EXPLANATION OF EVERYTHING ELSE BELOW
What Some Say
What Ellie G. Says
FINALLY: WHAT I SAY
Lyrical Facet Number One
Then Losing it all on my own"
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Generally speaking, I know that many have experienced such happenings. We're all human. There's something that makes us all tick. Some are more difficult to figure out that others, but that's not the point.
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A scripture that I hold very close to my heart (as I'm sure many others in the world do) is "For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." (Psalm 30:5, KJV) & in the TNIV version it is stated: "For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning."
Yes, you may experience uncertainties and pain but only for a season. If you can just hold out until tomorrow, you will see the end of your pain and the triumph of your survival.
Lyrical Facet Number Two
But the queen has been overthrown"
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1 Corinthians 15:58, TNIV: "Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."
Personally, when I feel stressed and under a great deal of pressure, I have to take a step back and remember that God is in control of everything. I must remember that only God knows what the future holds; I definitely don't know, so which makes it even more important that I keep it all together.
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One of the things I do when stress becomes a bit much is, yes, abound myself in the Lord. (It's not as hard, complex, or strenuous as some may think it sounds. God puts no more on you than you can bear.)
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Well, you get the point. Music mellows the heart, especially when you're under stress and the songs stream towards the glorification of Jesus Christ. Plus, I just really love music, so that relaxes me regardless.
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The bible does say that music mellows the heart.
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Nevertheless, thinking of yourself as a queen is nice, but a fallen is queen - that's just terrible.
Poor Ellie G. she feels like a fallen queen. If I'm going to be a queen, I'm going to be the best darn under control, sexiest, majestic, God-fearing queen possible. I wouldn't let any peasant or their shenanigans stress me out or terrify me to the point where I loose heart and courage to live my life and lead my kingdom in the correct paths that I should.
Then again, maybe that's just me.
Lyrical Facet Number Three
And I'm not keeping now the strength I need to push me"
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I know that some second guess artists when it comes to them giving explanations of their work that tend to stream from person affairs and yes, even I, too, sometimes question the honesty of artist. It's natural to be inquisitive and curious, but in this case I do believe this artist when she says that the song is about her being afraid of the dark from childhood.
With that being said, these two lines are about her and the darkness not being too good of friends, and because the darkness scares her so much she tends to lose the strength that she needs to actually deal with the darkness itself. (So redundant, really.)
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I know in some cases the darkness is actually calming when it comes to thinking patterns. I mean, in a way I can kind of attest to that because I have chronic migraines on a daily basis and sometimes the only thing that helps is sleeping it off. I even wear an eye mask to block all the light out because strong lighting and a chronic migraine doesn't mix. Anyone that has them totally knows where I'm coming from. Nevertheless, my testimony is in relation to a health issue of mine, unlike Ellie's where she's simply afraid of the dark for whatever reason.
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That being said, everyone isn't as strong as the next person to deal with trying to go to sleep in the dark. I think that's a deep rooted fear that needs to be examined by a professional and taken to God in prayer.
No, I'm not saying a person should fraternize with darkness and things of that realm but all I'm saying is is that when night fall comes it's time to go to sleep. That's the time of day that God has set for humans to sleep and we should do our very best to respect it as such. (No, I'm not saying that Ellie was purposely defiant to darkness. I'm sure there were and are many children out there that had and has the fear of sleeping in the dark.)
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A comforting scripture is:
2 Timothy 1:7, KJV: For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7, TNIV: "For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline."
2 Timothy 1:7, MSG: "God doesn't want us to be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible."
I tell myself this whenever I feel like I'm facing something that may be a bit intimidating in some shape, form, or fashion. It's no fun being afraid of something or living as a prisoner to even your own mental limitations, so this scripture is great to use to give you a strong gusto for moving past your fears.
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Will you let fear run you or will you run it?
God gave me the spirit of power, love, a sensible sound - mind, and strong self-discipline to enforce whatever decisions I choose to put into action with my sound mind.
Sometimes, you have to do just like Whoopi Goldberg's character did in the movie, The Color Purple, and knock Old Mister Johnson out of the way. Who or whatever your Mister Johnson is, knock him out of the way and don't let your fear stop you from doing you or at least do your best to work towards such action. (Some people's fears are extensively more complex than others.)
Lyrical Facet Number Four
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Lyrical Facet Number Five
And so I tell myself that I'll be strong"
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On the other hand, I do appreciate her effort of trying to woman-up when she says that she tells herself to be strong. Now, all she has to do is follow through with her plan to do just that. Some would tell her to "just do it", like Nike but not everyone is Nike manufactured.
Lyrical Facet Number Six
Lyrical Facet Number Seven
Calling, calling, calling home"
Lyrical Facet Number Eight
Touch my own skin and hope that I'm still breathing"
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These lines of the song just continually bring reverence to the fact that she's freaking out about being in the dark. I get it, you get it, the whole world gets it and I'm just about through with it.
When you start to hear noises in your head in the dark because of the dark then it's a problem, so she needs to call someone somehow some way (rather it be by yelling or using her cellular phone that she sleeps with in the bed with her to call her house line and hope that someone else picks up so she ask them to come in her room and turn the lights on for her. Then again, she's stone still out of fear so she can't move much at all. There's that rock and a hard place again.)
She's starting to touch her own skin and go into extreme panic attacking. You know, if she's doing all of this then she's just contradicting the other lines when she says that she's so scared that she's even afraid to move - still as stone. You can't be too still if you're having a panic attack.
I get it, she's scared but freaking out only makes things worse. When you're dealing with a lot of stress don't freak out. It doesn't help but just makes things worse and then you push yourself into this mental limitation of your pursuit of sanity. That's not good, obviously. You have to maneuver around the fear and strive towards the happiness at the end of the tunnel or shall I say the "light" at the end of the tunnel?
CONCLUSION & APOLOGIES, SINCERELY
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This is just my analysis and opinion and opinions are like belly buttons: everybody has one, so don't come down on me for the way I feel because it's the way I feel. You don't have to condone it or agree with me.
Nevertheless, I respect Ellie Goulding as the artist that she is because I believe everyone deserves respect no matter what.
I think this song is a bit of a fun song. Ellie G. took a poor childhood fear and put it into a joyful up tempo party beat, and if that's not artistry I don't what is, honey.