I interpreted this song so that it could relate to me.
I think it's about someone who has been in the dark about love. They finally found someone who they think is worthwhile and are not willing to give up easily.
He's "fallen out of bed from a long weary dream" because now he feels like he's living and found a purpose. Now he's seeing the world through rose-colored glasses when he talks about the trees and fruits. He has been in love before and is now recovered from that loss suggested by the lyrics "falling off the giant bird that's been carrying me" he is finally released from that past. And then just exactly as I remember because it's a similar feeling to when his first love.
Then with his "heart in his mouth" he feels nervous and excited about love like most people do at first when in love. He then says "In the eye of the beholder" which suggests beauty and that this woman is beautiful to him and now he is a fish out of water. He feels nervous and uncomfortable because he's in love.
I think he possibly expressed his feelings to this woman, "I fell open/ I laid under" he made himself vulnerable and she probably rejected him because "I was just your number" (I was thinking like a number line, people waiting to get to her.)
Now he is not going to give up, "if you think this is over then you're wrong"
and the echoes of "wake me up" are how he wants to wake up from this lonely slumber and wants to love and be loved again.
Glad to see someone view this like I do. A love song. A melancholy-sounding one, and melancholy in sentiment because methinks that's the only kind of love song Thom knows how to write.
Glad to see someone view this like I do. A love song. A melancholy-sounding one, and melancholy in sentiment because methinks that's the only kind of love song Thom knows how to write.
Applying it to an incident in my own life, this one has made me weep. ...It hurts when you fall off the giant bird that's been carrying you...
Applying it to an incident in my own life, this one has made me weep. ...It hurts when you fall off the giant bird that's been carrying you...
I interpreted this song so that it could relate to me.
I think it's about someone who has been in the dark about love. They finally found someone who they think is worthwhile and are not willing to give up easily.
He's "fallen out of bed from a long weary dream" because now he feels like he's living and found a purpose. Now he's seeing the world through rose-colored glasses when he talks about the trees and fruits. He has been in love before and is now recovered from that loss suggested by the lyrics "falling off the giant bird that's been carrying me" he is finally released from that past. And then just exactly as I remember because it's a similar feeling to when his first love.
Then with his "heart in his mouth" he feels nervous and excited about love like most people do at first when in love. He then says "In the eye of the beholder" which suggests beauty and that this woman is beautiful to him and now he is a fish out of water. He feels nervous and uncomfortable because he's in love.
I think he possibly expressed his feelings to this woman, "I fell open/ I laid under" he made himself vulnerable and she probably rejected him because "I was just your number" (I was thinking like a number line, people waiting to get to her.)
Now he is not going to give up, "if you think this is over then you're wrong" and the echoes of "wake me up" are how he wants to wake up from this lonely slumber and wants to love and be loved again.
Hi Sarah.
Hi Sarah.
Glad to see someone view this like I do. A love song. A melancholy-sounding one, and melancholy in sentiment because methinks that's the only kind of love song Thom knows how to write.
Glad to see someone view this like I do. A love song. A melancholy-sounding one, and melancholy in sentiment because methinks that's the only kind of love song Thom knows how to write.
Applying it to an incident in my own life, this one has made me weep. ...It hurts when you fall off the giant bird that's been carrying you...
Applying it to an incident in my own life, this one has made me weep. ...It hurts when you fall off the giant bird that's been carrying you...