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I first heard this song when I was a teenager, [Yes :) Now that I'm 20, I do have the liberty of not calling myself a teenager anymore!] when I was watching 13 going on 30. Till date, its one of those movies that I ca watch again and again.
I saw that movie at a time when I was going through the "I wanna grow up fast" phase. I could completely identify with Jenna (the protagonist) and her wish to be one of the popular girls in school, her taking inspiration from magazines and movies and all that, her not being able to understand the bigger picture or seeing that love could be found in any form and in the most unlikeliest of places.
Yes, the movie did have some unreal moments, but keeping all that aside, my take-away from the movie was so strong, that I still love it. :)
This song - Vienna - plays when Jenna realizes what shes done with her life and wishes she could turn back time. She realizes that what she wanted and has now achieved, is so shallow. She no longer has any real friends or the love of her mum and dad. What humbles her is that her mum and dad are still accepting of her, regardless of her missing Christmas' and losing touch with them.
That's the movie interpretation of the song.
My interpretation is somewhat different.
I heard this song today and really focused on the lyrics while taking a long walk.
The lyrics go like :
Slow down, you crazy child
you're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart, tell me
Why are you still so afraid?
Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
You'd better cool it off before you burn it out
You've got so much to do and
Only so many hours in a day
But you know that when the truth is told..
That you can get what you want or you get old
You're gonna kick off before you even
Get halfway through
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
Slow down, you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be
Before your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight
Tonight,...
Too bad but it's the life you lead
you're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need
Though you can see when you're wrong, you know
You can't always see when you're right. you're right
You've got your passion, you've got your pride
but don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
Slow down, you crazy child
and take the phone off the hook and disappear for awhile
it's all right, you can afford to lose a day or two
When will you realize,..Vienna waits for you?
And you know that when the truth is told
that you can get what you want or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get half through
Why don't you realize,. Vienna waits for you
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
The lyrics, the composition.
It makes me tear up. It makes me stop. It makes me happy. It makes me wait and wonder.
I am the "crazy child" who needs to realize that her "Vienna" waits for her.
No, it doesn't ask me to sit on my bum and do nothing. Just asks me to cool it off before I burn it out. I'll expire before I get half-way through unless I listen. I can be everything I want to be before my time :)
I can go on and on. This song is right on so many levels.
Today I feel as if somebody is actually singing this to me. I feel like someones written it with me in mind. It reverberates within my soul. This is my song.
/bye
I first heard this song when I was a teenager, [Yes :) Now that I'm 20, I do have the liberty of not calling myself a teenager anymore!] when I was watching 13 going on 30. Till date, its one of those movies that I ca watch again and again.
I saw that movie at a time when I was going through the "I wanna grow up fast" phase. I could completely identify with Jenna (the protagonist) and her wish to be one of the popular girls in school, her taking inspiration from magazines and movies and all that, her not being able to understand the bigger picture or seeing that love could be found in any form and in the most unlikeliest of places.
Yes, the movie did have some unreal moments, but keeping all that aside, my take-away from the movie was so strong, that I still love it. :)
This song - Vienna - plays when Jenna realizes what shes done with her life and wishes she could turn back time. She realizes that what she wanted and has now achieved, is so shallow. She no longer has any real friends or the love of her mum and dad. What humbles her is that her mum and dad are still accepting of her, regardless of her missing Christmas' and losing touch with them.
That's the movie interpretation of the song.
My interpretation is somewhat different.
I heard this song today and really focused on the lyrics while taking a long walk.
The lyrics go like :
Slow down, you crazy child
you're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart, tell me
Why are you still so afraid?
Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
You'd better cool it off before you burn it out
You've got so much to do and
Only so many hours in a day
But you know that when the truth is told..
That you can get what you want or you get old
You're gonna kick off before you even
Get halfway through
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
Slow down, you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be
Before your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight
Tonight,...
Too bad but it's the life you lead
you're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need
Though you can see when you're wrong, you know
You can't always see when you're right. you're right
You've got your passion, you've got your pride
but don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
Slow down, you crazy child
and take the phone off the hook and disappear for awhile
it's all right, you can afford to lose a day or two
When will you realize,..Vienna waits for you?
And you know that when the truth is told
that you can get what you want or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get half through
Why don't you realize,. Vienna waits for you
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
The lyrics, the composition.
It makes me tear up. It makes me stop. It makes me happy. It makes me wait and wonder.
I am the "crazy child" who needs to realize that her "Vienna" waits for her.
No, it doesn't ask me to sit on my bum and do nothing. Just asks me to cool it off before I burn it out. I'll expire before I get half-way through unless I listen. I can be everything I want to be before my time :)
I can go on and on. This song is right on so many levels.
Today I feel as if somebody is actually singing this to me. I feel like someones written it with me in mind. It reverberates within my soul. This is my song.
/bye
