Analyzing "Over My Head (Cable Car)"

Hi there everyone! 

Today, while I was listening to the song Over My Head (Cable Car), I just started to analyze the song at the same time. Suddenly, I realized that maybe it would be interesting to share that with you guys. Without further delay, I'm going to analyze this song keeping in mind the story behind it, which can be found in this post: http://everythingaboutthefray.blogspot.com.es/2013/08/the-story-of-over-my-head-cable-car.html

"I never knew, I never knew that everything was falling through, that everyone I knew was waiting on a queue to turn and run when all I needed was the truth but that's how it's got to be. It's coming down to nothing more than apathy. I'd rather run the other way than stay and see the smoke and who's still standing when it clears." 

As far as I'm concerned, this can be interpreted considering the two versions (let's call it that way) of what happened between Isaac Slade and his brother Caleb - which is what the song's about. 

- On the one hand, the person who's "talking" could be Caleb, who was kicked out of the band, who's basically saying that he didn't expect that, he wasn't expecting to be kicked out of the band, and it comes to a point where all he wants to do is run away and escape that situation. Probably all he neede was someone to just tell him things as they were. 

- On the other hand, the person who's talking could be Isaac, who's in a complicated situation since it's not easy to kick your brother out of a band you're in, and he ends up just feeling apathy. Also he needs to escape that stressful situation.

"Everyone knows I'm in, over my head, over my head. With eight seconds left in overtime, she's on your mind, she's on your mind."

What's to be in over your head? It's when you're in a situation that's out of your hands, that is more than what you can control. This is exactly what happened to Isaac in that moment. Also, when the song says "she's on your mind", it refers to the band - the band was in Caleb's mind. 

"Let's rearrange, I wish you were a strange and I could disengage. Just say that we agree and then never change, soften a bit until we all just get along. But that's disregard, you find another friend and you discard. As you lose the arguments in a cable car. Hanging above as the canyon comes between."

The first lines talk about how the argument also went along with the issue that they're brothers. It's not the same if you argue with a friend that you can just follow different pathss than when it's someone you have to coexist with whether you want it or not.  

Then, the line that mentions a cable car clearly refers to Caleb's nickname, which is cable car. Also, the last line probably makes reference to Colorado, the place they're from, since it talks about a canyon, which could be the Grand Canyon. 

"And suddenly I become a part of your past, I'm becomming the part that don't last. I'm losing you and it's effortless. Without a sound, we lose sight of the ground in the throw around. I never thought that you wanted to bring it down. I won't let it go down until we torch it ourselves." 

This part mentions the fact that, after the argument, some distance separated the brothers. Isaac's reaction to this is not giving up and trying to fix the situation between the two of them. 

So, this is it guys! I hope you all liked it ;) It's the first time I try doing this, for this reason, I'd like to know whether you liked it and if you'd like me to do this with other songs! Let me know in the comments below ^-^ 

Rams

Hello guys!

I have very interesting news for you! (If you didn't know what I'm about to say before I said it, of course)

Dave Welsh and Ben Wysocki have a side project, called Rams, and their debut EP is out now. The EP is pretty good and catchy, you should give it a try and check it out, you won't be disappointed ;) 

You can buy it here!

"How to Save a Life - The Story"

Hi frayers! 

We love documentaries, don't we? Well, I don't know if you like animal documentaries, or history documentaries and so on, but I'm quite sure you do love The Fray's documentaries! I'm talking in plural, you noticed that, didn't you? Well, Fair Fight isn't the only documentary which our guys have made.

Maybe you knew that before reading this post, but, hey, maybe you didn't know and you're just finding it up! The documentary I'm talking about is How to Save a Life - The Story. 

It's a really interesting documentary since they talk about the beginnings of the band, how it was formed, the making of their first album, talking about little things about themselves, songs and the album itself. 

If you haven't watched it, go watch it because you won't regret it - you'll really enjoy it. Also, if you have watched, why not watching it again? ;) 

How to Save a Life - The Story | Part One

How to Save a Life - The Story | Part Two

2015 is almost over!

Hello there!

I was thinking of making a review of what it has been this year like for The Fray, but they haven't been much online and there haven't been many news from them. They went on tour last summer and they started writing their new record but that's basically it - there's not much more to say!

However, I've been thinking and I've just realized that this is the third year this blog is active because I created it in 2013, so this blog is being here for a pretty long while. Also the blog is really close to 15K reads which is so sick - thank you so much guys ^-^ 

I didn't quite know what to do this post about, but I wanted to make it somehow important since it's the last one of the year and I felt like it had to be special. Checking my YouTube playlists I found some videos that gave me a cool idea: sharing with you songs that The Fray has played live but were never officially released. 

The songs I found or could remember about were three: The Fall, Scars & Stories and Think It Over. The three of them are very beautiful songs that I personally hope that someday the guys make into a studio version - who knows? 

By the way, I hope you guys had a wonderful year and that the next year is awesome for y'all - happy new year! My best wishes xx

A pretty inactive month!

Hi everyone!

This month, our guys have been kind of inactive (so have I), so I can't really bring you news from LP5. It is pretty clear that they're working on the new record, since they posted some photos last months of them in the studio, and they played at fall views casino, but nothing else! All we can do is wait patiently until we have more news - what seems that will take a while :( 

Meanwhile, here you have some photos of the guys in the studio!

'How well do The Fray's members know their band mates?'

Hey guys! 

Today, as some kind of throwback, I'm bringing you an interview The Fray did for Billboard in 2014. In this one, they're being asked questions about their band mates that they're supposed to know, but do they actually do? 

Watch the interview to find out ;) 

 

The Story of 1961

Hi everyone! 

Lately, I've been thinking in depth about this blog, and I couldn't help but feel disappointed wih myself, because I don't post as often as I should. And, actually I've said that before but at the moment I'm only posting a post per month, which I feel isn't fair for you. Due to that, I'm going to try to post once a week - if I see I'm too busy and can't do that, I'll post at least twice a month. It's not too much but it's way more than what I've been posting for the last eight or nine months. You have my word that I'll try my best. 

Okay, now, apart from that, let's talk about stuff related to the band this blog's about. Today, I'm talking to you about The Fray's song "1961", from their third album 'Scars & Stories'. 

If you know some History, that date will remind you of something, right? The Berlin Wall, exactly. It was built in 1961, and it was demolished in 1989, date which is also mentioned in the song. That can give us an idea of what it's about, can't it? 

Accordng to an interview from Isaac Slade for the huffington post, the song comes from a trip that him and Dillon took to New Orleans to try to do some writing. Before I go on, I'll remind you in case you don't know or forgot, that Isaac Slade travelled a lot to get some inspiration for songs while writing the album. Now, we're back to the song. So, they rented a house and they wrote a song about The Berlin Wall, and "the dvision it represented in regards to one unified city becoming two cities still under the covering of a country. They're both German, but in a sense, they were as far from each other as they could possibly be. I think that's how our relationships can be sometimes. Not to sound cliché, but we all as people build these walls that don't really come down until someone comes into our lives, tears them down, and says, "Enough!".

That is actually the feeling the song brings, the feeling of being "so close but so far away", which can mean physically or emotionally.