songs can make a story

yellowbird
yellowbird Posts: 184
edited June 2007 in Words and Music...Communication
such as:

black:
boy looses girl, girl looses boy
boy is heartbroken, girl seems to forget

indifference:
boy vows to one day get her back

nothingman:
boy has regrets about his past
wonders why girl gave up on him

....small town:
boy finds girl
girl opens her heart to boy

parachutes:
girl doesn't think she is good enough for boy
boy tries to convince her to come home to him

betterman:
complication. girl is married and even though she is unhappy, she feels she cannot leave, perhaps because of children involved

gone:
boy and girl imagine leaving everything and everyone behind them to be together

comeback:
boy urges girl to come back to him...someday.
girl dreams of the day they can be together


maybe there are others...?..
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  • Lukin66
    Lukin66 Posts: 3,063
    very spooky
    deep, deep blue of the morning
    gets to me every time
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,389
    Release

    Person says:

    "Excuse Me! It's my turn! . . . However, I'll appreciate a little help now and again."

    and then walks away on the beach or some sort of open road-esque type thing.
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  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    Ed seems to have a patent on the despair/hope formula of songwriting, and in a lot of those songs, leaves the storytelling to the listener.

    There's nothing spooky about that.
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  • Jamal
    Jamal Posts: 2,115
    gue_barium wrote:
    Ed , in a lot of those songs, leaves the storytelling to the listener.

    There's nothing spooky about that.
    A man's imagination is a powerful tool.

    Use it wisely while interpreting lyrics (especially PJ's). The song is only what you make of it, and therein lies its power.
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  • yellowbird
    yellowbird Posts: 184
    Jamal wrote:
    Use it wisely while interpreting lyrics (especially PJ's). /quote]

    why "especially PJ's"?
  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    yellowbird wrote:
    Jamal wrote:
    Use it wisely while interpreting lyrics (especially PJ's). /quote]

    why "especially PJ's"?

    Maybe because, I dunno, Ed has a talent in his writing that brings divided and perhaps even opposing forces/ideas into a singular meaning.

    ..if you listen closely. :)
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  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    yellowbird wrote:
    such as:

    black:
    boy looses girl, girl looses boy
    boy is heartbroken, girl seems to forget

    indifference:
    boy vows to one day get her back

    nothingman:
    boy has regrets about his past
    wonders why girl gave up on him

    ....small town:
    boy finds girl
    girl opens her heart to boy

    parachutes:
    girl doesn't think she is good enough for boy
    boy tries to convince her to come home to him

    betterman:
    complication. girl is married and even though she is unhappy, she feels she cannot leave, perhaps because of children involved

    gone:
    boy and girl imagine leaving everything and everyone behind them to be together

    comeback:
    boy urges girl to come back to him...someday.
    girl dreams of the day they can be together


    maybe there are others...?..
    man of the hour:
    boy has flavour of the week
    girl has man of the hour
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle

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