| TV on the Radio – Halfway Home Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I may be way off here but has anyone considered that it might be about a suicide. Perhaps this Halfway Home is some sort of rehabilitation center that this girl is in. "The lazy way they turned your head Into a rest stop for the dead And did it all in gold and blue and grey" Maybe she was given anti-depressants or some other medication that took her personality. Think One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The only way to control the patients is to keep them sedated and to take away their personalities and motives. "The efforts to allay your dread, In spite of all you knew and said, Were hard to see and harder still to say" She was trying to get better for whatever reasons but the problems were too much for her. "A comfort plush all laced in lead Was sent to quell your sentiment And keep your trembling sentinel hand at bay" Here's where I see that it could be a suicide. The "comfort plush all laced in lead" may be a gun (hence the lead part) and it would be comforting to her to take her life as she sees this is the only way out ("to quell your sentiment"). "And when a sudden silhouette Escaped the top-side of your bed I knew you'd never ever be the same" This sounds a little corny, but the silhouette could be her soul that escapes her body. He says I knew you'd never be the same because she's dead. What do you guys think? I'm not sure what to make of the chorus, but the first couple versus really seem to point to a suicide. |
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