The Cardigans – Communication

I am on a roll. This entry I would like recommend this song by The Cardigans titled “Communication”.

For those who have no idea who is The Cardigans – they are not some outerwear garment, but the band who sang the fame candy pop rock song  “Love Fool”. The lead singer had a voice which strongly resemblance Faye Wong, maybe that is why I quite like their songs…

Anyway, I thought it is a very nice ballad with meaningful lyrics. Hope you all will enjoy it as much as I do.

Communication I think is one of the hardest skills to pick up in the world. Sometimes, people can just connect and can communicate well even when they do not have a common language. At other times, one could hardly tolerate one word coming out from another.

Then there is the cliché about this quote which I have read somewhere. The furthest distance in the world is not physical separation, but really distancing of the heart… No amount of communication can help to one draw closer to another when there is no connection in the first place.  

The Cardigans – Communication (Lyrics)

For 27 years I've been trying to believe and confide in
Different people I've found.
Some of them got closer than others
Some wouldn't even bother and then you came around

I didn't really know what to call you, you didn't know me at all
But I was happy to explain.
I never really knew how to move you
So I tried to intrude through the little holes in your veins

And I saw you
But that's not an invitation
That's all I get
If this is communication
I disconnect
I've seen you, I know you
But I don't know
How to connect, so I disconnect

You always seem to know where to find me
and I'm still here behind you
In the corner of your eye.
I'll never really learn how to love you
But I know that I love you through the hole in the sky.
Where I see you

And that's not an invitation
That's all I get
If this is communication
I disconnect
I've seen you, I know you
But I don't know
How to connect, so I disconnect

Well this is an invitation
It's not a threat
If you want communication
That's what you get
I'm talking and talking
But I don't know
How to connect
And I hold a record for being patient
With your kind of hesitation

I need you to want me
But I don’t know how to connect
So I disconnect
I disconnect…