James Blake – Limit to Your Love

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  My Interpretation:So I think I figured out the meaning of the lyrics. When he says "there's a limit to your love", he means it in a sarcastic way, he really means there is no limit to your love. Why I think this is right after he says "like a water fall in slow motion," water falls pretty much go on forever and one in slow motion would last way longer. And on a land map oceans act as the borders because there is no more land to go to. A map with no ocean wouldn't have a limit on it.

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  General Comment:like the great bluesmen, the repetition is a major part of the song-structure, like john lee hooker for instance or in any other blues and soul artists, i can hear that in some of James Blakes music, but it is performed in a modern, urban way, great stuff anyway,

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  General Comment:I was listening to this song in class and just about lost myself when the lower bass-line started. My pants may be a bit wet.

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    same feeling i get..
    

    Flag iman8800on December 03, 2011  
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  General Comment:If you've heard the rest of James Blake's music, it may come clear that Feist's song is perfect for the underrated talent James Blake possesses. Yes, it is simple and the instrumentals are not complex either, but what makes James Blake so powerful is the fact that his silence in a song is just as important as those two piano chords. Listening to this song, I'm left in the silence waiting for the song to continue and that's exactly what Blake is trying to achieve. Many times, music is simplified to create more emotion. Give Radiohead's Videotape a listen and you may understand the effect of a stripped down recording.

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  General Comment:Have to agree with MrFog this song is just boring and repetitive. It's trying to be way deeper than it really is. Two piano chords and some awful nonsense lyrics don't make a great song.

  Flag realitysourceon January 06, 2011   Link

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    Four chords.

    Flag monkeeboyon March 29, 2011  
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  General Comment:One of the most boring dreary go nowhere songs I have ever heard. The dull plinky plonky piano backing and James's inability to say the word water properly is also very annoying every time it comes on the radio. It wouldn't be so bad but this dull monotonous tone continues through the whole songs and just keeps repeating the same few lines over and over. Don't get me wrong, I like The Smiths for christ's sake and there is nothing wrong with slow love songs, but at least they contain a tune and not just an opiate addled monkey hitting the odd piano key.

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    MrFog
    The point of the song is not to go anywhere. It goes nowhere intentionally. Also, he says water the way he does because he has a British accent. The piano barely plays to add an air of melancholy and 1800th century romance. (not romance in a buy me flowers and chocolates sense). You may still dislike the song but you still must respect the premise of the song. It accomplishes what it sets out to accomplish. I think the tone and style is just not something you relate to.
    PS- I like the Smiths too.

    Flag SeeSawon February 22, 2011  

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    I'm British, that's not how we say water, even the cockneys. All I'm saying is that the song has a lot of potential but is executed very lazily. Oh well, agree to disagree.

    Flag MrFogon February 23, 2011  

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    I wonder if you're familiar with expression, feeling or ambience? If we all spoke or sung the word 'water' with received pronunciation, what a dull world it would be! The distortion of individual words is part of the effect. It helps to convey emotion and a sense of longing. Take the late, great John Martyn, who used to slur his words completely, using his voice as an instrument to add feeling to the piece. Equally, the sparse piano chords add further to sentiment of the song.

    Flag funkybluecheeseon March 05, 2011  
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  General Comment:Wow, James Blake is amazing! This song is pure poetry ( sample of limit to your love by Feist) the video is equally as brilliant.

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