i was completely blown away the first time i listened to this song, the falling piano/keyboard notes, the lyrics, the chorus... everything. i can't even really explain it but this song touches me. i agree with rivers, it's easy to put on repeat without ever growing bored of the song.
besides the chorus, my favorite part of the lyrics:
"you disembark the latest flight from paradise
you almost turn your ankle in the snow,"
the "snow" being stress that you get slapped in the face with("almost turn your ankle") upon your return back to normalcy from a time of bliss. i know that feeling well.., it's all about the person having so much fun, say, visiting a friend; a week of complete happiness, bliss even, but then having to say goodbye to the friend and coming back home... immediately being greeted by all of the garbage, worries, and stress that the person left behind at home.
"you fall back into where you started
make up words to songs you used to know,"
going back into the routine of life again after such a wonderful week is horrible, and you find yourself forgetting a lot of things and making it up as you go along, in an attempt to cope with the feeling of, well, loss.
those lines say so much with so little. =P
as for the general meaning of the song? to me it's about spending time with a person, time passes, and you play it off to them like it's all fine with you, you don't mind at all that they left, or whether or not they ever come around... but in reality they're still in love with the person, and they want more than what they're getting from the current situation.
the last bit of the chorus in the song gets me every time... i admit to being moved to tears a few times. =P it's a powerful song, and those lyrics ("I want more / give me more...") are so heart-felt and real. sometimes i wish i had the guts to say that to certain people.<p><b><i>Edited by delial on May 28 2008, at 03:11AM</i></b></p>
i was completely blown away the first time i listened to this song, the falling piano/keyboard notes, the lyrics, the chorus... everything. i can't even really explain it but this song touches me. i agree with rivers, it's easy to put on repeat without ever growing bored of the song.
besides the chorus, my favorite part of the lyrics:
"you disembark the latest flight from paradise you almost turn your ankle in the snow,"
the "snow" being stress that you get slapped in the face with("almost turn your ankle") upon your return back to normalcy from a time of bliss. i know that feeling well.., it's all about the person having so much fun, say, visiting a friend; a week of complete happiness, bliss even, but then having to say goodbye to the friend and coming back home... immediately being greeted by all of the garbage, worries, and stress that the person left behind at home.
"you fall back into where you started make up words to songs you used to know,"
going back into the routine of life again after such a wonderful week is horrible, and you find yourself forgetting a lot of things and making it up as you go along, in an attempt to cope with the feeling of, well, loss.
those lines say so much with so little. =P
as for the general meaning of the song? to me it's about spending time with a person, time passes, and you play it off to them like it's all fine with you, you don't mind at all that they left, or whether or not they ever come around... but in reality they're still in love with the person, and they want more than what they're getting from the current situation.
the last bit of the chorus in the song gets me every time... i admit to being moved to tears a few times. =P it's a powerful song, and those lyrics ("I want more / give me more...") are so heart-felt and real. sometimes i wish i had the guts to say that to certain people.<p><b><i>Edited by delial on May 28 2008, at 03:11AM</i></b></p>