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The Meaning Behind Lyrics
R&B Guru 2008-11-01 15:01:55 Total Posts: 2527	This topic was made for Ilikeit but (obviously) is for everyone. He mentioned in another topic about the fun of old discussions we'd have about music. Well the challenge is, most talk about artists is personal taste. Here's an opportunity to go beyond that. This topic is meant to analyze songs. Anyone can post a song and comment on parts that they're not sure on the meaning of or if they don't know what the song as a whole is about. Then, everyone can join in to discuss their own thoughts on it. I've got plenty to offer as a start (Tony Rich has a lot of lyrics that could be interpreted in a variety of ways). But I wanted to give anyone else a chance to post one first. Ilikeit, I expect you to contribute! This topic was made for Ilikeit but (obviously) is for everyone. He mentioned in another topic about the fun of old discussions we'd have about music. Well the challenge is, most talk about artists is personal taste. Here's an opportunity to go beyond that. This topic is meant to analyze songs. Anyone can post a song and comment on parts that they're not sure on the meaning of or if they don't know what the song as a whole is about. Then, everyone can join in to discuss their own thoughts on it. I've got plenty to offer as a start (Tony Rich has a lot of lyrics that could be interpreted in a variety of ways). But I wanted to give anyone else a chance to post one first. Ilikeit, I expect you to contribute!
ilikeit 2008-11-01 22:34:13 Total Posts: 1156	LOL Oh I will. LOL Oh I will.
R&B Guru 2008-11-02 06:26:38 Total Posts: 2527	Okay well I'll start it since no one else has posted one yet :). This song is by of course, Tony Rich. I LOVE the song, but a lot of it doesn't really mean much to me. It's "Blue Butterfly" off of Tony Rich's sophomore album, Birdseye. Lyrics: I'd fly away with you baby Without a fear that they'd catch me I'm not like all the insects that follow you But you charmed the trees when you left me And I found you there lately But only fine butterflies can fall The cord on the leaves saves If you die, it could hurt me You'd take away all my energy You'd never know that I loved you Cause you'd get away It can rain on the morning dew But not the day I look for you You won't find me around, when it rains So please make your way back home [Chorus] Please make your way back home to me Blue butterfly is what I need Flowers that bloom in day will fade Before your eyes Please make your way back home to me In my cocoon, you'll find a peace Blue butterfly is what you see Within your dreams [Verse 2] You see this world's for the living Ultra-violet twelve feet I'm givin If I touch you would you show me to the blooms So you ask why, I fly high I wanna take you on a ride On my own, solar powered wing glide Give me your mind Give me feed, let me eat you Let my wings be so full of you Make my path, the sunlight I wanna live right You can float but you can't hide It's not easy when my flight is right You won't find me around when there's rain So please make your way back home [Chorus] Please make your way back home to me Blue butterfly is what I need Flowers that bloom in day will fade Before your eyes Please make your way back home to me In my cocoon, you'll find a peace Blue butterfly is what you see Within your dreams We should make our bed upon the leaves With your soul in the air The sun in its glare There's no way I'll fly alone Okay well I'll start it since no one else has posted one yet :). This song is by of course, Tony Rich. I LOVE the song, but a lot of it doesn't really mean much to me. It's "Blue Butterfly" off of Tony Rich's sophomore album, Birdseye. Lyrics: I'd fly away with you baby Without a fear that they'd catch me I'm not like all the insects that follow you But you charmed the trees when you left me And I found you there lately But only fine butterflies can fall The cord on the leaves saves If you die, it could hurt me You'd take away all my energy You'd never know that I loved you Cause you'd get away It can rain on the morning dew But not the day I look for you You won't find me around, when it rains So please make your way back home [Chorus] Please make your way back home to me Blue butterfly is what I need Flowers that bloom in day will fade Before your eyes Please make your way back home to me In my cocoon, you'll find a peace Blue butterfly is what you see Within your dreams [Verse 2] You see this world's for the living Ultra-violet twelve feet I'm givin If I touch you would you show me to the blooms So you ask why, I fly high I wanna take you on a ride On my own, solar powered wing glide Give me your mind Give me feed, let me eat you Let my wings be so full of you Make my path, the sunlight I wanna live right You can float but you can't hide It's not easy when my flight is right You won't find me around when there's rain So please make your way back home [Chorus] Please make your way back home to me Blue butterfly is what I need Flowers that bloom in day will fade Before your eyes Please make your way back home to me In my cocoon, you'll find a peace Blue butterfly is what you see Within your dreams We should make our bed upon the leaves With your soul in the air The sun in its glare There's no way I'll fly alone
