She was r… Read Full Bio ↴Catie Curtis (born 1965) is an American singer-songwriter.
She was raised in the small city of Saco, Maine, and played her first performances there. She was originally a drummer, but later changed instruments to acoustic guitar.
After leaving Saco, she went to Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. While at college, she became involved in the local coffeehouse circuit. At the same time, Curtis worked as a waitress and social worker while continuing to write and perform.
She moved to Boston, Massachusetts in the early 1990s, after deciding to make a career out of music. She and her partner are married and have two adopted daughters.
Curtis has toured extensively in North America in support of her albums, including playing at several festivals, such as the Newport Folk Festival. She has also supported, among others, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Dar Williams, Girlyman and Bonnie Raitt. She also played on the final Lilith Fair tour.
Her songs have featured in Alias, Dawson's Creek, Felicity and Chicago Hope, as well as in several independent films. She won the Best Album Award from the Gay and Lesbian American Music Awards for her self-titled 1997 album. In 2006, she and Mark Erelli won the Grand Prize in the International Songwriting Competition for their song People Look Around, a song written in response to the hurricane Katrina disaster.
A film documentary on Curtis, entitled Tangled Stories, has been directed by Robert Millis. An interview with her is also featured on his current affairs program, American Microphone.
The Party's Over
Catie Curtis Lyrics
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Now you can be you and I can turn into myself
My sisters will ask me, "How was the ball?"
I'll say, "I don't want to talk about it at all."
Then I will get up in the morning
Gotta buy me some shoes
I've got nothing to lose
I was not dreaming so I was awake
And it was real, I would have known if it were all fake
I would have known
I lost my glass slipper as well as my ride
I have to admit that I don't know truth from lies
Truth from lies
Then I will get up in the morning
Gotta buy me some shoes
I will get up in the morning
I've got nothing to lose
Then I will get up in the morning
Gotta buy me some shoes
I will get up in the morning
I've got nothing to lose
The party's over
The clock's long struck twelve
Now you can be you and
I can turn into myself
The Party’s Over by Catie Curtis is a song that holds a bittersweet tone that almost borders on being melancholic. The lyrics speak of the end of a party, where the clock has already struck twelve, signifying that the revelries have ended. As the party-goers leave one by one, the singer of the song is left alone to contemplate everything that happened that night. She states that now, the guests can shed their party masks and be themselves, while she can finally take off her mask and turn into her real self.
The song also deals with the aftermath of the party. The singer seems to have had a great time dancing the night away, although there is an air of mystery around what, exactly, happened at the party. When her sisters inquire about how the party was, she replies that she does not want to talk about it at all. There is a sense of shame in her voice, and one can almost imagine that something went wrong. She confesses that she lost her glass slipper as well as her ride, which might indicate something more severe than just having too much to drink.
The singer concludes the song by reassuring herself that no matter what happened at the party, she was not dreaming, and it was all real. She realizes that the truth might have gotten lost in a sea of lies and different versions of events, but she will get up in the morning and try to make sense of it all again. She needs to buy herself some shoes, it seems, but the real reason behind this is left unclear.
Overall, The Party’s Over is a beautiful, thoughtful song that deals with the end of a night of festivities and the return to reality. It speaks to a universal feeling of sadness that comes with the end of something enjoyable and the knowledge that it will never be the same again.
Line by Line Meaning
The party's over the clock's long struck twelve
The event or party is finished, and it's already late, time to wrap up and return to our true selves.
Now you can be you and I can turn into myself
It's time to stop pretending to be impressed by everything and to show our true selves to each other.
My sisters will ask me, "How was the ball?"
Her sisters want to know how the event went, perhaps to harbor some envy, however, she is not interested in discussing it.
I'll say, "I don't want to talk about it at all."
She doesn't want to share the details of the party because she feels disenchanted.
Then I will get up in the morning
Gotta buy me some shoes
I will get up in the morning
I've got nothing to lose
The only way to overcome rejection by others is by expressing oneself independently and freely.
I was not dreaming so I was awake
And it was real, I would have known if it were all fake
I would have known
The things that happened during the party were not just merely a hallucination, as she realized that it would have felt different if it were all fake.
I lost my glass slipper as well as my ride
I have to admit that I don't know truth from lies
Truth from lies
She does not differentiate between what is true and what's counterfeit, because she has lost her direction and is blinded by her own inner conflicts.
The party's over
The clock's long struck twelve
Now you can be you and
I can turn into myself
The party ended just in time, now she can breathe, and he can choose to show his real self.
Contributed by Aubrey C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.