Music Review: Sugar Ray "Fly"
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Fly
Album: Floored
Year: 1997
Mark McGrath lives life to the fullest in the heedless "Fly."
Breezy guitars open the single, setting a lolling tone. In the first verse, he says he's been backpacking through Europe. He thinks about the girl, whom he left behind, at home. He realizes he has feelings for her and would like to date her once he returns to the States. People everywhere mention how he put together he is. He says it was how his late mother raised him.
In the chorus, he says he wants to live a happy, easy life with his girlfriend.
In the second verse, he meets a beautiful woman while at the museum. They have night of passion together. He says he's in town for another night. He says no analysis is needed. Fate will decide if they will ever run into each other again.
The second chorus is sung.
A jovial guitar has a solo.
In the bridge, the first verse is sung again.
The second chorus ends the song.
For McGrath, life couldn't get any better. He’s exploring the world and having experiences he otherwise wouldn't at home. He wants his life to remain carefree forever. It's a constant party.
His cautious, frat-boy vocals are void of any feeling. He's proud of his shallow existence and living it up, like anyone in his position would.
The dippy ska/reggae arrangement lazes in the background. The jovial guitar jogs the single awake briefly. However, it quickly dozes off right after the bridge.
The ambitionless "Fly" is satisfied being average.
Album: Floored
Year: 1997
Mark McGrath lives life to the fullest in the heedless "Fly."
Breezy guitars open the single, setting a lolling tone. In the first verse, he says he's been backpacking through Europe. He thinks about the girl, whom he left behind, at home. He realizes he has feelings for her and would like to date her once he returns to the States. People everywhere mention how he put together he is. He says it was how his late mother raised him.
"All around the world statues crumble for me/Who knows how long I've loved you/Everywhere I go people stop and they see/Twenty-five years old my mother God rest her soul."
In the chorus, he says he wants to live a happy, easy life with his girlfriend.
"I just wanna fly/Put your arms around me, baby/ Put your arms around me, baby/I just wanna fly/Put your arms around me, baby/Put your arms around me, baby."
In the second verse, he meets a beautiful woman while at the museum. They have night of passion together. He says he's in town for another night. He says no analysis is needed. Fate will decide if they will ever run into each other again.
"Dance a little stranger, show me where you've been/Love can make you hostage wanna do it again/There's no time to think about the starting or the end/We'll find out I'm told, my mother she told me so."
The second chorus is sung.
"I just wanna fly/Put your arms around me, baby/ Put your arms around me, baby/I just wanna fly/Put your arms around me, baby/Put your arms around me, baby/I just want to fly/I just want to fly."
A jovial guitar has a solo.
In the bridge, the first verse is sung again.
The second chorus ends the song.
For McGrath, life couldn't get any better. He’s exploring the world and having experiences he otherwise wouldn't at home. He wants his life to remain carefree forever. It's a constant party.
His cautious, frat-boy vocals are void of any feeling. He's proud of his shallow existence and living it up, like anyone in his position would.
The dippy ska/reggae arrangement lazes in the background. The jovial guitar jogs the single awake briefly. However, it quickly dozes off right after the bridge.
The ambitionless "Fly" is satisfied being average.