http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRke0V8rQEg

This video is a homemade video created by a fan. There is no videos just pictures, The pictures though don't specifically follow the lyrics of the song, rather it is just a conglomeration of many photos and quotes related to love and relationships. The creator of this has photos and quotes from the Lion King and references to 'Twilight'. So the creator of this video didnt go in depth as i did to find different and deeper meaning. They just went off on how it is a love song, but they missed a lot of the sustenance of this song. Some examples of the quotes:

"it's time to live until tomorrow's end because we don't need rest we'll sleep when we're dead,"
"I am the happiest I have ever been,"
"just thinking of you makes me smile,"
"love never fails."


There is a plethora of other quotes that are thrown in at random.


The creator did have some intentions with this video though. The creator is a girl who had made this video for her boyfriend. Throughout the video there pictures of the couple. Also, she mentions that this is there song. Something that many couples, pick out a song that represents their love. So obviously this video is a lot different then the American Pie video. The creator of the So Much wasn't trying to reach out to the wide group of people to explain a deeper meaning of a song: the girl is professing how she feels about her boyfriend with this video she made for him.

Rewrite/Development Post

More in depth analysis of the final stanza (most recent post).

In the concluding stanza the narrator, in some people's eyes, may seem to become overly mushy, cheesy, and even 'emo'.  The sappiness coalesced with the mention of death fits the stereotypical emo-like song. However, I feel this song is not emo at all, but is a deep and thoughtful song with a lot more meaning. 

This final stanza seems to be analagous with the lovers who are the epitome of everything pertaining to young love and passion, Romeo and Juliet.  He is professing to her an undying love.  He is expressing his commitment to her and how they have so much more than the average relationship.  The narrator, swears upon nothing of variable nature like the moon, but he swears upon himself, as Juliet had asked Romeo:

Juliet:  O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, who monthly changes in her circled orb, lest that thy love prove likewise variable.

Romeo: What shall I swear by?

Juliet: Do not swear at all. Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, which is the god of my idolatry, and I'll believe thee.

  

The narrator also mentions the cherub face of his love which is another parallel to Romeo and Juliet.  He is saying her beauty is eternal and even in death her beauty will not fade. 

(As Romeo looks upon Juliet whom he believes to be dead, Romeo notices she still has a beautiful color) Romeo: beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.

He mentions in the final stanza about a 'goosebump infested embrace.'  In the end tragic story of Romeo and Juliet the lovebirds die in each others arms.  The goosebumps could be reference to a number of things: they could be induced from being with the one the girl he loves, the nerves of preparing to die, or more literal because the body becomes cold when dead and in Romeo and Juliet one dies before the other and lying against the lifeless lover could literally bring chills.  But no matter the intentions of the narrator it becomes evident that this stanza, and possibly the entire song, relates to Romeo and Juliet. This is Romeo's final line as he bids farewell to Juliet with a kiss and just before he takes the poison: 

Romeo: Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you the  doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death!

In conclusion, the narrator is expressing how if he could choose the manner of his death it would be like that of Romeo and Juliet.  He would want to be embracing his love. To him it would be perfect to not only live but die in similar fashion as Romeo and Juliet who are the essence of endearment and the embodiment of everlasting love no matter how adverse the circumstances.

How does it feel?

The last stanza: "If I had to choose a way to die,

it'd be with you

In a goosebump infected embrace

With my overanxious hands cupping your face

In a goosebump infected embrace

With my overanxious hands cupping your cherub face

How does it feel?"

In the final stanza the narrator may initially come off as 'emo' but it is more illicit then that.  He professes that his undying adoration will last forever.  It confirms how is committed for a long term relationship and that this relationship between them is more than just a fling or anything of that sort.  Also, this could be seen as a subtle analogy to Romeo and Juliet who died at each others side. Romeo and Juliet are synonymous with everything pertaining to love, passion, and troubles that may or may not come with it.  Thus,  it can be seen that the narrator is saying that in many ways they are similar to Romeo and Juilet.

Hold On

"Hold on to me girl

If you feel your grip getting loose,

just know that I'm right next to you

Hold on to me girl

If you feel your grip getting loose

Just know that I won't let you down."

He is telling her now how he will  be there to protect her, take care of her, and be a crutch she can lean on.  "If you feel your grip getting loose/just know that I'm right next to you," no matter what it is or how she is feeling he will be right by her side through it all.  He is professed his love earlier in the song now he is explaining how he is committed.  "If you feel your grip getting loose/Just know that I won't let you down," this time he is explaining how he will never disappoint her and that he will do whatever needs to be done for her and for their relationship.

