Song+Lyrics

Green Light

And so I look to the light The green light shining across the sea The green light showing our destiny The light to take you to me

I see it everyday The green light shining across the sea I reach out in hopes that you'll come to me And we'll drive somewhere far and away

In the end I could swim But the truth would wash onto me My eyes would turn to the bright light But not the light that would give you to me

My narrow blue eyes Look to the light across the sea The green that shoots right through me I'd love to see the light in me

In the end I could swim But the truth would was onto me My eyes would turn to the bright light But the light that would give you to me

And so I look to the light The green light shining across the sea The green light showing our destiny The light to take you to me

 Reflection: I penned these lyrics in the perspective of Jay Gatsby; the song lyrics detail the moment toward the end of Chapter One when he looked onward toward the green light. We discover further on in the novel that Jay threw the lavish parties and had all these expensive material things to impress Daisy in hopes of winning her back. The green light symbolized Gatsby's hopes and dreams for the future when it came to Daisy; he felt like his dream would be complete once he was with Daisy. In writing these lyrics, I also slightly touched upon some religious connections: I brought up the idea of swimming in the chorus because as I was writing these lyrics I thought to myself, "If Gatsby really wanted to achieve his dreams so much, what was stopping him from going the extra mile?" It can be argued that Jay Gatsby completely wrapped himself up in his dream to the point where reality was nothing but a blur. If he were to metaphorically jump into the waters separating him from his dream (which is already distant), this baptism would reawaken him, and he would no longer recognize the dream. Jay Gatsby refused to believe that, and he was so wrapped up in the idea of being with Daisy that he would refused to listen to anybody or cave in to anything that would make him think otherwise. He was into the idea of changing the past. I also incorporate the word blue in describing his eyes. I wanted to show that while there is content due to the money he has made, he won't truly be happy until Daisy is in his life again.