This is quite morose, but one that is a very common feeling for people who are grieving. It’s hard to completely decipher, but the line “And if I could trade” seems to imply that if he could trade his life for her to be back on earth, he would. He so-longingly wishes to hold her again, that he can’t help but scream. He reaches and looks upwards, beckoning his lover to come back to him, yelling out her name. She’s been taken, and she won’t return.Ĭlearly this man is devastated.
However symbolic that may be, he knows that flowers and prayers will not bring her back. He leaves a bouquet of flowers on her grave, perhaps kissing the ground above. The second and third stanzas portray some beautiful ideas, as Holland expresses numerous thoughts in these lines.Ī fairly-typical scene emerges here in”Gone Away.” A young man returns to the grave of his lover who has died. He clearly felt a strong connection with her, and now his world is freezing. And it must have just been a horrible experience for him. We aren’t sure if they had plans to marry or not, but regardless, Holland clearly loved her. As mentioned earlier, the song was written after Holland’s girlfriend at the time had died. The singer’s loved one has died unexpectedly, and now it feels like his paradise is lost. The chorus of “Gone Away” by The Offspring follows the first stanza: Things we wish we had said, maybe missed chances to say “I love you,” or tell them how much they meant to us, tend to linger in our heads for a while afterward.
Thoughts of regret can also arise when a young loved one dies unexpectedly. Accidental deaths, in particular, blindside us so tragically that we tend to be at a loss for words. When someone we love dies as a young person, it adds another level of devastation. However, the line “Pulled away before your time” is a particularly brutal one. Of course, it’s difficult when anyone we love dies. If not in this life, then hopefully another. It’s so difficult to believe that the person is really gone, so we try to imagine that we’ll see them again someday. The idea of “seeing you again” in another/afterlife is very common among people who are grieving. Holland begins “Gone Away” by stating something countless people have wondered following the death of a loved one. The first stanza makes it pretty clear what the song’s about within the first minute. It’s an emotionally powerful tune, and the lyrics should resonate deeply with anybody who has lost a loved one. Lead singer Dexter Holland wrote the song after his then-girlfriend (the song was released in 1997) died in a car accident. Review: T.E.The track “Gone Away” by American rock band The Offspring is one of their most popular hits.REVIEW: CHUCK NORRIS EXPERIMENT – THIS WILL LEAVE A MARK (2021).Review: Oliver James Brooks – Storm Chasing (2021).REVIEW: ASHLAND CRAFT – TRAVELIN’ KIND (2021).REVIEW: I SEE HAWKS IN LA – ON OUR WAY (2021).REVIEW: NATHAN BELL – RED, WHITE AND AMERICAN BLUES (IT COULDN’T HAPPEN HERE) (2021).REVIEW: THE PICTUREBOOKS – THE MAJOR MINOR COLLECTIVE (2021).‘A Spark Away From Fire’ is out now, with more new music on the way in 2022, and a UK tour in the works for April/May. The fire is their passion for one another, but also the inevitable destruction of their relationships.” Their conflicted feelings about the affair create this duet. “While working on these lyrics, however, we dreamt up a storyline of two people being unfaithful to their respective partners. “Most of our relationship songs up to this point have been based on our personal experiences,” they explain. The duo loved the phrase and the potential meaning packed into those five words.
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Since then, the last twelve months have seen O&O land their first TV sync on RTÉ’s hit series The South Westerlies and strike a deal with EMI Production Music, while total views on their YouTube channel – where they hosted ‘Sunday Social’ live streams throughout 2020 – are approaching 2 million, along with increasing engagement for their acoustic videos on TikTok, with the most popular among their videos approaching 100k views.Īs they sifted through ideas for new music to follow the early success of their EP, multiple standalone singles, collaborations, and reimagined versions of the fan favourite ‘ Dancing On The Floor‘, Jones was inspired by a line in Madeline Miller’s novel The Song of Achilles.