The Daily Roxette discussions forum has been closed. The forum is only available as a read-only archive.
pieces of poetry in per lyrics...
19 replies
Permaniac said on August 25, 2004 07:09:
Hi all ! ok , perhaps Per won´t never be like shakespeare in his lyrics , but sometimes he has made (to me) little masterpieces..
”..when I reach out there´s nothing to find ” (fading like a flower)
help me ! I can´t remember anything else..but I´m sure you´ll find more !!
regn said on August 25, 2004 07:55:
”....The sun through the trees; its there a better place to be? ” simply & beauty “
flower said on August 25, 2004 09:52:
“I guess loneliness found a new friend, here I am”
(you don’t understand me)
Roxette-atic said on August 25, 2004 20:18:
“Some will get broken, others will get lucky like me meeting you, dont pass me be” - Salvation
“I want to give you all my love like water to a blood red rose”- Silver Blue
RoxHard said on August 26, 2004 00:38:
“I still feel the heat - slowly falling from the sky
And the taste of the kissing.
Shattered by rain - coming thumbling from behind
And the wild holy war.” - “Crash! Boom! Bang!”
For some reason (maybe because of the ’wild holy war’ lyric) I keep thinking that Crash! Boom! Bang! is about a couple from different religions. But, like other Roxette lyics, they mean different things to different people. Most people think that lyrics can be judged by how many meanings you can squeeze out of them. This lyric is one of those...
Beautiful - with meanings that differ from person to person...
Sanglof said on August 26, 2004 21:59:
“Stay in the sun, reach for the moon. Make a little love in the afternoon”
It Takes You No Time To Get Here
PaperCup_451 said on September 12, 2004 03:07:
“Everything more or less is looking so meaningless and fades to grey”
- From the song ’Anyone’
Roxeanne said on September 12, 2004 11:33:
@flower: that is my very favourite line, too!
i also like: “every time i seem to fall in love: crash!boom! bang!”
crash1988 said on September 14, 2004 20:43:
“And the tears came down from the sky and the rain fell hard on my eyes”
From “Fool”
jobarth said on September 14, 2004 22:31:
She wants political operations, she wants porno queen sensations, she wants wanted men’s descriptions and some celebrity addictions, she wants access to the ANC, she wants lunch with British Royalty, she wants the management to tell her where she can interview Marie and Per
*From TWATG-Reporter*
Faezdel said on September 15, 2004 02:23:
There’s a verse that fit me very well:
“This silly game of love: you play, you win only to lose”
From “Spending My Time”
onlywhenidream said on September 15, 2004 07:56:
I guess loneliness found a new friend - here I am (YDUM)
Anyone who ever kissed in the rain...anyone who ever stood in the light... (Anyone)
because the night is so pretty, so pretty and young (SIMC) - I find myself saying this little ditty over and over and over all day everyday...is there some one , who can help me?!?! ;o)
AURYTE said on September 15, 2004 12:23:
“Join the joyride”, as simple as it is. It’s really harder to write smart pop song lyrics.
Oldag75 said on September 15, 2004 16:41:
”...been holding on too long, to long.”
From “What’s She Like” – employs the word “long” first to mean a length of time, then second to mean regret. VERY skillful use of a subtlety of language. This Per Gessle fellow is a muse, gifted in his simplicity. Yeah, his brother says his lyrics are not that great.... so let’s just see how well BROTHER can write a song? Where are any of Brother’s songs that compare to an explosion like “Spending My Time” or “Crashing Guitars” or any others? Well?
And Roxhard (above) – you are absolutely right in everything you said about CBB.
crazy said on September 19, 2004 21:49:
I love Per’s voice saying “I wrap my arms around your naked shoulders, take cover for the night” at the end of Silver Blue...
nancy_girl said on September 19, 2004 23:18:
Somehow his Swedish lyrics seem more poetic to me, probably just because i’m not that familiar with the language.
The first line that came to my mind was “Två hjärtan håller takten / så pulsen blir musiken”, from ’Kom intill mej’. It’s a really sweet but underrated song IMHO...
ddhg said on September 20, 2004 19:17:
My favourite piece of poetry in Per lyrics is:
“The weak replaced the strong, the bird forgot the song”...
Little miss sorrow.
Sascha said on August 25, 2004 07:52:
One of my favorites: I’m looking at you through the holes of the soles of my old brown shoes. Pay the price. Small words can express so much! ;-)