Thread: come undone???

Here are some lyrics of Duran-Duran

Please let me know what "come undone" expression means in the context of this song. the expression is in bold.


THanks to everyone!!

Mine, immaculate dream, made breath and skin, I've been waiting for you,
Signed, with a home tattoo, Happy birthday to you was created for you.
(Can't ever keep from falling apart.. At the seams)
(Can't I believe you're taking my heart.. to pieces)
Ahh, it'll take a little time, might take a little crime to come undone
Now we'll try to stay blind, to the hope and fear outside,
Hey child, stay wilder than the wind
And blow me in to cry.
Who do you need?
Who do you love?
When you come undone.
(chorus)
Words, playing me deja vu, Like a radio tune I swear I've heard before,
Chill, is it something real, Or the magic I'm feeding off your fingers
(Can't ever keep from falling apart.. at the seams)
(Can I believe you're taking my heart.. to pieces)
Lost, in a snow filled sky, we'll make it alright, to come undone,
Now we'll try to stay blind, to the hope and fear outside,
Hey child, stay wilder than the wind -
And blow me in to cry.
(chorus)
fade...

Originally Posted by ostrov

Here are some lyrics of Duran-Duran

Please let me know what "come undone" expression means in the context of this song. the expression is in bold.


THanks to everyone!!

Mine, immaculate dream, made breath and skin, I've been waiting for you,
Signed, with a home tattoo, Happy birthday to you was created for you.
(Can't ever keep from falling apart.. At the seams)
(Can't I believe you're taking my heart.. to pieces)
Ahh, it'll take a little time, might take a little crime to come undone
Now we'll try to stay blind, to the hope and fear outside,
Hey child, stay wilder than the wind
And blow me in to cry.
Who do you need?
Who do you love?
When you come undone.
(chorus)
Words, playing me deja vu, Like a radio tune I swear I've heard before,
Chill, is it something real, Or the magic I'm feeding off your fingers
(Can't ever keep from falling apart.. at the seams)
(Can I believe you're taking my heart.. to pieces)
Lost, in a snow filled sky, we'll make it alright, to come undone,
Now we'll try to stay blind, to the hope and fear outside,
Hey child, stay wilder than the wind -
And blow me in to cry.
(chorus)
fade...

Darn British.... I think they mean "when you get it right"

Here is another possibility:

undone . . . 3. brought to ruin: ruined, destroyed, or brought to the brink of collapse ( formal or humorous )

Encarta(R) World English Dictionary [North American Edition] (2006) http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/undone.html

I doubt that anyone knows what those musicians were trying to say.

They were probably stoned when they wrote those words!

It means to unravel, to fall apart.

Like what happens to your shoelaces when you don't tie them ("do them up") properly.

Originally Posted by DDT

I doubt that anyone knows what those musicians were trying to say.

They were probably stoned when they wrote those words!

Esp. Brits?

could it mean:

to correct, to undo, to reverse??

come undone = something which is done, ceases to be so. Can't get more simpler than that!

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

come undone = something which is done, ceases to be so. Can't get more simpler than that!

In this context?... Read the words of the song... kinda weird....

metaphorically it makes sense. When you come undone = when you fall apart = break down = etc. etc.

Emotional or mental collapse.

And "come undone" is sometimes used for "nervous breakdown"... (BIG fall apart).

Someone should write Duran-Duran for their thoughts.