For me the lyrics have always been important when listening to music.
In part of my my literature studies I learned the tools to analyse both prose and poetry to find any underlying meanings other than what the printed or spoken words give at a first reading or hearing.
I thought it could be interesting to see how differently we interpret lyrics and find out what they mean for different people.
Not in an academic way, but as a fun and interesting discussion.
I would like to begin with a very haunting song by Kate Bush, based on Emily Brontes' novel 'Wuthering Heights'.
What happens in Kate Bush's adaptation of 'Wuthering Heights'? Is she only retelling the story of Cathy and Heathcliff or can her lyrics be interpreted in another way?
Here's one of the videos made for the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW3gKKiTvjs&feature=related
Out on the wiley, windy moors
We'd roll and fall in green
You had a temper, like my jealousy
Too hot, too greedy
How could you leave me
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you, I loved you too
Bad dreams in the night
They told me I was going to lose the fight
Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy, I've come home
I'm so cold, let me in in your window
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy, I've come home
I'm so cold, let me in in your window
Oh it gets dark, it gets lonely
On the other side from you
I pine a lot, I find a lot
Falls through without you
I'm coming back love, cruel Heathcliff
My one dream, my only master
Too long I roam in the night
I'm coming back to his side to put it right
I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy, I've come home
I'm so cold, let me in in your window
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy, I've come home
I'm so cold, let me in in your window
Ooh let me have it, let me grab your soul away
Ooh let me have it, let me grab your soul away
You know it's me, Cathy
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy, I've come home
I'm so cold, let me in in your window
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy, I've come home
I'm so cold, let me in in your window
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy, I've come home
I'm so cold