<.) How, bad things ended up happenning to Jewish people in history, but they always bring themselves back out of it.
Overall, it's not a song about the Holocaust itself obviously, but living after something horrible, and being shaken up by it, a post-Holocaust Jewish mentality, even if a generation later. Regina herself said in an interview that she has inherited a jewish mentality from her grandparents.
I might be wrong though, there's probably not that much Jewish-ness in this song...
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<.) How, bad things ended up happenning to Jewish people in history, but they always bring themselves back out of it.
Overall, it's not a song about the Holocaust itself obviously, but living after something horrible, and being shaken up by it, a post-Holocaust Jewish mentality, even if a generation later. Regina herself said in an interview that she has inherited a jewish mentality from her grandparents.
I might be wrong though, there's probably not that much Jewish-ness in this song...
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For some reason, I thought this song could be about the Holocaust - the Jewish mentality after the Holocaust. Let me know if I'm crazy. Or disrespectful to Jewish people in some way. I thought in the end of the song, the melody was jewish (I haven't gotten that confirmed). Also, I'm not trying to say jewish people are cheap - but, I read a graphic novel about the Holocaust called "Maus," and in it the father of the main character who survived through the entirety of the Holocaust, would always not want to throw things away, and his son (they were both mice xD) would tell him to throw some object away. (Yeah, that's what I just confirmed, gradesaver.com/maus/study-guide/section4/). That story says that a need to keep things was developed during the Holocaust for him because things were scarse. I think this song is about the fear that something will be taken away from you. The singer is getting defensive when she says "Things I have loved I'm allowed to keep" even though it may be unreasonable. And the main character can't seem to go to sleep or to rest, even after everything is alright.
The Jewish (to me) sounding melody in the end made me think this could be the meaning to this song, and wasn't there book burning during the Holocaust (taking the knife to the books)? maybe it's a dream of hers, that verse about possibly ruining books - the way she described it makes it sound like the description of a dream. I mean she does talk about sleep, and maybe -- oh! If she goes to sleep, she will forget that she can now keep things that she loved because she has nightmares about something bad... a giant paper-back mummy, making soup out of stone, ruining her books.
I don't really know if this song could be about more than that, since she talks about holding on to something good, like something she has loved or flower bulbs that have not opened, so maybe there is something good she is remembering.
Also, the melody in the end is kind of uplifting. If the melody IS actually Jewish like it seems to me, it can represent the resiliency of the Jewish culture. (I was in Fiddler on the Roof in high school, and it made me think of this idea ><.) How, bad things ended up happenning to Jewish people in history, but they always bring themselves back out of it.
Overall, it's not a song about the Holocaust itself obviously, but living after something horrible, and being shaken up by it, a post-Holocaust Jewish mentality, even if a generation later. Regina herself said in an interview that she has inherited a jewish mentality from her grandparents.
I might be wrong though, there's probably not that much Jewish-ness in this song...
And not sleeping assures that everything is okay. She will never know for sure if she rests, and it could be saying that people even after a bad event (going with my theme) still can't rest. But the uplifting music later shows hope in the narrator, becuase there is nothing that she can do but to just pick herself back up, and according to jewish culture "that always happens" so there is hope and it shows the strength of the jewish culture. Again, I might be compleeetely wrong.
And not sleeping assures that everything is okay. She will never know for sure if she rests, and it could be saying that people even after a bad event (going with my theme) still can't rest. But the uplifting music later shows hope in the narrator, becuase there is nothing that she can do but to just pick herself back up, and according to jewish culture "that always happens" so there is hope and it shows the strength of the jewish culture. Again, I might be compleeetely wrong.
And not sleeping assures that everything is okay. She will never know for sure if she rests, and it could be saying that people even after a bad event (going with my theme) still can't rest. But the uplifting music later shows hope in the narrator, becuase there is nothing that she can do but to just pick herself back up, and according to jewish culture "that always happens" so there is hope and it shows the strength of the jewish culture. Again, I might be compleeetely wrong.