Say Goodbye

"Pack your things we can leave today

pack your things we can leave today

Say our goodbyes and get on the train

Say goodbye

Just you and I in the sweet unknown

We can just call each other our home."

I see this stanza as being figurative and metaphorical rather then a literal sense of running away.  I think he means "leaving" and "saying goodbye" to all the troubles and tribulations and every other obstacle in their lives.  It's his way of saying not to dwell and to leave the past in the past.  The train is metaphorical for going forward towards the future.  The "sweet unknown" is two things, first it is the journey that their lives will take, the second is the destination, in other words, wherever life takes them.  Finally, the last line in this stanza he says they'll "just call each other home".  Which  as the old saying goes, "home is where the heart is," and he has devoted his heart entirely to her.  He is saying that their comfort, reciprocated love, and happiness will come from one another.

Response to Comment

This is a response to a comment I received from my third post on the first stanza:

The first stanza: 

"How does it feel to know you're everything I need

The butterflies in my stomach

they could bring me to my knees

How does it feel to know you're everything I want

I've got a hard time saying this

so I'll sing it in a song"

the Comment: "don't you think that his song is sort of contradicting since he can't tell the person he loves how he really feels yet he is able to gush his deepest darkest feelings to the public for interpretation in a song?"

That does make sense to see that way that the singer/narrator is making a contradiction.  But I don't see Nick Thomas (the singer/songwriter of the Spill Canvas) doing that. In a way it would decrease the 'credibility' in the rest of his lyrics.  

I think the word 'hard' is where the difference in opinion comes from.  You see it as the lack of capability and maybe desire.  What he is really trying to say is that he's nervous and probably anxious to actually express himself.  The lyrics as I see it don't express apprehension or reluctance, he just doesn't know how to tell her.  So that is when he decides that song is the best source of communication to 'gush' his feelings.  Because to him song is best because it is the easiest way to do so.  If he was really so shy and timid about his thoughts I don't think this song would even exist.

"When We Become One"

In the second stanza the narrator goes on about his adoration for this unnamed woman.   The first line is, "Oh I adore the way you carry yourself," it sounds like he his admiring her confidence.  But that seems like half a thought once the next line is sung,  "With the grace of a thousand angels overhead."  So it seems he is not really referring solely to her fortitude but to her purity and charm as well. He wants to emphasize how spine-tingling her elegance is, and he does with an analogy saying that, 1000 angels combined is not equivalent to her elegance.  

Next he says "I love the way the galaxy starts to melt."  This line alone does not explain much at all, it is vague and open to interpretation.  But the next line illustrates more clearly what he is saying, "When we become one." 'Becoming one' is often a more chivalrous and romantic way to reference carnal love, or sex.  When they 'become one' it is evident that it is a very profound moment and that he feels extremely close with this girl.  The galaxy starting to melt only exemplifies the passion and love.  He is saying that in these moments of concupiscence all of existence basically becomes mundane and trivial. 

Analysis of the First Stanza

In the first stanza the narrator is being introspective, and tells the listener his thoughts.  The song opens up with the line, "How does it feel to know you're everything I need,"  a few lines later he goes on to ask himself, "How does it feel to know you're everything I want," both are very sentimental.  Why this opening stanza is introspective is because it ends with "I've got a hard time saying this/so I'll sing it in a song."  Because of this I picture the enamored narrator talking to the woman who has his heart via telephone, and he's sitting at a desk looking at a picture of his love.  And as their conversation progresses the narrator struggles internally to express his deep passionate and amorous feelings for her.  So he turns to a media that he feels most comfortable expressing his deepest and most personal thoughts and feelings; Song. Everything said in the first stanza is his inner feelings.  

The rest of the first stanza depicts how ardent his love is for her.  Two lines from the first stanza, in particular, portray how enamored he truly is, "The butterflies in my stomach/they could bring me to my knees."  He refers to the popular idiom of 'butterflies in the stomach.' It is an ineffable sensation of love.  This woman who has his heart gives him an overwhelming feeling of butterflies in his stomach.  This sensation is so powerful that he can hardly stand.  Which inherently implies another popular idiom of love, 'being weak at the knees.'   The tender, melodic tone in which the music is played and sung adds to the romanticism.  In the first six lines he paints an amorous picture.