![]() ![]() However, evidently the bar was raised too high and the expectations not reached (But it flew away from her reach) suggesting maybe a life not lived - plans not made, dreams not followed, opportunities missed, feelings not acted upon. The first verse tells of a young girl who had high expectations (When she was a girl/She expected the world) these expectations could be the product of constant attention to fairy tales - expecting the world to be fair and just, where all girls can be princesses, marry their Prince Charming and live happily ever after - or simply being subject to an optimistic upbringing where the philosophy 'the world is your oyster' underpinned every lecture by parent and teacher alike. My InterpretationThis song represents the attempts by a girl to maintain a child-like innocence in her life by dreaming. ![]() In the night the stormy night away she'd flyĪnd so lying underneath those stormy skies In the night the stormy night she'll close her eyes When she was just a girl she expected the world
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