In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
He takes his dinner in the bath
Love sickened and infirmed
The orderly found him there
Fileted on the marble stairs
Hat still in hand
His smoking remains
Blown out by a kiss from the Sunday scene
Sunday soon Sunday soon someday soon
Someday, someday, someday
His eyes are closed his mouth has named her rosary her lips and tongue
She is the centrifuge that throws the spies from the sun
The Sistine Chapel dated with the gattling gun
Someday soon
Oh the meadows set on him
Move like starlings of the clearing and tenor of a foggy tongue
The force field round his frosty hips
Whose shape recalls the wicked spade
That buried him but on his lips the last rites of man
Someday soon
Love sickened and infirmed
The orderly found him there
Fileted on the marble stairs
Hat still in hand
His smoking remains
Blown out by a kiss from the Sunday scene
Sunday soon Sunday soon someday soon
Someday, someday, someday
His eyes are closed his mouth has named her rosary her lips and tongue
She is the centrifuge that throws the spies from the sun
The Sistine Chapel dated with the gattling gun
Someday soon
Oh the meadows set on him
Move like starlings of the clearing and tenor of a foggy tongue
The force field round his frosty hips
Whose shape recalls the wicked spade
That buried him but on his lips the last rites of man
Someday soon
Lyrics submitted by JoyAndJubilee
Polar Nettles Lyrics as written by Paul Rigby Neko Case
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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The correct lyrics are as follows:
He takes his dinner in the bed, Love sickened and infirmed. The orderly found him there, Filleted on the marble stairs. Hat still in hand, his smokin' remains Blown out by a kiss from Nurse "Some Day Soon" Someday soon Someday soon Someday soon
Some day Some day Some day...
His eyes are closed, he mouths her name The rosary: her lips and tongue. She is the centrifuge that throws the spires from the sun; The Sisteen Chapel, painted with a gattling gun! Some day soon, Some day soon, Some day soon...
Some day soon, Some day soon....
Polar nettles set on end, Move like starlings up a cliff - Antennae of her foggy touch, The force-field 'round her frosty hips, Whose shape recalls the wicked spade, That buried him but on his lips: The last rites of Nurse "Some Day Soon".
How has nobody commented on this? Great lyrics! Not entirely sure the ones above are 100% correct, but great lyrics nonetheless!
You're right, they're not. I just submitted the correction. :)
Since no one has tried to explain this, I'll give my interpretation =)
A priest is madly in love with a woman (the nurse), but the nurse decides to kill him (with the most dramatic of methods, a Gatling gun...) and bury his body (the last verse).
This is just one way to think about it, of course.
The lyric in the first line is actually "he takes his dinner in the bed".<br /> <br /> And the last verse should be<br /> <br /> Polar nettles set on end<br /> Move like starlings up a cliff<br /> Antennae of her foggy touch<br /> The force field round her frosty hips<br /> Whose shape recalls the wicked spade<br /> That buried him but on his lips<br /> The last rites of Nurse<br /> Someday soon<br /> <br /> Those are the lyrics on Neko's site.
She says in one of her live performances, "the one about a dude in love with a phantom nurse . . . this unrequited love."
Per Wikipedia a nettle is a plant that has many hollow stinging hairs called trichomes on its leaves and stems, which act like hypodermic needles that inject histamine and other chemicals that produce a stinging sensation when contacted by humans and other animals. The plant has been known to kill, including horses and at least one person.
Her imagery is amazing. Quite the wordsmith.
In this interview with Neko, she talks about robins recorded during Polar Nettles at the start of the solo! youtube.com/watch
It doesn't come out very well in the YouTube video's sound though.