| British Sea Power – Carrion Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I love the sunken ship interpretation, not how I understand the song at all but I love it. The reference to formaldehyde speaks to me of dusty museums in the basements of old universities, the preservative used to store old zoological specimens, the passage of time... does that perhaps add anything? Jay |
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| British Sea Power – Lights Out for Darker Skies Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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That's a possibility. I also wondered if there was an anti racism element in there "When all the frequencies combine, they form a clearer brighter light" I quite liked that. There is also some element of scepticism of technology "they never quite illuminate." It almost seems like two songs, the first being "lights out" the second being "A history of light" |
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| British Sea Power – Canvey Island Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| It's definitely a climate change song. Shoot me if I'm wrong. | |
| British Sea Power – The Spirit Of St. Louis Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Lindy was an incredibly brave american pioneer (although not the first to cross the atlantic, even non stop, Alcock and Brown managed that some ten years previosly, he flew it solo) however his later years were marred by tragedy, and it is little known that he was an isolationist and suspected of being a nazi sympathiser, presumably the root of the line "There's a little trouble in the starboard(right) wing and a number of stukas (German dive bombers) are coming in" | |
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