Lady GaGa – The Edge of Glory

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  Song Meaning:Gaga confirmed it is about your last moment on earth. She got this inspiration because right after her grandfather died, her and her father sat down at their piano, had a couple drinks and started writing and composing. The title "edge of glory" comes from the last moment of your life, like right before you die, you're on the edge of the most glorious moment. Gaga confirmed all of this in the interview Opera had with her and her mum in Gaga's family home.

  Flag abrdzon May 12, 2012   Link

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    Interesting. She obviously still believes in God 'cause going stright into the dirt would kind of lack a little luster:) Talented musician....more showmanship than most. She definitely knows how to build her fan base and keep it electrtified...

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  General Comment:The song is simply about standing on the edge and living [your love life] to the fullest.
  
  "The moment of truth" refers to the time spent between Heaven, Earth, and Hell(judgement day, etc.)
  
  "I'm on the edge of something final we call life, tonight" is about living every day like it's your last.
  
  "It's time to feel the rush, to push the dangerous"
  ^^This line is about living life to the fullest.

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  General Comment:I think this song is also about sex. Its gaga, come on. Its essentially a pick up line. We're all on the edge of glory, living is the same thing as dying. Every breath you take brings one breath closer to death. "I got a reason that you should take me home tonight." Edge of glory is the moment right before you die, but for all you know you could die at any moment, so this song is about living in the present and what better way to do that than to have sex? Which brings me to this: Edge of glory is the moment right before you achieve orgasm. Ta Daaaa!!

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  General Comment:Apparently this about the last breaths before dying and embracing God. That sounds very nice but.
  
  
  I want this to be a sexual and intimate song. I want this song to be about the risk one takes in life, to pursue pleasure and love and risk tragic heartbreak or even death.
  
  
  Although I expected lover's suicide in the video, Edge of Glory, the loneliness of Gaga on screen, not including Saxman, emphasized this intimate relationship. In this case, it is made with the viewer and Gaga. Just the two of us, on the edge.
  
  I would also like to say the intimacy and romance is exemplified in the provocative set of clothes she wears, the dancing, and the fire escape window. The window, for me, is a cliche symbol of childish love, like when a young boy looks at a girl from the street and sees her and she shoots a wink back or something silly like that.
  
  However, with God subbed in as the viewer, it makes just as much sense and if the extreme solitude is merely a metaphor for the isolation of death.
  
  
  And for that matter, the isolation of death reminds me of a poem by Emily Dickinson in which the narrator describes a fly as she breaths her last breath. The poem itself is playful yet unnerving in it's description of the malicious little bugger. The irony is that, the narrator is completely disconnected from those who are physically near her, barely even acknowledging them. All there is the eerie fly, the crummiest symbol of death and decay.
  
  
  Shrug. I liked the song and the video.

  Flag DerpfaceMcgeeon September 18, 2011   Link

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  My Interpretation:"I need a man that thinks it's right when it's all wrong tonight"
  
  A lot of people think she wants to die, "on the edge", with a man. That very well could be true.
  
  But I feel it carries on several meanings. Ultimately, she's having fun whilst taking chances. But more literally, she's entertaining the idea of an inquisitive guy, who's "stupidity" can go either way.
  It's kind of a rare thing (at least for me) - you meet a really friendly person, and you don't really know about them - what they stand for, how much potential they have for sticking to what they stand for - but, if you're inquisitive and curious enough, you may wonder if they're thinking the same thing - "is this person basically good?" Then, you choose to have a sense of humor about it, and end up being more of yourself than you would have thought possible in such an interaction. I think that's one of the "edges" (if you will) that she's talking about - pushing herself to the edge with this guy and being content with it - his choices could be indicative of how stupid he really is or how risk-taking he is. But she doesn't want to decide between the two, so she decides to stay on the edge where there's JUST potential ;).
  
  A sidenote: I feel that more and more people are becoming comfortable with "risk" not connoting "stressful"; rather "fun" or "interesting" now. However, I could just be coming alive, myself. Or it could be because I've recently moved to such a liberal place. Who knows? Isn't that part of the fun in life? Playing with different ideas...

