this can be also for why is he still trying at life, he should give it up.
the "slow motion moves me, the monologue means nothing to me" the emptiness of living, mechanical actions, useless, meaningless words, experiencing the pain of life as if it is dragged out, slow motion, never ending.
"bored in a role but he can't stop, standing up to sit back down" - tired of himself and the way he is, the part he plays in the world, the part he plays in his life, feels like there is an inability to overcome certain things about himself, then the back and forth motion of it all- standing up only to sit back down- making progress only to regress back to the previous state. ( this can be applied to addiction, or relationships). and "lose the one thing found" lose the one thing between standing up and sitting back down that was gained, lose the one thing that he finally thought he cou=ld hold onto (in himself,the world, or another person).
"spinning the world like a toy top till there's a ghost in every town" - to me this is the way he perhaps travels the world physically or mentally trying to find something of meaning, instead everything exposed bare, spinning the world like a toy top, as if carelessly, like a child playing with a toy, as if he has given up already internally and all this search these attempts are again empty actions, and turn up already what he knew they would- nothing, for eventually whatever had meaning, whatever seemed alive to him remains in the end as nothing but the ghost of that thing. (ghost of a relationship, experience, the ghost of a feeling, the remains that haunt him, because they are a cold, inpalpable memory).
"why should you want any other when you're a world within a world" - to me this is as if he should believe this, he wants to, and yet its not possible to. believing this would make him happier perhaps, it would lessen the need of another, of someone else, if he is so abundant, if his internal world is so full, why should he ever have to look to another to fulfill anything within him, to make up for any empty spaces? i see this last line as yes a bit sarcastic, ironic, sad. if only that idea were true. if only. maybe it would spare all the pain. but even then there is this thought behind it that feels lonely. and this is the irony.">
Can't Make a Sound Meanings & Lyrics Discussion | SongMeanings
this can be also for why is he still trying at life, he should give it up.
the "slow motion moves me, the monologue means nothing to me" the emptiness of living, mechanical actions, useless, meaningless words, experiencing the pain of life as if it is dragged out, slow motion, never ending.
"bored in a role but he can't stop, standing up to sit back down" - tired of himself and the way he is, the part he plays in the world, the part he plays in his life, feels like there is an inability to overcome certain things about himself, then the back and forth motion of it all- standing up only to sit back down- making progress only to regress back to the previous state. ( this can be applied to addiction, or relationships). and "lose the one thing found" lose the one thing between standing up and sitting back down that was gained, lose the one thing that he finally thought he cou=ld hold onto (in himself,the world, or another person).
"spinning the world like a toy top till there's a ghost in every town" - to me this is the way he perhaps travels the world physically or mentally trying to find something of meaning, instead everything exposed bare, spinning the world like a toy top, as if carelessly, like a child playing with a toy, as if he has given up already internally and all this search these attempts are again empty actions, and turn up already what he knew they would- nothing, for eventually whatever had meaning, whatever seemed alive to him remains in the end as nothing but the ghost of that thing. (ghost of a relationship, experience, the ghost of a feeling, the remains that haunt him, because they are a cold, inpalpable memory).
"why should you want any other when you're a world within a world" - to me this is as if he should believe this, he wants to, and yet its not possible to. believing this would make him happier perhaps, it would lessen the need of another, of someone else, if he is so abundant, if his internal world is so full, why should he ever have to look to another to fulfill anything within him, to make up for any empty spaces? i see this last line as yes a bit sarcastic, ironic, sad. if only that idea were true. if only. maybe it would spare all the pain. but even then there is this thought behind it that feels lonely. and this is the irony." />
"i have become a silent movie"- speech is futile, i have nothing to say, "the hero killed the clown" perhaps this is about a woman he cared for who moved onto another, the other man is viewed as the hero, he is the clown, the one fumbling for her affections, failing.
