Mika's music is a kalidoscope of primary colours. To me the flippancy hides darker currents of fear and pain. Upbeat as this song first strikes you, by tying it to the words of the woman at the end I feel it takes on a darker note. I believe there is a false brightness to this song. This song is about being strong and putting on a brave light hearted face for your loved ones, those you are trying to protect, appearing happy and confident to give heart to others.when in reality it is an emotion far from which any of you are actually experiencing. The characters are mutually urging each other, attempting to comfort and reassure each other, despite their own, shared, inner terror. There is death in this song and fear and a desperation, it is desperately upbeat, desperately aspiring to the impossible, the ability to relax in such a situation and environment. It is about fidelity, facing the dark times together and in veiw of Lebanon I would say that the dark times are experienced as externally threatening forces rather than something integral with the relationship. It seems simple and happy and full of energy but i wonder if the meaning behind the lyrics doesnt hold a more sinister note, as though the ecstatic joy is a brave face? To me this song may well be about lovers - or people that love platonically. I am sad, until now I no married any man after" My eyes gone in bomb, now I have only one eyes How he's married different lady, I no believe While he's married another girl, I am very, very sad What happened? He's go married another girl Now I'm lost, and I'm screaming for help aloneĭon't scream, there are so many roads left This is a really thoughtful, in-depth analysis of the track.Ended up on a broken train with nobody I know Mika seems to have his tongue permamently in his cheek. All in all, it's a song with very well-written lyrics, almost poetic, cleverly hidden in a dance track. The last verse is a contrast to the others with its more positive tone: it admits that the situation is bad but it appeals to solidarity and asks you to move on. Using the term "it's as if.", phrasing the last line of the chorus, "Are we playing with fire?", as a question and the line "It's clear we don't understand." brings across a feeling of uncertainty very well. The line "playing with fire" seems slightly out of place: it refers to taking risks perhaps out of your league rather than dealing with bleak circumstances as the rest of the song does. The juxtaposition of a cheerful tune with lyrics about being scared and terrified is ironic. The chorus touches upon blame and helplessness the latter is often all that you can do when you experience the former. The next line aptly appeals to the universality of death and pain. The imagery in the first few lines, of being on a broken train at the end of the line with no one you know, is powerfully bleak, empty and sad. I always took the song on its dancey surface level but re-reading the lyrics now it strikes me how deep t is. It could be a love affair in that setting? It was written in the aftermath of the bombings that took place in London July 7th 2005.Mika had nothing to do since the tube network was brought to a standstill, so he sat down and wrote about it. I thought the same thing when I heard Relax, take it easy. "It's clear, we don't understand but the last thing on my mind is to leave youįor some reason attributing this song to a single event makes it finite, whereas I feel that it suggests something that goes much deeper: Mika are you keeping something from us? Is there something else behind this song in addition to your response to July 7th.? I know Mika has been reported to have said that this was in response to the July 7th bombings in London- but for some reason this song struck me as being more about a personal experience: My questions are: Blame what on me or you? When I first heard "Relax, take it easy" I thought- wow this is really deep: Something happened that was controversial, life changing and full of meaning.Īre you scared? Are we playing with fire?"
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