Some lyrics from my undoubted number one band, the words of who's songs have effectively become the soundtrack to my life over the last two years or so since I discovered them on the eve of my 20th birthday as I watched the days' Glastonbury highlights.
The Gaslight Anthem.
Now, it is not my intention to make this sprawl of thoughts an endless prose about them or Brian Fallon, so fear not.
The quoted lyric at the top of the page is from a song called Bring it On, and by pure coincidence features the title of the whole blog. I pick up certain lyrics of songs at different times, I suppose dependent on whats going on and how I'm feeling, etc... and so, initially picked up 'blue eyes and spitfire' a lot earlier. It's interesting that the song has such gravitas that it brought me, entirely subconsciously, back to it.
Often, I will have a line or two from a song in mind for a while, and just kind of relate it to things, to try and create a personal meaning, if you like. The sort of lines you whack on as a facebook status or a tweet, and before long you are flooded with 'gay!' or 'ooooh, who is this about' ... the worst of the lot was when one of my uni friends thought it was a good idea to type the name of an ex girlfriend in massive bloody capital letters in response to a line from an earlier Gaslight record.
Needless to say, I scrabbled online bleary eyed and annoyed to delete the entire status.
It wasn't about her. I don't think it was about anyone, but rather a general idea. An expectation that will be about someone... one day.
"... stop clicking your red heels and wishing for home"
Back to that. I haven't been able to put my finger on quite why this song, and line in particular, hold such power towards me. I think the clicking of the red heels, in my own mind at least, refers to the power and persuasion some girls can have, by just being them. The mere fact the heels are red too adds to it. The clicking. The clicking. What does that mean? Something to do with playing on the raw attraction between one and other, a way of getting what she wants.
Maybe.
Wishing for home.
That could be more representative of myself, despite possible opposite meaning in the song. Home, where everything is and where everything should be. Recently, I've had a few interviews in London and got quite close to contemplating actually moving there, alone, and being forced to start afresh. That is not something that I want, but is something that I recognise as an almost inevitable possibility.
Or maybe it's wishing for something that doesn't even exist, in terms of the song at least. Maybe it's completely and 100% to do with the insecurities and vulnerabilities that can consume us (me?) at any time.
So, clearly I have absolutely no idea and have just used this as a channel to spout some rubbish on my blog.
Cheers.
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