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Lyrics for The Call as interpreted by incurable_humanist
It started out as a feeling
Which then grew into a hope Which then turned into a quiet thought Which then turned into a quiet word And then that word grew louder and louder 'Til it was a battle cry I'll come back When you call me No need to say goodbye Just because every thing's changing Doesn't mean it's never been this way before All you can do is try to know Who your friends are as you head off to the war Pick a star on the dark horizon And follow the light You'll come back When it's over No need to say goodbye You'll come back When it's over No need to say goodbye Now, we're back to the beginning It's just a feeling and no one knows yet But just because they can't feel it too Doesn't mean that you have to forget Let your memories grow stronger and stronger 'Til they're before your eyes You'll come back When they call you No need to say goodbye You'll come back When they call you No need to say goodbye --- "The Call [*]" as written by Regina Spektor Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing Lyrics powerd by LyricFind
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05-15-2008
I like Regina Spektor a lot, but here she sounds just a little bit different, but it suites her.
I don't realy know what it's about, but I just think it's about a joung girl and boy in love, but it's a silent love, one no one knows about.
(Maybe it's a secret love, not allowed to excist?)
But for some reason, the boy have to go away, here for the battle, may be something else. He has to leave her. But yet they know that their love is true and that if they wait long enough at the end, they wil come back together, because it's ment to be.
And finally, everything will be allright..
(like a happily ever after :)
05-16-2008
For me, this song is about a love that grew accidentally when both lovers are too (probably) scared to admit and they never had the chance to admit.
These are my fave parts:
Just because everything's changing
Doesn't mean it's never been this way before
It's just a feeling and no one knows yet
But just because they can't feel it too
Doesn't mean that you have to forget
05-16-2008
05-16-2008
Now we're back to the beginning
It's just a feeling and no one knows yet
But just because they can't feel it too
Doesn't mean that you have to forget
Let your memories grow stronger and stronger
'Til they're before your eyes
05-16-2008
but yeah...
But just because they can't feel it too
Doesn't mean you have to forget
Let your memories grow stronger and stronger
Til they're before your eyes
I studied abroad in England for a semester...and I feel like I can't tell my stories to my friends. It makes them jealous and what not, so I rarely get to talk about it...and it's slowly slipping away from me. So this song really hit home for me and I've been listening to it non-stop since I left the movie theater.
05-17-2008
05-17-2008
05-17-2008
and although i'm as much of a romantic as the next guy
since all evidence points to these songs being recorded originally for the movie
i'm gonna have to go with the idea, that this song,
and all the others on the soundtrack
are about exactly what they seem like they're about.
with this song, it seems like the best bet is to take the meaning at face value
i will say though for someone who graduated high school and promptly moved 600 miles away from everything and everyone he'd known.
this song means the world to me.
05-17-2008
"But just because they can't feel it too
Doesn't mean that you have to forget"
Has to do with Lucy and her belief.. wait I don't want to spoil the movie for those who haven't seen it..but it has to do with her believing in something and everyone else brushes her off.
And the whole "you'll come back when they call you"...yea, The Pevensies return because Narnia needs them. But that's just my opinion
05-18-2008
This song really caught my attention because of this interesting situation in my life. To give a brief summary, I had a crush on this girl in High School, but was too afraid to say anything. 4 years went by, and we never saw or heard from each other. Then one day, out of the blue, I got a private message from her on Facebook, and since then we've been talking almost every day (about 5 months now).
Now, aside from getting the courage to ask her to dinner, there is 1 other problem. I'm in the Military, stationed out in CA, and she's back in my home state of NE. That, and she doesn't know, at least I don't think she does, that I have this Crush on her that "started out as a feeling
Which then grew into a hope
Which then turned into a quiet thought
Which then turned into a quiet word"
05-18-2008
me and this girl started dating and it started as a feeling and the word "love" grew slowly and slowly and it became our battle cry. but the coils of reality hit both of us and caused us to break up. i still love her more than anything and i think she does to but she just doesnt remember why she did. all she needs to do is find what she wants to do cause she really doesnt know what she wants because she doesnt have a lot of guidance. and when its all over i know that she will love me again.
05-18-2008
05-18-2008
'I'll come back
When you call me
No need to say goodbye'
Just a thought and no internet sarcasism there.
05-18-2008
It's perfect and went AMAZING with the movie.
I think this can have duel meanings.
This could be a young couple saying goodbye after one goes off to war.
And I agree, I have pretty sure this was written for the movie.
