So Far Away
The Brothers In Arms Lyrics
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And you're so far away from me
And where are you when the sun goes down
You're so far away from me
So far away from me
So far i just can't see
So far away from me
I'm tired of being in love and being all alone
When you're so far away from me
I'm tired of making out on the telephone
And you're so far away from me
So far away from me
So far i just can't see
So far away from me
You're so far away from me
I get so tired of having to explain
When you're so far away from me
See you've been in the sun and I've been in the rain
And you're so far away from me
So far away from me
So far i just can't see
So far away from me
You're so far away from me
The Brothers In Arms' song So Far Away speaks of the pains of distance and the woes of being in love with someone who is geographically distant. The lyrics of the song, "Here I am again in this mean old town, and you're so far away from me, and where are you when the sun goes down, you're so far away from me," signify the loneliness and desolation that the singer feels while being cooped up in a lifeless town while his/her lover is miles away. The distance between them becomes more pronounced as day turns to night, and their separation only serves to intensify his/her yearning for their lover's presence.
The song also highlights the frustration and sense of isolation that the singer feels due to the lack of physical intimacy that he/she is able to have with their lover. The lyrics, "I'm tired of being in love and being all alone, when you're so far away from me, I'm tired of making out on the telephone, and you're so far away from me," convey the difficulty that comes with trying to maintain a long-distance relationship where physical intimacy is non-existent, and the limited interactions are restricted to phone calls and texts only.
Overall, The Brothers In Arms' song So Far Away is a beautifully crafted ode to the emotions that come with long-distance relationships- the loneliness, longing, and frustrating yearning for a lover's physical affection.
Line by Line Meaning
Here I am again in this mean old town
I find myself back in this unpleasant place once more
And you're so far away from me
You are physically distant from me
And where are you when the sun goes down
I wonder where you are during the night
You're so far away from me
You are still far away, no matter the time of day
So far away from me
The distance between us is great
So far i just can't see
The physical distance between us is too far for me to visualize
So far away from me
The physical distance between us is still very large
You're so far away from me
This distance is causing feelings of sadness and longing
I'm tired of being in love and being all alone
I am exhausted of feeling love while being by myself
When you're so far away from me
This is due to your physical distance from me
I'm tired of making out on the telephone
I am weary of having to rely solely on phone connections to be intimate
And you're so far away from me
This is again due to your physical distance
I get so tired of having to explain
Having to constantly clarify and elaborate on our situation is exhausting
When you're so far away from me
This constant need for explanation is due to your physical distance
See you've been in the sun and I've been in the rain
You have been enjoying better circumstances, while I have been struggling
And you're so far away from me
This disparity in our experiences only adds to the pain of your physical distance
So far away from me
This physical distance is really hard to bear
So far i just can't see
The distance is so great it feels unfathomable to me
So far away from me
Despite everything, you are still so far from me
You're so far away from me
Your physical distance is still the main cause of my pain
Contributed by Elizabeth J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@tiagojohannes5920
I know it’s not the same but I just wanna say it.
My father said
”Now the sun's gone to hell
And the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line in your palm
My brother in arms.”