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  General Comment:pay close attention. this is gonna be a little long and might seem like it's going off-topic, but I promise by the end of it you'll truly understand the meaning behind this song. its about her grandfather, but theres also a deep underlying message in it, as well most of her music.
  
  before we even start, I wanna say that im a huge Gaga fan. please note that she's not personally involved in a satanic life, but she is controlled by corporations who mingle in that sort of practice. she's exactly who she says she is, yet she's still controlled and cant speak pubicly about it. keep reading even if you're not following too well, there's very powerful meaning in every performance Gaga does, it's what I'm trying to explain here.
  
  first thing to you need to understand is how the mainstream music industry and mainstream media operate. six massive corporations (General Electric, Disney, Viacom, News Corp, CBS, and Time Warner) have bought and own nearly every record label, newspaper, tv channel, radio station, movie studio, and every other form of media our society has. which means six corporate executives decide everything we watch on the news and tv, and everything that gets printed in newspapers and magazines. they basically own the public opinion and can manipulate it easily.
  freepress.net/ownership/chart/…
  
  they also control the musicians they sign to their record labels, like Lady Gaga; and since they've managed to buy nearly every record label in America, it's very difficult to become famous in the business without their help, even with all the talent in the world. They have the best producers, best choreographers, best music video directors, and they also own Mtv along with the rest of the tv stations. they have everything needed to "make" a superstar. they also, unfortunately, have an agenda that they push on us. they constantly force musicians to include sex,vanity, and a love for money in their lyrics and videos.
  
  whenever one of their superstars ( like britney spears or michael jackson) refuses to comply or "wants out" of the industry, the corporations have the power to turn the world against them. all they have to do is raise the price they'll pay for a picture of them and the paparazzi goes crazy. or spread rumors through the news and magazines. that's why CNN had a segment called "Brit-watch", where they would report on the "crazy" things britney is doing, instead of reporting the news. they ruin their lives and reputation through the media so that no one takes anything they say seriously.
  
  Lady Gaga is a genius, and here's why: she knew exactly what she was getting into before she even wrote her first album. she understood the amount of control the corporations would have over her, and she signed onto the record deal with a plan in mind.
  
  her plan was this: she used her "Poker Face" (and a shitload of amazing talent) and wrote songs with lyrics that she knew the corporations would love. she wrote about partying, sex, vanity, money and fame. she also included lots of Freemasonic symbolism in her videos in order to "play the role" of a easily controllable popstar. in return they gave her the best producers and directers and everything she needed to become this MASSIVE'm influentail superstar she now is. she even wrote a song dedicated to them, "Paparazzi". she wrote that song before she was anywhere near famous. she literally calls the media (paparazzi) her "papa", as if she were calling them her "daddy". she was basically kissing their *** and saying "make me a superstar." pure talent is never enough in the corporate music world, and she knew that.
  
  Lady Gaga is a badass, and here's why:
  as soon as she reached this massive place of influence in society, she basically bent over and let out a huge fart all over her corporate managers. in other words, she wrote The Fame Monster. the entire album is basically one giant "F - you" to the industry. she literally calls "fame" a monster. she makes it seem as though she's singing about a relationship, when in reality she's singing about the industry and the control they have over musicians. listen to "Dance in the Dark" carefully. read the lyrics. she's talking about the media and how they treat their superstars who rebel. ("some girls won't dance to the beat of the track... she looks good but her boyfriend says she's a mess, now the girl is stressed")
  
  many musicians have died for trying to reveal the truth. John Lennon, Michael Jackson, Tupac; all murdered for coming to close too the edge. a week after giving an interview about the importance of another revolution in America, Tupac was shot 9 times in the chest, surrounded by witnesses, and the police refused to file a report on the case. not a single witness was interviewed, proving how simple it is to bribe a police department. a revolution would mean corporations would no longer have the tight grip on the world that they now have, and they'll do anything to prevent it. thats why they try so hard to control their superstars, becuase of the amount of people these superstars can influence.
  
  read all of Gaga's lyrics carefully. especially from her new album.
  
