Monotov's Private Opera Lyrics
Is a chance to get it right
Any moment you've been living in
You could turn it on like a light
All the weight of the years
Has got me burstin' into tears
Standin' here with nothin'
I stand alone inside my fears
Well I swear for me tonight
It's not too late
It's you and only you and no one else
And I'll mean it
Even when I'm talking to myself
I said maybe, it's you and only you and no one else
Those people really know
How to have a good time
In a mixed up state of mind
And Monotov's Private Opera is closed
So I guess I'll go home now
Cause there's no wheres else to go
It's you and only you and no one else
And I will mean it
Even when I'm talking to myself
I said baby, it's you and only you and no one else
You and no one else
And then I'm walkin by myself
In the dark, all alone
And these actors and dramatists
They won't send me home
Strung out on something or another
Held to a standard
We were always sinking under
And maybe I'm like my mother
She shattered cause no one loved her
Maybe I, Maybe I am like no other
And a good woman, maybe she meant what she said
Cause to feel you now ya know, it goes straight to my head
It's you and only you and no one else
And I will mean it, even when I'm talkin' to myself
I said baby, it's you and only you and no one else
Talkin' to myself
Talkin' to myself
And I know another one on the way
And I'll tell you
Everything changed in a day
And I know another one is on the way
"Maybe I, Maybe I am like no other
And some moments are more real than the books I've read"
can't wait for ursa
I think this is going to be one of my favorite, if not my number one, from the new album.
Talks about all the chances we have in life where we could really make something happen and how its never to late to do something, including telling someone how you feel about them.
"So I'll tell you baby It's you and only you and no one else And I will mean it, even when I'm talkin' to myself"
I think it is about someone who has been unfaithful, a drinker, miserable, etc. Who wants to clean up his act for his wife/girlfriend, especially when he finds out she's pregnant (There's another one on the way). I just don't get the references to Moscow or the opera...
who/what is monotov? i really love the sound of this song
Does anyone think this sounds kind of similar to "I Want You"? Either way, I love this song, my favorite from the new album :)
Yes! I've thought that since the first time I heard the song. I can't quite pick why... But yes, definitely reminds me so much of I Want You. Love both of them, too.
Yes! I've thought that since the first time I heard the song. I can't quite pick why... But yes, definitely reminds me so much of I Want You. Love both of them, too.
The song alludes to Savva Mamontov. The creator of the Russian Private Opera in Moscow. His success with the opera led to a triumph in moscow in the late 1800's. Most likely, it is referring to the way you can change things. In this sense, Stephen Jenkins was probably thinking that music could change things-- being that he is so passionate about it.
proof that stephan seems to never lose hope. there are so many songs about situations in which I'd be letting myself die and he's still saying he'll try again and it's not going to kill him.
I'm not sure I hear much of a similarity to I Want You other than the fact that they both make it onto the top 10 list for me of Third Eye Blind. I can't believe there aren't more comments on this song. It is BY FAR my favourite on Ursa Major.
This is my favorite song on Ursa Major, no doubt. I've had trouble trying to figure out what it means, but three parts of the song have had me thinking ever since I first listened to it.
"Some moments are more real than the books i've read"
I think what he may be trying to say is that he wasn't prepared for something that happened, and that he's at a loss for a solution. What he thought he knew dosent help him, and that reality has blindsided him.
The second part that got to me is when he repeats "I'm talking to myself" near the end of the song. Think about those lines as if you are really saying this out loud: "And I mean it, even when i'm talking to myself......I'm talking to myself." I thought about this and to me, maybe he is saying that after all that he has been saying in the song, that no one is listening to him. That after all, he really IS talking to himself. Perhaps he went through lots of work to fix somthing, in vain? I know it sounds like a stretch, but I can't help but think that this is the case.
The last part that got to me is the last lines, "Everything changed in a day, and I know another one's on the way." I read the pregnancy thought, that this may be reffering to a new child. That is a very valid point, and could very well be it's meaning. But when I first heard it, especially after thinking about why he repeated "I'm talking to myself", I began to think that this may be his way of saying "Oh, well, tommorrow's a new day", as if to say that "another one's on the way" refers to tommorrow. Something has changed his life on this day that he didn't expect (some moments are more real than the books i've read), and he's gearing himself up for this new beginning, seeing tommorrow as an opportunity to expound on it.
Thoughts?
not a big third eye fan but i believe the "im talking to myself part" means that hes not fooling around with other girls behind his lovers back and when hes alone and by himself hes still saying "its you and only you and no one else." there is no one else but her, hes not thinking about other girls when shes not there
not a big third eye fan but i believe the "im talking to myself part" means that hes not fooling around with other girls behind his lovers back and when hes alone and by himself hes still saying "its you and only you and no one else." there is no one else but her, hes not thinking about other girls when shes not there