Fizzy (sparkling) and still (non-sparkling) are the two types of bottled water. I think this is here used to symbolize a failed relationship between two very different personalities - it is implied that the girl is a Hollywood actress.
"LA without a map" is a great movie with this theme; sometimes the prize is not worth the price.
There is a sense of defeat in the narration, an intense and exciting lifestyle is not for everybody - yet the boy may in fact have "done good", going back to core basic values instead.
The narration may be interpreted as a comparison of the mundane (visiting his parents) with the lost fantasy - and the grieving of this loss.
Not sure I really want to get into this because as someone once said,'talking about music is like dancing about architecture' or words to that affect. However, I do think that " the rest of the details in the song" ARE important. After all, they contain the title. What sits between them there on ice? What is he neglecting to declare? Its the central theme of the piece. It's chilled. It's fizzy and still. I sounds like booze to me. And if its not literally a drinking problem, then it is a representation of his own faults. Is it...
Not sure I really want to get into this because as someone once said,'talking about music is like dancing about architecture' or words to that affect. However, I do think that " the rest of the details in the song" ARE important. After all, they contain the title. What sits between them there on ice? What is he neglecting to declare? Its the central theme of the piece. It's chilled. It's fizzy and still. I sounds like booze to me. And if its not literally a drinking problem, then it is a representation of his own faults. Is it really not for him? Is it really too high a price? Or was it a failure to defeat his own demons? That alone is a lot from so few lyrics but that's the beauty of the art.
Fizzy (sparkling) and still (non-sparkling) are the two types of bottled water. I think this is here used to symbolize a failed relationship between two very different personalities - it is implied that the girl is a Hollywood actress.
"LA without a map" is a great movie with this theme; sometimes the prize is not worth the price.
There is a sense of defeat in the narration, an intense and exciting lifestyle is not for everybody - yet the boy may in fact have "done good", going back to core basic values instead.
The narration may be interpreted as a comparison of the mundane (visiting his parents) with the lost fantasy - and the grieving of this loss.
Not sure I really want to get into this because as someone once said,'talking about music is like dancing about architecture' or words to that affect. However, I do think that " the rest of the details in the song" ARE important. After all, they contain the title. What sits between them there on ice? What is he neglecting to declare? Its the central theme of the piece. It's chilled. It's fizzy and still. I sounds like booze to me. And if its not literally a drinking problem, then it is a representation of his own faults. Is it...
Not sure I really want to get into this because as someone once said,'talking about music is like dancing about architecture' or words to that affect. However, I do think that " the rest of the details in the song" ARE important. After all, they contain the title. What sits between them there on ice? What is he neglecting to declare? Its the central theme of the piece. It's chilled. It's fizzy and still. I sounds like booze to me. And if its not literally a drinking problem, then it is a representation of his own faults. Is it really not for him? Is it really too high a price? Or was it a failure to defeat his own demons? That alone is a lot from so few lyrics but that's the beauty of the art.