At first, I thought this was a song about a woman he loves, but then I looked at the lyrics a bit more closely. The "that wouldn't wake a baby" is what makes me think he's actually kissing a baby, his own baby. "On the self same face that wouldn't let me sleep", since babies keep their parents up. And any parent will tell you that everything changes when the children are born.
"My sorry name has made it to graffitti" makes me think about how some people talk about getting a feeling of accomplishment when they have children. They feel like they've made an impression in this world, from being no one special. He sings about feeling completed now that he's got his child. Even the most mundane things, like the streets and the sirens, are turned into something wonderful and new.
The "we" in "we took the town to town last night" is probably the new parents, dizzy with happiness and love, both for each other and their child.
To me, this song is about a newborn, and eagerly awaited, baby.
At first, I thought this was a song about a woman he loves, but then I looked at the lyrics a bit more closely. The "that wouldn't wake a baby" is what makes me think he's actually kissing a baby, his own baby. "On the self same face that wouldn't let me sleep", since babies keep their parents up. And any parent will tell you that everything changes when the children are born.
"My sorry name has made it to graffitti" makes me think about how some people talk about getting a feeling of accomplishment when they have children. They feel like they've made an impression in this world, from being no one special. He sings about feeling completed now that he's got his child. Even the most mundane things, like the streets and the sirens, are turned into something wonderful and new.
The "we" in "we took the town to town last night" is probably the new parents, dizzy with happiness and love, both for each other and their child.
To me, this song is about a newborn, and eagerly awaited, baby.