Mini-critique N°327

Paroles :

Trembling

Starry eyed

As you put your hand in mine

It was twilight

On the Fourth of July

Sparkling colors were strewn across the sky

And we sat close enough

That we just barely touched

While roman candles went soaring above us and baby

Then you put your hand in mine

And we wandered away

I was trembling inside

But I wanted to stay (To stay)

Pressed against you there and leave the world behind

On that Fourth of July (Fourth of July)

So starry eyed (So starry eyed)

On the flowery hillside

Breathless and fervid

Amid the dandelions

As it swept over me (Swept over me

Like the wind through the trees

I felt you sigh with a sweet intensity and baby

Then you put your hand in mine (Your hand in mine)

And we floated away

Delicately lay entwined

In an intimate daze (Intimate daze)

A crescent moon began to shine

And I wanted to stay (Stay)

Tangled up with you among the fireflies

On that Fourth of July (Fourth of July)

Thunder clouds (Thunder clouds)

Hung around (Hung around)

So threateningly (So threateningly)

Ominously hovering

And the sky (The sky)

Opened wide (Opened wide)

Showering (Oh, yeah, yeah)

Then you put your hand in mine (You put your hand in mine)

And we ran from the rain (In the pouring rain, baby)

Tentatively kissed goodnight

And went our separate ways

And I've never truly felt the way that I

Felt that Fourth of July (Fourth of July)

Truly I have never felt the same inside

Like that Fourth of July (Fourth of July)

Truly I could never feel the same as I

Felt that Fourth of July (Fourth of July)

Baby

Critique :

Dans une interview accordée au magazine australien TV Hits en octobre 1997, Mariah a déclaré :

"Fourth Of July" est l’une des premières chansons que j’ai écrites pour cet album et elle ressemble un peu à "Underneath The Stars", qui était ma chanson préférée du précédent album. Nous continuions dans l’esprit des années 70 et, au niveau des paroles, je voulais peindre un tableau, comme lorsqu’on écoute une chanson et qu’on lit les paroles. C’est très visuel à bien des égards.