| Sunset Rubdown – The Courtesan Has Sung Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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The only thing I can think of is that the courtesan is something like the opposite of the "fat lady" who sings at the end... The verse about the "stranger" to me represents that a musician bears his or her soul to the world via their music, and in this case, is told that it lacks soul. Same thing with the "paintings," where an artist is displaying her life's work and whoever she's showing it too just wants to do something "racy." The fact that the racy thing turns out to be vodka (again) could mean that often rock bands that become so called "self indulgent" a la drugs are just going the predictable route. I often interpret these songs to be about musicians, which probably isn't the case. I don't know. The theme of actors that runs through the entire album just represents the most exhibitionist form of artist... as for the morticians must have took you for a whore part, well, the only thing i can think of is that's just his way of telling her she looks lifeless and cheap. i guess. let's just ask spencer krug. |
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