Swing From The Chandelier Meaning
But it could also be suicide literally swinging from the chandelier.
Swing from the chandelier meaning. Looking back she wanna commit suicide i m gonna swing from the chandelier from the chandelier but alcohol keeps her going sia s story serves as attention sign for all the young girls who find themselves swinging from the chandelier at a party fiercely starving for attention attention but from the wrong people. To swing means to go back and forth like you do on a swing in a playground. Swinging from the chandelier could mean having a good time nothing holding her down. The song talks about people with drug alcohol addiction.
And i know it s hard to concentrate on the lyrics while watching the video. The video makes sense only with the lyrics. Chandelier was released as the lead single from sia s sixth studio album 1000 forms of fear despite its soaring melody the song has a sad theme describing the life of a party girl. Although i think the song is autobiographical and sia had once contemplated suicide i don t think suicide is the intended meaning.
To swing from the chandeliers is a very common expression that means to have a wild party. Lyrically the song has a melancholic theme detailing the. Music video by sia performing chandelier. It is about the emptiness and pain that accompanies alcoholism and substance abuse.
To move easily and without interruption backwards and forwards or from one side to the other. C 2014 monkey puzzle records under exclusive license to rca records. It is an electropop song featuring electronica r b and reggae influences. Written by sia and jesse shatkin and produced by shatkin and greg kurstin the song was released on 17 march 2014 as the lead single from the album.
So i suggest that you listen to lyrics first. A chandelier is a type of fancy light that hangs from the ceiling see a translation. From the wrong place in a wrong way. Chandelier is a song by australian singer sia from her sixth studio album 1000 forms of fear 2014.