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I appreciate this website (songmeanings.com - somehow the link is down today?) because it gives sometimes it gives insights or different perspectives on song texts.

Let's take the example of "in the backseat" from Arcade Fire:
"I like the peace
In the backseat
I don't have to drive
I don't have to speak
I can watch the countryside
And I can fall asleep
My family tree's
Losing all it's leaves
Crashing towards the driver's seat
The lightning bolt made enough heat
To melt the street beneath your feet
Alice died
In the night
I've been learning to drive
My whole life
I've been learning"


First if all, the song is beautiful. It never misses to cause me some goose bumps. The insecure voice/tone perfectly contrasts to her power. There are many tones that do not seem to fit in the ding but they do.

Anyways:
Someone wrote it was about the singer losing her mother (Alice) in a car accident, forcing her to take charge of her life, since her mother wasn't there anymore to do that (hence getting out of the backseat).
It just made snap. I always felt the emotion, but now I'm able to understand it.

Thanks for anyone who made the effort to read this very long post, and even more for those who will make the effort to hear it:
 
Slopps said:
I appreciate this website (songmeanings.com - somehow the link is down today?) because it gives sometimes it gives insights or different perspectives on song texts.

Let's take the example of "in the backseat" from Arcade Fire:
"I like the peace
In the backseat
I don't have to drive
I don't have to speak
I can watch the countryside
And I can fall asleep
My family tree's
Losing all it's leaves
Crashing towards the driver's seat
The lightning bolt made enough heat
To melt the street beneath your feet
Alice died
In the night
I've been learning to drive
My whole life
I've been learning"


First if all, the song is beautiful. It never misses to cause me some goose bumps. The insecure voice/tone perfectly contrasts to her power. There are many tones that do not seem to fit in the ding but they do.

Anyways:
Someone wrote it was about the singer losing her mother (Alice) in a car accident, forcing her to take charge of her life, since her mother wasn't there anymore to do that (hence getting out of the backseat).
It just made snap. I always felt the emotion, but now I'm able to understand it.

Thanks for anyone who made the effort to read this very long post, and even more for those who will make the effort to hear it:
Click to expand...

My little thought is also a reply: She sounded a bit like she was going for harnessing a Bjork vibe vocally!! PS: violins for El Comandante! I live for well placed violins ... so emotive!
 
Slopps said:
I appreciate this website (songmeanings.com - somehow the link is down today?) because it gives sometimes it gives insights or different perspectives on song texts.

Let's take the example of "in the backseat" from Arcade Fire:
"I like the peace
In the backseat
I don't have to drive
I don't have to speak
I can watch the countryside
And I can fall asleep
My family tree's
Losing all it's leaves
Crashing towards the driver's seat
The lightning bolt made enough heat
To melt the street beneath your feet
Alice died
In the night
I've been learning to drive
My whole life
I've been learning"


First if all, the song is beautiful. It never misses to cause me some goose bumps. The insecure voice/tone perfectly contrasts to her power. There are many tones that do not seem to fit in the ding but they do.

Anyways:
Someone wrote it was about the singer losing her mother (Alice) in a car accident, forcing her to take charge of her life, since her mother wasn't there anymore to do that (hence getting out of the backseat).
It just made snap. I always felt the emotion, but now I'm able to understand it.

Thanks for anyone who made the effort to read this very long post, and even more for those who will make the effort to hear it:
Click to expand...
On now :) And thinking I can relate .
 
Slopps said:
I appreciate this website (songmeanings.com - somehow the link is down today?) because it gives sometimes it gives insights or different perspectives on song texts.

Let's take the example of "in the backseat" from Arcade Fire:
"I like the peace
In the backseat
I don't have to drive
I don't have to speak
I can watch the countryside
And I can fall asleep
My family tree's
Losing all it's leaves
Crashing towards the driver's seat
The lightning bolt made enough heat
To melt the street beneath your feet
Alice died
In the night
I've been learning to drive
My whole life
I've been learning"


First if all, the song is beautiful. It never misses to cause me some goose bumps. The insecure voice/tone perfectly contrasts to her power. There are many tones that do not seem to fit in the ding but they do.

Anyways:
Someone wrote it was about the singer losing her mother (Alice) in a car accident, forcing her to take charge of her life, since her mother wasn't there anymore to do that (hence getting out of the backseat).
It just made snap. I always felt the emotion, but now I'm able to understand it.

Thanks for anyone who made the effort to read this very long post, and even more for those who will make the effort to hear it:
Click to expand...
It's her no longer being able to find the peace in the back seat that is confusing me though . The transition. You know...THAT moment.
 
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