| David Usher – Black Black Heart Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| @[your_dudeship:7307] Thanks Genevieve. This was so long ago. I still listen to and love the song. I totally forgot about this post though. I'm thinking I was under counting the wine...that's awfully articulate of me for just one glass. I'd say 3 was more realistic... Time to listen to Mr. Usher.... :) | |
| David Usher – Black Black Heart Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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| David Usher – Black Black Heart Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Well, I'm only on my 1st glass of wine but what the heck.....I think Hippias has the right idea on the song's meaning. "Something ugly this way comes, From my fingers, sliding inside All these blessings All these words God lives underneath your covers Search for pleasure, Search for pain In this world, now I am undying" -- our hero is searching for some kind of feeling through his sexual relationship with our heroine and despite the dichotomy of pleasure vs. pain and ugliness vs. god he has finally succumbed to the feeling that he is really alive. "Black, black heart Why would you offer more Why would you make it easier on me To satisfy I'm on fire... I'm rotting to the core I'm eating all your kings and queens, All your sex and your diamonds." -- To Hippias' point, our heroine is using the poor sod for her own personal sexual gratification - the tramp - as evidenced by her eating (interpreted as 'consuming') his Kings & Queens (most valuable cards in a game) and Sex & Diamonds (his essence and sense of self-worth). Basically she's chewing him up and spitting him out (who's to say he's not enjoying it though?) The reference to Black Black Heart suggests that in her mind he is emotionally dead and hence the reason why he is letting her use him in this way. The reference to "from the flame, a nation helpless..." represents our hero giving himself over to her, unable to resist the physical attraction. ....pause for glass of wine # 2 "As i begin to lose my grip of these realities you're sending taste your mind and taste your sex i'm naked underneath your cover covers lie and we will blend and borrow with the coming sign the tide will take the sea will rise time will rape" -- Under the covers our hero isn`t being very hero-like as he loses control - a major no-no according to the prime reference manual on this subject: "Sex for Dummies". "the tide will take the sea will rise time will rape" is a lyrical way of saying that the world continues outside while he and his amour do the nasty (sorry ladies!) So there you have it one and all. God help us if they make this part of English lit in high-school the way they did with Simon & Garfunkle`s `Sounds of Silence`. Regardless, ain't it cool that 5 years after the song was released we're still commenting on it? Ya gotta love the internet. P.S. Interpretations aside, this is a haunting lyric and tune. Two thumbs up. |
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