gloomypoet 2008-11-02 06:45:58 Total Posts: 48	hey Guru, i have never heard or read anything that surpasses this weird song and although i have a B.A. in English Lit. in addition to my love for poems and although i do read a lot and listen to all kind of music but it sure baffled me, .. Give me feed, let me eat you.. well you can try to understand parts of the song but this sentence is surely creepy! we do have a saying in my country that the real meaning stays in the heart of the poet but i think in this case, it seems that either he was high or just got amused by putting up meaningless sentences together! hey Guru, i have never heard or read anything that surpasses this weird song and although i have a B.A. in English Lit. in addition to my love for poems and although i do read a lot and listen to all kind of music but it sure baffled me, .. Give me feed, let me eat you.. well you can try to understand parts of the song but this sentence is surely creepy! we do have a saying in my country that the real meaning stays in the heart of the poet but i think in this case, it seems that either he was high or just got amused by putting up meaningless sentences together!
R&B Guru 2008-11-02 06:59:52 Total Posts: 2527	lol I hear you gloomy! It's really tricky and it always is a debate I have whether there really is a deeper meaning or if it is something that only the poet can understand. Still, I hold out on this one. "I'd fly away with you baby Without a fear that they'd catch me" He talks of wanting to be with her, not worried of what it means. "I'm not like all the insects that follow you But you charmed the trees when you left me" I'm not like all those other guys who want to be with you, but you left such a lasting impact on me that I find myself wanting you like them. "If you die, it could hurt me You'd take away all my energy You'd never know that I loved you Cause you'd get away" The idea that he loves her but she doesn't know it, so her passing would mean she will never learn of his love. The chorus seems manageable too: "Please make your way back home to me Blue butterfly is what I need Flowers that bloom in day will fade Before your eyes Please make your way back home to me In my cocoon, you'll find a peace Blue butterfly is what you see Within your dreams" So he was dating her, she left him for what she thought was a better man or greener pastures. However, those flowers will fade and she will see that it's not really a better situation. So he wants her to come back to him, to his bed (cocoon) where she can be at ease again and be in love. However, the second verse baffles me as you've pointed out gloomy. And what exactly is the Blue Butterfly? "Blue butterfly is what you see Within your dreams" lol I hear you gloomy! It's really tricky and it always is a debate I have whether there really is a deeper meaning or if it is something that only the poet can understand. Still, I hold out on this one. "I'd fly away with you baby Without a fear that they'd catch me" He talks of wanting to be with her, not worried of what it means. "I'm not like all the insects that follow you But you charmed the trees when you left me" I'm not like all those other guys who want to be with you, but you left such a lasting impact on me that I find myself wanting you like them. "If you die, it could hurt me You'd take away all my energy You'd never know that I loved you Cause you'd get away" The idea that he loves her but she doesn't know it, so her passing would mean she will never learn of his love. The chorus seems manageable too: "Please make your way back home to me Blue butterfly is what I need Flowers that bloom in day will fade Before your eyes Please make your way back home to me In my cocoon, you'll find a peace Blue butterfly is what you see Within your dreams" So he was dating her, she left him for what she thought was a better man or greener pastures. However, those flowers will fade and she will see that it's not really a better situation. So he wants her to come back to him, to his bed (cocoon) where she can be at ease again and be in love. However, the second verse baffles me as you've pointed out gloomy. And what exactly is the Blue Butterfly? "Blue butterfly is what you see Within your dreams"
gloomypoet 2008-11-02 08:20:46 Total Posts: 48	Dear Guru I think you are giving him more credit in trying to read his thoughts in a better way than they really appear, and i would like to ask him about the reason behind such weird lyrics, and i wish you would do a topic on the best lyricists in RnB and if done my vote goes for Babyface. Dear Guru I think you are giving him more credit in trying to read his thoughts in a better way than they really appear, and i would like to ask him about the reason behind such weird lyrics, and i wish you would do a topic on the best lyricists in RnB and if done my vote goes for Babyface.
