It sounds like it's definitely about rebirth, for me too, rebirth and starting anew and accepting those things that happened (bad, good, whatever), and getting on good terms with the memories of what you had done and, and forgiving if have to. (to yourself and to everyone else -- 'I believe in innocence, etc')
I don't know about the idea, that it's all about her birth though, I may have to chew on it a little more to accept it,
But, well, I don't think, that we here could ever come close enough to what she means by her words, or understand each phrase and say this is this and that is that, like it was that easy!.. but that's why we love her, right?:)
I love how after months a segment of her song would just pop in my head, and I enlighten, that a-ha! so that was what she meant by it! probably :p
Also, I need a lot more time to realise and take in her lyrics than since the song was released, so all I have is just some fragments of thoughts to share.
-- At first, it may have absolutely nothing to do with the song, but the first stanza reminds me of something I read.. it doesn't really connect well, but hey^^
That Adam when in the Garden fenced in a plot of land and called it his. He was alone in the garden then, so hence there was noone to dispute his claim. Although these masculine themes don't really fit well with Joanna and her music, but still, there is this instinctive urge in basicly all humans to <own>, and posess something, and have something to call all their own.
But then, 'you do lose what you don't hold' -- and the whole place just cleared right out..
I understand it may not fit well with the rest of the song, and I can't really interpret the spring-part with it...
-- So next up there's the war between St George and the dragon. To me it looks like they are the 'two loves that she has known', she loved both the dragon and knight.Or do you think I am completely off the track?
And since this is a garden of recollections-and-redeeming-thoughts-and-getting-over --- they both get invited to that party. Where they can finally heal themselves from what's been done and over, and start again, from blank.
It sounds like it's definitely about rebirth, for me too, rebirth and starting anew and accepting those things that happened (bad, good, whatever), and getting on good terms with the memories of what you had done and, and forgiving if have to. (to yourself and to everyone else -- 'I believe in innocence, etc')
I don't know about the idea, that it's all about her birth though, I may have to chew on it a little more to accept it, But, well, I don't think, that we here could ever come close enough to what she means by her words, or understand each phrase and say this is this and that is that, like it was that easy!.. but that's why we love her, right?:) I love how after months a segment of her song would just pop in my head, and I enlighten, that a-ha! so that was what she meant by it! probably :p
Also, I need a lot more time to realise and take in her lyrics than since the song was released, so all I have is just some fragments of thoughts to share. -- At first, it may have absolutely nothing to do with the song, but the first stanza reminds me of something I read.. it doesn't really connect well, but hey^^ That Adam when in the Garden fenced in a plot of land and called it his. He was alone in the garden then, so hence there was noone to dispute his claim. Although these masculine themes don't really fit well with Joanna and her music, but still, there is this instinctive urge in basicly all humans to <own>, and posess something, and have something to call all their own. But then, 'you do lose what you don't hold' -- and the whole place just cleared right out..
I understand it may not fit well with the rest of the song, and I can't really interpret the spring-part with it...
-- So next up there's the war between St George and the dragon. To me it looks like they are the 'two loves that she has known', she loved both the dragon and knight.Or do you think I am completely off the track? And since this is a garden of recollections-and-redeeming-thoughts-and-getting-over --- they both get invited to that party. Where they can finally heal themselves from what's been done and over, and start again, from blank.
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