Obviously, everything about walking on the moon is breathtaking, the feeling of isolation, almost being weightless, and the feeling of nothing holding you down. In 1983, the Police analyzed those feelings and used them as a metaphor as to the aspects of love in the song "Walking on the moon". This song not only relates to the novel Small Steps, but the artist's life, our society today and my life.
"Giant steps are what you take, walking on the moon" this line was what the artist used to start his lyrics. In the novel Small Steps, the reason why Armpit and Kaira broke up was because Armpit forgot to take small steps. Love is a very drought out thing one moment, you are on your toes basically floating in mid-air, then, the next second you are flat on your face, wishing that you had never fallen in to love's trap. This song is about the challenges that come with love and the novel, Small Steps has great elements of these aspects.
When the Police wrote this song, they were thinking of the dark side of the feelings of love and what you can get your self into when you get too into it.Not everything can happen the way you want it to and sometimes, when you get too deep in love, you become so isolated with that one person that you forget about the rest of your life. In the second verse, the artist wrote, "Some may say that I'm wishing my days away, no way and if it's the price I pay, Some say that tomorrow's another day, you stay I may as well play." When Sting sung this line, he was talking about how in love, you can get so caught up that you can loose very valuable things. This song takes aspects such as the feeling of isolation and being weightless and describes the feeling of being on the moon as love. "Feet they hardly touch the ground" is the line that the artist uses to describe the feeling of being in love. Clearly, love takes a big role in the themes of the song.
Look around you, love is always in the air. It is one of those things that was there, is there, and will always be there. It is clear that love is a big part on the song but the way that the artist describes the feeling in a metaphor of walking on the moon that makes the song have some in depth concepts. This song is also related to our society. Love can be a perfect thing but not everybody is meant for eachother and it is that saying that breaks peoples' hearts. They get so caught up into one person that when they see that they aren't interested, letting go is the hard part. I myself have seen that in multiple occasions and that means that this song has a stand in society.
Lastly, this song relates to my life. Truthfully, love has effected my life to the point where it had a say in what I did. I admit it, I have liked someone a little to much for when I found out that they didn't like me, I was heartbroken. Call it puppy love, like Sting wrote, the fact is, love itself is breathtaking. You are indeed weightless and the only thing holding you down is a single thread of awareness. It is amazing but if you take to big of a step, you'll end up getting hurt. It is a horrible thing, but I have learned to let go and this song is a resemblance to my experience and probably everyone else's.
In order to conclude my analysis, I have truly got a deeper understanding of not only this song, but songs from many different artists. The real lesson isn't always at the surface, but looking deeper, there is a better explanation. Looking deeper into the lyrics, I was able to figure out that the Police weren't talking about a trip to the moon but instead, they were relating that feeling to love. I will now look at songs in a whole new way. Clearly, music isn't all about hard core guitar riffs or electrifying drum beats, but lyrics like these, that have more than one meaning.
"Giant steps are what you take, walking on the moon" this line was what the artist used to start his lyrics. In the novel Small Steps, the reason why Armpit and Kaira broke up was because Armpit forgot to take small steps. Love is a very drought out thing one moment, you are on your toes basically floating in mid-air, then, the next second you are flat on your face, wishing that you had never fallen in to love's trap. This song is about the challenges that come with love and the novel, Small Steps has great elements of these aspects.
When the Police wrote this song, they were thinking of the dark side of the feelings of love and what you can get your self into when you get too into it.Not everything can happen the way you want it to and sometimes, when you get too deep in love, you become so isolated with that one person that you forget about the rest of your life. In the second verse, the artist wrote, "Some may say that I'm wishing my days away, no way and if it's the price I pay, Some say that tomorrow's another day, you stay I may as well play." When Sting sung this line, he was talking about how in love, you can get so caught up that you can loose very valuable things. This song takes aspects such as the feeling of isolation and being weightless and describes the feeling of being on the moon as love. "Feet they hardly touch the ground" is the line that the artist uses to describe the feeling of being in love. Clearly, love takes a big role in the themes of the song.
Look around you, love is always in the air. It is one of those things that was there, is there, and will always be there. It is clear that love is a big part on the song but the way that the artist describes the feeling in a metaphor of walking on the moon that makes the song have some in depth concepts. This song is also related to our society. Love can be a perfect thing but not everybody is meant for eachother and it is that saying that breaks peoples' hearts. They get so caught up into one person that when they see that they aren't interested, letting go is the hard part. I myself have seen that in multiple occasions and that means that this song has a stand in society.
Lastly, this song relates to my life. Truthfully, love has effected my life to the point where it had a say in what I did. I admit it, I have liked someone a little to much for when I found out that they didn't like me, I was heartbroken. Call it puppy love, like Sting wrote, the fact is, love itself is breathtaking. You are indeed weightless and the only thing holding you down is a single thread of awareness. It is amazing but if you take to big of a step, you'll end up getting hurt. It is a horrible thing, but I have learned to let go and this song is a resemblance to my experience and probably everyone else's.
In order to conclude my analysis, I have truly got a deeper understanding of not only this song, but songs from many different artists. The real lesson isn't always at the surface, but looking deeper, there is a better explanation. Looking deeper into the lyrics, I was able to figure out that the Police weren't talking about a trip to the moon but instead, they were relating that feeling to love. I will now look at songs in a whole new way. Clearly, music isn't all about hard core guitar riffs or electrifying drum beats, but lyrics like these, that have more than one meaning.
3 comments:
Cool, you can relate it to four aspects. Nice job.
Love is a very drought out thing one moment, you are on your toes basically floating in mid-air, then, the next second you are flat on your face, wishing that you had never fallen in to love's trap.
This is an example of your writing that illustrates how you have some very deep thoughts to express.Sometimes though I think you may want to consider the wording a bit more so that it can be understood the way you intend.
"Feet they hardly touch the ground"
this is a metaphor, what do you think it means?
this is a test
-Matt Hponatq.
Awesome work here, Hunter! The Police were always one of my favorite bands because of their depth as well as their style of music. The fact that you understood this song very well (Sting can be very literate, especially for a rock star!) speaks to your intelligence and your heart.
Really well done!
Love, Dad
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