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My friend and me
Looking through her red box of memories
Faded I'm sure
But love seems to stick in her veins you know
Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
My lord
Why can't you see
That nature has its way of warning me
Eyes open wide
Looking at the heavens with a tear in my eye
Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
My lord
Sinking faster than a boat without a hull
My lord
Dreaming about the day when I can see you there
My side
By my side
Here we go again and my head is gone, my lord
I stop to say hello
'Cause I think you should know, by now
By now
By now
By now
By now
By now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now
Looking through her red box of memories
Faded I'm sure
But love seems to stick in her veins you know
Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
My lord
Why can't you see
That nature has its way of warning me
Eyes open wide
Looking at the heavens with a tear in my eye
Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
My lord
Sinking faster than a boat without a hull
My lord
Dreaming about the day when I can see you there
My side
By my side
Here we go again and my head is gone, my lord
I stop to say hello
'Cause I think you should know, by now
By now
By now
By now
By now
By now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now
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My friend and me
Looking through her red box of memories
Faded I'm sure
But love seems to stick in her veins you know
// Here it sounds like he found things that reminded him of her and those memories been fading over time but his love for her still strong.
Why can't you see
That nature has its way of warning me
Eyes open wide
Looking at the heavens with a tear in my eye
// Here he may realize that this kind of love is some kinda of "Romeo & Juliet" and almost impossible and he beings to cry about the who situation. Love being part of nature can be something very painful when the other person does not feel the same.
Sinking faster than a boat without a hull
My lord
Dreaming about the day when I can see you there
My side
By my side
/// Here the feeling becomes so overwhelming that it feels like he is hitting the bottom of the sea where everything is dark and little life left...and he just dreams he could be with her but it's just an illusion and all in his head and he realizes that's the case and that's why the feeling is overwhelming.
Here we go again and my head is gone, my lord
I stop to say hello
'Cause I think you should know, by now
By now
/// Here he is just acknowledging that he can't stop thinking about her and just wants to see his crush and tell her how he feels because the feeling been killing him and she should know by now.
Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
// This is his way of asking her out... if she wants love she can just say yes to him.
'My friend and me
Looking through her red box of memories
Faded I'm sure
But love seems to stick in her veins you know'
Then later on when he says lines such as 'looking at the heavens with a tear in my eye' and
'Sinking faster than a boat without a hull
My lord
Dreaming about the day when I can see you there
My side
By my side'
Showing how he was feeling at the time, like only god could save him as things were caving in around him with his struggles with his wife and his father's death.
Then the ending seems like he's praying or gone to visit his father's grave 'i stop to say hello' and his 'head is gone' because it's all out of control and he's breaking under the pressure of everything.
I've always felt extremely sympathetic toward richard ashcroft as the man is a lyrical genius who expertly expresses the pain that clearly runs so deep in him. Especially true in the drugs don't work, where his heart seems to break with every bar he sings in both the polished and demo versions.
Poor bloke :'(
I agree that this song is about lovers, I think they both are in love with each other, but it's "faded", and not as passionate as they were. Hence they are remembering the memories of when they were.
The sonnet is a Shakesperean form of poetry. Generally speaking, they tend to be rather platonic traditional love poems of 14 lines, the last two of which are usually used to point out something particually poignant/ironic/funny/whatever. When he says he does want her to start sounding like a sonnet, I think he means he doesn't want to fall into convention and begin the whole overly (false?) romanticism thing for the sake of salvaging the relationship.
But they both realise their relationship of dwindling, which makes the song so beautiful and sad. One of my favourite songs in the world :)
Any thoughts? Just my interpretation :) x
he's comparing his love to a woman and God.
"don't sound like no sonnet" is about the love to God
"Why can't you see
That nature has its way of warning me"
As to the meaning, I agree with tumblebiscuit.
Ever since I first heard it, I took the song to be about the imperfection of love. Love is a part of all our lives, and although it's fulfilling etc, love hurts is in some way or another. This wears on us over time, but we still remain optimistic and naive toward love, even though we should know better. It's a bit of a sad song actually.