This song resonates soo much! I die at the line "You kill from the inside". This song killed me from the inside when I saw him live. He destroyed me from the inside. Best experience of my life. Sounded SO much better than the recording which is still moving.. I love you Jónsiii! He has the cutest accent.. I told him it was hard not to cry from the concert while at the record signing. ANYWAY...
So the meaning... first I wanted to decide on who 'you' was referencing, and after debating if it's a significant other or love interest(which could very well be argued) I think it might be an impersonal statement. Impersonal, although Jonsi is probably taking it from his point of view and experience. So picture his situation and how he's generalizing it to a hypothetical situation applicable to anyone. It's like he's saying- when this ___ happens 'you' grow, become a tornado etc., as in anyone. He makes these statements, then adds thoughts from his own example. This is shown through the lines:
'I wonder if I'm allowed just ever to be'
'I wonder if I'm allowed ever to see
I wonder if I'm allowed to ever be free'
where Jonsi is obviously talking about himself. This line made me think that he feels like somethings trying to change him or bother him. I actually changed my mind about the 'you's' being an impersonal statement. It's mostly just talking directly to the hypothetical catalyst:
'You grow from the inside
Destroy everything through
Destroy from the inside
You flow through the inside
You kill everything through
You kill from the inside'
He maybe only uses the impersonal statement to reference a hypothetical person in a similar situation in the lines "You'll learn to know". Although that could be about the catalyst learning it's error. Maybe it is a person. Anyway, the catalyst first attacks internally and causes further turmoil. Probably an idea, statement, feeling that offends Jonsi and causes that sick feeling of regret or depression that just eats away and away. Picture a tornado or erupting volcano inside of you. Anyway the problem mushrooms as the power of the song heightens then kind of gets quiet and dead, almost like a death "You're now so blue, You now are gloom". I'm kind of stuck here. I'm not sure how much sense this makes because of my inconsistency. Well I'll pass the baton here:
hmm, i read it in a different way... for me, jonsi (and i totally relate to this!) is speaking to his own internal problems... loneliness... or self-destruct instinct...
hmm, i read it in a different way... for me, jonsi (and i totally relate to this!) is speaking to his own internal problems... loneliness... or self-destruct instinct...
so when he says "you grow like tornado... from the inside" he's talking about something emotional, within him, that is stopping him from being truly happy (even if the situation he is in means he should be happy - something is still standing in his way that he can't control or really understand).
so when he says "you grow like tornado... from the inside" he's talking about something emotional, within him, that is stopping him from being truly happy (even if the situation he is in means he should be happy - something is still standing in his way that he can't control or really understand).
for me, this is the time that you meet someone new, you love them and want to be with them - but there are demons within you that eat away at your happiness and turn it sour. it's probably insecurity. at some deep level, maybe you don't want to be happy, or at least don't feel you deserve to be happy.
this is the tornado that grows within you, the erupting volcano that "kills from the inside". you can't fight Nature - it will overpower you in the end.
this song always makes me cry, every time. but it has a positive message - even just knowing the volcano is there, means you can get stronger every time and learn to fight it.
Just to set the record straight and clear my conscience, whatever I wrote, can be totally disregarded(i don't remember what i wrote anymore, and i'm too lazy to reread it..)
Just to set the record straight and clear my conscience, whatever I wrote, can be totally disregarded(i don't remember what i wrote anymore, and i'm too lazy to reread it..)
it's about that part inside of anyone that holds them back from 'going and doing' anything. Definitely self destructive as jiggadywig and probably someone else said too.
it's about that part inside of anyone that holds them back from 'going and doing' anything. Definitely self destructive as jiggadywig and probably someone else said too.
it's like a cage holding in a perfect bird. Fear or whatnot restraining the protagonist from doing whatever the hell he/she wants!
it's like a cage holding in a perfect bird. Fear or whatnot restraining the protagonist from doing whatever the hell he/she wants!
