Open Up
Norm Lyrics


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Bir çığlık bulsam hiç susmayan
Veya bi cümlede beni anlatan
Gittin gideli sonsuz
Bir acı ölümün önüne geçemedim yok ilacı
Ilk ve son nefes ürkek bu beden
Nedensizim sana yakışmaz kefen
Sormaya korktum meleğim nerde
Tanrım hesap ver şimdi sıra sende
Hicran bu kesik eksik kalbim
Her gece sancı odamda hayalin
Külleri üfle ama ben yandım
Günlerim hezeyan sensiz kaldım
Sen düş ve gülüşlerime umuttun
çiviler çaktılar sanki kalbe
Yeryüzünde bak bi hayat unuttun
Bu çocuk sensiz yapamadı anne.

Dünya bir film açılır perden
Mutlu son da yok kaçar hep senden nefret edersin seyircilerden
Sahnesi gerçek tek oyun ölümdür
Solgun her surat yalanla boyanır
Rüya biter kul gerçeğe uyanır
Sonbaharı sevmiyor hiç bi yaprak
Söz geçer mi kadere bu kara toprak
Sövdümse beden zamanla gelişir
Güldümse neden sanmaki değişir
Derdi bilmeden sözler avutmaz
Gözyaşı aksın bu gönül unutmaz
Durgunum artık suçumu ararken
Bakan bi kör var seçimi yaparken
Hayatı oynar amacı biçimsiz
Sarhoştur acım sonucu geçimsiz
Aynı hüzündür sendeki duygu
ölüme sözümdür bendeki uyku
Anlamı yok doğan her güne lanet
Bu çocuk sensiz yapamadı affet.

Dünya bir film açılır perden
Mutlu son da yok kaçar hep senden
Nefret edersin seyircilerden
Sahnesi gerçek tek oyun ölümdür

Dünya bir film açılır perden
Mutlu son da yok kaçar hep senden




Nefret edersin seyircilerden
Sahnesi gerçek tek oyun ölümdür

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Norm's song Open Up are emotionally charged, and explore themes of grief, pain, and the inevitability of death. The first verse describes the singer's inability to cope with the loss of someone they loved deeply. They describe their pain as an "acı ölümün", an agonizing death from which they cannot escape. The singer notes how their body's initial and final breaths are fearful and timid, and how they cannot fathom the idea of their loved one being reduced to a mere shroud, saying "Nedensizim sana yakışmaz kefen". They express a sense of dread and concern about where their loved one is, asking "Sormaya korktum meleğim nerde / Tanrım hesap ver şimdi sıra sende". The pain of the singer's loss is palpable, and they describe how their heart is incomplete without the person they have lost: "Hicran bu kesik eksik kalbim".


The second verse continues to explore the idea of life as a play or film, with a lack of happy endings. The singer notes how people in the world often hide behind false faces and lies, but death is the only true reality. They describe how people are like "solgun her surat yalanla boyanır", or "faded faces painted with lies". The singer also reflects on their own mortality, saying "Rüya biter kul gerçeğe uyanır", meaning "the dream ends, the slave wakes up to reality". In the final lines, the singer acknowledges their inability to move forward without their loved one, but also expresses a sense of resignation, saying "Bu çocuk sensiz yapamadı affet", or "this child cannot carry on without you, forgive me".


Overall, the lyrics to Open Up are a haunting reflection on the pain and grief of losing someone you love. The singer is raw and honest in their description of their emotions, and the lyrics are full of vivid imagery and metaphors. The song is a poignant reminder of the fragility of life and the importance of cherishing those we love while we still have them.


Line by Line Meaning

Bir çığlık bulsam hiç susmayan
If I could find a scream that never stops


Veya bi cümlede beni anlatan
Or a sentence that describes me


Gittin gideli sonsuz
You left and it feels eternal


Bir acı ölümün önüne geçemedim yok ilacı
I couldn't overcome the pain of death, there's no cure


Ilk ve son nefes ürkek bu beden
My first and last breaths are timid in this body


Nedensizim sana yakışmaz kefen
I am reasonless and a shroud doesn't suit me


Sormaya korktum meleğim nerde
I'm scared to ask, my angel, where are you?


