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I have mentioned his dark locks-they were brushed sideways above a white and sufficiently expansive forehead; his cheek had a rather hectic freshness; his features might have done well on canvas, but indifferently in marble: they were plastic; character had set a stamp upon each; expression re-cast them at her pleasure, and strange metamorphoses she wrought, giving him now the mien of a morose bull, and anon that of an arch and mischievous girl; more frequently, the two semblances were blent, and a queer, composite countenance they made.
'I read the news today, oh, boy.' ' An anonymous narrator seeks information about the world outside his own life. He reads a newspaper, a chronicle of the undifferentiated, relentless march of human events. “Oh, boy” is a euphemism for “Oh, God” — an exclamation of surprise, fear, powerlessness in the face of reality. The Vocaloid Lyrics Wiki attempts to follow the Fandom TOU, and thus will not host lyrics which are extremely sexual, violent, or discriminatory in nature. If the lyrics found on this page is found to violate the Fandom TOU, they might be removed without notice.
Why do we never get an answerWhen we're knocking at the doorWith a thousand million questionsAbout hate and death and war?' My InterpretationA lot of people are thinking this is about a romantic relationship.
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I don't think so. Especially in the context of the album. Tale of wuxia wiki. He's using love in the same sense as in 1 Corinthians 13. The line, 'All the love you've been giving has all been meant for you' is similar to the Beatles, 'In the end the love you take is equal to the love you make'.
He's trying to come to grips with what seems like chaos in the world and embracing love. But he also implies that he's experienced this before, 'You'd safely lead me to the land that I once knew'. He's implying that this chaos is an illusion and we're on a path to rediscovering something that's always been here with us, unconditional love. Song FactMoody Blues guitarist/vocalist Justin Hayward wrote this song, which reflected the thoughts of many young people who were questioning the war in Vietnam. He told us: 'We'd achieved great success in the United States and we were playing a lot of student venues and colleges, and the student audience was our audience.
We were mixing with these people and seeing how different the problems were for them and the issues in being a member of the greatest nation on earth: the United States. How different they were from British people.
I was just expressing my frustration around that, around the problems of anti-war and things that really concerned them, and for their own future that they may be conscripted. How that would morally be a dilemma for them and that kind of stuff. So it did really come out of that.
And my own particular anger at what was happening. After a decade of peace and love, it still seemed we hadn't made a difference in 1970. I suppose that was the theme of the song.
And then the slow part of the song is really a reflection of that and not feeling defeated, but almost a quiet reflection of it, and mixing with a bit of a love song, as well.' (Here's the full Justin Hayward interview.)This was the opening track on the Question Of Balance album, and was going to be the title track. It was recorded several months earlier than the other tracks on the album and its title was shortened from 'Question Of Balance' to 'Question.' In the liner notes of the 1997 remastered CD, Justin Hayward wrote: 'Sometime before we taped the album, we (documented) 'Question,' which was a song that I didn't have on Friday night for a session (the next day).
But, by the morning, I had it and it was recorded very quickly.' Hayward adds that it was 'Recorded live, with no overdubbing or double-tracking, just a bit of echo.' In the UK, this became the group's biggest hit for their classic lineup. Before John Lodge and Justin Hayward joined the group in 1966, they had a #1 UK hit with 'Go Now.' The song is a concert mainstay of The Moody Blues, which is fine with Justin Hayward, who tells us he never loses the emotion for it when he performs the tune. It's also a song that has remained relevant. Says Hayward: 'There's no doubt that it still resonates, the lyrics reflect whichever generation you're in.
Whatever time you're in, people are experiencing those emotions. And I find that people identify with it at any age.' Fish, who is the ex-lead singer of the UK rock group Marillion, recorded a cover version on his 1995 LP Songs From The Mirror. General CommentHmm, a break-up song, eh? I never quite thought of it that way, but I can see how others might.I think it's maybe a little different that that.
I think it's about living in the real world (which is fast, hectic, sometimes violent, etc.) but WANTING to slow things down to appreciate the love of another. Possibly the song is about the search for that time/place (i.e. Utopia) but never being able to find it.Musically the song takes that same journey. Real life rushing. Finally some time for love (when the songs slows down).
Then the hectic real life comes crashing back again. General Comment if a song is titled 'the question,' it sure stands without the requirement of an answer.There may be many answers, the answers may change over time. An eternal question?Why do we never get an answerWhen we're knocking at the doorWith a thousand million questionsAbout hate and death and war?' Cos when we stop and look around us,There is nothing that we need,In a world of persecution that is burning in its greed.Why do we never get an answerWhen we're knocking at the doorBecause the truth is hard to swallowThat's what the war of love is for.the truth is hard to swallow but it is the truth that sets you free and allows universal love for its eternity, beyond individual, materialistic reality. There is the war for love, perpetual, beyond time or singular, individuals' experience.
This is shared, even for a moment, but it is hard to be in this awareness all the time. But it is a shared moment for those who have glimpsed the 'truth'.
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