"nobody knows what he's doing" "still hanging around" yes what is the clown still doing here, what is he still trying for, he has been taken from the picture, eliminated, what is he still hanging around for> this can be also for why is he still trying at life, he should give it up.
the "slow motion moves me, the monologue means nothing to me" the emptiness of living, mechanical actions, useless, meaningless words, experiencing the pain of life as if it is dragged out, slow motion, never ending.
"bored in a role but he can't stop, standing up to sit back down" - tired of himself and the way he is, the part he plays in the world, the part he plays in his life, feels like there is an inability to overcome certain things about himself, then the back and forth motion of it all- standing up only to sit back down- making progress only to regress back to the previous state. ( this can be applied to addiction, or relationships). and "lose the one thing found" lose the one thing between standing up and sitting back down that was gained, lose the one thing that he finally thought he cou=ld hold onto (in himself,the world, or another person).
"spinning the world like a toy top till there's a ghost in every town" - to me this is the way he perhaps travels the world physically or mentally trying to find something of meaning, instead everything exposed bare, spinning the world like a toy top, as if carelessly, like a child playing with a toy, as if he has given up already internally and all this search these attempts are again empty actions, and turn up already what he knew they would- nothing, for eventually whatever had meaning, whatever seemed alive to him remains in the end as nothing but the ghost of that thing. (ghost of a relationship, experience, the ghost of a feeling, the remains that haunt him, because they are a cold, inpalpable memory).
"why should you want any other when you're a world within a world" - to me this is as if he should believe this, he wants to, and yet its not possible to. believing this would make him happier perhaps, it would lessen the need of another, of someone else, if he is so abundant, if his internal world is so full, why should he ever have to look to another to fulfill anything within him, to make up for any empty spaces? i see this last line as yes a bit sarcastic, ironic, sad. if only that idea were true. if only. maybe it would spare all the pain. but even then there is this thought behind it that feels lonely. and this is the irony.
"i have become a silent movie"- speech is futile, i have nothing to say, "the hero killed the clown" perhaps this is about a woman he cared for who moved onto another, the other man is viewed as the hero, he is the clown, the one fumbling for her affections, failing. "nobody knows what he's doing" "still hanging around" yes what is the clown still doing here, what is he still trying for, he has been taken from the picture, eliminated, what is he still hanging around for> this can be also for why is he still trying at life, he should give it up. the "slow motion moves me, the monologue means nothing to me" the emptiness of living, mechanical actions, useless, meaningless words, experiencing the pain of life as if it is dragged out, slow motion, never ending. "bored in a role but he can't stop, standing up to sit back down" - tired of himself and the way he is, the part he plays in the world, the part he plays in his life, feels like there is an inability to overcome certain things about himself, then the back and forth motion of it all- standing up only to sit back down- making progress only to regress back to the previous state. ( this can be applied to addiction, or relationships). and "lose the one thing found" lose the one thing between standing up and sitting back down that was gained, lose the one thing that he finally thought he cou=ld hold onto (in himself,the world, or another person). "spinning the world like a toy top till there's a ghost in every town" - to me this is the way he perhaps travels the world physically or mentally trying to find something of meaning, instead everything exposed bare, spinning the world like a toy top, as if carelessly, like a child playing with a toy, as if he has given up already internally and all this search these attempts are again empty actions, and turn up already what he knew they would- nothing, for eventually whatever had meaning, whatever seemed alive to him remains in the end as nothing but the ghost of that thing. (ghost of a relationship, experience, the ghost of a feeling, the remains that haunt him, because they are a cold, inpalpable memory). "why should you want any other when you're a world within a world" - to me this is as if he should believe this, he wants to, and yet its not possible to. believing this would make him happier perhaps, it would lessen the need of another, of someone else, if he is so abundant, if his internal world is so full, why should he ever have to look to another to fulfill anything within him, to make up for any empty spaces? i see this last line as yes a bit sarcastic, ironic, sad. if only that idea were true. if only. maybe it would spare all the pain. but even then there is this thought behind it that feels lonely. and this is the irony.