| Arctic Monkeys – Secret Door Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| @[sex_pistols_69:23881] "To make her gauge; Turn to a scribble on a page" makes me think of a lie detector when thinking about the song in your interpretation. The gauge is her nervousness being recorded as a scribble on a page. | |
| Arctic Monkeys – Secret Door Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| @[howdidwegethere:23880] I like this interpretation, though you are too optimistic about the ending I think. the last two lines of the first verse "At least that's the conclusion; She came to in this overture" sort of announces that she is about to contradict herself. | |
| Arctic Monkeys – Secret Door Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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This song really fits well to Dostojewski's "The Idiot" and the scandalous relationship between prince Myshkin and Nastasya Filippowna. In the first part of the book, they dine on the night of Nastasya's birthday and shit goes down, Dostojewski style: a full blown gladiator fight of personalities, basically. It is stomach churning and nerve wrecking and still manages to be funny. Myshkin basically is called "the idiot" (aka fool) throughout the book, so theres that and Nastasya goes crazy in front of all the guests, Myshkin confesses his love towards her, and she blows him off, as not to destroy him through her abrasive personality (at least this is her excuse). I know that it is very unlikely that the lyrics originated from this novel, though I do like the coincidental parallels between the two narratives. In any case, you should read this book. Dostojewski 's a genius. The paparazzi Interpretation I find to be incorrect, as others have already pointed out and delivered good arguments for different theories where the "fools on parade" are the protagonist and this other female person. The "mahogany celebration on a Wednesday night" can mean different things, though mahoganies can symbolize feminine purity as some website explains: "Magnolias symbolized dignity and nobility. In ancient China, magnolias were thought to be the perfect symbols of womanly beauty and gentleness. In the American South, white magnolias are commonly seen in bridal bouquets because the flowers are thought to reflect and emphasize the bride's purity and nobility." So the party (I am convinced it must be some social event) that is mentioned could be a wedding. The "on a Wednesday night" part is interesting. Normally couples marry on Sunday mornings, so a wedding in the middle of the week at night is indeed very weird, if it is a wedding at all. The line "She swam out of tonight's phantasm" that came before the one just mentioned, might mean that she left some other social event, which she and the protagonist were attending. She grabs his hand and tells him that this social event is complete humbug "nothing for us here". They leave this social event. But it mustn't be a social event, it also can be a life style. Possibly the rockstar lifestyle or something similar. Note the word "phantasm" which means something like fantastic delusion, it is a slightly positive word, more positive than the word "delusion" that is, and indicates that the protagonist already has made a clear judgment over this social event or this life style, namely that it is very pleasant, but it also is completely detached from reality (or normal life as we unfamous folk know it) "It's better that than to get the reputation; As a miserable little tyke" Maybe they do not have the option to "marry on a Sunday" which can be actual marriage or some metaphor for "a serious relationship in which they both commit to eachother and there are witnesses" or something. So instead she suggests that it is better that they marry on a Wed. night because the alternative is being a "miserable little tyke". Notice that tyke is a small animal, so this doesn't exactly fit. To me a tyke suggests submissiveness, helplessness and stupidity. (On a side note, in a relationship the phrase "miserable little tyke" does make allot of sense, since usually one of the partners is "dominant" and the other usually submissive, in varying degrees.) "At least that's the conclusion; She came to in this overture" Suggests that she said this in the beginning (overture means beginning or deal) and forshadows that she is about to change her mind in such a way that completely contradicts what she just said. If this is the case, I guess she asks him to marry him properly, and bc this is impossible for unknown reaons- oh snap! The paparazzi! Ah, so the paprazzi do make sense... They cannot marry properly bc of the blasted paparazzi and their fame, but she says we should marry in these conditions anyways, also with the cameras and the drama in the news etc., hence setting for "a mahogany celebration on a wednesday night" But then things go bad... I've written too much as it is, possibly I will continue this analysis for the second verse, though I seriously doubt that I could make sense out of it.. But I would like to point out these lines: "To make a gaze turn to a scribble on a page; by a picture; That holds her absence; But you're daft to think she'd care" Whatever the story is, things go bad, she's, in some way, gone and she doesn't care if the protagonist is writing about her next to her photograph. |
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