This song resonates soo much! I die at the line "You kill from the inside". This song killed me from the inside when I saw him live. He destroyed me from the inside. Best experience of my life. Sounded SO much better than the recording which is still moving.. I love you Jónsiii! He has the cutest accent.. I told him it was hard not to cry from the concert while at the record signing. ANYWAY...
So the meaning... first I wanted to decide on who 'you' was referencing, and after debating if it's a significant other or love interest(which could very well be argued) I think it might be an impersonal statement. Impersonal, although Jonsi is probably taking it from his point of view and experience. So picture his situation and how he's generalizing it to a hypothetical situation applicable to anyone. It's like he's saying- when this ___ happens 'you' grow, become a tornado etc., as in anyone. He makes these statements, then adds thoughts from his own example. This is shown through the lines:
'I wonder if I'm allowed just ever to be'
'I wonder if I'm allowed ever to see I wonder if I'm allowed to ever be free'
where Jonsi is obviously talking about himself. This line made me think that he feels like somethings trying to change him or bother him. I actually changed my mind about the 'you's' being an impersonal statement. It's mostly just talking directly to the hypothetical catalyst:
'You grow from the inside Destroy everything through Destroy from the inside
You flow through the inside You kill everything through You kill from the inside'
He maybe only uses the impersonal statement to reference a hypothetical person in a similar situation in the lines "You'll learn to know". Although that could be about the catalyst learning it's error. Maybe it is a person. Anyway, the catalyst first attacks internally and causes further turmoil. Probably an idea, statement, feeling that offends Jonsi and causes that sick feeling of regret or depression that just eats away and away. Picture a tornado or erupting volcano inside of you. Anyway the problem mushrooms as the power of the song heightens then kind of gets quiet and dead, almost like a death "You're now so blue, You now are gloom". I'm kind of stuck here. I'm not sure how much sense this makes because of my inconsistency. Well I'll pass the baton here:
hmm, i read it in a different way... for me, jonsi (and i totally relate to this!) is speaking to his own internal problems... loneliness... or self-destruct instinct...
hmm, i read it in a different way... for me, jonsi (and i totally relate to this!) is speaking to his own internal problems... loneliness... or self-destruct instinct...
so when he says "you grow like tornado... from the inside" he's talking about something emotional, within him, that is stopping him from being truly happy (even if the situation he is in means he should be happy - something is still standing in his way that he can't control or really understand).
so when he says "you grow like tornado... from the inside" he's talking about something emotional, within him, that is stopping him from being truly happy (even if the situation he is in means he should be happy - something is still standing in his way that he can't control or really understand).
for me, this is the time that you meet someone new, you love them and want to be with them - but there are demons within you that eat away at your happiness and turn it sour. it's probably insecurity. at some deep level, maybe you don't want to be happy, or at least don't feel you deserve to be happy.
this is the tornado that grows within you, the erupting volcano that "kills from the inside". you can't fight Nature - it will overpower you in the end.
this song always makes me cry, every time. but it has a positive message - even just knowing the volcano is there, means you can get stronger every time and learn to fight it.
Just to set the record straight and clear my conscience, whatever I wrote, can be totally disregarded(i don't remember what i wrote anymore, and i'm too lazy to reread it..)
Just to set the record straight and clear my conscience, whatever I wrote, can be totally disregarded(i don't remember what i wrote anymore, and i'm too lazy to reread it..)
it's about that part inside of anyone that holds them back from 'going and doing' anything. Definitely self destructive as jiggadywig and probably someone else said too.
it's about that part inside of anyone that holds them back from 'going and doing' anything. Definitely self destructive as jiggadywig and probably someone else said too.
it's like a cage holding in a perfect bird. Fear or whatnot restraining the protagonist from doing whatever the hell he/she wants!
it's like a cage holding in a perfect bird. Fear or whatnot restraining the protagonist from doing whatever the hell he/she wants!