  "i'm on the edge of glory, and I'm hanging on a moment of truth.... another shot before we kiss the other side, i'm on the edge of something final we call life, put on your shades cause i'll be dancing in the flames"
  the lyrics are pretty self explanatory. shes on the edge of telling the truth. whenever she performs this song, she'll usually be restrained in some way (tied up, trapped in a glass box, gagged/unable to speak clearly) and as she begins the second verse (about death) she rips off her mouth gag, or frees herself from whatever is holding her. its all metaphoric for telling the truth.
  
  before she plays "Teeth" live on the monster ball, she always gives this speech:
  "you know, im kinda like tinkerbell. you know how tinkerbell will die if you don't clap for her? some people would like me to die, but I'm not going anywhere.... do you know what I hate almost as much as I hate money? I hate the truth."
  then she screams " SHOW ME YOUR TEETH"
  she's challenging them. listen to the lyrics:
  "tell me something that'll save me, I need a man that makes me alright... im gonna love you with my hands tied"
  and then there's my favorite of all her lyrics: "help me man, now show me your fangs"
  shes taunting them, "the Man", the corporations who helped her into this massive place of influence only to realize that she's on our side.
  SHE'S FUCKING AWESOME JFJSKFKKSJFJJFKSKDHHDJAHFJ!
  
  Bloody Mary:
  "we are not just art for michaelangelo to carve. he can't rewrite the agro off my furied heart. I wait on mountain tops in paris, I dont want to die alone." shes speaking to other musicians, telling them to stand up against the industry with her.
  
  Americano:
  "i will fight for, I have fought for how I love you. I have cried for, I will die for how I care." shes talking to her fans.
  
  The Queen:
  "don't forget me when I come crying to heavens door. I will fly on a Challenger across the sky, like a pheonix so you can remind them of the dream I bore" the Challenger was a space shuttle that blew up upon lift off, killing everyone onboard.
  
  she's trying to make it obvious, so that if she's killed people can make the connection. shes undoubtedly the bravest and most badass person i've ever fucking looked into. look into her for yourself.
  
  

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    Wow, thank you for your interpretation, rubennnnx. That's along the lines of how i think, except you had much more to say than i do lol.
    It helps me look at this song with much more meaning, more ideas. That's why I love this fucking site!

    Flag imanalogyon September 17, 2011  
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  General Comment:I always thought it was about reaching accomplishments and goals. I work with special ed teenagers and it makes me think of them when they accomplish something really big, or really small, well small to you and me maybe.

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  General Comment:LOVE IT

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  General Comment:As told by Gaga on The Howard Stern Show, the song it about her grandfather. However, it's also about 'knowing in your heart that you may never reach that glorious moment until you die'. So, one has to 'live life on the edge', 'halfway between heaven and hell', dancing in the middle; 'purgatory'.
  
  Basically, live life to the fullest because you may be trying to reach your 'glory' until you die, if you ever reach it at all.
  
  Great song, especially the acoustic version from The Howard Stern show I referenced.

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    The Stern performamce is AMAZING! It is one of the most moving performances I'v ever heard. It's available on YouTube: youtu.be/…

    Flag rbrunne1on July 25, 2011  
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  General Comment:Apparently this song is about the last moments before death, but before I knew this, I heard an interpretation that I really liked. After watching Lady Gaga perform this song on American Idol where she is on the edge of a cliff and jumps off with an obviously gay male, my fiance postulated that the song could be to young, gay people who are thinking of committing suicide because of their sexual orientation- perhaps in response to the rash of suicides by Asher Brown, Seth Walsh, and Tyler Clementi to name three. I felt horrible for these kids and their families, and being that Gaga is a huge gay rights activist, I liked the image of her putting herself with kids like them that are on the edge of committing suicide, and basically telling them that they are not alone. She is there with them "hanging on a moment of truth", trying to convince them not to kill themselves. I think this would be a great song of solidarity for the "It Gets Better" campaign.

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