I love adore Del Amitri.
Did I ever tell you that? Well, I'm sure you would have guessed from one of my previous posts.
Anyway, I recently discovered their first album downstairs with all of the other CD's my parents rarely listen to. I brush the dust off, and discover this, this... brilliant music, so different from all of their other stuff. Not that I don't like their other stuff. I love every song that I have ever come across, and I've even come to see myself in one of these songs.
Someone told me not so long ago that I am stubborn. No one has ever told me that before. Maybe I'm only stubborn in certain situations with certain people. So, when I came across this song, I was amazed that I could actually see myself in it.
Del Amitri- Deceive yourself (In Ignorant Heaven).
The world
And the surrounding stars
Might change completely in the space of an hour.
But not an eclipse of the sky nor a colliding car
Will turn me back now that i've come this far.
Not a shotgun blast, nor a shooting star
Will bring her down from her stubborn tower.
It's a kind of madness, it's a kind of sin,
To live in the state of mind i've been living in;
Her face imprinted on my sight,
Her voice resounding in my skull at night.
If there is a living goddess on earth
It must be her from the heaven highlife.
It takes this girl to realise what you're worth,
And i'm worth nothing if she's worth more than my life.
But there's more to me than simple devotion,
I won't just crawl at her feet and utter a plea.
And if she refused i wouldn't walk into the ocean
Just because my world was left all out at sea.
So it was in this cafe when we eventually met,
And i wished i had sunglasses and smoked cigarettes.
The world
And the surrounding stars
They change completely in the space of an hour,
When over the table and two cups of tea
She told me she felt the same way about me.
And not an eclipse of the sky, nor a colliding car
Could have shaken our attention from each other's face.
As we both stepped down from our stubborn towers,
We jump into the ignorant heaven that is the lover's place.
I showed it to the person who said I was stubborn. He said we're both pretty stubborn, and it made me think of this song.
He said he can see me in it- as the 'living goddess', which I disagree with, but hey, it's an interpretation.
Anyway, I can actually see myself as the narrator, as Justin's character. Especially in the lines I have underlined. I would never put all of my eggs into one basket and give up on everything, just because the person I like does not like me.
I like that song very much.
