{"id":2171,"date":"2014-12-29T15:46:54","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T20:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hilbertthm90.wordpress.com\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2022-06-21T14:50:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T19:50:01","slug":"sadness-in-sias-chandelier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amindformadness.com\/2014\/12\/sadness-in-sias-chandelier\/","title":{"rendered":"Sia Chandelier Lyrics Meaning and Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve probably heard Sia’s single “Chandelier” off her new album 1000 Forms of Fear<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She’s had some commercial success in the past, but this song broke into the top 10 on the Billboard 100 and seems to be everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’ve been sitting on this post and decided now was good timing, because I imagine this song will blast from many speakers tonight at New Year’s Eve parties as some sort of uplifting dance song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the past, Sia has had the most success in indie scenes because of the subtle deepness to her lyrics and complicated tonal and harmonic aspects to the songwriting. At first glance, this song seems to go against this history with a purely pop appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This article will be an attempt to show that lyrically there is still the depth of her past material.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s start with the reason I think the song blew up in the first place. If you ask someone for the lyrics, they will probably only remember the chorus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’m gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier<\/p> I’m gonna live like tomorrow doesn’t exist<\/p> Like it doesn’t exist<\/p> I’m gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry<\/p> I’m gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n