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I read somewhere (or heard it on a boot).
Lucinda saying this song was about her brother.But for me, the 4 first songs on West are dedicated to her late mother.
So “are you alright” is a kind of conversation to her mother.
What do you think?According to Lu, it is about her brother, when she wrote it she had not heard from or seen her brother since her mother`s funeral, cant remember time frame involved exactly.
Source :- Radio interview with Bob Harris UK BBC Radio2 the week West was released.
…lyrics mean different things to different people. I can certainly see this song being written about a “real” loved one. For me, “Are you alright” struck an immediate and deep chord because of all the men I’ve dated or even just spoken to a few times, only to have them disappear without a word. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve left messages saying “I just wanted to make sure you’re all right,” and meant exactly that. Not being a clingy or weepy female, just trying to make sure he didn’t fall off a cliff or get run over. What can I say, I’m a southerner–we’re polite. 😀
The song has to have spoken to others like this…hasn’t it?
Dimi
Austin, TXSorry Inside Job but i pretend the song is about a dead person and i asked my daughters to play that song when they will bury me (in a very long time i hope…).
You disappear, little scared, give me a little clue, took off without a word, flew away like a little bird…
All these words are for someone “far far away”.
And the question : Do you have someone to hug and kiss you?
Lu has a brother and she doesn’t no if he’s alone, divorced, married, with children?? come on.
But the question makes more sense if you ask someone who rest in peace.
Don’t worry about me, I’m not dispress
MarcThat’s what’s so great about Lucinda’s music. To you, it can be a conversation with a person who has gone to the other side, but to her, it is about her brother. Apparently, she and her remaining family haven’t had contact with him since their mother passed. While it seems unusual, there are families with estrangement that deep. I’ve read somewhere that her brother indeed has children; its possible that Lucinda isn’t close to her nieces and nephews, and can’t find out from them if they’ve heard from their father. Its possible that he hasn’t contacted his children. I can relate to it in that after my father died, I had no contact with my three remaining uncles. We were never incredibly, deeply close, but I only found out later that one of them, the youngest, had passed away of cancer. I didn’t even know he’d been diagnosed with it, so there are families where one person doesn’t know what’s going on with one (or more) of the others.
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