At his best friends funeral which he has known since he was a 7 year old boy as well as his other friend. They grew up in a small village in Congo which people found odd when he tells them about it because he is white but he is Belgian and they had colonised Congo so I assume it’s why they were there, he is now 53. They called themselves the 3 musketeers, Kris(*the one who has died*),Lawrence my dads other best friend and my dad Thierry. The 3 of them went to school together, shared a room with each other at boarding school. They all grew up together. Everything they did they did together. His father was an abusive alcoholic and died when my father was 9 while his mom was in hospital with cancer which she overcame but died 3 years later from TB so he didn’t really ever have family, but he told me that the 3 of them were brothers. Whether they were blood or not. After school they would go down to the river and get on their little wooden sail boat that they borrowed from a local fisherman with a few friends. There were crocodiles and hippos there but they didn’t care, they were young and foolish but they had fun. One of his friends had a brother who had gone missing, 3 days later one of his arms were found on the banks of the river(irrelevant, I know). The 3 musketeers later went to Belgium to finish their studies so they could make it one day, when they had finished they all moved to South Africa because they missed Africa, but it wasn’t the same kind of Africa. When they came here they had very little money so the 3 of them rented a small apartment and stayed in it together. They searched tirelessly for jobs and my dad and Kris found jobs here, they both became engineers, the other friend Lawrence went back to Belgium because he couldn’t get one here and later found one there. Kris introduced my mom to my dad and he is the reason I,my brother and my sister exist. He was the one who had wanted a family the most out of the 3 of them, he had many girlfriends in the past , he ended up finding the right one who unfortunately may not have been and they got engaged and a few months later she died in a car accident. Years past, my dad and Kris had some fights and didn’t see each other for a few months but they resolved their problems. He finally found the person who would become his wife and start a family with. They tried many times to have children but she had some problem with her which was preventing her from getting pregnant, they went to doctors and tried to sort out the problems and after some time they finally managed to have children, 2 daughters 1 year difference in age. The 3 musketeers still saw each other often even tho the one lives in Belgium who also has a family of his own now and the other lives almost 2 hours from us. They all made it and were successful in life but Kris seemed to be an unlucky man, he then got COVID when working on some project in Congo which is ironic. The last time the 3 of them were together was 2 years ago because of COVID/ lockdown. Lawrence and his family came here because it was Kris’s 50th birthday. That was the last time we saw Kris. He died on the 16th of August 2, 2021, 2 days before my dads birthday and the same day my dad had a heart attack 7 years ago. After being in hospital fighting COVID for nearly 2 months, my mom called me to come downstairs and I had the feeling something was wrong and I saw my mom and dad standing in the kitchen, they told me that Kris had died just before my mom started crying, my dad tried to act strong like always but at the dinner table halfway through dinner he just started crying, I had never seen my dad cry in my entire life, I am 17. He had multiple infections and organ failures and my father wasn’t allowed to visit him but it would have been pointless because towards the end he was tired and looked deathly ill and was mostly sedated, a week before he died his wife went there and kept telling him he will be fine and he will make it but with the little strength he had , he shook his head and said no his wife Charlene told us, he asked to see his girls who are 5 and 6 but they weren’t allowed in.
They are now currently with us as his wife is suicidal and has gone to some institute to try and get help because she doesn’t know how to carry on.The girls don’t seem to understand what death is and that he isn’t coming back because they say “my daddy died and that’s why we aren’t at home but we waiting for mommy and daddy to come back” They don’t seem to be upset but they keep saying they miss mommy and daddy which hurts me to hear and I think it hurts my dad more as his friend isn’t here but his 2 daughters are and they will grow up without knowing their father like my dad did. My dad had to carry the coffin and do the eulogy which is when at the end he said those words because Brothers in arms was Kris’s favourite song.
But now *The 3 musketeers are no more*. I am writing this with tears in my eyes as I find it very upsetting, I had to watch the funeral online as your are only allowed 50 people in a venue. My dad put his hand on his coffin and patted it and said something which he says is just for Kris. The rest Kris’s family couldn’t fly here because of restrictions so they had to do a funeral in Belgium without the coffin. We had to watch it online. Lawrence did the eulogy too but he broke down at the end. It was in french so I couldn’t understand but my dad could. He was very upset for the rest of that day and didn’t say a word, I think it re enforced the fact that he is gone and there is no changing it and you can’t do anything.
My dad is now depressed and he doesn’t know what to do with his life which is upsetting for me and my family but the words he said in the eulogy
*“Now the sun's gone to hell
”And the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line in your palm
My brother in arms.”
I will always remember those words.
My dad has tears in his eyes when he listens to this song now. He says when it’s his turn he wants his song to be
Blood Brothers
By Bruce Springsteen because Lawrence will be
the last one.
Rip Kris.