JohnnyAwesome24 2008-11-02 09:29:51 Total Posts: 1928	I have a hard time believing a lot of these songs have a deeper meaning as opposed to just a generic meaning. Must be the pessimist in me. I have a hard time believing a lot of these songs have a deeper meaning as opposed to just a generic meaning. Must be the pessimist in me.
R&B Guru 2008-11-02 13:51:21 Total Posts: 2527	hah, you guys are such party poopers. I just can't imagine a song JUST being about butterflies flying around. hah, you guys are such party poopers. I just can't imagine a song JUST being about butterflies flying around.
JohnnyAwesome24 2008-11-02 15:11:45 Total Posts: 1928	Maybe its about a blue butterfly flying around? Maybe its about a blue butterfly flying around?
Moofu 2008-11-10 21:48:04 Total Posts: 725	Shawn Stockman - Visions of a sunset Oh Yeah Lived all my days trying to embrace Life with my heart by all the beauty I feel and create it spins and moves Flows at my pace telling its story From the tear running down my face [Chorus:] Visions of a sunset just appear when I close my eyes Takes my closer to heaven when the Flute starts to fly And the violin cries Confusion leaves while peace Orchestrates runs through my Veins and in other seekers it Penetrates my reason why The big city air smells so Sweet takes me through journeys In time from my youth to as Far as I can see (So the music offers him freedom from reality...?) [Chorus ] It's all I need in my life It's all I need and no one Can take your place by my side You're all inside of me (Sounds like he is talking about God) [Chorus ] We'll free from all sorrow Like the wind blows from the sky Takes me closer to Heaven when the Flute starts to fly So... What exactly is this song about? My interpreting is that he singing about God and how "When he closes his eyes" he sees heaven (or his idea of it)? Shawn Stockman - Visions of a sunset Oh Yeah Lived all my days trying to embrace Life with my heart by all the beauty I feel and create it spins and moves Flows at my pace telling its story From the tear running down my face [Chorus:] Visions of a sunset just appear when I close my eyes Takes my closer to heaven when the Flute starts to fly And the violin cries Confusion leaves while peace Orchestrates runs through my Veins and in other seekers it Penetrates my reason why The big city air smells so Sweet takes me through journeys In time from my youth to as Far as I can see (So the music offers him freedom from reality...?) [Chorus ] It's all I need in my life It's all I need and no one Can take your place by my side You're all inside of me (Sounds like he is talking about God) [Chorus ] We'll free from all sorrow Like the wind blows from the sky Takes me closer to Heaven when the Flute starts to fly So... What exactly is this song about? My interpreting is that he singing about God and how "When he closes his eyes" he sees heaven (or his idea of it)?
R&B Guru 2008-11-11 08:47:32 Total Posts: 2527	Great choice Moofu, that's a song I wodnered about a lot as well. Is Shawn just painting nice imagery or is there a meaning in it? I'm gonna line by line it when I get out of class. Great choice Moofu, that's a song I wodnered about a lot as well. Is Shawn just painting nice imagery or is there a meaning in it? I'm gonna line by line it when I get out of class.
Moofu 2008-12-04 18:11:13 Total Posts: 725	I forgot about this topic, Guru have any thoughts now? I forgot about this topic, Guru have any thoughts now?

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