The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
You have her pictures
You have her pictures
You have her pictures everywhere
You're covered in stitches
You're covered in stitches
You think I can't see them
But I know they're there
Take her down from the wall
Let yourself fall
You can't keep her frozen
Dormant at your court
You can try to move on
Tripped by stitches, come undone
You lost your big heart
You lost your big heart
You lost your big heart beating bare
She gave you a new start
She gave you a new start
But you knew you'd lost her to despair
Take her down from the wall
Let yourself fall
You can't keep her frozen
Dormant at your court
You can try to move on
Tripped by stitches come undone
Your skin burns and prickles
Your skin burns and prickles
Your skin burns and prickles when she's near
You try to play it cool
You try to play it cool
You try to play it cool
But you're filled with fear
Take her down from the wall
Let yourself fall
You can't keep her frozen
Dormant at your court
You can try to move on
Tripped by stitches come undone
Take her down from the wall
Let her go, make her yours
You can't keep her frozen
Dormant at your court
You can try to move on
Tripped by stitches come undone
You can try to move on
Tripped by stitches come undone
You can try to move on
Tripped by stitches come undone
You can try to move on
Or maybe she is the one
You have her pictures
You have her pictures everywhere
You're covered in stitches
You're covered in stitches
You think I can't see them
But I know they're there
Take her down from the wall
Let yourself fall
You can't keep her frozen
Dormant at your court
You can try to move on
Tripped by stitches, come undone
You lost your big heart
You lost your big heart
You lost your big heart beating bare
She gave you a new start
She gave you a new start
But you knew you'd lost her to despair
Take her down from the wall
Let yourself fall
You can't keep her frozen
Dormant at your court
You can try to move on
Tripped by stitches come undone
Your skin burns and prickles
Your skin burns and prickles
Your skin burns and prickles when she's near
You try to play it cool
You try to play it cool
You try to play it cool
But you're filled with fear
Take her down from the wall
Let yourself fall
You can't keep her frozen
Dormant at your court
You can try to move on
Tripped by stitches come undone
Take her down from the wall
Let her go, make her yours
You can't keep her frozen
Dormant at your court
You can try to move on
Tripped by stitches come undone
You can try to move on
Tripped by stitches come undone
You can try to move on
Tripped by stitches come undone
You can try to move on
Or maybe she is the one
Lyrics submitted by pressrewind
Pictures Lyrics as written by Sia Furler Daniel De Mussenden Carey
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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this video is dope
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ILM: Pictures is your new studio track. Can you give us your own personal description of the track and its whole vibe?
SIA: Yeah, I was working in my friend's studio and he had broken up with his girlfriend about eight months prior, and he had all these pictures up behind his computer in the studio of him and his ex girlfriend these huge posters of her all over the studio. And it had been such a long time, and he talks about her all the time but he wasn't sure whether he wanted to be with her or whether he didn't, and I was at the end of a very long song writing period and was looking for inspiration. Because the f***ed part about writing songs everyday is that you end up not having any life to actually write about; you can't write about writing songs and it becomes this kind of catch 22. So, I guess I just looked up and thought I'll write a song about him being incapable of moving on. So I wrote it and gave it to him and he was both touched and alarmed and removed all the photos.
ilikemusic.com/interviews/Sia_interview_2007-3669/3
i think the line is "you can't keep her frozen, dormant at your core" ...i don't see how "court" could make sense... :P
i know someone for whom this fits perfectly :\
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it's the acknowlegment of the fact that the person you're with isn't fully yours and you're pleading for them to move on or to just go on and be with her.
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I think this song is about someone whose new partner can't let go of their deceased lover. She is so desperate for her partner to "take her down off the wall" so they can move on. But She still feels like she is living in the shadow of his deceased lover.