I can't believe no one has commented on this one! This is one of my favourite DtR songs - if not for its simplicity but for the fact it says so much by saying so little.
In one of the interviews Pete did, he mentions how this was about a failing relationship. He's quite specific about how it's not failing because of the actual relationship itself, but because of obstacles related to the relationship (I'm guessing that it's a long-distance thing).
Basically, he indicates the song is about a long distance relationship that is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain - but that the distance is how the relationship came about in the first place "but the phrygian lion / with his excellent eyesight / is what makes it our love" (that is to say - the love we have for one another is what it is is because of how we came to be.)
It's a beautiful, beautiful song, about how sometimes the obstacles of love are both the cause and the downfall of the relationship, and how sometimes love just isn't enough.
I can't believe no one has commented on this one! This is one of my favourite DtR songs - if not for its simplicity but for the fact it says so much by saying so little.
In one of the interviews Pete did, he mentions how this was about a failing relationship. He's quite specific about how it's not failing because of the actual relationship itself, but because of obstacles related to the relationship (I'm guessing that it's a long-distance thing).
Basically, he indicates the song is about a long distance relationship that is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain - but that the distance is how the relationship came about in the first place "but the phrygian lion / with his excellent eyesight / is what makes it our love" (that is to say - the love we have for one another is what it is is because of how we came to be.)
It's a beautiful, beautiful song, about how sometimes the obstacles of love are both the cause and the downfall of the relationship, and how sometimes love just isn't enough.
Perfect, really.