| Damien Rice – Delicate Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I believe this song refers to the same girl Damien Rice fantasized about from The Blower's Daughter. For those who have missed out: there's a story that before D Rice was in Juniper, he worked a job in which he had to talk people on the phone daily ("blower" is a slang for phone). One day, he called a house, but the owner was not home, so the daughter picked up the call. Damien fell in love with her beautiful voice and started daydreaming about her. He even risked losing his job calling back everyday in order to chat with her. This continued for over a month, until one day, when there was nobody answer the phone. He decided to follow the address to the house. He couldn't believe what he saw, the girl he'd been fantasizing about was just a schoolgirl. She led him on and played games, when holiday was over, she stopped. Damien felt angry but didn't tell anyone because they'd think he was a creep. "So why do you fill my sorrow With the words you've borrowed From the only place you've know" The lyrics have strong indications that the girl in this song is deceiving him and playing games. The words she borrows implies those are not truthful words from the heart. "And why do you sing Hallelujah If it means nothing to you Why do you sing with me at all?" The song Hallelujah is a song of romantic love. Damien is blaming her for tricking him into believe that they share mutual feelings to each other. "Sing" is a poetic figure of speech for communicating, or talking. And the verses are where he fantasizes their relationship, it has to be secretive and private because such affair is forbidden in public eyes. |
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