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Outside the rain begins
And it may never end
So cry no more on the shore a dream
Will take us out to sea
For ever more.. for ever more
Close your eyes Ami
And you can be with me
'Neath the waves through the caves of hours
Long forgotten now
We're all alone..we're all alone
Close the window calm the light
And it will be all right
No need to bother now
Let it out let it all begin
Learn how to pretend
Once a storys told
It can't help but grow old
Roses do lovers too so cast
Your seasons to the wind
And hold me dear..oh hold me dear
Close the window calm the light
And it will be all right
No need to bother now
Let it out let it all begin
All's forgotten now
We're all alone..all alone
Close the window calm the light
And it will be alright
No need to bother now
Let it out let it all begin
Throw it to the wind my love
Hold me dear
All's forgotten now my love
We're all alone....
And it may never end
So cry no more on the shore a dream
Will take us out to sea
For ever more.. for ever more
Close your eyes Ami
And you can be with me
'Neath the waves through the caves of hours
Long forgotten now
We're all alone..we're all alone
Close the window calm the light
And it will be all right
No need to bother now
Let it out let it all begin
Learn how to pretend
Once a storys told
It can't help but grow old
Roses do lovers too so cast
Your seasons to the wind
And hold me dear..oh hold me dear
Close the window calm the light
And it will be all right
No need to bother now
Let it out let it all begin
All's forgotten now
We're all alone..all alone
Close the window calm the light
And it will be alright
No need to bother now
Let it out let it all begin
Throw it to the wind my love
Hold me dear
All's forgotten now my love
We're all alone....
Lyrics submitted by TheDirge
Track duration: 04:11
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So cry no more on the shore." (She is crying in a lonely place by herself....but he can take her away from this, if... )
Here we go.... important part comes next...
A DREAM ...WILL TAKE US OUT TO SEA....FOREVERMORE, EVERMORE.
NOW, he speaks to his love
"Close your eyes Ami, and you can be with me"
This repeats the same thought as before....they CAN be together in this way.
'Neath the waves through the caves of ours, long forgotten now."
Ok, were is he taking her? To the sea....away from the safety (yet sadness) of land/shore. So next line develop s the idea....heath the waves of memory (sea) in their own caves of exclusions, they can be together again in this place, though forgotten by others, not to them...not now anyway.
We're all alone..we're all alone" alone together. Yes, they two are alone together in their cave of togetherness. If course. alsoYet, also they are desperately alone in reality... a great sadness that they are fighting through this journey together in their hearts and minds.
We could go on, but you get the rest now, nowi am sure.
Close the window calm the light
And it will be all right
No need to bother now
Let it out let it all begin
Learn how to pretend..... this is what they are doing. Turning away all distractions, there is nothing to be bothered about now, just their journey in their minds.
Once a storys told
It can't help but grow old
Roses do lovers too so cast
Your seasons to the wind
And hold me dear..oh hold me dear
So cry no more on the shore." (She is crying in a lonely place by herself....but he can take her away from this, if... )
Here we go.... important part comes next...
A DREAM ...WILL TAKE US OUT TO SEA....FOREVERMORE, EVERMORE.
NOW, he speaks to his love
"Close your eyes Ami, and you can be with me"
This repeats the same thought as before....they CAN be together in this way.
'Neath the waves through the caves of ours, long forgotten now."
Ok, were is he taking her? To the sea....away from the safety (yet sadness) of land/shore. So next line develop s the idea....heath the waves of memory (sea) in their own caves of exclusions, they can be together again in this place, though forgotten by others, not to them...not now anyway.
We're all alone..we're all alone" alone together. Yes, they two are alone together in their cave of togetherness. If course. alsoYet, also they are desperately alone in reality... a great sadness that they are fighting through this journey together in their hearts and minds.
We could go on, but you get the rest now, nowi am sure.
Close the window calm the light
And it will be all right
No need to bother now
Let it out let it all begin
Learn how to pretend..... this is what they are doing. Turning away all distractions, there is nothing to be bothered about now, just their journey in their minds.
