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Spinning, laughing, dancing to
Her favorite song
A little girl with nothing wrong
Is all alone
Eyes wide open
Always hoping for the sun
And she'll sing her song to anyone
That comes along
Fragile as a leaf in autumn
Just fallin' to the ground
Without a sound
Crooked little smile on her face
Tells a tale of grace
That's all her own
Spinning, laughing, dancing to her
Favorite song
A little girl with nothing wrong
And she's all alone
Her favorite song
A little girl with nothing wrong
Is all alone
Eyes wide open
Always hoping for the sun
And she'll sing her song to anyone
That comes along
Fragile as a leaf in autumn
Just fallin' to the ground
Without a sound
Crooked little smile on her face
Tells a tale of grace
That's all her own
Spinning, laughing, dancing to her
Favorite song
A little girl with nothing wrong
And she's all alone
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This to me speaks to a child with a sibling who is sick or disabled (the subject of the song is the child with "nothing wrong", which could be used as a descriptor to differentiate the child from a child *with* something wrong).
In that scenario, her parents, sibling and other adults could be preoccupied with the ill/disabled child, and thus the other little girl craves attention, but doesn't get it "She'll sing her song to anyone who comes along". Even though there's "nothing wrong" with her, she's "all alone".
Just my 2 cents.
The younger sister is naive, self-centered, and insecure. The line "and she'll sing her song to anyone that comes along" is a reference to the sister's willingness to betray even her older sister in order to get what she wants, (i.e., she'll sing her song or seduce anyone that comes along... even her sister's lover). The singer is trying to cope with what her sister has done. She is angry, but she knows that it wasn't about betrayal, rather that her sister has this childishness and insecurity about her. Normally, an older sister would be taking care of her younger sister when she's insecure and fragile ("as a leaf in autumn"), and so the singer is torn between being angry at her sister and wanting to reach out and help her because she loves her. Ultimately, the singer is trying to forgive her sister for all of her wrongdoings in the song.
The song is spent mostly depicting the younger sister as childlike, but also as lonely and insecure, which are sort of excuses to the singer as to why her sister had the affair. Despite this, her eyes are always "wide open, always hoping for the sun," suggesting that the younger sister puts on a facade to hide her insecurities, and in doing so she has fooled everyone (except the singer) into thinking she is confident and admirable, which is probably how she seduced the singer's lover.
Underneath the insecurities, the singer can see the truly beautiful parts of her sister (in the line: "Crooked little smile on her face tells a tale of grace that's all her own) that even she can't see. The singer knows that deep down, her sister wants to be a good person and tries to make the right choices, but her insecurities and childishness sometimes cause her to make mistakes. This understanding is perhaps what is pushing the singer to forgive her sister.
I think the title "Seven Years" is in reference to the number of years separating the sisters in age, which is a relatively big span, and the singer is further elongating the distance in maturity between the two in the way that she depicts her sister as child-like and herself as more adult-like and a protector of her sister.
So yeah, that was kind of a lot, but I don't think people really know that about the song and I really wanted to share it with people who might be interested.
Read eggos=yum's review, the third review written, back in 2002; it's spot on.
The younger sister is naive, self-centered, and insecure. The line "and she'll sing her song to anyone that comes along" is a reference to the sister's willingness to betray even her older sister in order to get what she wants, (i.e., she'll sing her song or seduce anyone that comes along... even her sister's lover). The singer is trying to cope with what her sister has done. She is angry, but she knows that it wasn't about betrayal, rather that her sister has this childishness and insecurity about her. Normally, an older sister would be taking care of her younger sister when she's insecure and fragile ("as a leaf in autumn"), and so the singer is torn between being angry at her sister and wanting to reach out and help her because she loves her. Ultimately, the singer is trying to forgive her sister for all of her wrongdoings in the song.
The song is spent mostly depicting the younger sister as childlike, but also as lonely and insecure, which are sort of excuses to the singer as to why her sister had the affair. Despite this, her eyes are always "wide open, always hoping for the sun," suggesting that the younger sister puts on a facade to hide her insecurities, and in doing so she has fooled everyone (except the singer) into thinking she is confident and admirable, which is probably how she seduced the singer's lover.
Underneath the insecurities, the singer can see the truly beautiful parts of her sister (in the line: "Crooked little smile on her face tells a tale of grace that's all her own) that even she can't see. The singer knows that deep down, her sister wants to be a good person and tries to make the right choices, but her insecurities and childishness sometimes cause her to make mistakes. This understanding is perhaps what is pushing the singer to forgive her sister.
I think the title "Seven Years" is in reference to the number of years separating the sisters in age, which is a relatively big span, and the singer is further elongating the distance in maturity between the two in the way that she depicts her sister as child-like and herself as more adult-like and a protector of her sister.
So yeah, that was kind of a lot, but I don't think people really know that about the song and I really wanted to share it with people who might be interested.
i think its about how everything can seem like theres 'nothing wrong' and how someone can be 'spinning laughing dancing' yet 'all alone'.
i love it