How would you interpret this song that I wrote?

I'm Just Being Dexie · 11-10-2014, 04:28 PM

Speed of Light

I've waken up
The rain has stopped
The world is
Prettier
Brighter
Better
And I wanna see it all

Every dark alley
Every lonely corner
Is lighten up
With your essence
With you presence
Like I'm in love with it all

And I'm just sitting round here with my friends, friends
Everybody here got me saying yeah, yeah
It feels like the whole world has changed, changed
It's a new awakening

Holding on tight
on this crazy roller coaster ride
Faster and faster
At the speed of light
I know that this isn't for eternity
But it's got me feeling like I can do anything

And I know that this is temporary
But it's got me feeling like all of this is meant to be
know that this isn't for eternity
But it's got me feeling like I can do anything

I've never felt so perfect
The world is singing my song
Every beautiful sight I see is inspiration for this one

And I can't stop moving my body, body
I just wanna be the life of the party, party
In the scene here with everybody, body
The world has come to life

Holding on tight
on this crazy roller coaster ride
Faster and faster
At the speed of light
I know that this isn't for eternity
But it's got me feeling like I can do anything

And I know that this is temporary
But it's got me feeling like all of this is meant to be
know that this isn't for eternity
But it's got me feeling like I can do anything

Come on, come on
Come on come on
World you better catch up
World you better catch up
Come on, come on
Come on come on
World you better catch up
World you better catch up
Come on, come on
Come on come on
Yeah you better catch up
Yeah you better catch up
This is so messed up
Come on, come on
Come on come on
Yeah you better catch up
Yeah you better catch up

Mr November · 11-12-2014, 01:16 AM

These lyrics are pretty non-specific so it would seem difficult to pull out anything concrete.

"Every dark alley
Every lonely corner
Is lighten up
With your essence
With you presence
Like I'm in love with it all"

"your" could refer to anyone or anything, but the implication is that whatever this is referring to has changed the speakers world view, apparently for the better. The title and some of the content of the lyrics suggests that the world now appears more visceral - but that's contrasted with the idea of self awareness that this isn't going to last forever, which for me is the most interesting aspect of these lyrics, especially not knowing the nature of who or what has caused this change - since usually if it was a love interest etc, it might be made more explicit, but instead you've written "I'm in love with it all", not "I'm in love with you."

It even occurred to me that this might be about Jesus or something, but the whole "I know this wont last forever" thing doesn't really blend with that. :p

Would be interesting to hear how you meant for this to be performed.

11-10-2014, 04:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
I'm Just Being Dexie Groupie Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 3	How would you interpret this song that I wrote? Speed of Light I've waken up The rain has stopped The world is Prettier Brighter Better And I wanna see it all Every dark alley Every lonely corner Is lighten up With your essence With you presence Like I'm in love with it all And I'm just sitting round here with my friends, friends Everybody here got me saying yeah, yeah It feels like the whole world has changed, changed It's a new awakening Holding on tight on this crazy roller coaster ride Faster and faster At the speed of light I know that this isn't for eternity But it's got me feeling like I can do anything And I know that this is temporary But it's got me feeling like all of this is meant to be know that this isn't for eternity But it's got me feeling like I can do anything I've never felt so perfect The world is singing my song Every beautiful sight I see is inspiration for this one And I can't stop moving my body, body I just wanna be the life of the party, party In the scene here with everybody, body The world has come to life Holding on tight on this crazy roller coaster ride Faster and faster At the speed of light I know that this isn't for eternity But it's got me feeling like I can do anything And I know that this is temporary But it's got me feeling like all of this is meant to be know that this isn't for eternity But it's got me feeling like I can do anything Come on, come on Come on come on World you better catch up World you better catch up Come on, come on Come on come on World you better catch up World you better catch up Come on, come on Come on come on Yeah you better catch up Yeah you better catch up This is so messed up Come on, come on Come on come on Yeah you better catch up Yeah you better catch up

11-12-2014, 01:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mr November Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Halifax, Canada Posts: 429	These lyrics are pretty non-specific so it would seem difficult to pull out anything concrete. "Every dark alley Every lonely corner Is lighten up With your essence With you presence Like I'm in love with it all" "your" could refer to anyone or anything, but the implication is that whatever this is referring to has changed the speakers world view, apparently for the better. The title and some of the content of the lyrics suggests that the world now appears more visceral - but that's contrasted with the idea of self awareness that this isn't going to last forever, which for me is the most interesting aspect of these lyrics, especially not knowing the nature of who or what has caused this change - since usually if it was a love interest etc, it might be made more explicit, but instead you've written "I'm in love with it all", not "I'm in love with you." It even occurred to me that this might be about Jesus or something, but the whole "I know this wont last forever" thing doesn't really blend with that. :p Would be interesting to hear how you meant for this to be performed.