Once a storys told
It can't help but grow old
Roses do lovers too so cast
Your seasons to the wind
And hold me dear..oh hold me dear
Rain = sadness, depression
May never end = overwhelming depression, threatening survival (I have to do something or I'll kill myself)
shore = reality (experienced by child)
dream ,,, out to sea = unreality (fictions of the adult world, finances, politics, economics)
forever more = once you close your soul to the magic of the world that a child knows, you become an adult and there is no going back
close your eyes = no longer see the true beauty of the world
neath the waves = waves of sadness
cave of hours = darkness of depression, makes time slow to a crawl, also night is cave of hours?
long forgotten now = the depression that threatens survival is repressed because it is too painful, so is forgotten by us adults, we even deny it ever happened to us
we're all alone = I'm all alone - the peculiar experience of teenage depression
close the window = on the real world
calm the light = no longer see the magic of the world, see only physical things
and it will be alright = depression will end, self will survive
let it out = cry
let it all begin = let it all end (I suspect the lyric was changed; notice END rhymes better!)
learn how to pretend = be like an adult (as seen by a teenage child who first realises the corruption of the world, poverty, injustice, and adults pretending its all ok)
can't help but grow old = once through the crisis, life is empty, just going to grow old; need to fill it up with something ...
cast..to the wind = waste the rest of your life pursuing sex, money, power, ... anything so long as it distracts you from what you've lost
hold me dear = try and fill the void by looking for love
So the big changes would be:
Let it all *end*
*I'm* all alone
I expect no-one to agree with this interpretation. That's ok.
i would have thought so myself until I read Species in Denial by Jeremy Griffith.
Now I think this song is what he calls a "Resignation Anthem"
Rita Coolidge changed the lyrics of the song to "close your eyes and dream" in her 1977 version. Frankie Valli was the first cover of the song as followed by Canadian singer's version by Bruce Murray in 1977.
The meaning of the song is about forgiving past loves and throwing one's caution to the wind. Dee7's comment i believe is most apt.
Does Boz also sing this, or does he sing "Throw" that sounds like "Owe"?
"Throw" makes more sense lyrically.
Let it out, let it all begin. Let all the good memories out and begin to remember what they had. Pretend that they're together.
He's telling her to sort of forgive him, I think? To throw it to the wind. Whatever happened in the past it will fade away and the hurt will be gone. Everything fades. He's asking her to relive the good memories and to hold him dear in her thoughts.
All's forgotten now. All the sad experience has been forgotten...all the hurt. Time to move on and with them moving on, the pain will be gone. With the pain gone, there is nothing left but the memories. In those memories, they're all alone.
When I was teenager, I had a friend who insisted on playing only loud grating music by Led Zeppelin, and the like. But when he heard this song in my house he was stunned. He wanted to listen to it repeatedly.
Though I've listened to this song intently dozens of times, I could never understand the wording. Perhaps it was the phrasing, perhaps Boz's accent, whatever. The LP didn't come with lyrics in the sleave.
But now that I read the song, I think the meaning is fairly clear. It's about two people finding safety and comfort in each other. We're all alone, safe from the concerns of the outside world.
The singer quiets and calms his worried companion. We're safe here together. 'Close the window, calm the light'. Whatever bad story she has experienced, it doesn't need to be told, 'throw it to the wind'; like roses, it will wither. She can escape it now. If need be, they can escape together in the quietness of a dream.
Not all loving relationship is plain sailing. We all must experience ups and downs in our relationship. This songs captures the moment where the two in love just wants to forget all the bad memories and enjoy the moment of 'loneliness' of two. I particularly like the words of 'cry no more on the shore, a dream will take us out to sea'. We all need this to transcend our imperfectness.
Rita Coolidge, Linda Eder have also sang this song. It is Boz's version I like most.Does anyone know who is the original singer of this song?
I'm not sure I really understand the meaning. I was kind of hoping to see what other people think. I agree that the couple in the song have had ups and downs along the way. The song talks about 'once a story's told, it can't help but grow old, Roses do lovers too..." I talk this as meaning the couple have a long history together. He's saying it isn't perfect, but then nothing is. But he loves her and wants to be with her and asks her to be with him. I don't quite get the 'learn how to pretend' part. Is he asking her not to worry about things from the past that have troubled them, or which might not be quite how she likes it? Just to let it go, enjoy the time together and come to him... I take it that way.
A beautiful song in any way.