"For Blue Skies"
Strays Don't Sleep

It's been a long year since we last spoke
How's your halo?
Just between you and I
You and me and the sad lights
I never believed you I only wanted to
Before all this what did I miss
Do you ever get homesick?

I can't get used to it, I can't get used to it
I'll never get used to it, I'll never get used to it

Remember that night among those same stars
We're in a red car you were sleep at my side
Going in & out of the headlights
Could I have saved you?
Would that have betrayed you?

I want to burn this film you alone with those pills
What you couldn't do I will

I forgive you
I forgive you
I forgive you
I forgive you

For blue blue skies
I forgive you

People can have different interpretations on this song. But if ever you hear it, you'll probably think of a sad and depressing event. The song is beautiful, and I'll confess that I cried when I first heard this song. It wasn't a boisterous song that could immediately grab your attention, but once you got to hear it you'll appreciate it for its sheer beauty. It is a very simple song, there were no guitar solos and no belt-out vocals, actually what I really heard in this song was the solemn notes from the piano.

What really interested me was that how a lot people debated over the internet what this song meant. One said it was about redemption and forgiveness, hence the line, "I forgive you". Another said that forgiveness was the theme, but the forgiveness of what or whom? Continuing on their train of thought one concluded it was forgiving a loved one who committed a suicide. The lines that lead him to his conclusion were, "How's your halo?" and the name of the song, "For Blue Skies", because skies usually represent heaven. For me, I think this song is really about forgiveness, but not exactly forgiving a person who committed suicide. For me, it was about forgiving a person to bring back the original state of their relationship. But unfortunately their relationship couldn't get back to its original state and the result was both of them can't get used to it. But I guess it was better to still have each other rather than losing the relationship itself. Well, that's my opinion.

Once again, media rears its unpredictable head. What I'm really bothered by is a lot of things have lots of meanings. Like how a kiss always means something, quoted from Peyton Sawyer. You can't kiss a person just for the heck of it, right? Media is so confusing since we have lots of interpretations of it. That's why probably organizations like the MTRCB are made. Media practitioners can't really force the viewers to think on the same line as they do, that's just wrong. Darn.

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