Jeez, all of these comments and nobody's mentioned the Tower of Babel? Which happened to be located in BABYLON? And represents the "confusion of tongues"? Y'all need to read more. :) Anyway, that's what Babylon represents in the song: the misery caused by miscommunication and the inability of men and women to communicate using terms they can agree on. "Let go your heart Let go your head And feel it now" is about learning to communicate on a non verbal level.
I agree on the Tower of Babel interpretation. To me the general sense of the song is melancholic. It is about a man reflecting on his past relationship with a woman. He realizes now their love was true but his 'ego' (jealousy etc) was in the way. Probably in a jealous mood he said something like "I never loved you anyway" to her and their lives went different roads. (which he tries to rectify now > "the love I was giving was never in doubt")
I agree on the Tower of Babel interpretation. To me the general sense of the song is melancholic. It is about a man reflecting on his past relationship with a woman. He realizes now their love was true but his 'ego' (jealousy etc) was in the way. Probably in a jealous mood he said something like "I never loved you anyway" to her and their lives went different roads. (which he tries to rectify now > "the love I was giving was never in doubt")
Now he misses her horrbibly (I conclude this from him describing 3 days in a row in detail - Friday-Saturday-Sunday- which already seem to feel like a very long period without her)
I tend to interpret the chorus as: "I let go of your heart, I let go of your head and I feel the pain now, I see how stupid I have behaved"
He sees now how silly he has behaved and he is surrendering to (the feeling of love for) her and his own miscomings. He lets go of his pride and admits (crying) out loud that he was wrong.
I think her smiling on the stairs in the end of the song is just his imagination. He lost her and realizes they were trapped in the Tower of Babel effect: loved each other, but didn't find a way to reach each other in words.
Literally the chorus could be read as an encouragement to people to let go of their heads and hearts and simply feel. To rise and shine just like the people of Babylon did before God decided to shatter them by language. To reach for heaven like they did by building the tower.
(But somehow I keep on hearing a melancholic undertone in the song, a feeling of frustration and powerlessness, so I don't quite believe the optimism of the literal words)
@JimmyJazz68 Agreed too! It's about just loving...but the one guy above you has it right about how the singer is feeling...you have the cause of the break up here.
@JimmyJazz68 Agreed too! It's about just loving...but the one guy above you has it right about how the singer is feeling...you have the cause of the break up here.
Jeez, all of these comments and nobody's mentioned the Tower of Babel? Which happened to be located in BABYLON? And represents the "confusion of tongues"? Y'all need to read more. :) Anyway, that's what Babylon represents in the song: the misery caused by miscommunication and the inability of men and women to communicate using terms they can agree on. "Let go your heart Let go your head And feel it now" is about learning to communicate on a non verbal level.
I agree on the Tower of Babel interpretation. To me the general sense of the song is melancholic. It is about a man reflecting on his past relationship with a woman. He realizes now their love was true but his 'ego' (jealousy etc) was in the way. Probably in a jealous mood he said something like "I never loved you anyway" to her and their lives went different roads. (which he tries to rectify now > "the love I was giving was never in doubt")
I agree on the Tower of Babel interpretation. To me the general sense of the song is melancholic. It is about a man reflecting on his past relationship with a woman. He realizes now their love was true but his 'ego' (jealousy etc) was in the way. Probably in a jealous mood he said something like "I never loved you anyway" to her and their lives went different roads. (which he tries to rectify now > "the love I was giving was never in doubt")
Now he misses her horrbibly (I conclude this from him describing 3 days in a row in detail - Friday-Saturday-Sunday- which already seem to feel like a very long period without her)
I tend to interpret the chorus as: "I let go of your heart, I let go of your head and I feel the pain now, I see how stupid I have behaved" He sees now how silly he has behaved and he is surrendering to (the feeling of love for) her and his own miscomings. He lets go of his pride and admits (crying) out loud that he was wrong.
I think her smiling on the stairs in the end of the song is just his imagination. He lost her and realizes they were trapped in the Tower of Babel effect: loved each other, but didn't find a way to reach each other in words.
Literally the chorus could be read as an encouragement to people to let go of their heads and hearts and simply feel. To rise and shine just like the people of Babylon did before God decided to shatter them by language. To reach for heaven like they did by building the tower.
(But somehow I keep on hearing a melancholic undertone in the song, a feeling of frustration and powerlessness, so I don't quite believe the optimism of the literal words)
@JimmyJazz68 Agreed too! It's about just loving...but the one guy above you has it right about how the singer is feeling...you have the cause of the break up here.
@JimmyJazz68 Agreed too! It's about just loving...but the one guy above you has it right about how the singer is feeling...you have the cause of the break up here.