I Dont Know What It Is

Rufus Wainwright

Transposer:

I don’t know what it is But you got to do it Aadd9 I don’t know where to go But you got to be there I don’t know where to fall F#m7add11 G#m A But I know that it’s comfortable where Bsus4 B7 I don’t know where it is Putting all of my time In learning to care Aadd9 C#m/G# And a bucket of rhymes I threw up somewhere Want a locket of who F#m7add11 G#m A Made me lose my perfunctory view B F#m7add11 Of all that is around Bsus4 E And of all that I do So I knock on the door Take a step that is new Never been here before Is there anyone else here too In love with beauty Aadd9 C#m/G# Playing all of the games Who thinks three’s company Is there anyone else F#m7add11 G#m A Who wears slightly mysterious brusies Bsus4 B7 I don’t know what it is Take a lookin around At friendly faces Aadd9 C#m/G# All declaring a war On far off places Is there anyone else F#m7add11 G#m Who is through with complaining about A Bsus4 B7 What’s done unto us So I knock on the door And I am on a train Going god knows where to To get me over To get me over Aadd9 C#m/G# Give me heaven or hell Calais or Dover m7add11/ / I was hoping the train Was my big number Stopping in Santa Fe and the Atchison-Topeka Though I’m chugging along put away by the crossing hand We’ll be heading for Portland or Limburgh Or Lower Manhattan Find myself Running around I don’t know what it is so get me over I don’t know what it is so get me over I don’t know what it is so get me over To get me over You gotta do it You gotta be there Aadd9 #/ / / / Aadd9/ / Edim6(add9)

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La chanson évoque un sentiment d'incertitude et de quête, où l'interlocuteur se perd dans ses réflexions tout en cherchant un endroit ou une personne qui lui apporterait du réconfort. Les paroles expriment une volonté d'explorer l'inconnu, de s'ouvrir à de nouvelles expériences et de rencontrer des âmes partageant cette quête de beauté et de sens. On ressent un mélange de curiosité et de recherche de connexion, avec une invitation à sortir de sa zone de confort. Le contexte pourrait être celui d'une période de transition personnelle, où des décisions importantes et des changements sont à l'horizon, rendant chacun de ses pas plus significatif. Cela peut aussi représenter un souhait universel d'échapper à la routine et à la banalité de la vie quotidienne, tout en s'interrogeant sur le sens des événements qui nous entourent.

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