Eet, another song by
Regina Spektor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMEpaVL_WsU
I believe that this song is about losing something dear to you. This has happened to me recently, so I find myself identifying quite well with this song.
- It's like forgetting the words to your favorite song.
- You can't believe it; you were always singing along.
- It was so easy and the words so sweet.
- You can't remember; you try to feel the beat.'
The preceding lyrics seem to me close to a state of disbelief. The "I can't believe this is happening" feeling. And the last line ' You can't remember, you try to feel the beat' is in essence trying to regain what you lost.
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You spend half of your life trying to fall behind.
- You're using your headphones to drown out your mind.
- It was so easy and the words so sweet.
- You can't remember; you try to move your feet.
The first line regards all the energy and the time spent trying to regain what you've lost. "Falling behind" is like going back to when things were well, when you remembered the words to your favorite song. The next line is about attempting to rid yourself, or block out, your sorrow and your pain. And the next 2 lines are about trying to regain what you've lost by doing something familiar associated with it. (in this example, that would be moving your feet like you did while singing your favorite song)
- Someone's deciding whether or not to steal.
- He opens a window just to feel the chill.
- He hears that outside a small boy just started to cry
- 'Cause it's his turn, but his brother won't let him try.
This verse is one of the hardest to piece together. It's like Reginavto throw in a verse that's seemingly unrelateable from the rest of the song, but this verse does correlate in a sense. The person who is deciding whether or not to steal has lost his morals- his reason for not stealing. Morals isn't precisely the right word, because he may have lost a job and is desperate. In either event, he lost something and he wonders if stealing can replace or help him forget what he's lost. Trying to feel the chill corresponds to moving your feet to try and remember the rhythm of the song you've forgotten. The little boys outside have also lost something, the little boy has lost his turn, and the brother has lost his manners. It's a nice reminder of life beyond our world. The concept of different worlds out of windows is an old comparison, but it serves beautifully here to illustrate the lost all around us.
She definitely doesn't fall within my specific genre of music I generally listen to, but I really enjoy her music, because it is so objective. This song is one of those examples.
