Novel Eye

This previous post is one of my favorite David Sylvian songs and I was thinking about it's meaning. There are such subtle shadings in English, for example: His world is suffering Her world is suffering Our world is suffering They can all mean that THE world is suffering, mother earth physically suffering, but it can also mean that all he or she knows is suffering, that all of the world means suffering. Likewise, in The Cure song, "The End of the World" Robert Smith sings: ‘I couldn't ever love you more’ Meaning I could not love you more than I do. It is impossible for me to love you more. Later, he sings: ‘It’s not my fault, you couldn ’t love me more’ Meaning isn ’t it sad that you couldn ’t love me more. You were incapable of loving me more, or as much as was needed. Of course, it is possible that she couldn ’t love him more because it was impossible for her to love him more. Also, in The Barenaked Ladies song, “Tonight is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel” Ste...

This is My Song My name is Luck, this is my song I happened by when you were gone. Oh well... I apologize that I could not stay But I hope good things swing your way I know they will ... here's your horseshoe So best of luck to you From the stable running brave From the cradle to the grave This is my day, this is my song! I am alive .. what can go wrong? If we're on our way-oh, ok let me know If we're on our way-oh, ok then, let's go My name is Hope, Luck just ran out He said he'd return, without a doubt (ah, but don't you believe him!) Oh, I happen to have a message from Love She told me she knows what you've been dreaming of My name is Hope, this is my song. When things go wrong (slightly cheesy, I know, but something about it just grabs me.)