This is a quite sad song about a guy remembering a girl in school who he knew was abused but he did not do anything about it. (Because he was too young and didn't know any better.) It's sad but it's also real. Since most kids like music I think it's a good way to encourage them to pay more attention to their schoolmates and generally be more compassionate and sensitive people. Although, the abused girl when confronted could be mortified that somebody knows and do something drastic..hmm..
There’s a moment in time And it’s stuck in my mind Way back, when we were just kids
Cause your eyes told the tale Of an act of betrayal I knew that somebody did
Oh, waves of time Seem to wash away The scenes of our crimes But for you this never ends
Can you stay strong? Can you go on? Kristy are you doing okay? A rose that won’t bloom Winter’s kept you Don’t waste your whole life trying To get back what was taken away
Though the marks on your dress Had been neatly repressed I knew that something was wrong And I should have spoke out And I’m so sorry now I didn’t know Cause we were so young
Oh, clouds of time Seem to rain on Innocence left behind And it never goes away
Just now during NDP (Happy Birthday Singapore!) they released some red heart shaped balloons and I was reminded of Just Jack's park performance of The Day I Died where he added a verse about 99 red ballons at the end. I didn't realise there was a song called 99 Red Balloons until I came across it in a blog. The blogger was listing songs from the 80's and when I saw the title I wondered if there's a connection.
99 red ballons - Nena
I want 99 red ballons released into the sky for me too. =P Oh, Just Jack was on Radio 1 on friday. I had just returned to my desk and plugged in and heard the dj talking about how this person's song is so popular and that it was both uplifting and depressing, and I suspected if he was talking about his song, and it was! It's in the podcast and I of course have downloaded it already. =)
