Regina Spektor: The Call Meaning
The Call Lyrics
Which then grew into a hope
Which then turned into a quiet thought
Which then turned into a quiet word
And then that word grew louder and louder
'Til it was a battle cry
I'll come back
When you call me
No...
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#1 top rated interpretation:I think it's about hope and war. Basically narnia. The verse;
It started out as a feeling
Which then grew into a hope
Which then turned into a quiet thought
Which then turned into a quiet word
And then that word grew louder and louder, describe the beginning of Narnia and the wardrobe. Then the lines; 'Til it was a battle cry I'll come back when you call me no need to say goodbye, means whom ever blows Susan's horn help will come. Just because everything's changing
Doesn't mean it's never been this way before
All you can do is try to know who your friends are
As you head off to the war
Pick a star on the dark horizon and follow the light. You'll come back when it's over
No need to say goodbye
You'll come back when it's over
No need to say goodbye; (first lines)- when they went back from the Narnia the second time it was like the first time when they went back, when they first came back from Narnia and the first and second battle when they didn't know yet who was on their side. The rest describes the ending of 'prince caspian' and 'voyage of the dawn treader' when the original kings and queens are reunited. And even though the originals can't go back (yet) doesn't mean that they should forget. And it could also mean (SPOILER ALERT!) when aslan destroyed the old Narnia and leads the to the 'Begining' if the new. -
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#2 top rated interpretation:I'm thinking this song is about losing loved ones and the memories of them.
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#3 top rated interpretation:I think it talks about the whole meaning
of Narnia. Susan and Peter are leaving
Narnia for good but it's not forever if you
Know what I mean and I'm not just referring
To the last book. The two of them are leaving
the physical place but it remains with them where ever
they go. It started out as a feeling then hope then a
thought then a quiet then a battle cry of belief.
It also refers to Lucy & Edmund which being the
youngest ones believe the most especially Lucy.
They have to go back the older ones, everything
is changing but it still feels as before in belief but
they understand now. Now there all back in there
world at the beginning, no one else knows what
really happened to them. They can't go back
but they don't have to forget everything they saw,
heard, felt, and learned. It will always be with
them no matter where they go or what happens
to them. -
for me, it's about the reckoning that's forced upon us when love comes and we're not yet ready to receive it.
"It started out as a feeling
---(love)
Which then grew into a hope
Which then turned into a quiet thought
Which then turned into a quiet word
And then that word grew louder and louder
'Til it was a battle cry
---(love is expressed and rejected)
I'll come back
When you call me
No need to say goodbye
Just because everything's changing
Doesn't mean it's never been this way before
---(this isn't the first failed relationship for the person who can't accept love)
All you can do is try to know who your friends are
As you head off to the war
---(the battle or inner work they must do)
Pick a star on the dark horizon
And follow the light
You'll come back
When it's over
---(when they've healed and can accept love)
No need to say goodbye
You'll come back
When it's over
No need to say goodbye...
Now we're back to the beginning
It's just a feeling and no one knows yet
---(he's healed and has feelings again)
But just because they can't feel it too
---(the other person doesn't yet know)
Doesn't mean that you have to forget
Let your memories grow stronger and stronger
'Til they're before your eyes
---(manifesting back,the person whose love they rejected)
You'll come back
When they call you
No need to say goodbye
You'll come back
When they call you
No need to say goodbye
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To me this song describes a Soul that responded to the divine "Call" for volunteers to come to earth at this critical time to perform a mission.
It's a time when we need those who can help with the shift into the "golden age" or the coming of the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven.
Or in other words - volunteer Souls who have been called to who play central roles in the unfolding history of the "Narnian world."
C.S. Lewis, the Author of Chronicles of Narnia wove spiritual themes into the entire series. For example, Aslan is a literary Christ figure who plays a pivotal role in the story of Narnia, just as Jesus Christ is central to the Christian faith.
