Tell of Tales
Will.I.Am Lyrics


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It's a fly Love song it's a fly Love song
It's a smooth Love song
It's a true Love song it's a Love Love song
It's a Love Love song it's a make Love song
It's a take Love song yeah
Check It Out yeah

Hey wonderfulnice to meet U (sugar)
U knowthat U're a beautiful creature
So fine and sophisticated
I'm so glad that we ain't related
And tell U things that others don't
(that's right) on and on and on and on
Oh oh oh

D cup size 25 waist (alright)
Oohwhat a lovely face
Your hips and candy things
Girl they got Me mesmerized
(that's right girl)
I just wanna lay U down (that's right girl)
And make them pleasant sound
I can't think of nobody else
That goes better with Myself oh ooh

We look good together i know
Why would she go looking for a new Love
Tomorrow why don't U
Tell Me when U need it again (alright)
Tell Me when U need it again (alright)
Tell Me when U need it again (alright)
Tell Me when U need it again

Tell Me when U want Me to Love U
But if U're far away from home
U could call me on My cell phone
(that's right)
Yeahand I could talk U through it
Yeahgirlu know how we do it
So just close your eyes we can fantasize

Think about lingerie that I bought U
Think about Metaking them off U
I just wanna get lost in U (that's right)
I tell you things that brothers don't
(that's right)
I don't think 'bout nobody else
Just Me with your self

We look good together i know
Why would she go looking for a new Love
Tomorrow why don't U
Tell Me when U need it again (alright)
Tell Me when U need it again (alright)
Tell Me when U need it again (alright)
Tell Me when U need it again

It's a fly Love song it's a fly Love song
It's a smooth Love song it's a truetruetrue

I make good Love so I wrote a Love song
I give good Love so I wrote a Love song
I get good Love so I wrote a Love song
I want good Love (good Love) good Love

I make good Love so I wrote a Love song
I give good Love so I wrote a Love song
I get good Love so I wrote a Love song




I want good Love (good Love) good Love
Lovelovelovelovelove

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Tell of Tales" by will.i.am showcase a haunting and introspective theme, which sheds light on the maudlin nature of life. The song, in its entirety, revolves around the lack of self-discovery and the fear of mortality. The first verse conveys a glimpse of this theme by highlighting how an ambiguous feeling is taking over the singer's life and mind. The mention of "bodies" beneath the floorboards further reinforces the feeling of death looming in the air, emphasizing how death could come knocking at any point.


The second verse establishes the singer's character as a wanderer, lost in their personal purgatory, and left to anguish over dead songs that can't be set free. The past accumulated sins and shameful deeds continue to plague the singer, as they think of all they have done so far, ripping apart people's lives. It's interesting to note how the verse ends with the "drop leaves a permanent mark," highlighting how the singer's past sins will stay with them eternally.


In the last verse, the singer is deep in despair and physically consumed by fear, choking and gagging. The singer suggests that blinded by fear, they cannot truly come alive, highlighting the fear of mortality and life's fleeting nature. The repetition of the line "Now My Cold Chest Has Stopped All Time" and "This growing fear has pierced my mind" further reinforces the feeling of finality and the inevitability of death in the song.


Line by Line Meaning

What is this feeling
The artist is experiencing an indescribable sensation that is affecting his life and taking over his mind.


That’s creeping up my spine
The feeling the artist is experiencing is ascending his back slowly.


I can hardly describe it
The artist finds it nearly impossible to put his feelings into words.


It’s taking over my life taking over my mind
The feeling is making a significant impact on the artist's existence and thoughts.


I look beneath the floorboards
The artist is investigating an area below the ground.


And I’ll I see are bodies
The artist discovers corpses.


Their dead eyes stare blankly
The eyes of the dead have a frozen look.


Calling to me to the space between
The bodies are prompting the artist to look deeper into the situation.


I am a wanderer
The artist describes himself as a person who roams aimlessly.


An eternal vagabond
The artist perceives himself as a lifelong nomad.


Stuck in my personal purgatory
The artist is trapped in his own hell.


I anguish over my dead songs
The artist suffers from a regret for his neglected music.


Now My Cold Chest Has Stopped All Time (Stopped all Time)
The feeling is so intense that the artist's heart rate has come to a halt.


This growing fear has pierced my mind (Pierced my Mind)
The artist's fear is so profound that it feels like a physical stabbing sensation in his brain.


I look beneath the floorboards
The artist returns to examining beneath the ground.


I think of all I’ve done now
The artist reflects on his past actions.


All the lives that I’ve ripped apart
The artist is weighed down by the negative impact he has had on others.


I can feel the sweat on my spine
The artist is sweating from the back due to nervousness.


Each drop leaves a permanent mark
Sweating perpetually causes an everlasting impact.


Feel the despair
The artist is overwhelmed by a sense of hopelessness.


reaching down my throat
The sense of despair seems to be choking the artist.


Gripping at my heart
The hopelessness of the situation is taking a severe toll on the artist's emotions.


It makes me gag and choke
The artist is so emotionally distressed that he is choking.


There is nothing left inside of me
The artist feels completely empty and devoid of emotions.


Blinded by my fear I cannot come to be
The fear has become so overwhelming that the artist is unable to function.


Now My Cold Chest Has Stopped All Time (Stopped all Time)
The feeling of complete emptiness is so intense that the artist's heart has come to a halt.


This growing fear has pierced my mind (Pierced my Mind)
The artist's fear is so profound that it feels like a physical stabbing sensation in his brain.


Now My Cold Chest Has Stopped All Time (Stopped all Time)
The feeling of complete emptiness is so intense that the artist's heart has come to a halt.


This growing fear has pierced my mind (Pierced my Mind)
The artist's fear is so profound that it feels like a physical stabbing sensation in his brain.




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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

지원추

To the people saying “he’s not that bad”

Spoilers!

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He’s literally the villain and it’s totally justified to fear him.

He takes her to his place in the woods and it’s horrible. His home literally has human bones as decorations. He tries to feed her raw human meat, and if I recall correctly, he assaults her. She ends up having to kill him, and returns home. It’s a story about abuse and a woman literally having to slaughter her captor in order to survive. Classic story from Italy.



All comments from YouTube:

potaterjim

At first I thought he was just saying no till he found someone she approved of, and thought it was a clever and touching way to bring her happiness
Then I just wanted to see a huge cgi monster flea

Benjamin Pierce

the thing I really want to see, is whatever monstrocity that flea feeds on.

AIN D.O

Ogre: Flea
King : That's right you can marry my daughter
Ogre: No thanks you can keep her

Nikke Aarnio

but imma keep the hide

Fire Fox

Maybe he said flee.

Emily Miller

​@Fire Fox😂😂

Truck-kun

​@Nikke Aarnioyou made it gold right there 😂

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Cain Abel

I feel bad for the wild man. He won the contest, only to lose in the end.

If you look at it this way. The wild man won the contest. He was almost murdered by a family, the family duped into thinking the princess was stolen from the kingdom. Then the wild man comes back and tries to take back his wife from the family, that almost murdered him. They hurt him and almost kill him. He kills them. Then the wife murders him. The princess is the true villain.

J Mac

It's sad how the father has little interest in his daughter's upbringing. But to be so reckless in selecting the man she will marry shows complete disregard for her well being.

triccele

Yeah, but is pretty much in line with what kings do in fairy tales... They are often terrible fathers, specially to their daughters

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