazo
08-30-2008

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This is such a beautifully sad song.

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BOOM!baby
08-31-2008

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my new ringtone. listened to the first 10 seconds and knew this song in a gem.
the beauty in the lyrics and the musicallity is simply amazing.

bloc party are genius'

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tragicxlove
09-04-2008

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this song is simply beautiful.
i think it just must be a very personal song to kele about someone that's passed away.

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On Fire
09-21-2008

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Ahhhh this song is so moving, god, it makes me cry.
Brilliant song writing.
Amazing.
I agree with everyone on this, it's pretty self-explanatory.
I definitely think this album is their best.

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Falsifica
09-29-2008

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Couldn't it be about moving away? Cause I read about how most songs have the names of popular places in it. She moves away and he wants her back.

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Falsifica
09-29-2008

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EDIT: Didn't see the 'funeral' part. My bad.

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crazycougar13
10-31-2008

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k, so this has probs already been said, but the whole song made sence to me, so i only read a few comments before posting:
his girlfriend has just died, "one for you and one for me" ravens are a symbol of death, one for her, because she is gone, one for him because hes dead inside, bluebells are probs the flowers on her grave, i agree with iluvyougoldenblue on that one, the last time he slept with her he knew something was wrong, but she wouldn't tell him, and now he hurts like she did, he wants to igonore reality and just sleep so he can dream of her, which is something comman assciated with depression, the confiramation dress is what she was burried in im guessing, i don't know much about being burried by the church, but thats my guess, then right before she kills herself she visits him to tell him she is ok, because she was more worried about making him happy than to stop and take time to make herself feel better, then the last lines are about how he always saw her as such a soild strong person, and he can't bring himself to really belive shes dead, and he'll do whatever it takes to keep hoping she'll come back to him, even though she can't...

this song is soooo sad, but beautiful at the same time

oh, and i think he drowns herself, hence the lines:
"but im the one thats drowning now"
and
"But this time fleshed out fuller faced"
thats just my thoughts though, could be wrong about the whole thing, but thats life
amazing song

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ajisdabomb88
11-05-2008

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this is the most soothing and passionate i have ever heard kele's voice. this song is incredibly moving

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bgrapes
11-07-2008

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Best song on the album.

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GrungyBeatle
11-10-2008

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This song is amazing.

In your life you were larger than this
Statue-statuesque

What does Statue-statuesque mean? hmm..

This is probably my most favorite song from bloc party now. Its so clever of them to use bells harmoniously in the song and then reference it too. I also like the underlying hope here of him reuniting with his love one. Seeing that he dreams of her after her death. Sounds like another unusual story of soul mates. The age old story of how death doesn't separate their love. A universal theme in life. Or then again, maybe I'm just projecting it onto the song.

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