Lewis explained in a letter to Arthur Greeves in October 1931, that he set out his story of Aslan as a retelling of the "actual incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection." -
I think it’s talking about Susan and Prince Caspian... “It started out as a feeling” the feeling they liked each other... Also “which then grew into a hope. Which then turned into a quiet thought. Which then turned into a quiet word. And then that word grew louder and louder till it was a battle cry.” The battle cry may have been when Caspian tells Susan that he is in love with her and it’s no longer silent, it’s as obvious as a battle cry... I’ll come back when you call me, no need to say goodbye. Calling may have reference to the horn he blew for help... I don’t know, just a thought
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In medieval Spain there were Jewish areas which were named "Calls." Originally organized by the Jews, walls were ordered to be built around these areas so that the Jews would not "contaminate" the Christians. Spektor may well be aware, as a Russian Jewish immigrant to the US. About every 100 years in Spain, there were enforced, violent conversions of Jews to Christianity, often followed by expulsions of the Jews. The reference to following a star could have been Biblical as well. In the song, the word "call" is probably a pun - either a call away from home, a call to battle, or enforced leaving from the "call" area.
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I think it means friends never leave you and friendship lasts a lifetime
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I think it's about a crush that wasn't suppose to happen.
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I think this is a song about two friends who are going to be parted because of a genuine reason. Pick a star on the dark horizon and follow the light indicates that even though they had a hard time leaving each other, they must look at the bright side, the hopes of seeing each other again. No need to say goodbye also shows that the two hopes to see each other again soon. Hoping for a reunion in the near future.
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It is someone leaving home.
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I'm pretty sure the song is about a solider leaving and not saying goodbye because they know they'll be back and that it's ok to feel the way you do now because it's a sad experience for both of them but it's ok because they come back and everything's ok.
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I think it talks about the whole meaning
of Narnia. Susan and Peter are leaving
Narnia for good but it's not forever if you
Know what I mean and I'm not just referring
To the last book. The two of them are leaving
the physical place but it remains with them where ever
they go. It started out as a feeling then hope then a
thought then a quiet then a battle cry of belief.
It also refers to Lucy & Edmund which being the
youngest ones believe the most especially Lucy.
They have to go back the older ones, everything
is changing but it still feels as before in belief but
they understand now. Now there all back in there
world at the beginning, no one else knows what
really happened to them. They can't go back
but they don't have to forget everything they saw,
heard, felt, and learned. It will always be with
them no matter where they go or what happens
to them. -
This is the song that was in the second Narnia Movie at the credits and it basically, to me, describes the entire feeling of Narnia and believing an knowing that it exists.
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It actually talks about a person leaving his or her hometown or family or girlfriend to pursue or do something. Like, a soldier who went to a war. The verse "I'll come back when you call me, no need to say goodbye" explains that the person is so nervous that he or she might not return to his or her family or hometown or girlfriend or boyfriend but there is a chance that he or she might. The verse "Now were back to the beginning" the person returns safe and the verse "It's just a feeling and no one knows yet" the person is so happy that he returned to his or her family or hometown but no one knows it yet. THAT's my interpretation. :P
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Like everyone else said this song is about a relationship, and I agree. Like the song says in the beginning a relationship is blooming. When the relationship is at its strongest he gets the call that he has to leave to fight in a war. He says that there is no need to say goodbye because he will come back when it is over. Now the girls world is changing because he is no longer there. The girl has to have the support of her friends to get through it. The verse "Pick a star on the dark horizon And follow the light" means that when ever they look up in the sky they know that the other person is seeing the exact same thing and they know that are connected by the same light. And light and star can also mean hopes, dreams, good etc.The girl keeps reminding herself that he'll come back when the war over there is no need to say goodbye. Then the guy comes back from the war and they are back to when they first meet. It is their first meeting all over again. They just have to remember what is was like before and everything will be back to what it was. At the same time the girl also knows that he might/could go back to fight a war at anytime, but reassures herself that he'll always come back to her and there is no reason to say goodbye or forget him.
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It seems to me that this is a song about a relationship. It started out small and grew bigger. Then the boyfriend had to go off somewhere and she told him that he didn't need to say goodbye, because they'd always be together. When he finally came back, he didn't love her any more. They started from the beginning, but the boy didn't want to be with her. She remembers and he doesn't want to. She still loves him, but he doesn't still love her.
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