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valis2As I was writing Retribution this week, I was listening to a new Tori Amos song called "Bouncing Off Clouds" over and over again.
Even though the song seemed upbeat, there was one line which really seemed to go hand in hand with the story, and so I kept the song on repeat. Now, as often happens with Tori songs, I couldn't always make out the lyrics.
Imagine my surprise when I finally just sat down and read the lyrics for the song:
Bouncing off of Clouds we were
Is there a love Lost and Found
Make it easy
Make this easy
it's not as heavy as it seems
Wrapped in metal
wrapped in ivy
paint it in mint ice cream
We could be Bouncing off the top of this Cloud
I'll put on my silver
We could be Bouncing off the top of this Cloud
Failure to respond but
I did, but did you listen?
Bouncing off the top of this Cloud
I'll put on my silver
About what you said, has it come to this?
I'll put on my silver
Bouncing off the top of this Cloud
Well you can stare all day at the sky
But that won't bring her back
that won't bring her back
You say you're waiting on Fate
But I think Fate is now
I think Fate is now
waiting on us
Make it easy
easy easy
we could make this easy
easy love easy
we could make this easy
make this easy
it's not as heavy as it seems
wrapped in metal
wrapped in ivy
blue umbrellas now smiling
Bouncing off of Clouds we were
What first caught my attention was that won't bring her back. Imagine my surprise when I realized that the first part of the line was about staring at the sky! It directly ties into Tonks. And mentions of silver...wow! Being wrapped in metal, and ivy...Lupin is faithful, even at the end, and that's what I thought of the ivy, faithfulness. Also, the part about not listening, and not responding...
I never could understand what she was saying while I was listening before, and now that I read the Fate lines, I'm absolutely astonished, because that seems to tie in beautifully as well.
My subconscious must have understood the words on some level.
Even though the song seemed upbeat, there was one line which really seemed to go hand in hand with the story, and so I kept the song on repeat. Now, as often happens with Tori songs, I couldn't always make out the lyrics.
Imagine my surprise when I finally just sat down and read the lyrics for the song:
Bouncing off of Clouds we were
Is there a love Lost and Found
Make it easy
Make this easy
it's not as heavy as it seems
Wrapped in metal
wrapped in ivy
paint it in mint ice cream
We could be Bouncing off the top of this Cloud
I'll put on my silver
We could be Bouncing off the top of this Cloud
Failure to respond but
I did, but did you listen?
Bouncing off the top of this Cloud
I'll put on my silver
About what you said, has it come to this?
I'll put on my silver
Bouncing off the top of this Cloud
Well you can stare all day at the sky
But that won't bring her back
that won't bring her back
You say you're waiting on Fate
But I think Fate is now
I think Fate is now
waiting on us
Make it easy
easy easy
we could make this easy
easy love easy
we could make this easy
make this easy
it's not as heavy as it seems
wrapped in metal
wrapped in ivy
blue umbrellas now smiling
Bouncing off of Clouds we were
What first caught my attention was that won't bring her back. Imagine my surprise when I realized that the first part of the line was about staring at the sky! It directly ties into Tonks. And mentions of silver...wow! Being wrapped in metal, and ivy...Lupin is faithful, even at the end, and that's what I thought of the ivy, faithfulness. Also, the part about not listening, and not responding...
I never could understand what she was saying while I was listening before, and now that I read the Fate lines, I'm absolutely astonished, because that seems to tie in beautifully as well.
My subconscious must have understood the words on some level.