what_the_heck013
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Spring Awakening Color SymbolismAnyone have thoughts on the use of colors in the lyrics?
"Then I heard her silver call" -Bitch of Living
"And whisper some silver reply" -The Guilty Ones
Then, of course, there's "Blue Wind" and "The Mirror-Blue Night" and also "Purple Summer". I assume blue represents sadness and purple might be healing or rememberance (as in a purple heart)... but what do you think silver represents?
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pish123c
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I think it represents ~*~diversity~*~ and being ~*~expressive~*~
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Luc
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| pish123c wrote: | I think it represents ~*~diversity~*~ and being ~*~expressive~*~
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OneSongGlory
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| pish123c wrote: | I think it represents ~*~diversity~*~ and being ~*~expressive~*~
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You need to stop talking to Matthew.
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DONT.LOOK.BACK
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i totally agree i love spring awakening.
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star2ballie
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Also in BoL, they say "work that silver magic", but if you've heard the song we all know what *that* is alluding to...
That's a really interesting point, WTH. There is a ton of color symbolism in the show.
(Just thinking and typing here...)
Maybe it's because they're so young? They're really only supposed to be children if you think about it, and think about the descriptive words you knew as a child, basic words like colors, numbers, etc. Maybe that's part of it? We describe things more as colors as children? ...Maybe not. That's kind of lame.
This, though, is interesting. It's on the spring awakening official myspace, and it's about "purple summer":
| Quote: | WHAT'S A 'PURPLE SUMMER?" The song is meant to be poetic and not literal, therefore it is open to interpretation, but in general terms, this song is about hope and renewal, about the cycle of life, and about moving forward by learning from past mistakes. The innocence and exuberance of Spring (youth) moving into bruised but wiser Summer (adulthood).
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So, purple can also be talking about bruises. And maybe even, Blue is talking about bruises, too? "Blue Wind"? We all know where Ilse stands regarding bruises and abuse, and what about "Mirror-Blue Night"? If Blue = Bruises, or at least connects with Bruises, it would especially make sense in *that* song. Those who have seen/know the show would know why.
Anyway, those are my rambly, 10 am, too-tired thoughts.
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pish123c
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| OneSongGlory wrote: | | pish123c wrote: | I think it represents ~*~diversity~*~ and being ~*~expressive~*~
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You need to stop talking to Matthew. |
god forbid I have a different opinion.
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star2ballie
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| pish123c wrote: | | OneSongGlory wrote: | | pish123c wrote: | I think it represents ~*~diversity~*~ and being ~*~expressive~*~
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You need to stop talking to Matthew. |
god forbid I have a different opinion. |
God forbid you express it in a haughty, holier-than-thou way when another member brought up a valid, interesting topic to discuss.
I thought we had been through this. :/
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Ariel
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also bruises: "oh, i'm gonna bruise you..."
also purple summer = a kind of flower. i think the song is more about the development of a plant and it's "spring awakening" than what the color actually symbolizes.
but that's my opinion.
i think the colors have a lot to do with their innocence and when they talk about certain colors in the show.
so for example, they sing about silver really only in the beginning of hte show (in "bitch of living" and "guilty ones") but the color evolves into blue and eventually purple as they learn more and develop more.
now that i said that i'm not sure that makes sense. 
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ajkowalkowski
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I really want to know, so I googled it and came up with... this thread. That's it.
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ajkowalkowski
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I really want to know, so I googled it and came up with... this thread. That's it.
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what_the_heck013
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Interesting points, Allie.
| piinkiice wrote: | | also bruises: "oh, i'm gonna bruise you..." |
Okay, can someone explain that line to me? I mean, how romantic is a bruise?
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Matthew
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| OneSongGlory wrote: | | pish123c wrote: | I think it represents ~*~diversity~*~ and being ~*~expressive~*~
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You need to stop talking to Matthew. |
Why?
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Jordan
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| what_the_heck013 wrote: | Interesting points, Allie.
| piinkiice wrote: | | also bruises: "oh, i'm gonna bruise you..." |
Okay, can someone explain that line to me? I mean, how romantic is a bruise? |
Heh, ask Audry in LSOH
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star2ballie
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| what_the_heck013 wrote: | Interesting points, Allie.
| piinkiice wrote: | | also bruises: "oh, i'm gonna bruise you..." |
Okay, can someone explain that line to me? I mean, how romantic is a bruise? |
Have you read the play, yet?
Or a full synopsis?
It is kind of...foreshadowing, to something...in my opinion...and it's kind of a spoiler.
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OneSongGlory
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| what_the_heck013 wrote: | Interesting points, Allie.
| piinkiice wrote: | | also bruises: "oh, i'm gonna bruise you..." |
Okay, can someone explain that line to me? I mean, how romantic is a bruise? |
Well, later on in the show (SPOILER.. but come, even reading a small summary of the show should give that away), a few of the characters deal with violence... Martha's father hits her and sexually abuses her, Ilse's used to, and Wendla forces Melchior to beat her, which he does. That seems a bit too literal for me, though. I think that the word "bruise" is used as beautifully as it can be throughout the show... it seems metaphorical for "bruises" one gets mostly psychologically... Melchior and Wendla, for example... they have sex and sing to eachother "O, I'm gonna be wounded / O, I'm gonna be your wound / O, I'm gonna bruise you / O, you're gonna be my bruise". I see this as not only a literal bruise that Wendla would get when Melchior beat her or even the "bruise" or wounds or pain they'd feel when having sex for the first time, but more a psychological bruise that they'd carry with them, foreshadowing Wendla's eventual death and Melchior surviving, but with the lifelong bruises of knowing that he caused the reason for Wendla's death.
end rambling.
I don't know... it's hard for me to explain it.
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what_the_heck013
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| OneSongGlory wrote: | | Well, later on in the show (SPOILER.. but come, even reading a small summary of the show should give that away), a few of the characters deal with violence... Martha's father hits her and sexually abuses her, Ilse's used to, and Wendla forces Melchior to beat her, which he does. |
Oh, yes, I have read the play, so I already knew about all of that. I do like your idea on Melchior continuing and Wendla dying, Dave.
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star2ballie
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I totally love (and agree) with what Dave said.
I don't mean that I took it all literally, because I didn't. But what I love about the lyrics for the show is that a lot of times they represent (or foreshadow) literal things/events/people/emotions, while at the same time, allude to deeper, more philosophical or metaphorical things/events/people/emotions...
But Dave hit the nail on the head, I think.
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ConverseSneaker
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two alternating possibilities for silver:
1. Silver is very similar to white. White is for purity. So maybe silver is symbolic for that they are pure right now, but want to give into thier sexual feelings so they aren't completely innocent anymore.
or 2. Silver, like the moon. Moonshine in the dark, is the only source of light, it gives hope.
Personally, I think I'm just rambling, but I think #1 might be right or close to it.
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Ariel
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hmm...i think a lot of the silver has to do with sex
it appears in "bitch of living" in the first verse which is about masturbation, and in "the guilty ones" right after they have sex
i know it appears somewhere else, too, but i can't think where right now
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MusicAngel456
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I agree bout that. In a way though, i think all the answers are kinda right i do LOOVE all the symbolism through out the show: with spring representing the strugle to "Grow"/mature, and summer symbolizing maturity and the hurt/slightly scarred but hopeful future = ^_^ =
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shakalakababy
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....signature.....so......big...
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Paula74
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| shakalakababy wrote: | ....signature.....so......big...
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That was a sig?
I clicked on this thread by accident, but I though someone had posted the SA picture to make some point about the colors in it!
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