As of now, music follows me wherever I go. When I am doing the dishes, cleaning my room, or even just laying on my bed looking at the ceiling. Since music is such a big part of my life, there are certain songs that I feel carry a deeper meaning than others. At least to me they carry that specific meaning.
One of those songs being
Strange by Celeste
I tried for you
Tried to see through all the smoke and dirt
It wouldn't move
What could I do?
I touch your head
To pull your thoughts into my hand
But now I can't
Say isn't it strange?
Isn't it strange?
I am still me
You are still you
In the same place
Isn't it strange
How people can change
From strangers to friends
Friends into lovers
And strangers again?
Back to this room
Back to our roots
What did we lose?
What did we lose?
If I could
I'd pull your strings for one more dance
But I can't
Say isn't it strange?
Isn't it strange?
You look at me
I look at you
With nothing to say
Isn't it strange
How people can change
From strangers to friends
Friends into lovers
And strangers again?
Then the silence steals over to my bedside
And it whispers who I am
That violent disclosure turns my insides
Stops me when I try to stand
Isn't it strange
How people can change
From strangers to friends
Friends into lovers
And strangers again?
Celeste, a self published British Singer Song Writer, writes about the travesties of a relationship built on friendship that later end in becoming less than friends, strangers at best.
While attempting to appeal to those going through the heartbreak of losing one they held dearly to themselves, she highlights multiple parts of her personal relationship where she felt the distance between her and her partner further expanded.
She is going through a heartbreak and wants others going through the same to know they are not alone. She has also lost someone she thought would stay forever. The painful reality of becoming strangers with someone you thought would be your "forever" hurts, and she is able to both sympathize and feel with her audience.
The listeners are not alone in feeling like the people they held close as friends and closer as a partner have distanced themselves into a stranger. It is almost like the artist is having a conversation with us about what they are going through and almost questioning herself as she is looking at her current life situation.
In the beginning of the song it almost feels like she's blaming herself for not being able to stay in the relationship or convince herself that their partner was a good person.
She said:
"I touch your head
To pull your thoughts into my hand
But now I can't"
It feels as if there was no ability to connect or communicate with the significant other like they once did. The same abilities to communicate and work stuff out no longer existed between the both of them. An ability she now yearns for once more.
Another beautiful line is:
"I'd pull your strings for one more dance
But I can't"
The relationship felt forced. If she could have kept him, she would have, no matter the trauma or distance. She wanted to preserve the relationship as much as she could, but at the end it was not enough.
She wrenchingly says:
"Isn't it strange
How people can change
From strangers to friends
Friends into lovers
And strangers again?"
She continuously questions herself with this singular line. She continues to ask, but no one seems to answer. It feels like she is in denial of what happened in the past and still can not understand how the distance could have grown to be so far.
Celeste uses her beautiful writing to convey the feeling of hurt, loss, and despair through the eyes of someone who has lost a significant other to an unanswered way with zero closure.
The loss of a one sided love.
Thank you for taking the time to read about one of my favorite songs.
Do not ever let anyone make you feel as if you are not worthy of love.
You have been and always will be so loved, whether you know it or not :)
Be safe and take care - Jesse
UGH If I was prepared knowing I was going to read a post about this song I would have brought tissues and a tub of ice cream. This song really speaks to me knowing others, like the artist, are going through the same life curveballs. I feel like the verse that gets me the most is "I am still me" because although we are going through this emotional trainwreck I am still the same person I was before, and I hold onto that dearly.
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