| Porcupine Tree – How Is Your Life Today? Lyrics | 19 years ago |
|
I somewhate agree with Tinny. It seems, as the illusion, the man Wilson talks about has murdered his wife, by the lyric, "& they don't hear your voice through the walls." There must have been long fights, where the neighbors might have worried there was more going on, but could never place a finger on it. By the lyrics, "The letters pile up in the hallway...'cos I've cancelled the milk..." really seem to me like he's hiding out before anyone can find it, or TRULY understand what he has done. I think being "kissed on the cheek by a cold mouth" is really just symbolic, or a metaphor for reality setting in. The "taxi", "waiting like a getaway car" is really just his escape from his mind, or from what he has done, or a way of dealing with his pain. Even, as the above has said, being driven to the looney bin, or even jail. "How is your life today" also just reminds me that perhaps life always ends up better than it was, or it can end up being worse than it was. To use that title, & repeated line in this song is sort of like using a rhetorical question; you can't truly answer it, it's an ever-changing feeling, & no one's life is better than the next persons. |
|
| Porcupine Tree – Feel So Low Lyrics | 19 years ago |
|
I think this song is so beautiful; it does just that--makes me "feel so low". I don't really necessarily believe it's about a girlfriend; although, a few songs on Lightbulb Sun have come out of Wilson's experience & throughout this "breakup" album, Stupid Dream. I actually, with more attentive views, thought it was about a Family Member. That perhaps he left home & his life was ever changing. I know that the moment you leave home, things DO change & you begin to think everyone you left there doesn't even know you anymore; it's all a void of emotion. Then again, I also felt that Wilson could have made a point of this song being sort of sexual in a way; here's this guy in 1998, falling for a girl that didn't give him the time of day. The natural thing to do is attempt to keep trying with her. You get this stalkerish feel, & not necessarily a bad one, but definitely a way of overcoming, as the person has in this song. |
|
* This information can be up to 15 minutes delayed.