Tanrım hesap ver şimdi sıra sende
God, now it's your turn to give an account


Hicran bu kesik eksik kalbim
This longing has left my heart incomplete


Her gece sancı odamda hayalin
Every night, your image is in my painful room


Külleri üfle ama ben yandım
Blow away the ashes, but I am burned


Günlerim hezeyan sensiz kaldım
My days are delirious, I have been without you


Sen düş ve gülüşlerime umuttun
You were my hope in my dreams and laughter


çiviler çaktılar sanki kalbe
It feels like nails were hammered into my heart


Yeryüzünde bak bi hayat unuttun
Look, you forgot a life on earth


Bu çocuk sensiz yapamadı anne.
This child couldn't do it without you, mother.


Dünya bir film açılır perden
The world is like a movie, the curtain is opening


Mutlu son da yok kaçar hep senden
There's no happy ending, it always escapes from you


Nefret edersin seyircilerden
You hate the audience


Sahnesi gerçek tek oyun ölümdür
The only real play on stage is death


Solgun her surat yalanla boyanır
Every pale face is painted with lies


Rüya biter kul gerçeğe uyanır
The dream ends, the slave wakes up to reality


Sonbaharı sevmiyor hiç bi yaprak
Not a single leaf likes autumn


Söz geçer mi kadere bu kara toprak
Does this dark earth have power over fate?


Sövdümse beden zamanla gelişir
If I cursed my body, it would develop over time


Güldümse neden sanmaki değişir
If I laughed, why would anyone think it changed anything


Derdi bilmeden sözler avutmaz
Words don't soothe without understanding the pain


Gözyaşı aksın bu gönül unutmaz
Tears flow, but this heart doesn't forget


Durgunum artık suçumu ararken
I'm still, searching for my fault


Bakan bi kör var seçimi yaparken
There's a blind person watching, making choices


Hayatı oynar amacı biçimsiz
Life plays, its purpose formless


Sarhoştur acım sonucu geçimsiz
My pain is intoxicated, and its result is incompatible


Aynı hüzündür sendeki duygu
The feeling in you is the same sorrow


ölüme sözümdür bendeki uyku
My sleep promises death


Anlamı yok doğan her güne lanet
There's no meaning in cursing every born day


Bu çocuk sensiz yapamadı affet.
This child couldn't do it without you, forgive.


Dünya bir film açılır perden
The world is like a movie, the curtain is opening


Mutlu son da yok kaçar hep senden
There's no happy ending, it always escapes from you


Nefret edersin seyircilerden
You hate the audience


Sahnesi gerçek tek oyun ölümdür
The only real play on stage is death




Writer(s): n. thompson iii, bob st. john, doug smith

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bellbrass

What guts it took to stay up there, tell the joke, and tell Dave that he loved him. The world is a lesser place without you, Norm.

S

​​@Felipe Lagarda He admitted his love, and also planted a seed. Eh-heh.

wyld elf26

It really is , , sadly 😞😢

Rodney Palmer

@Levi Rodriguez from what I understand his cancer was in remission for many years until it came back in 2020.

Rodney Palmer

@Felipe Lagarda I hope you are right my friend!

Sandy Mitchell

Interesting story I heard Norm tell- he never actually meant to say ''I love you'' but he just blurted it out because he was so overcome with emotion. He was a little embarrassed about it afterwards but I think everyone loved him a little more in that moment of pure vulnerability.

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MickeRamone

the way he gets emotional at the end...it really hits me right in the heart...R.I.P NORM, WE MISS YOU SO MUCH!

Nothing Really Matters

@MargbarMK - How did I prove you right? I listed the other nations Germany invaded with dates. Why do you think Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Yugoslavia and Greece "joined his military willingly?" They didn't.
I listed countries Germany invaded or attempted to invade.
You then write, "So Get your facts straight before claiming sooo BIG & baselessly about what that tiny weak Germany did in WW2. It shouldn't even be called "World War"; it just was the war of Germans against the communists in Europe."
Firstly, I didn't claim anything. I responded to your claim that "Germany only invaded Poland & Russia", nothing more. I don't know, if anyone, claimed Germany invaded the world.


I will say that WW2 didn't only include Europe as you seem to suggest. What about Japan?

MargbarMK

Germany only invaded Poland & Russia. Since when Poland & Russia are "the world"?

Nothing Really Matters

@Thomas Sindle - Only his closest family knew. Long-term friends have said they didn't know.

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