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Markus 04:21 am UTC 09/20/07 |
| In reply to: | Looong Total Eclipse Of The Heart dissection - Willis 02:36 am UTC 09/20/07 |
| First of all, thank you for a great post! Itīs long ago and far away that something like that happened on RR I think. So, I donīt overanalyze music and lyrics too much. But I think your analysis makes sense! If not for everyone, for me it sounds interesting and thoughtful. I think there could also be the "death factor" counted in. As in For Crying Out Loud. Markus. I donīt overanalyze music and lyrics too much. > A Total Eclipse of the Heart > Or > "The One" that never came. > > I tend to over analyze music. Specifically lyrics. I > need to find out what a song is about, what the intentions > were in writing it. What's the underlying theme? Why was > it written? Who was it written for? What was the mood > the artist had when the idea was conceived. I've been > doing this for as long as I've been listening to music. > There are not that many artists that I find this to be > very challenging. But, there are a few that are very > special to me. It's not always their musical ability that > sticks with me, it's their mind. Their expression. > > One of the saddest musical memories I had was finally > "getting" Doug Hopkins songs off Gin Blossoms "New > Miserable Experience" Pieces of the Night, Hey > Jealousy, Lost Horizons, Hold Me Down, and the saddest pop > song, Found Out About You. By the time I fully realized > that his words were about a loveless, addiction-filled > downward spiral of a life, Doug had killed himself. > > Not sure what this has to do with my post other than after > hearing the news, I wasn't surprised. The signs were as > clear as day and all over the radio. I felt I understood > the man. At least in my head. > > That brings my to Jim. Much of Jim's work doesn't need to > be looked at very deeply. I feel that the stories and > themes are fairly straightforward, and even he has made > mention in his blog that "they're just words". But, there > are some songs that stick out like a sore thumb to me. To > mention a few Making Love Out Of Nothing At All, It Just > Won't Quit, and... > > Total Eclipse of the Heart. > > I realize this is a VERY PERSONAL song to many reading, so > only treat this as my opinion and my perspective. > Something just clicked with me about this recently. > > Just for fun, I searched around. There are many different > interpretations of this song. Some think it's a song > about a former lover. Some about drug addiction. Some > think it's the greatest love song of all time and play it > at their weddings. To many couples, it's "their song". I > don't think it's a happy love song at all. I think it's a > no love song. > > From the clanking piano in the beginning it screams > loneliness. "Turn Around" A voice calls to the woman. > She knows this voice. She has been alone, without a love > to share for what seems like forever. Maybe it has been > forever. Since the few brushes with love in her past > she's been with the only person she can trust. Herself. > Romance has not happened for her in a very long time, so > she has been focusing on everything but. A women with the > definite "who needs love" attitude. A strong woman. On > the outside. > > But at night she dreams, wonders, calls for her lover. > The lover that hasn't shown up yet. The true love she > waits for, and is ashamed to wait for, because she's > waited so long. "Every now and then I get a little bit > lonely and you're never coming around" > "Every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the > best of all the years have gone by" > If he shows up now, will she be the attractive and special > thing she once was. > > And at times she thinks she's cracking, going nuts, > falling apart. "Turn around Bright Eyes" She hears him > call. Bright Eyes, he calls. Is he calling for that > young, hopeful thing she once was? Is that what the > fantasy man still sees in her now? > > So, deep down she's not this stubborn person people pass > on the street. > "Every now and then I get a little bit restless and I > dream of something wild" > > But, she can go on. Who needs love? Well dammit, she > does. > > She goes home alone to love in the dark. By herself. And > every now and then the built up emotion becomes too much. > And she cries to the lover in her head, the one that > understands her, cries for him to please take form, and > please be real. And it would be great, it would be love: > > "And I need you now tonight > And I need you more than ever > And if you'll only hold me tight > We'll be holding on forever > And we'll only be making it right > Cause we'll never be wrong together > We can take it to the end of the line > Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time > I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark > We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks" > > But, it's just a dream. Snapping out of it, she realizes > it's fiction. She'll never be found by anyone even close > to the ideal in her head. Loveless forever. "Forever's > gonna start tonight" > > She continues to form her ideal even further. He'd be a > man like her, who'd never be the man he strived to be. But > would be a hidden magical treasure of sorts. No one as > wondrous. Excepting; he'd do anything for her. Why not. > It's her dream. > > If the real lover would only come. Where's her "The One" > He still hasn't come. > > In the outside world, she used to feel love. She used to > be bright. Her heart is blackened out. She feels she > simply cannot find "The One" and has reverted to dreaming > up fantasies. The beating red heart is now a blackened > shell: > > "Once upon a time there was light in my life > But now there's only love in the dark > Nothing I can say > A total eclipse of the heart" > > And starting tonight, as she says every night, a forever > of loneliness will start. > > > > Role reverse the male and female roles and there you go. > > Again, the above is ONLY MY PERSPECTIVE. And probably > makes little sense. > > > > | |
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