05-19-2008
05-19-2008
05-19-2008
you can interpret it the way you want, if it means something to you, but that is just how it is.
it is pretty much just telling the Pevensies story. like starting with their whole journey, including the first movie.
the beginning of the song, that is how it started. then "a battle cry" continuing into Prince Caspian.
and when they call, or like sounding the horn, they will come back.
"Just because everything's changing
Doesn't mean it's never been this way before
All you can do is try to know who your friends are
As you head off to the war"
this is like just because you go back to england, again, it happend before and you came back. and make sure you know who is on your side.
"Now we're back to the beginning
It's just a feeling and no one knows yet
But just because they can't feel it too
Doesn't mean that you have to forget"
and this is like, now that you are back where you started, (england) and only the four of them know what happend doesnt mean they should forget, and pretend like it isnt real.
thats what the song is really about
at least, that is exactly what it was written for it seems
05-19-2008
Which then grew into a hope
Which then turned into a quiet thought
Which then turned into a quiet word
And then that word grew louder and louder
'Til it was a battle cry
I'll come back
When you call me
No need to say goodbye
^^
the feeling they speak of, that transforms, is NARNIA.
they all feel it, then they hope it, then they think it, then they say it aloud.
when they are there, it becomes a brilliant and thriving cry to all of that world. they are for narnia, for aslan.
and i totally agree with everything the person on top of me said.
05-19-2008
It's such a beautiful song, so Narniaesque (which I suppose is why it's in the movie :)) and Regina at the same time.
05-19-2008
05-19-2008
she starts off with how something starts with a feeling then a thought and then a word and how that word grows and grows into a "battle cry" and that to me is how just one thought can spark a revolution which can lead into war.
i think the next stanza or verse is applicable to any person who fights in a war, and she makes it personal "no need to say goodbye" is what she's saying to the person who she loves. she's saying it's okay and that they'll come back soon. and she's talking to this person and saying all you can do is know who truly loves you...and fight for them.
i think with the "pick a star" thing she's just saying that they should have a goal, a light, to fight for
and finally the part about "now we're back at the beginning" is talking about how another war is starting. how people always forget the tragedy and losses and how they are going to fight for one idea- whether it is great and noble or petty and stupid. i think she is saying how we should re-evaluate instead of jumping into war.
"just because they can't feel it too doesn't mean that you have to forget"
the lines that speak most to me are definitely "no need to say goodbye"
that really resonates.
this song basically made the ending of narnia. it was put in at exactly the right moment. :)
05-20-2008
but just because they can't feel it too
doesn't mean that u have to forget
it's so encouraging.
05-20-2008
Most people think this is about love or something, but if you really think about the song, then the end of the movie, it fits like a piece of a puzzel. There was many wars in narnia, they are sad that they are leaving, and "when they call you," i think is when the narnians will blow the horn again.
Its fits perfectly. She probably made the song just for the movie. For a song just for a movie, this song is substantial!!!!
LOVE IT
p.s does anyone else think of it realated to the movie?
05-21-2008
"It started out as a feeling
Which then grew into a hope
Which then turned into a quiet thought
Which then turned into a quiet word
And then that word grew louder and louder
'Til it was a battle cry
I'll come back
When you call me
No need to say goodbye"
I think that part is pretty much describing their hope and love of Narnia and how they wanted to go back but couldn�t until Aslan called them. And so this is when they were called and came back.
"Just because everything's changing
Doesn't mean it's never been this way before
All you can do is try to know who your friends are
As you head off to the war
Pick a star on the dark horizon
And follow the light
You'll come back when it's over
No need to say goodbye"
This is when they find out the situation Narnia was in, who was on who�s side, and finding out how to solve it. But then when they do solve it and Narnia is at peace again, they have to go back to England and live life until they get called back again.
-Or it could be when they have to leave Narnia. They have to go back to England and live out their lives as normal people, instead of being who they are, the Kings and Queens of Narnia. But Edmund and Lucy get to go back.
"Now we're back to the beginning
It's just a feeling and no one knows yet
But just because they can't feel it too
Doesn't mean that you have to forget
Let your memories grow stronger and stronger
'Til they're before your eyes
You'll come back
When they call you
No need to say goodbye"
So this is when they get there (England) and have to deal with the reality that no one will know what happened, who they really were, and what great place Narnia was. Maybe if Susan and Peter just imagine they are there, it won�t be as hard to adjust. But for Edmund and Lucy, it�s just a matter of time and they just have to keep remembering and they�ll be in Narnia again.
Hope this helped someone!
05-22-2008
But I love this song sooo much. Like most of the songs that Regina sings, the lyrics are simple, but they're so deep and she just brings something to them that makes them come alive.
Sometimes I think it's a love song and sometimes I think it's a song about life and living, but whatever it is, it's terrific.