Indigo - Pendragon

It's very difficult to choose one favourite song, because there are lots of songs that I really really like. However, there's a song, in fact, an album that has been spinning round my head lately, and has really touched my heart. ='0

This is the concept of this song and the whole album,
a young man trapped in a box with hands and legs cuffed.

It's Indigo, from "pure" album by pendragon. The album talks about the path that we walk from adolescence to adulthood, and its difficulties. Here are the lyrics:

Indigo

Never felt too good about my life
looked like I'd end up on the scraphead with the other dogs of night
Insecure and dangerous
Never had the chances or the breaks that the other kids had
So you drag your life through the dust
But in you there was that glow - And a coat of indigo

Problems will come and go - In my coat of indigo


In the dark I wear my coat of many colours - In some way it covers where I'm from
So you drag your life through the dust - Across the red and gold sunset skies
My wishes always lead me beyond the confines of this life
So much to give


If I'd had a chance I would have burnt this place down
Why did the espectre of no hope choose our town?

But in you there was that glow - And a coat of indigo
Problems will come and go - In my coat of indigo

I've been trapped for most of my life in this airtight box
If I could get just one arm free - Then the world would notice me

If I could get just one arm free - Swim to the surface where I can breath
If I could get just one arm free - There's a chance that the world will notice me
If I could get just one arm free - There's a chance that the world will notice me
If I could get just one arm free - I could swim to the surface where I can breath


Everyday the alarm bell rings - And I face another murder of a day
And I look out of my window - And the sky is deathly grey
All the bleakness and the industry of the world groans as it starts another day
Its masters demand their pound of flesh - I cannot take this way
So I look to the safety of my subconscious - Where I wash away all my fear
And I will dive into a deep blue lagoon - And swim away from here


I loved the first time I listened to this song, I heard the line
"I've been trapped for most of my life in this airtight box
If I could get just one arm free - Then the world would notice me" and
"If I could get just one arm free - Swim to the surface where I can breath", and I said to myself "that's me!". I sometimes feel trapped at my home, I wanna be free and find myself somewhere else. I love my parents, but sometimes they sofocate me, I need privacy and respect, respect over my decisions and the way I am. I think that when I get out of this "box", people will notice me and meet the 'real me'.

The line "If I'd had a chance I would have burnt this place down
Why did the espectre of no hope choose our town?" brought me back to my 15's when I was more hormonal and neurotic, I didn't know what I wanted in life but I felt I needed something. I just wanted to burn something down or get away from everything. When the major problem was love and acceptance, and that could make you want to kill yourself. Life is much more complicate now.

At this age, you start to realize that life is not as beautiful as you thought it was, and nothing is, Love is not what you thought, religion never was, the whole world is a big disappointment. That's why this process of becoming adult is so painful, but at the same time so instructive. You get to know yourself better, to get to know people better, to start to see life differently. It's time to move on!

You can listen to this song on the player at the bottom.
It's the last song on the list.

I hope you like it

Reply to Mark's letter

Dear Mark,

Don't thank me for my letter, I just missed you and I wanted to know how were you doing :)-It has been a while, yeah?- don't mention it ;). About the new house, yeah, I felt kind of weird the first two months, because of the transportation and the place -you know, I was used to my little apartment- but now I feel great, the neighbours are really nice! You gotta come over sometime, the next holidays. We can listen to some records and then We can do a little noise. You must listen to the last record I've got! it's called "pure" from a prog-rock band called "Pendragon", a friend introduced them to me, They're awesome! the music is going to turn your brains into s**t!! and the lyrics are so deep.

So, has farm life treat you good? Have you gain some weight? Some muscles? Have you grown that scrawny butt of you? xD. You must be so muscular, I have a neighbour whos single and wants to meet a muscular-strong-hard-working man, just like you.

Lady had puppies??? You gotta be kidding me? :O
Man, I'd love to go and see you all! I'd give you a hand in whatever you need! just tell me, I would build you a house if you want.

It's ok if I drop by this sunday? call me, my new number is 660 156 560 4776.


xxx
Nelson

P.S: I'm so looking forward to have you here...So is my neighbour xD

Hello there! this is me

Hi!,

I'm Nelson. I'm studying to be an english teacher. At first, I wanted to study something related to multimedia or graphic design, But I decided to go for teaching, because I was pretty good at english. Now I'm really convinced, I love working with people and sharing the things I know. I'm into a lot of things. I'm really into music, rock music, I play the bass guitar, I need to improve rhythm and technique, so I'll study music in the future, so I can create better music. Then I'll be a musician english teacher, or a music teacher, or a teacher that teaches english with music, or a music teacher that teaches in english. I'm also into arts and design, I'd like to paint but I'm not good a it, but I do drawings.