I just listened to this song five times in a row on the way to work this morning. It is perhaps the most straightforward and earnest declaration of love committed to song. It will be my wedding song.
I think it's about three distinct phases of falling in love with someone.
Phase One: The Meeting
"Light reflects from your shadow
It is more than I thought could exist
You move through the room
Like breathing was easy."
That's about seeing someone and instantly becoming smitten with them. Their every movement is magical. And that feeling is so personal that if she could share it with you, make you understand what she alone is seeing you'd be "in love with you as I am."
Phase Two: Getting To Know You
"And everyday
I am learning about you
The things that no one else sees
And the end comes too soon"
Spending time with someone and they share secrets and you fall for them even more and understand their deeper selves. This phase of love also has that sense of yearning, like when you spend time with someone and now it's time to go home, or it's 1am and you have to get off the phone. That feeling is like "dreaming of angels, and leaving without them."
Phase Three: Reciprocity/Commitment
"And with words unspoken
A silent devotion
I know you know what I mean
And the end is unknown
But I think I'm ready
As long as you're with me"
Remember the end of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" where Joel and Clementine know how their relationship will end but they shrug it off and decide to be together anyway? That's the fear most of us have when we fall in love and are ready to commit to another person, but will it work? Will we have kids? Will we hate each other? She's saying "We love each other, the future is scary but I'm okay to go forward as long as I love you as much as you love me."
Perhaps the best interpretation that could ever be made for this song. It's enchanting and I'm entranced every time I listen to it. And it really does fit so well with Eternal Sunshine, which, incidentally, is the movie that I have fallen asleep watching every night since I left my boyfriend at home to visit with family for 2 weeks.
Perhaps the best interpretation that could ever be made for this song. It's enchanting and I'm entranced every time I listen to it. And it really does fit so well with Eternal Sunshine, which, incidentally, is the movie that I have fallen asleep watching every night since I left my boyfriend at home to visit with family for 2 weeks.
This album is just as good, if not better, than their first one. It's honest. And the honesty is beautiful.
This album is just as good, if not better, than their first one. It's honest. And the honesty is beautiful.
OMG this interpretation is Amazing, but I would add a bit to it. Although it is most definitely a love song (and a beautiful one at that), when I listen to it I never imagine it being sung to anyone that is listening. It feels like it is either:
A) Being sung simply in the head of the singer whilst looking at their partner OR
B) The intended recipient is asleep and the singer is at their bed side singing it almost like a lullaby
OMG this interpretation is Amazing, but I would add a bit to it. Although it is most definitely a love song (and a beautiful one at that), when I listen to it I never imagine it being sung to anyone that is listening. It feels like it is either:
A) Being sung simply in the head of the singer whilst looking at their partner OR
B) The intended recipient is asleep and the singer is at their bed side singing it almost like a lullaby
PS If Glee haven't performed this yet it would be brilliant for Kurt to sing about Blaine
I just listened to this song five times in a row on the way to work this morning. It is perhaps the most straightforward and earnest declaration of love committed to song. It will be my wedding song.
I think it's about three distinct phases of falling in love with someone.
Phase One: The Meeting "Light reflects from your shadow It is more than I thought could exist You move through the room Like breathing was easy."
That's about seeing someone and instantly becoming smitten with them. Their every movement is magical. And that feeling is so personal that if she could share it with you, make you understand what she alone is seeing you'd be "in love with you as I am."
Phase Two: Getting To Know You "And everyday I am learning about you The things that no one else sees And the end comes too soon"
Spending time with someone and they share secrets and you fall for them even more and understand their deeper selves. This phase of love also has that sense of yearning, like when you spend time with someone and now it's time to go home, or it's 1am and you have to get off the phone. That feeling is like "dreaming of angels, and leaving without them."
Phase Three: Reciprocity/Commitment "And with words unspoken A silent devotion I know you know what I mean And the end is unknown But I think I'm ready As long as you're with me"
Remember the end of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" where Joel and Clementine know how their relationship will end but they shrug it off and decide to be together anyway? That's the fear most of us have when we fall in love and are ready to commit to another person, but will it work? Will we have kids? Will we hate each other? She's saying "We love each other, the future is scary but I'm okay to go forward as long as I love you as much as you love me."
Perhaps the best interpretation that could ever be made for this song. It's enchanting and I'm entranced every time I listen to it. And it really does fit so well with Eternal Sunshine, which, incidentally, is the movie that I have fallen asleep watching every night since I left my boyfriend at home to visit with family for 2 weeks.
Perhaps the best interpretation that could ever be made for this song. It's enchanting and I'm entranced every time I listen to it. And it really does fit so well with Eternal Sunshine, which, incidentally, is the movie that I have fallen asleep watching every night since I left my boyfriend at home to visit with family for 2 weeks.
This album is just as good, if not better, than their first one. It's honest. And the honesty is beautiful.
This album is just as good, if not better, than their first one. It's honest. And the honesty is beautiful.
This song is beautiful and that was a really good interpretation.
This song is beautiful and that was a really good interpretation.
Excellent interpretation.. :) xx
Excellent interpretation.. :) xx
I got goosebumps just reading your interpretation, let alone listening to the song itself! Great post.
I got goosebumps just reading your interpretation, let alone listening to the song itself! Great post.
OMG this interpretation is Amazing, but I would add a bit to it. Although it is most definitely a love song (and a beautiful one at that), when I listen to it I never imagine it being sung to anyone that is listening. It feels like it is either: A) Being sung simply in the head of the singer whilst looking at their partner OR B) The intended recipient is asleep and the singer is at their bed side singing it almost like a lullaby
OMG this interpretation is Amazing, but I would add a bit to it. Although it is most definitely a love song (and a beautiful one at that), when I listen to it I never imagine it being sung to anyone that is listening. It feels like it is either: A) Being sung simply in the head of the singer whilst looking at their partner OR B) The intended recipient is asleep and the singer is at their bed side singing it almost like a lullaby
PS If Glee haven't performed this yet it would be brilliant for Kurt to sing about Blaine