![]() ![]() The theme is in the chorus: “I will learn to survive”. People recognize the theme of the song it is uplifting and something everybody can relate to feeling a need to hear every once and awhile. The verses are surprisingly recognizable as well. ![]() The song works primarily because it has such a recognizable chorus. ![]() That is a lot to express in a five minute song. I've walked to the end of the earth and afar In an ordinary world Baby, I don't have much But what we have is more than enough Ordinary world Where can I find the city of shining light In an ordinary world How can I leave a buried treasure behind In an ordinary world Baby, I don't have much But what we have is more than enough Ordinary world. And that is what he must concentrate on doing now. There are so many horrible things like wars and poverty, does he have any right to feel this horrible about just a breakup? He will survive, and that is better than a lot of people can say. His epiphany seems to come in the form of reading the news. He knows he needs to get over this somehow and make a new life for himself and find a place for himself in this ordinary world. It is ironic how he wishes for her shoulder to cry on…as she is his best friend. Life doesn’t feel the same, and it doesn’t feel like it ever will. The narrator is missing his significant other who he recently broke up with. Lyrically, the song just fit the overall theme of Innocence & Instinct by its longing for a return to something more familiar, more secure, more ordinary.Duran Duran’s “Ordinary World” is a breakup song and a coming of age song in one. “Technically it’s a difficult song that challenges the pop formula. “There’s just a dynamic and depth musically in ‘Ordinary World’ that is not present in most pop songs,” explains guitar player Anthony Armstrong. Duran Duran - Ordinary World LyricsAlbum : Duran Duran (1993)Like the video if you enjoyed it.Share itThanks for watching Help Us to Get 5.000 Subscri. Words & Music by Nicholas Bates, Warren Cuccurullo, Simon Le Bon and John TaylorĪccented heavily by piano and strings, this Duran Duran cover takes a decidedly RED direction, featuring a twisted fusion of dreamy orchestration and loud six-string distortion. ![]() Passion or coincidence once prompted You to say, Lyrics: Came in from a rainy Thursday/On the avenue/Thought I heard you talking softly//I turned on the lights. I turned on the lights, the TV and the radioĪnd still I can't escape the ghost of You The song serves as a remembrance of foregone times, and details the occasional yearning for those. Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue Ordinary World is an homage to loved ones who have died. ![]()
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