Lyrics - New Songs - Page 2

michelej1 · #1 04-24-2011, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by WildHearted

So, which brave sole wants to be the first to speculate on/analyze these puppies?

Too obvious. Maybe when they're dead and buried we'll tell the truth. But my favorite lines are:

"it causes you harm" and the great, simple beauty of "in a while she'll make it rain . . . in a while she'll make it snow."

This man is just reaching in through the chest cavity and massaging my heart.

The guy didn't cast away his dreams very well. It sounds like they still torment him.

As I listen to him though, since I think and hope that Fleetwood Mac will make new music together in the end, I don't want Stevie on any of these songs. I am sure that I'll hear SnL performing together again (and I'm not counting that stupid Soldier's Angel). What I want though is for Lindsey to record just one more song with Christine. I would give anything to hear her voice on End of Time, for example. I ache as much for what's past as I welcome what is to come. From his lyrics, I think Lindsey does the same.

Michele

CADreaming · #2 04-26-2011, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by elle

thanks so much for this, it helps a lot (i couldn't decipher most of them...).

i think it might be:
"from the fire we will rise again
in our own time"

Elle, you were right! Wow - if I'd thought about it, makes total sense. duh... And, I finally got what is "all falling down"... "These rooms."

michelej1 · #3 04-26-2011, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by CADreaming

Elle, you were right! Wow - if I'd thought about it, makes total sense. duh... And, I finally got what is "all falling down"... "These rooms."

The rooms are on fire.

Michele

CADreaming · #4 04-26-2011, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by michelej1

The rooms are on fire.

Michele

Indeed!

TrueFaith77 · #5 04-24-2011, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by CADreaming

The End of Time

Sliding down upon the slide
_____________________
When we get to the other side
Maybe then we'll make amends

It's the end of time
The end of time
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?

It's the end of the line
It's the end of time

Swing low sweet chariot
Giving us back our youth
When they finally come to bury us
Bury us, we'll tell the truth

It's the end of time
The end of time
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?

It's the end of the line
It's the end of time

Always keep me in your heart
Even though I may be dead and gone
And though we may be far apart
My love for you is strong

It's the end of time
The end of time
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?

It's the end of the line
It's the end of time

End, end of time
The end, end of time

Whoa, whoa, whoa

I'm taking a stab at this one. For me, this is his song to his children. Reflected in them, he's confronting his mortality and also recognizing his immortality. Thus, the brilliant double meaning he applies to the phrase "the end of time." Can you feel it? I sure do in the elemental/primal melody on which these sentiments slide.

michelej1 · #6 04-24-2011, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by TrueFaith77

I'm taking a stab at this one. For me, this is his song to his children. Reflected in them, he's confronting his mortality and also recognizing his immortality. Thus, the brilliant double meaning he applies to the phrase "the end of time." Can you feel it? I sure do in the elemental/primal melody on which these sentiments slide.

The beginning, sliding down the slide, did remind me of Flying Down Juniper and the memories of carefree childhood.

You see him talking to his children. I see him talking to his younger self, reaching back through the years and the mistakes that marked them and hoping that after death there may be resolution and confessions (truth telling) that have been eluded in this world.

I see an acceptance. If you told yourself that "maybe one day . . . " for decades, now you have to face the fact that that day is never coming -- not in this life. There's not sufficient time left.

Michele

CADreaming · #7 04-25-2011, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by TrueFaith77

I'm taking a stab at this one. For me, this is his song to his children. Reflected in them, he's confronting his mortality and also recognizing his immortality. Thus, the brilliant double meaning he applies to the phrase "the end of time." Can you feel it? I sure do in the elemental/primal melody on which these sentiments slide.

I can see your point, but usually men don't confront mortality until they are actually right up on it. They tend to think they are immortal. Lindsey's still got a lot of good years left. So, my speculation would lean towards it not being a song from him to his kids.

But, the lyrics do make me think of when my own father passed away, after a lengthy illness, and his feelings about knowing it was time and wanting to know he loved us. Maybe Lindsey wrote it from that perspective - of a friend or family member who knows the "end" is near. Except I don't know how the part about "telling the truth" figures in...

erwk05 · #8 09-08-2011, 10:40 PM

Does anyone know what the first line in the chorus is?
It sounds like this (but feel free to correct):

____ ____ ____ ______ (first line?)

couldnt believe it now
I took a look and then
I saw your secret well
oooohh thats the way that love goes, it goes, it goes

michelej1 · #9 09-08-2011, 10:41 PM

I don't know. I think he might have taken a look in her dungeon.

In sounds dirty.

Michele

elle · #10 09-08-2011, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by erwk05

Does anyone know what the first line in the chorus is?
It sounds like this (but feel free to correct):

____ ____ ____ ______ (first line?)

couldnt believe it now
I took a look and then
I saw your secret well
oooohh thats the way that love goes, it goes, it goes

from liner notes:

in the dungeon couldn't believe it no
took a look and then saw your secret

michelej1 · #11 09-08-2011, 10:52 PM

So, Lindsey's been talking about Kristen for IOOT and When She Comes Down and he'll probably say a few of the other songs are about her too.

The way he discusses her, it's almost like she had more than just a bad (or strange) marriage in her past. It's like the trust issues were more serious than that.

Michele

CADreaming · #12 09-08-2011, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by michelej1

The way he discusses her, it's almost like she had more than just a bad (or strange) marriage in her past. It's like the trust issues were more serious than that.

Michele

Deep-seeded...

bombaysaffires · #13 09-08-2011, 11:26 PM

I still think Stars Are Crazy is about Stevie.

michelej1 · #14 09-10-2011, 04:33 AM

Was listening to Sleeping Around the Corner tonight. It probably would stick out like a sore thumb on the album, but it's certainly very catchy. And the pulsing beat between the verses. I get more drawn to it after each listen.

Anyway, I think that the red rover line is in keeping with the immigrant talk, red rover, red rover, you call someone from the other side (another country) to come over and try to break through your barrier. I like it.

Michele

michelej1 · #15 09-12-2011, 08:16 PM

Any clues (left behind) as to what "white or blue, I know it can't be mine" might mean?

Of course, I sifted through other songs that mentioned colors (green, aquamarine, blue it is not about you), but I could find no connection.

If he said red or blue, then I would think heat or cold. I guess white can mean heat, as in "white hot" but that's rather a stretch.

I can see blue as water or sea or sky, but then I don't know what white means.

I guess the message is, no matter what clue he follows or picks up, he knows the prize can't be his either way. I think of the game "blue clues." I just go with the idea that no matter in which direction he turns, up, down, right, left, blue or white, he's destined to lose.

But does anyone have another reading of this?

Michele