Parachute – She Is Love

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  General Comment:Anderson explained this song to StarShine Magazine: "I was interested in someone at that point so of course I was trying to figure it out… but you know, it was most just a general song. I was trying to write a very simple love song and not really trying to be clever or find a cool angle. I think it definitely reflects what I was thinking at the time, which was that I needed something that I could sing in front of a room full of girls."
  He added that the band makes it a point to sing about love, a subject that they feel everyone understands. "There's a bad side and a good side [to love] and I think that everyone experiences that. We're just trying to write songs that people can relate to and connect to in some way or another."

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  General Comment:Oh! I'm sorry, mightymarchingmello11. Definitely didn't mean to post that specifically to yours. Hahaha, woops!

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  General Comment:i like the personification idea, but that's really how i view this song. It reminds me a lot of my current girlfriend, who also happens to be my best friends. My ex dumped me the friday before Valentines Day. On V-day my and my friend were both lonely...and so she came over. and she was there as i cried, and still couldn't understand what had happened. It was one of my darkest days (hint hint) and she made it better. she was a true friend that helped me through it. a few weeks later here we are, as a couple. She's why i didn't give up on relationships, she's patient and kind...and to me, she is love. that's what i think of, when i hear this song

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    I agree with all of these comments. I also believe that it has a religious connotation, maybe? Maybe that wasn't their intention, but The Bible says that "God is Love", and this song could easily be taken as a worship song by just thinking of "she" as "he" in your mind, "I lost my faith.." I mean, it's VERY worshipful if you just look at the lyrics with that point of view. Love this song either way!

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  General Comment:I agree with llGtPhshll. I like to think of this song as personification of love. Love is all he needs, etc.

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    According to Starshine Magazine who did an interview with Parachute(starshinemag.com/2009/04/parachute-serenades-you-with-she-is-love/):
    
    To promote shows, the band used to serenade sororities, something that factored into the lyrics behind “She is Love.”
    
    “I was interested in someone at that point so of course I was trying to figure it out… but you know, it was most just a general song. I was trying to write a very simple love song and not really trying to be clever or find a cool angle. I think it definitely reflects what I was thinking at the time, which was that I needed something that I could sing in front of a room full of girls,” he explained.
    
    The band makes it a point to sing about love, a subject that they feel everyone understands. “There’s a bad side and a good side [to love] and I think that everyone experiences that. We’re just trying to write songs that people can relate to and connect to in some way or another.”
    
    Hope that helps! :o)
    

    Flag babyh172on September 22, 2009  
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  General Comment:Well it could work and i can see it. Everybody has their own opinion and sees it as they want to.
  I see it as a girl that took him away from his "darkest days."
  I'm guessing a girl broke his heart hints "ive been beaten down" and
  "I lost my faith, in my darkest days." I can relate and its amazing. Spot on.
  and "she waited patiently" could refer to the girl who waited for him, who was there all along
  this is how I see it, she is love and takes everything else away
  therefore she is all he needs
  
  and i think these lyrics are missing arguably the best part...
  
  "and when that world slows down dear,
  and when those stars burn out hear
  she'll be there, ya she'll be there" - beautiful

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  General Comment:I almost think the song isn't about a girl, or a person, but maybe just about "love". I guess it could be seen thru either interpretation, but this seems to ring the most true for me, and it makes sense with the lyrics. Why they'd refer to love as a "her" is anyones guess.
  
  "She is love, and she is all I need" - love is all he needs, simple enough ?

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    yeah, personification
    
    maybe...
    

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    yeah i never thought of it that way-- with the personification.. but i love that, i think that makes a lot of sense and is really interesting..

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  General Comment:Excellent song. Its such an odd phrase to express his love-they call her love, but its so cool. The singing during the chorus is epecially good. And that's really what its all about, just expressing his love for a girl even though they've had problems.

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