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Ithilwen,
You Found Me, by the Fray has always reminded me of Narnia, though each verse reminds me of different character(s). It sort of depends on what kind of mood I'm in when I listen to the song, but it usually goes like this:
I found God on the corner of First and Amistad
Where the west was all but won.
[...] I said, where've you been? He said, "Ask anything."
Where were you?
When everything was falling apart.
All my days spent by the telephone.
And all I needed was a call
It never came... To the corner of First and Amistad.
The first verse(s) remind me of the Narnians in PC, particularly Trumpkin, Nikabrik, and movie!Peter, if you want to count him. They're watching Narnia fall apart all around them, wondering where Aslan is, if he even exists. In Nikabrik's case, he gives up on waiting for Aslan--the other two keep waiting, even though they think it's a lost cause. It also reminds me of Caspian waiting on the Pevensies to answer the call of the horn. The book says that Caspian led several disastrous attacks against Miraz, and was in dire straits by the time the Pevensies finally did get to him. I imagine he did feel that "All I needed was a call, it never came..."
Lost and insecure, you found me, you found me
Lying on the floor, surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late.
You found me, you found me.
The chorus itself reminds me especially of three people. One, Eustace, freshly undragoned and yet still feeling horrible about all the past wrongs he'd committed--"Lost and Insecure." Two, Rillian--I imagine he had a rough time adjusting to the Free Life, not to mention the looks other Narnians would have given him. I daresay he would've had some somber days, thinking back on all the time he'd lost because he fell for the witch's scheme. And if it'd been just a bit sooner, he could have seen his father properly... and not been "Just a little late." Three, Edmund--the betrayer, whose faults led directly to Aslan's sacrifice. I can see Edmund on a cold night when the guilt takes hold, "Lying on the floor, surrounded, surrounded; 'Why'd you have to wait?'"
But in the end everyone ends up alone.
Losing her, the only one who's ever known.
Who I am, who I'm not and who I wanna be.
No way to know how long she will be next to me...
Ah, Susan. Dear Gentle Queen, who fell astray, and only Aslan knows if she finally got Found. The fourth line in particular-- "Who I am, Who I'm not, and Who I wanna be" illustrates Susan's inner struggle to a tee. She tells herself who she is (a completely normal, if pretty, London girl), who she certainly isn't (a queen of a magical land), and lastly what she desperately wants to be, but can't ever seem to admit to herself. The rest of the verse talks about Susan's grief over losing her family: "But in the end, Everyone ends up alone."
The early morning, the city breaks.
And I've been calling for years and years and years
And you never left me no messages.
You never sent me no letters.
You got some kind of nerve, taking all I want.
This part reminds me of Caspian's search for Rillian, and also the Narnians from the Golden Age pining after their lost Kings and Queens. A lot of this song has Susan written all over it, though, as her story matches up with this verse as well.
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The song can speak to a lot of issues in the Chronicles--the theme also corresponds to the lost seven lords, for example--but these are the ones it reminds me of most often (or, at least, most currently).
Lost and insecure, you found me, you found me
Lying on the floor, surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late.
You found me, you found me.
Posted: Jul 31, 2011 6:20 pm
) and it was Further Up/Further In. It's instrumental, but I really liked it. Technically, it's 2 seperate songs but I believe they are played consecutively.