It Means Nothing - Stereophonics
I love this song so much. I am so incredibly touched by it on so many levels, and the lyrics just speak to me. It's officially my second favourite Stereophonics song, right after Dakota. And I know I said yesterday that I'd want to hear David sing this, but um, I changed my mind. Some songs are just so precious to you that you can't bear to hear anyone else sing it but the original artist, even if you arguably love another singer/musician/artist more than the band in question. Just like Dakota, It Means Nothing is sacrosanct, and it's strictly Kelly Jones/Stereophonics territory.
The lyrics are just amazing. Kelly wrote it after the 2003 London bombings and it basically talks about not taking anything for granted. When he introduced the song in Fort Canning, he said that he wrote it after the London bombings, and I immediately knew which song he was talking about. Strangely though, I came back and read the CD inlay again, and all Kelly said about this song in the booklet was that he wrote it in a hotel room in Germany. I have no idea where I got the idea that it was about not taking things for granted and that it was written after the bombings, but...I just knew. I must've read it somewhere but I really don't remember reading anything Stereophonics-related before the gig, since I was busy obsessing over Cookie.
Argh, I'm just so incredibly touched and moved by the song that I can't put into words. I can't articulate how I feel because...so many things about the song speak to me, especially the lines "Do we take the time to be/all the things we said we'd be." Kelly doesn't always write sensible lyrics and sometimes his lyrics are quite nonsensical, but when he really gets down to it, he produces amazing gems like Dakota and It Means Nothing.
I'm suddenly filled with so much love for this band and I haven't stopped listening to their CDs since Monday night. Oh my god, now I wish I'd acquainted myself with all their songs before I went for the gig! I need to get their Rewind and Language. Sex. Violence. Other? DVDs, as well as their first two albums!
Anyway, just so everyone has a clue what I'm talking about, I'm posting the song and the lyrics.
Did we lose ourselves again?
Did we take in what's been said?
Do we take the time to be
All the things we said we'd be
Bury heads in sand
But my future's in my hands
It means nothing
You can find yourself a God
Believe in which one you want
'Cause they love you all the same
They just go by different names
When we fly our flag today
Are you proud or just ashamed?
It means nothing, if I haven't got you
And the sun sets in the sky
You're the apple of my eye
If the bomb goes off again
In my brain or on the train
I hope that I'm with you
'Cause I wouldn't know what to do
It means nothing, if I haven't got you
This song kills me. I also love the last four lines of the third verse; they give me chills every single time I listen to the song.
Okay, I just watched a video of them performing the song in Singapore that someone nicely uploaded on YouTube. The quality is superb and everything, and I kind of just cried my eyes out. Seriously? I've never, ever cried while listening to a song before. Cookie brought me close to tears a few times, but I've never really cried. I'm so incredibly, incredibly moved by this song that any attempts to articulate what it means to me and the way it makes me feel simply cheapen the effect of the song on me, and the song itself.
It's so amazing oh my god, and now I need to write a letter to Kelly Jones to tell him how amazing he is and I'm really not the fan mail type of person. The last fan letter I sent was to Cookie and that's because I'm super in love with him, as everyone knows. I wasn't super in love with Stereophonics at all, but now it appears that I am.
I have really, truly died. I'm like, not me anymore. I don't even know what to say. I can't say anything. Just...this song. Amazing. Beautiful. I can die happy now.
The lyrics are just amazing. Kelly wrote it after the 2003 London bombings and it basically talks about not taking anything for granted. When he introduced the song in Fort Canning, he said that he wrote it after the London bombings, and I immediately knew which song he was talking about. Strangely though, I came back and read the CD inlay again, and all Kelly said about this song in the booklet was that he wrote it in a hotel room in Germany. I have no idea where I got the idea that it was about not taking things for granted and that it was written after the bombings, but...I just knew. I must've read it somewhere but I really don't remember reading anything Stereophonics-related before the gig, since I was busy obsessing over Cookie.
Argh, I'm just so incredibly touched and moved by the song that I can't put into words. I can't articulate how I feel because...so many things about the song speak to me, especially the lines "Do we take the time to be/all the things we said we'd be." Kelly doesn't always write sensible lyrics and sometimes his lyrics are quite nonsensical, but when he really gets down to it, he produces amazing gems like Dakota and It Means Nothing.
I'm suddenly filled with so much love for this band and I haven't stopped listening to their CDs since Monday night. Oh my god, now I wish I'd acquainted myself with all their songs before I went for the gig! I need to get their Rewind and Language. Sex. Violence. Other? DVDs, as well as their first two albums!
Anyway, just so everyone has a clue what I'm talking about, I'm posting the song and the lyrics.
Click to viewDid we lose ourselves again?
Did we take in what's been said?
Do we take the time to be
All the things we said we'd be
Bury heads in sand
But my future's in my hands
It means nothing
You can find yourself a God
Believe in which one you want
'Cause they love you all the same
They just go by different names
When we fly our flag today
Are you proud or just ashamed?
It means nothing, if I haven't got you
And the sun sets in the sky
You're the apple of my eye
If the bomb goes off again
In my brain or on the train
I hope that I'm with you
'Cause I wouldn't know what to do
It means nothing, if I haven't got you
This song kills me. I also love the last four lines of the third verse; they give me chills every single time I listen to the song.
Okay, I just watched a video of them performing the song in Singapore that someone nicely uploaded on YouTube. The quality is superb and everything, and I kind of just cried my eyes out. Seriously? I've never, ever cried while listening to a song before. Cookie brought me close to tears a few times, but I've never really cried. I'm so incredibly, incredibly moved by this song that any attempts to articulate what it means to me and the way it makes me feel simply cheapen the effect of the song on me, and the song itself.
It's so amazing oh my god, and now I need to write a letter to Kelly Jones to tell him how amazing he is and I'm really not the fan mail type of person. The last fan letter I sent was to Cookie and that's because I'm super in love with him, as everyone knows. I wasn't super in love with Stereophonics at all, but now it appears that I am.
I have really, truly died. I'm like, not me anymore. I don't even know what to say. I can't say anything. Just...this song. Amazing. Beautiful. I can die happy now.