I know it’s not the same, I don’t know what it is like for you as I didn’t go to war and lose someone I was so close too like that so abruptly and in a way like that, and then for him to not even get the recognition that he deserved but I’m sure the people he has saved will always remember what he did and will forever be grateful as they were able to return to their families because of his sacrifice. Many people have gone to early before their lives even really started and it isn’t fair.
I have never had a friendship or a bond like you guys have so I will unfortunately never know.
@tihomirx
These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Someday you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer earn to be
Brothers in arms
Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've witnessed your suffering
As the battle raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms
There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones
Now the sun's gone to hell and
The moon riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line in your palm
We are fools to make war
On our brothers in arms
@minorgang9576
These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Someday you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn to be
Brothers in arms
Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've witnessed your suffering
As the battle raged high
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms
There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones
Now the sun's gone to hell and
The moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line in your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms
@Clauder.
"Brothers in Arms" de Dire Straits é uma canção com múltiplas camadas de interpretação, mas sua essência gira em torno do tema da camaradagem e da tragédia da guerra.
A letra retrata a perspectiva de um soldado em meio a um cenário de guerra desolador. Os "campos de destruição" e os "batismos de fogo" simbolizam a violência e o trauma da batalha. Porém, apesar da dor e do sofrimento, a união entre os soldados surge como um ponto de esperança e resiliência. A frase "brothers in arms" torna-se um manifesto de solidariedade e companheirismo em face da morte e da incerteza.
Ao mesmo tempo, a canção expressa um anseio profundo por paz e um retorno à vida "normal". As "montanhas cobertas de neblina" se tornam refúgio temporário, mas o verdadeiro lar, "as planícies e as fazendas", representam a estabilidade e a esperança de um futuro livre de conflitos. O cantor reconhece a futilidade da guerra e apela aos irmãos de armas para que sonhem com um mundo onde não precisem mais lutar.
Apesar de seu contexto específico de guerra, a letra toca em temas universais como a fragilidade da vida, a impermanência do mundo e a importância dos vínculos humanos. A frase "há tantos mundos diferentes, tantos sóis diferentes, mas temos apenas um mundo, mas vivemos em mundos diferentes" reflete a diversidade de perspectivas e a dificuldade de compreensão mútua, porém também serve como um lembrete da necessidade de superar as diferenças e encontrar pontos de comunhão.
Vale lembrar que a canção foi lançada em 1985, em um período marcado pela Guerra Fria e a constante ameaça de uma guerra nuclear. Nesse sentido, pode ser interpretada como um protesto contra as futilidade e o horror da guerra, um apelo pela paz e pelo diálogo entre as nações.
Além dessas interpretações principais, cada ouvinte pode extrair significados pessoais da canção, conectando-a à sua própria experiência e perspectiva. A musicalidade melódica e melancólica, o vocal suave e introspectivo de Mark Knopfler, e a letra rica em imagens contribuem para a universalidade e o poder emocional da canção.
Espero que essa interpretação ajude a você se aproximar ainda mais da canção "Brothers in Arms".
@Thorsten-Tom-Martin
LYRICS:
[Verse 1]
These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms
[Verse 2]
Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've witnessed your suffering
As the battle raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms
[Choros 1 / Bridge]
There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Now the sun's gone to hell
And the moon riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line in your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms
[Instrumental Outro]
@thesoundoftoulouse
Don't worry... you're not the only one who is listening this masterpiece in 2022
@Edgarswoodworks
👍
@NightHawkGameplays
I predict the same comment will appear in 2041 and so on. This song is out of time.
@chessygirl5
Used to play it for my early HIV friends but now its for The Vid-19 🙏😰❤️🌹
@klasstenmo2726
👍
@NightHawkGameplays
I get very emotional with music, but never to the point of crying.
This music made me cry at work but my colleagues understood when I explained why.
@JaneKellie-uh3mo
We're in the year of 2024 - And this Dire Straits Song Is Timeless. 🫡✌️🫡🇬🇧
@johnnyboyfromholland
klopt
@adriananderson76
Yes it is.
@robinfriday9583
Masterpiece incredible ❤