23 October 2009

Anatomy of a Song: Train

Every time I hear this song (the title of my last post), I am more enamored than before. I recognize that it's a little cheesy but get over it! It is damn good and I had to go through the song line by line to check out what it is about the lyrics that move me so much. I found a few that are pretty killer:

Hey, Soul Sister Lyrics

Hey hey hey
Your lipstick stains
On the front lobe of my left side brains

I knew I wouldn't forget you
So I went ahead and let you blow my mind

Your sweet moonbeam
The smell of you in every single dream I dream

I knew when we collided
You're the one, I have decided, who's one of my kind

Hey, soul sister
Ain't that Mr. Mister
On the radio, stereo
The way you move ain't fair, you know

Hey, soul sister
I don't want to miss a single thing you do
Tonight

Hey hey hey

Just in time
I'm so glad you have a one-track mind like me
You gave my life direction
A game-show love connection we can't deny

I'm so obsessed
My heart is bound to beat right out my untrimmed chest
I believe in you
You're a virgin, like Madonna
And I'm always gonna wanna blow your mind

Hey, soul sister
Ain't that Mr. Mister
On the radio, stereo
The way you move ain't fair, you know
Hey, soul sister
I don't want to miss a single thing you do
Tonight

The way you can't cut a rug
Watching you's the only drug I need
You're so gangsta, I'm so thug
You're the only one I'm dreaming of

You see, I can be myself now finally
In fact, there's nothing I can't be
I want the world to see you be with me

Hey, soul sister
Ain't that Mr. Mister
On the radio, stereo
The way you move ain't fair, you know
Hey, soul sister
I don't want to miss a single thing you do
Tonight

Hey, soul sister
I don't want to miss a single thing you do
Tonight


And the same can be said for their massive hit "Drops of Jupiter":

Drops of Jupiter Lyrics

Now that she’s back in the atmosphere
With drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, hey, hey, hey
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that there’s time to change
, hey, hey, hey, hey
Since the return from her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, hey, hey, hey
hey, hey, hey, hey

Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the milky way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated


Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star
One without a permanent scar

And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there

Now that she’s back from that soul vacation
Tracing her way through the constellation
, hey, hey, hey
mmmm.....
She checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo
Reminds me that there’s room to grow, hey, hey, hey, hey
yea...

Now that she’s back in the atmosphere
I’m afraid that she might think of me as plain ol jane
Told a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he never did land

Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back to the milky way
And tell me, did Venus blow your mind
Was it everything you wanted to find
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there

Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you, even when I know you’re wrong
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone
Conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had . . . and me


Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet
Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
And head back toward the milky way

Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the milky way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated

Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself

nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
nah nah nah nah nah nah nah

And did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day

nah nah nah nah nah nah
nah nah nah nah nah nah

And did you fall for a shooting star
Fall for a shooting star

nah nah nah nah nah nah
nah nah nah nah nah nah

Are you loney looking for yourself out there




I have to find out more about the singer of this band. For him to be writing lyrics like this, he's got to be an interesting guy. I'll let you (the imaginary people I think read this blog) when I find out.

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