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. Lyrics found by a fan, by me, or copied from an unofficial website. That is a lot to express in a five minute song. Hungry Like the Wolf INVISIBLE A View to a Kill Come Undone Notorious The Reflex GIVE IT ALL UP Friends of Mine Ordinary World TONIGHT UNITED. 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. Ordinary World Lyrics: Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue / Thought I heard you talking softly / I turned on the lights, the TV and the radio / Still, I can't escape the ghost of you. “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. 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, Ordinary World Lyrics: Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue / Thought I heard you talking softly / I turned on the lights, the TV and the radio / Still I can't escape the ghost of you. I turned on the lights, the TV and the radioĪnd still I can't escape the ghost of You Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue
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