And not sleeping assures that everything is okay. She will never know for sure if she rests, and it could be saying that people even after a bad event (going with my theme) still can't rest. But the uplifting music later shows hope in the narrator, becuase there is nothing that she can do but to just pick herself back up, and according to jewish culture "that always happens" so there is hope and it shows the strength of the jewish culture. Again, I might be compleeetely wrong.
For some reason, I thought this song could be about the Holocaust - the Jewish mentality after the Holocaust. Let me know if I'm crazy. Or disrespectful to Jewish people in some way. I thought in the end of the song, the melody was jewish (I haven't gotten that confirmed). Also, I'm not trying to say jewish people are cheap - but, I read a graphic novel about the Holocaust called "Maus," and in it the father of the main character who survived through the entirety of the Holocaust, would always not want to throw things away, and his son (they were both mice xD) would tell him to throw some object away. (Yeah, that's what I just confirmed, gradesaver.com/maus/study-guide/section4/). That story says that a need to keep things was developed during the Holocaust for him because things were scarse. I think this song is about the fear that something will be taken away from you. The singer is getting defensive when she says "Things I have loved I'm allowed to keep" even though it may be unreasonable. And the main character can't seem to go to sleep or to rest, even after everything is alright. The Jewish (to me) sounding melody in the end made me think this could be the meaning to this song, and wasn't there book burning during the Holocaust (taking the knife to the books)? maybe it's a dream of hers, that verse about possibly ruining books - the way she described it makes it sound like the description of a dream. I mean she does talk about sleep, and maybe -- oh! If she goes to sleep, she will forget that she can now keep things that she loved because she has nightmares about something bad... a giant paper-back mummy, making soup out of stone, ruining her books. I don't really know if this song could be about more than that, since she talks about holding on to something good, like something she has loved or flower bulbs that have not opened, so maybe there is something good she is remembering. Also, the melody in the end is kind of uplifting. If the melody IS actually Jewish like it seems to me, it can represent the resiliency of the Jewish culture. (I was in Fiddler on the Roof in high school, and it made me think of this idea ><.) How, bad things ended up happenning to Jewish people in history, but they always bring themselves back out of it. Overall, it's not a song about the Holocaust itself obviously, but living after something horrible, and being shaken up by it, a post-Holocaust Jewish mentality, even if a generation later. Regina herself said in an interview that she has inherited a jewish mentality from her grandparents. I might be wrong though, there's probably not that much Jewish-ness in this song...
Oh and she actually said her name in this song, which is crazy. So she must be referring the feelings of the "main character" to herself.
Oh and she actually said her name in this song, which is crazy. So she must be referring the feelings of the "main character" to herself.
And not sleeping assures that everything is okay. She will never know for sure if she rests, and it could be saying that people even after a bad event (going with my theme) still can't rest. But the uplifting music later shows hope in the narrator, becuase there is nothing that she can do but to just pick herself back up, and according to jewish culture "that always happens" so there is hope and it shows the strength of the jewish culture. Again, I might be compleeetely wrong.
And not sleeping assures that everything is okay. She will never know for sure if she rests, and it could be saying that people even after a bad event (going with my theme) still can't rest. But the uplifting music later shows hope in the narrator, becuase there is nothing that she can do but to just pick herself back up, and according to jewish culture "that always happens" so there is hope and it shows the strength of the jewish culture. Again, I might be compleeetely wrong.
And not sleeping assures that everything is okay. She will never know for sure if she rests, and it could be saying that people even after a bad event (going with my theme) still can't rest. But the uplifting music later shows hope in the narrator, becuase there is nothing that she can do but to just pick herself back up, and according to jewish culture "that always happens" so there is hope and it shows the strength of the jewish culture. Again, I might be compleeetely wrong.
And not sleeping assures that everything is okay. She will never know for sure if she rests, and it could be saying that people even after a bad event (going with my theme) still can't rest. But the uplifting music later shows hope in the narrator, becuase there is nothing that she can do but to just pick herself back up, and according to jewish culture "that always happens" so there is hope and it shows the strength of the jewish culture. Again, I might be compleeetely wrong.