Lyrics - New Songs

[WildHearted]

Blue-white fire?

That's all I got. Hah. I wondered about that line too.

Maybe there's a pregnancy test, where white is positive and blue is negative.. or vice versa.. but either way, it's not his!

[Regina]

White: snow, sand, wedding gowns?
Blue: sky, water, freedom?

So, how about (stretching......) formal commitment versus free love...he's not getting either, in this case? (and perhaps not getting what the other person wants, anyway?)

(Disclaimer: I'm not firing with all cylinders. Headache. I will deny everything tomorrow)

[sushud82]

Originally Posted by michelej1

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

But does anyone have another reading of this?

Michele

I didn't have access to the liner notes before listening and thought he was saying "Wild blue, I know it can't be mine" and thought he was singing about his eyes. Okay, that sounds weird.

Stevie has referred to his eyes a lot - Blue Denim, I Still Miss Someone, etc. Even with the correct lyrics, I hear that line as his feigned shock that she could be referring to him in song. For example, "What? Blue Denim is about ME?"

The theme of the song to me was that he is just out there doing his thing, rocking away, blind to the world and to the woman sending him messages through her songs.

I'm probably totally off-base, of course.

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by sushud82

I didn't have access to the liner notes before listening and thought he was saying "Wild blue, I know it can't be mine" and thought he was singing about his eyes. Okay, that sounds weird.

Stevie has referred to his eyes a lot - Blue Denim, I Still Miss Someone, etc. Even with the correct lyrics, I hear that line as his feigned shock that she could be referring to him in song. For example, "What? Blue Denim is about ME?"

The theme of the song to me was that he is just out there doing his thing, rocking away, blind to the world and to the woman sending him messages through her songs.

I'm probably totally off-base, of course.

I actually think this is a good observation. Like the lone, "your bark is worse than my bite".... I think that is basically like, I'm not as bad as you make me out to be. And the "I keep watch on this heart of mine / I cOuld go crazy without even tryIng" is kind of saying, i don't let myself assume or be affected by your words because it would make me crazy, he closes himself Off from believing that things are about him. He is blind but by his own accord.

[Amlyn]

Originally Posted by michelej1

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

I was listening to Red Rover today and my ears perked up at the mention of this lyric with respect to this conversation. Anyone think there's any connection?

And the lips you were kissing
Night after night
All were bathed in blue
All bathed in white

And if someone already brought this up, sorry i missed that.

[Regina]

Originally Posted by Amlyn

I was listening to Red Rover today and my ears perked up at the mention of this lyric with respect to this conversation. Anyone think there's any connection?

And the lips you were kissing
Night after night
All were bathed in blue
All bathed in white

And if someone already brought this up, sorry i missed that.

Ooh...good catch. Stage lights!

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Amlyn

I was listening to Red Rover today and my ears perked up at the mention of this lyric with respect to this conversation. Anyone think there's any connection?

And the lips you were kissing
Night after night
All were bathed in blue
All bathed in white

And if someone already brought this up, sorry i missed that.

Ooh, this is good. Whether bathed in blue or white, he knew the lips she was kissing were not his. Yes, I think there is a connection.

Michele

[CADreaming]

In the liner notes the lyric actually reads "White ON blue, I know can't be mine"...

Originally Posted by Amlyn

I was listening to Red Rover today and my ears perked up at the mention of this lyric with respect to this conversation. Anyone think there's any connection?

And the lips you were kissing
Night after night
All were bathed in blue
All bathed in white

I thought of Red Rover myself.

Originally Posted by sushud82

The theme of the song to me was that he is just out there doing his thing, rocking away, blind to the world and to the woman sending him messages through her songs.

Rock a way blind reminds me of Out of the Cradle - maybe it's a reference to that time period.

Originally Posted by michelej1

Ooh, this is good. Whether bathed in blue or white, he knew the lips she was kissing were not his. Yes, I think there is a connection.

Michele

I think there could be a connection too. And, interestingly blue/white is also military uniform.

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

In Our Own Time

Fire still burning but in a while she'll make it rain
These rooms are all falling down they couldn't stand the strain
I had the same old dream she was hiding outside my door
She used to come from time to time but not anymore

Still...in my mind...
Still...in my mind...

It wouldn't make any difference
We crossed the line
From the fire we will rise again
In our own time

Seasons turning but in a while she'll make it snow
This time I think she's gone for good but I never really know
Nothing here remains just the vision of her face
The implication of a crime it always takes her place

Still...in my mind....
Still...in my mind....

It wouldn't make any difference
We crossed the line
From the fire we will rise again
In our own time

It wouldn't make any difference
We crossed the line
From the fire we will rise again
In our own time
In our own time
In our own time

This song reminds me of the Greek goddess Persephone. The story goes that her mother's mourning of her being taken to the underworld by Hades and made Queen over it is what caused the seasons to change. Persephone would come back for visits and her mother would be happy (spring, summer, fall) and then when she would leave again her mother would be sad (winter). There was a deal where she could leave if she had not eaten anything in Hades but she had either been tempted or tricked to eat pomegranate seeds or willingly ate them. Seeds we sow, indeed... tying the phoenix into the lyrics is clever.

[michelej1]

Interesting. Putting the power of the seasons in the person's hands is certainly an effective way to describe the magnitude they possess. I was impressed by that lyric from the start.

Straight Back always reminded me of Icarus and the wings Daedalus made for him.

Michele

[michelej1]

I don't necessarily trust the liner notes. For Gone Too Far, it says "silencer answers your call." Silencer on a gun? Suicide?

I actually think the words are "silence surf."

Michele

[michelej1]

Listening to When She Comes Down today and how the jarring "falling" changes the whole mood of the song that came before that line, I kind of think that she's coming down from a mental high. There's almost frantic happy activity and then she falls . . . or crashes emotionally.

The people (we'll all) that come to meet her know from experience that everything that goes up must come down. So, when they see her elated, they know that the mood will inevitably descend and they'll all come to meet her, be there for her, when she comes down. Michele

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Listening to When She Comes Down today and how the jarring "falling" changes the whole mood of the song that came before that line, I kind of think that she's coming down from a mental high.

Or a drug high.