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"AT ANCHOR" BY PORT BLUE :: INTERPRETATION


 * "At Anchor" is most certainly one of my most favorite pieces out of Port Blue's collection. Even without lyrics or words, you can sense the abundance of feelings and meaning that the composer put in it. While everyone could perceive a different meaning out of something like this, most can definitely agree that it emits a strong sense of melancholy. The main focus and meaning in this song is evidently the footsteps, which you can hear right from the first second of the song. The first few seconds is just these footsteps, continuing on and on. About 25 seconds into the song, you can finally start to hear the voices of people talking in the background, like inside a restaurant or a public place of some sort. The footsteps, however, continue resolutely at the same, moderate speed and pace. It's as if whoever is making the footsteps is deep in thought or depressed about something, and isn't paying attention to what's around them. The hollow, clicking sound of the footsteps also definitely give a sense of loneliness. The piano, which comes in somewhat later, blends in with the empty feeling of the footsteps of this -presumably- depressed individual. The footsteps, however, stop halfway through the song, but the music continues. Not much to say about this part of the song, but you can definitely feel that depressive feeling emanating from the music. As the song reaches its climax, the footsteps once again come back into the song as the piano plays, starting at high notes. I can't quite describe how, but these high notes somewhat emit a feeling of longing for someone, perhaps? The piano solo ends abruptly at a single note that feels "suspended in the air", per se, as if something's..."unfinished". However, you can still hear the footsteps. The song ends with the footsteps continuing on and on at the same pace as always until it eventually fades out...


 * This an ambient/instrumental song without lyrics and words, and the meaning is completely left up to the interpretation of the listener. This is only how I myself interpret this song. Whether you agree or disagree is entirely up to you. I hope you found this insightful to the meaning of the song. If you liked this song as much as me, I strongly recommend you check out all the other Port Blue songs if you haven't already.


 * (By the way, this song is quite fun to listen to on your mp3 player while walking outside. I personally like to time my footsteps to this song and wonder about the "person" making the footsteps, which was how I came to my interpretation of this song.)

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