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December has a similar feel to Somedays for me, i guess because both felt mysterious and focused (like they knew what they were about, but didn't feel the need to fill me in)
So, what's everyone think of December? She won't make a sound, alone in this fight with herself and the fears whispering if she stands, she'll fall down. So stand in the rain... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *runs across room spraying Glade* "Ow! Ow!" My eyes smell like Raspberries!" |
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I was going to post a thread about this too! But I chose Somedays first. I agree that they have a similar feel to them.
I absolutely love this song from regina. The piano is fantastic towards the end. I would listen to it every day before I went to sleep for weeks. I'll reply with my take on it in a little bit. -------------------------------------- I should have held an afterparty for all the thoughts I didn't say |
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I don't have much time to write, so I'll put something brief for now and expand upon it later.
I see December as being about unrequited love. The narrator loves the listener, ("Can't you see all this love?") despite the fact that the listener has repeatedly hurt them, ("Say you're sorry for the trouble that you've caused.") and loves another ("Rumors that you are in love again.") The stuff about the "house" is a metaphor for the way the narrator will firmly continue to love, despite the damage that he knows it will cause him. ("We don't believe in you and your wrecking crew.") The narrator is in denial that his love is hopeless: "Rumors that are completely unsubstantiated," and continues to have feelings of devotion and concern for the listener: "Won't you feel happier then?" That's pretty much everything I have to say about the song... I'll expand later if I can think of anything else. - "You peer inside yourself..." |
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(this was before I read the prev post. i was typing this.)
When I listen to this song. I kinda think of a married couple who had gotten divorced not too long ago. She's still heartbroken by it. By the lines: "December starts on Sunday, next Sunday won't you feel happier then? turn your room upside down, turn your down upside " I feel that she's referring to how December's suppose to be the so called "happy time" of the year because of the holidays are around and its suppose to be great. So she's basically saying "The holidays are coming, its suppose to be a joyful time. Are you happier now that we arent togehter?" Shes constantly questioning whether he has fallen in love again believing rumors that don't even have any truth or fact behind them just because she's kind of worried that he's moved on already. You know how you expect the worse and when you have any proof of it, you just believe it no matter what? At the end, she feels like everything that she has created for herself is being taken away from her. I don't know if there is a child involved in this but I definitely feel that she feels like she is forced to leave everything she has created and built up and leave. And she's basically standing up for herself and saying NO. I'm not listening to you. Who are you to take this away from me? I don't believe in you and your authority. I only listen to myself and I want to stay here no matter what. That's one take on it anyway. I'd love to hear some other thoughts. I just think this song is so beautiful. Its way too short. I wish it were 10 minutes long. That piano solo is just grand. I always have to listen to it 3 times anyway before being satisfied. This message has been edited. Last edited by: tallchick, -------------------------------------- I should have held an afterparty for all the thoughts I didn't say |
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Now I think my meaning was a bit too literal but I can see how the house is metaphorical. Interesting points.
and the way you explained the way the reader isn't going to accept that their love is hopeless. I never thought of it that way. That makes a bit more sense the the way I took it. I think I agree with this idea a bit more then mine. -------------------------------------- I should have held an afterparty for all the thoughts I didn't say |
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tihiw's interpretation reminds me of White Flag by Dido:
"i will go down with this ship. and i won't put my hands up and surrender. There will be no white flag above my door. Oh i'm in love. and always will be... and when we meet.. all that was there will be there still. i'll let it pass and hold my tongue. and you will think that i've moved on. but i will go down with this ship..." and i'm sure you guys can look up the rest. but that's the gist of it! She won't make a sound, alone in this fight with herself and the fears whispering if she stands, she'll fall down. So stand in the rain... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *runs across room spraying Glade* "Ow! Ow!" My eyes smell like Raspberries!" |
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I'm glad you like it! Our two ideas fit in with each other very well. - "You peer inside yourself..." |
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My thoughts exactly, I've always considered this song as the other Ode to Divorce. I see this woman who doesn't want to get divorced and she is constantly hoping that they won't get divorced. She's hoping that maybe when December comes he will change his mind. That everything will suddenly change as if nothing has happened, that he will apologize to her and everything will be ok again. Or she's saying it in a mean tone like "won't you feel happier when we get divorced" assuming they're getting divorced in December.. And at the end as you said it, she's refusing to have everything taken away from her ( and her children maybe). She's desperate and basically in denial the whole time, she can't accept it. I really love this song a lot. This message has been edited. Last edited by: Rinoa, |
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Oh I like that angle on it a lot... "Won't you be happier then" doesn't really sound sincerely concerned (contrary to the way it would be interpreted in the interpretation I posted above), and "Turn your room upside down, turn your down upside down" is very sarcastic in its sentiment of joy. - "You peer inside yourself..." |
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I pretty much think the same as everyone else. one of regina's simplest songs but still one of my favorites. I love the melody
The song is about a woman who is still in love with her ex.. she's in denial and won't give up her love, thinking that he'll come back (asking him to say he's sorry... and for him to see all the love she has for him.) There are rumors he has a new girlfriend and moved on, but she dismisses that in the same was she is in denial about everything else. She refuses to have the relationship end (not evacuating the house)\ edit: Forgot to add that the beginning is her asking her ex if he will change his mind.. that maybe since it's a new month and time has passed they will get back together. ___________________________ In this little cellar We grow like weeds Cause it's damp and dark And we chose to park right here Oh dear oh dear oh dear |
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I think "december" is a song about a couple.
but not any ordinary couple. they are living in the pre-second world war years, (in Germany maybe?) I think she is a Jew, and he is not, but that doesn't matter, because they are living in peace... until now... then, the second world war begins, and that's when she says "Rumours have started that you are in love again, rumours that are completely unsubstantiated"... He is "in love" with the nazi ideology, He is called to enlist in the german army forces. she now sees He has changed, he's not the same guy she used to love. finally, the time has come, and the nazis are sending all the jews to the concentration camps. The man who used to be her boyfriend comes to her house with all the "crew", ingoring that She used to be his girlfriend. She desesperately says to him "can't you see all this love?". And referrencing to the nacional socialism, she says "come on and say you're sorry for all the trouble that you caused", she knows that jews are being discriminated, and death is around the corner... the line "we're not evacuating this house" is pretty obvious in this context, the girl and her family don't want to leave... She doesn't believe in him anymore now he is with the "wrecking crew". I wonder what appened next, I'm sure the nazis send them to the concentration camp, and the poor girl and her family died... What a sad sad sad song... That guy was really mean with his girlfriend  --------------------------------------------------------- I'm... a bird... on a wire... tryin'... to fly... away... |
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