Metaphors in lyrics

To the Moon and Back Lyrics
Artist(Band):Savage Garden

She's taking time making up the reasons
To justify all the hurt inside
Guess she knows from the smiles and the look in their eyes
Everyone's got a theory about the bitter one
They're saying, "Mama never loved her much"
And, "Daddy never keeps in touch
That's why she shies away from human affection"
But somewhere in a private place
She packs her bags for outer space
And now she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come
And she'll say to him
She's sayin

Chorus
I would fly to the moon and back if you be...
If you be my baby
I've got a ticket for a world where we, we belong
So would you be my baby?

She can't remember a time when she felt needed
If love was red then she was color blind
All her friends, well they've been trialed for treason
And crimes that were never defined
She's saying, "Love is like a barren place,
And reaching out for human faith
It's like a journey I just don't have a map for"
So baby's gonna take a dive and
Push the shift to overdrive
Send a signal that she's hanging
All her hopes on the stars
What a pleasant dream
She's saying

Chorus
I would fly to the moon and back if you be...
If you be my baby
I've got a ticket for a world where we,we belong
So would you be my baby?

Hold on, hold on ...



This Savage Garden song brings me back to my first teenage years at high school. I was listening to it on radio and despite not understanding what they said; there was something that I could feel the meaning and was influenced. And now when I take a look at the lyrics; I see there is a great harmony between the music and the lyrics; that is awesome!

This song is about a girl who was very shy and feels lonely. . . Now, I’m trying to look at it with literature glasses, I can find lots of metaphors, actually this poem is full of them. One of them is “somewhere in a private place / She packs her bags for outer space” Of course she is not preparing a bag, that means she is bored in where she lives but wants to go, and wants to live with her lover ..... “she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come”. The pilot means, the right guy who could love her. And the word “pilot” is chosen because happiness is described as “flying” like the chorus says:” I would fly to the moon and back if you be my baby”.

And there is a sentence which is my favourite: “If love was red then she was color blind.”  Thanks to the Australian band they put my feelings into words.

There are several clips for this song on the internet, here are some links for you to watch their video clips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCm6gRHINqA&ob=av3n
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=4512131