for me this song is not at all about a relationship. not with a person at least. the pen for me there in the beginning is the symbol for art and from then on I he is talking about how he has the artistic impulse and then loses it all the time. He is kind of chasing his feelings to put them into words, but they run away. They just come out of nowhere and then he fails to grab them and freeze them to show them to someone. They just go by without any trace or effect in this world.
He knows he can live without doing his art, and he knows sometimes he is trying too hard to make art, but this is his dream. And wants that electricity to be able to freeze the feelings worthwhile to share. He is at the point of making a decision to give it all up or go all the way.
He gets insecure in himself but at the end he calms down (manages to connect to this electricity) and thinks, I've done much more than an average person and I am on my way to be an artist. Hey, it's time to break through!
this is my impression, but I might be completely missing the point...
yeah, i think i'll tag along with your point. the part about the pen kinda sold it to me that it's about the art of writing or creating music. whether we're right or wrong, great track.
yeah, i think i'll tag along with your point. the part about the pen kinda sold it to me that it's about the art of writing or creating music. whether we're right or wrong, great track.
"please don't you give me false hope
you're free to go
i don't want you to cope"
"please don't you give me false hope
you're free to go
i don't want you to cope"
If it's a relationship then "you" makes sense. But if it's about art, who is this "you" person? A muse? Art itself? It's sort of unclear. Also, again, the end seems to me to say that he's going to burn it down - "set the fire" doesn't feel like a constructive idea in this context but rather a destructive one. So if it's about art...has he decided to destroy his artistic interest?
Probably you have answers for this, I'm just not seeing them...
for me this song is not at all about a relationship. not with a person at least. the pen for me there in the beginning is the symbol for art and from then on I he is talking about how he has the artistic impulse and then loses it all the time. He is kind of chasing his feelings to put them into words, but they run away. They just come out of nowhere and then he fails to grab them and freeze them to show them to someone. They just go by without any trace or effect in this world.
He knows he can live without doing his art, and he knows sometimes he is trying too hard to make art, but this is his dream. And wants that electricity to be able to freeze the feelings worthwhile to share. He is at the point of making a decision to give it all up or go all the way.
He gets insecure in himself but at the end he calms down (manages to connect to this electricity) and thinks, I've done much more than an average person and I am on my way to be an artist. Hey, it's time to break through!
this is my impression, but I might be completely missing the point...
yeah, i think i'll tag along with your point. the part about the pen kinda sold it to me that it's about the art of writing or creating music. whether we're right or wrong, great track.
yeah, i think i'll tag along with your point. the part about the pen kinda sold it to me that it's about the art of writing or creating music. whether we're right or wrong, great track.
The only part that I don't think fits is this:
The only part that I don't think fits is this:
"please don't you give me false hope you're free to go i don't want you to cope"
"please don't you give me false hope you're free to go i don't want you to cope"
If it's a relationship then "you" makes sense. But if it's about art, who is this "you" person? A muse? Art itself? It's sort of unclear. Also, again, the end seems to me to say that he's going to burn it down - "set the fire" doesn't feel like a constructive idea in this context but rather a destructive one. So if it's about art...has he decided to destroy his artistic interest?
Probably you have answers for this, I'm just not seeing them...
Sounds like he's singing to his muse. The source of his inspiration.
Sounds like he's singing to his muse. The source of his inspiration.