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Hi. Been pretty angsty about my prelim grades and the mainstream econs teachers that fucked up all my essays. Ah nevermind.

Here's the video to Sophia by Nerina Pallot. The tune and her voice are beautiful to begin with but what really caught my ear (if there is such a thing) was the clever wordplay on Sophia which is pronounced so-fire. Since she is an indie singer, I immediately felt obliged to understand the lyrics, since they probably aren't some formulaic commercial trash. But I'm not sure what they mean really. Apparently Sophia is the name of her friend in university. What I think (and my thinking is very overrated btw) is that she's explaining the irresistable and consuming nature of love to Sophia, amid the fact that she has lost this man. But I don't understand chunks of lyrics so I may be an ignoramus for all I know.

Nerina Pallot - Sophia



And here are the lyrics

Sophia

Five o'clock and a fire escape symphony
Spilling out across the road and the square
And the sky's the same as your own do ya think of me?
Do the parks and trees and the leaves reach you there?
After the rain, in the lonely hours he haunts me,
Callin out again and again

Sophia, Sophia, I'm burning, I'm burning
It's a fire, a fire I cannot put out
Sophia, Sophia I'm learning that some things I can't go without
And one of them is him

Now I walk the streets like a stranger in my hometown
Learn the language from the words when I speak
But he changed me I'm his ghost since he came around
Now I count the hours and the days in the weeks
Passion and silence, every word, every rhyme a measure
It's the science of the soul
And his books they breathe a reason
And now I wanna know

Sophia, Sophia, I'm burning, I'm burning
It's a fire, a fire I cannot put out
Sophia, Sophia I'm learning that some things I can't go without
And one of them is him

And you, with your newborn eyes,
Have you ever loved a man lke I love him?
Do you hurt but still feel alive, like never before?
Oh Sophia
Sophia

Sophia, Sophia, I'm burning, I'm burning
It's a fire, a fire I cannot put out
Sophia, Sophia I'm learning that some things I can't go without
I, can't, go without him