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.  

This blog is a student run project to delve into "So Much" written by Nick Thomas and sung by Nick Thomas, the vocalist of the Spill Canvas. The posts that follow will contain a textual and contextual analysis of the lyrics, the writer's word choice, how the music emphasizes certain lyrics, and how those lyrics function in the world.

I am particularly interested in seeing what responses, memories, and feelings these lyrics evoke in myself as I continue to peel back the layers of meaning.  And less interested in interviews given by the artist on the lyrics, although I may include some of those later on in my project.

Later, this blog will also feature an analysis of the official music video associated with the song.

So Much

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

Oh I adore the way you carry yourself
With the grace of a thousand angels overhead
I love the way the galaxy starts to melt
When we become one
When we become one
When we become one
When we become one

How does it feel
How does it feel when we get locked into a stare?
Please don't come looking for me
when I get lost in the mess of your hair
How do you feel when everything you've known
gets thrown aside
Never fear, my dear, 'cause we have nothing left to hide

Oh I adore the way you carry yourself
With the grace of a thousand angels overhead
I love the way the galaxy starts to melt

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

Well, I'm ready
Well, I'm ready
I am ready
To run away with you
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
To run away with me

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

If I had to choose a way to die
it'd be with you
In a goosebump infested embrace
With my overanxious hands cupping your face
In a goosebump infested embrace
With my overanxious hands cupping your cherub face

How does it feel?

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