Statue
Echoes of Youth: Unraveling the Melancholy Tale in Sister Sandy's 'Statue'
Lyrics
So make some noise
Encouragement to express oneself loudly
It's important to be heard while you are young
Stress on the importance of being heard in youth
It'll fall apart
Suggesting things may fall apart
And leave you trapped within a sunken song
Outcome of falling apart, feeling trapped in a melancholic state
That's all I want
Expressing a desire for simplicity and nostalgia
To go way back
Desire to return to a past time
To when you finally said to me
Recalling a moment when someone expressed admiration
You were blown away
Describing the effect of admiration, feeling amazed
You run around and you're living in my head
Someone's actions and presence dominating thoughts
I don't even want to sit and dream about it all
Reluctance to dwell on dreams or fantasies
I wonder where are you now
Questioning the current whereabouts of the person
So live alone
Suggesting independence, living a solitary life
Live your life and start to simmer out
Encouragement to live one's life fully and gradually fade away
And I can't believe that this is what is happening to me
Expressing disbelief in current circumstances
That's all I want
Reiteration of the desire to return to a past moment
To way back to when you finally said to me
Recalling a moment of admiration and amazement
You were blown away
Reiteration of the person being blown away
So forget all of the yesterdays
Encouraging to forget past events
You were so alone
Reflecting on a period of solitude
I could not believe they were finally gone
Surprise and disbelief at the departure of something
So tear apart all of your empty days
Encouraging to dismantle unfulfilling days
And leave them be
Leaving the past behind
It's as if they were always meant to leave
Suggesting inevitability of certain departures
So make some noise
Reiteration of the importance of making noise in youth
It's important to be heard while you are young
Re-emphasizing the need to be heard in youth
It'll fall apart
Repetition of the idea that things may fall apart
And leave you trapped within a sunken song
Reiteration of feeling trapped in a melancholic state
That's all I want
Reiterating the desire for simplicity and nostalgia
To go way back
Repeating the desire to return to a past time
To when you finally said to me
Recalling a moment of admiration and amazement
You were blown away
Reiteration of the person being blown away
You run around and you're living in my head
Someone's actions and presence dominating thoughts
I don't even want to sit and dream about it all
Reluctance to dwell on dreams or fantasies
I wonder where are you now
Questioning the current whereabouts of the person
So forget all of the yesterdays
Encouraging to forget past events
You were so alone
Reflecting on a period of solitude
I could not believe they were finally gone
Surprise and disbelief at the departure of something
So tear apart all of your empty days
Encouraging to dismantle unfulfilling days
And leave them be
Leaving the past behind
It's as if they were always meant to leave
Suggesting inevitability of certain departures
Comment