Hi world!
I'm back after a looong time! I assure it's not my intention to dismiss this blog, I'm not the kind of "two-posts-and-enough" blogger!! Let's say I've been really really busy in these months: indeed I've been writing my thesis about party politics in independent India and I'll graduate next wednesday!!..woohooo!!!!
Today I'd like to talk about a song which I got wind of a few days ago...and I totally fell in love with it. I'm talking about "Slow me down" by the lovely Emmy Rossum. I saw Emmy in Dragon Ball Evolution (even if I must admit I didn't like the movie) and then I found out she is a very talented and appreciated singer. I might have known her thanks to her role in the Phantom of the Opera movie but I think her career as a singer hasn't "landed" in Europe yet, not in Italy anyway...and I think that it is a pity! But let's get into the song:
I'm back after a looong time! I assure it's not my intention to dismiss this blog, I'm not the kind of "two-posts-and-enough" blogger!! Let's say I've been really really busy in these months: indeed I've been writing my thesis about party politics in independent India and I'll graduate next wednesday!!..woohooo!!!!
Today I'd like to talk about a song which I got wind of a few days ago...and I totally fell in love with it. I'm talking about "Slow me down" by the lovely Emmy Rossum. I saw Emmy in Dragon Ball Evolution (even if I must admit I didn't like the movie) and then I found out she is a very talented and appreciated singer. I might have known her thanks to her role in the Phantom of the Opera movie but I think her career as a singer hasn't "landed" in Europe yet, not in Italy anyway...and I think that it is a pity! But let's get into the song:
Do do do do...Just show me...
Slow me down...
Rushing and racing and running in circles
Moving so fast I'm forgetting my purpose
Blur of the traffic is sending me spinning
Getting nowhere
My head and my heart are colliding chaotic
Pace of the world, I just wish I could stop it
Try to appear like I've got it together
I'm falling apart
Save me, somebody take my hand and lead me
Slow me down
Don't let love pass me by
Just show me how, cause I'm ready to fall
Slow me down
Don't let me live a lie before my life flies by
I need you to slow me down
Do do do do
Sometimes I fear that I might disappear
In the blur of fast-forward, I falter again
Forgetting to breathe, I need to sleep
I'm getting no where
All that I've missed I see in the reflection
Passed me while I wasn't paying attention
Tired of rushing, racing and running, I'm falling apart
Tell me, oh won't you take my hand and lead me
Slow me down
Don't let love pass me by
Just show me how, cause I'm ready to fall
Slow me down
Don't let me live a life before my life flies by
I need you to slow me down
Do do do do
The noise of the world is getting me caught up
I'm chasing the clock and I wish I could stop it
Just need to breathe, somebody please
Slow me down
Slow me down...
Rushing and racing and running in circles
Moving so fast I'm forgetting my purpose
Blur of the traffic is sending me spinning
Getting nowhere
My head and my heart are colliding chaotic
Pace of the world, I just wish I could stop it
Try to appear like I've got it together
I'm falling apart
Save me, somebody take my hand and lead me
Slow me down
Don't let love pass me by
Just show me how, cause I'm ready to fall
Slow me down
Don't let me live a lie before my life flies by
I need you to slow me down
Do do do do
Sometimes I fear that I might disappear
In the blur of fast-forward, I falter again
Forgetting to breathe, I need to sleep
I'm getting no where
All that I've missed I see in the reflection
Passed me while I wasn't paying attention
Tired of rushing, racing and running, I'm falling apart
Tell me, oh won't you take my hand and lead me
Slow me down
Don't let love pass me by
Just show me how, cause I'm ready to fall
Slow me down
Don't let me live a life before my life flies by
I need you to slow me down
Do do do do
The noise of the world is getting me caught up
I'm chasing the clock and I wish I could stop it
Just need to breathe, somebody please
Slow me down
Well, the meaning of the song is quite clear: it deals with the way of life of almost all of us in this modern world, that often seems to rush too fast and we always hope to be able to slow it down, as the song says. Emmy points out how we might lost hold of this uncontrollable way, risking to lose "the things that are really beautiful" in this life of ours. In particular, the lyrics refer to "love", in order not to live what in the song it is called "a lie": among all the beautiful things we could miss, the real loss would be to "let love passing us by". That is the most important thing and that's why the character is asking for an "undefined somebody"'s help to slow down his/her life. I think these lyrics are brilliant and the way the song is sung by Emmy, alternating fast parts with slower and softer parts, really fits in the meaning of the song. Moreover I love the "not-bubblegum pop" sound of this music and I also think that Emmy is one of the sexiest voices in the musical scene of the last years. I hope she'll have a long and successful career, but please: do not accept anymore to destroy Dragon Ball's history in other movies( ;-) )!!!
