Personally, I'm not so sure that the "No one here can speak a word of my native tongue" should be taken entirely literally. To me, it comes across more as that feeling when you're surrounded by people, but feel so different from them, you just don't feel like you have any way to connect with them, that "alone in a crowd" feeling.
It's a bit of a stretch, I suppose, and probably more cliche of an interpretation than Vienna deserves, but I can't help but see it as looking for that one person meant for you, that one person who's everything you need, not knowing how to go on without finding them to lean on. Feeling that they have to be out there, somewhere, but not knowing where.
my words exactly. I don't think vienna is that straight forward as to say that the crowd speaks completely foreign from her. she's the kind onf writer that makes you fish for the meaning.
my words exactly. I don't think vienna is that straight forward as to say that the crowd speaks completely foreign from her. she's the kind onf writer that makes you fish for the meaning.
I've always thought it was a group of strangers (luminous and strangely young) that she wasn't used to being around.
I've always thought it was a group of strangers (luminous and strangely young) that she wasn't used to being around.
The second part of your comment also is what I was about to say. I've thought of it like that. I guess, for me, thinking of it any other way takes the magic out of the song.
The second part of your comment also is what I was about to say. I've thought of it like that. I guess, for me, thinking of it any other way takes the magic out of the song.
This is my interpretation exactly too! The way i see it, it's about that feeling that hits you sometimes, while being among a lot of people celebrating, probably in couples, of how lonely you really are. For me it's about that deep need to find "your other half", the one with whom you're meant to feel complete and whole, and the desperation that comes with the years passing by and you still not having found it.
This is my interpretation exactly too! The way i see it, it's about that feeling that hits you sometimes, while being among a lot of people celebrating, probably in couples, of how lonely you really are. For me it's about that deep need to find "your other half", the one with whom you're meant to feel complete and whole, and the desperation that comes with the years passing by and you still not having found it.
Personally, I'm not so sure that the "No one here can speak a word of my native tongue" should be taken entirely literally. To me, it comes across more as that feeling when you're surrounded by people, but feel so different from them, you just don't feel like you have any way to connect with them, that "alone in a crowd" feeling.
It's a bit of a stretch, I suppose, and probably more cliche of an interpretation than Vienna deserves, but I can't help but see it as looking for that one person meant for you, that one person who's everything you need, not knowing how to go on without finding them to lean on. Feeling that they have to be out there, somewhere, but not knowing where.
my words exactly. I don't think vienna is that straight forward as to say that the crowd speaks completely foreign from her. she's the kind onf writer that makes you fish for the meaning.
my words exactly. I don't think vienna is that straight forward as to say that the crowd speaks completely foreign from her. she's the kind onf writer that makes you fish for the meaning.
I've always thought it was a group of strangers (luminous and strangely young) that she wasn't used to being around.
I've always thought it was a group of strangers (luminous and strangely young) that she wasn't used to being around.
The second part of your comment also is what I was about to say. I've thought of it like that. I guess, for me, thinking of it any other way takes the magic out of the song.
The second part of your comment also is what I was about to say. I've thought of it like that. I guess, for me, thinking of it any other way takes the magic out of the song.
This is my interpretation exactly too! The way i see it, it's about that feeling that hits you sometimes, while being among a lot of people celebrating, probably in couples, of how lonely you really are. For me it's about that deep need to find "your other half", the one with whom you're meant to feel complete and whole, and the desperation that comes with the years passing by and you still not having found it.
This is my interpretation exactly too! The way i see it, it's about that feeling that hits you sometimes, while being among a lot of people celebrating, probably in couples, of how lonely you really are. For me it's about that deep need to find "your other half", the one with whom you're meant to feel complete and whole, and the desperation that comes with the years passing by and you still not having found it.