Mazzy Star's "Fade into You" is today's blogging point.
According to "Musicbanter.com":
"The song has different meanings to different people. For most, it's a
reminder of an era of alternative music that defined a generation post
Seattle-grunge. Memories of teenage make out sessions, slow dances, and
romantic courting. Some people take the lyrics as words coming from a
shy wallflower type that is finally confessing their feelings to the
object of his or her affection.
The lyrics are most widely interpreted as a bittersweet story of
falling in love with someone that is slightly damaged and incapable of
living up to expectations. Hope Sandoval hauntingly sings of trying to
connect with her partner on both an emotional and physical level; until,
she begins to realize that this person can't give back. They aren't
quite positioned where they need to be in life. You can hear the
disappointment and heartbreak in the way she sings her lyrics."
It has also been suggested by some that the song is simply an ode to heroin - something that Sandoval had a long love affair with. Either way, she is singing about something that is not reciprocal; something completely one-sided, although a line in the song does possibly hint at denial on the part of its subject - "I think it's strange you never knew".
Some regrets remain in perpetuity. Others fade with time. Rarely are we given the chance to go back and erase any of them. Fade into You laments the scars left by regret but pays homage to them as well. There is an undertone of "what if?"in the song that makes you wonder what would have happened if Hope Sandoval had been brave enough to openly express herself to her subject and actively try to change the situation - whatever it may have been.
Sometimes life gives us clues as to what we need to do to avoid regret but there are times that we miss those clues completely and are left to live in the aftermath. So in spite of the melancholy tone of the song, there's a positive message to be found in it. It's a reminder that sometimes we should be sniffing out those subtle clues that lead us to the place beyond regret. There is a glimmer of hope in what Hope (see what I did there?) sings.
Follow those little clues. There is a small trail of breadcrumbs that leads to contentment. If you miss it, you end up at a gingerbread house. While the temptation at the house is undeniable, it inevitably leads to disaster. You'll find your way home if you just pay attention.
"Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart." - Basil Rathbone
I want to hold the hand inside you
I want to take a breath that's true
I look to you and I see nothing
I look to you to see the truth
You live your life
You go in shadows
You'll come apart and you'll go blind
Some kind of light into your darkness
Colors your eyes with what's not there.
Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you
I think it's strange you never knew
A stranger's light comes on slowly
A stranger's heart without a home
You put your hands into your head
And then smiles cover your heart
Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you
I think it's strange you never knew
Fade into you
Strange you never knew
Fade into you
I think it's strange you never knew
I think it's strange you never knew
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