"We saw you from the urchin's side
from under the boat
We saw you making knots
we saw you get the rope
The boy appearing on the deck
and making it lurch
And the bubble of your interest
ready to burst
He whistles and he runs"
This part displays a girl very simply doing something destructive towards herself and a boy she knows is worried.
"We saw you in distraction
a sleeping, slow dispair
Rehearsing interaction
he wasn't even there
A creature is a creature
though you wish you were the wind
The boat will not stop moving
if you tie him up until the end"
That whole paragraph basically explains how the girl doesn't want the boy to worry and no matter if the boy is there or not, she will still do what ever self destructive thing she was doing.
"He whistles and he runs
so hold him fast
He might succumb to what
you haven't seen
He has a keen eye
for what you used to be"
I think this means that the boy is going to go tell someone that the girl is doing this to herself... and the last line is stating that he knows what she was like before. he knows that she was better than this or something along those lines.
the last paragraph i have no idea. honestly, this is one of the most cryptic songs i've ever seen.
I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS!
okay. so here-
"We saw you from the urchin's side from under the boat We saw you making knots we saw you get the rope The boy appearing on the deck and making it lurch And the bubble of your interest ready to burst He whistles and he runs"
This part displays a girl very simply doing something destructive towards herself and a boy she knows is worried.
"We saw you in distraction a sleeping, slow dispair Rehearsing interaction he wasn't even there A creature is a creature though you wish you were the wind The boat will not stop moving if you tie him up until the end"
That whole paragraph basically explains how the girl doesn't want the boy to worry and no matter if the boy is there or not, she will still do what ever self destructive thing she was doing.
"He whistles and he runs so hold him fast He might succumb to what you haven't seen He has a keen eye for what you used to be"
I think this means that the boy is going to go tell someone that the girl is doing this to herself... and the last line is stating that he knows what she was like before. he knows that she was better than this or something along those lines.
the last paragraph i have no idea. honestly, this is one of the most cryptic songs i've ever seen.