"How we knock each other down just like children on a playground."
"How we knock each other down just like children on a playground."
I love this analogy! I always thought when he said 'two that want to stone me' was a drug reference as well
Brooke - Waiting in the weeds is one of my absolute favorites as far as lyrics go - especially the line about the small gray spider. Kind of heartbreaking to think about some one toiling away (or waiting) for something to happen, and it never will. Yet they just keep on hoping.
"Oh it seemed like a holy place, protected by an amazing grace
and we would sing right out loud the things we could not say"
From the sad café.
"Empty pages and a frozen pen" from ATTIG. I have always loved this line.
I love this one. I take it to mean that the relationship that she thought would be great turns out to be just another failed love affair, and one that's ending badly. (you know, the "messy" breakup). So freaking clever to take the cliche "flavor of the week" and turn it into a multi-layered metaphor. Instead of being long-lasting, he's just the "flavor of the week," and what once gave her pleasure (like ice cream does) now is causing her grief. The "pretty summer dress" adds a bit of scorn for female vanity into the mix or, removing the gender aspect, illustrates how something that was supposed to be light and fun is now ruined. The "mess" could not only be figuratively referring to her breakup, but perhaps even her life.
Another great bit from that song:
"If finding love is just a dance
Proximity and chance
You will excuse me if I skip the masquerade"
While the "finding love is a dance" metaphor isn't exactly original, his expansion of it and his connection of it to the pretense of a masquerade renders it more complex, avoiding what could have ben cliche.
That's a good thing, ktdids!
This from After the Thrill is Gone:
Same dances in the same old shoes
You get too careful with the steps you choose
You don't care about winning, but you don't want to lose
"They will never forget you 'till somebody new comes along"
1948-2016 Gone but not forgotten
A little off-topic
Being an English-Polish interpreter and translator, I must say I really enjoy this thread. For 15+ years I've been trying to find the right meanings to English words, so to say, and many times it has painfully struck me that there's more than the one level of understanding, so hard to capture and convey in my mother language. Now the added value of this thread for me - an Eagles lover - is the great subject matter, Eagles lyrics. So please continue with it as long as you can
By the way, for some time I've been working on Expando CD lyrics traslations into PL, just for my own satisfaction. Interesting and fun
"I gotta get up, get out, get on that road and go one more mile "
Wow there are so many great memorable lines from Eagles songs. One of my favorite lines ever is "They will never forget you 'til somebody new comes along".
"People don't run out of dreams: People just run out of time ..."
Glenn Frey 11/06/1948 - 01/18/2016