| Portishead – Humming Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This is definitely my favorite of their songs so far. I have to admit, I'm a relatively new listener having heard only three of their albums: Dummy, Portishead, and Third. I agree with people thinking the theremin in the song has a sci-fi/UFO sound, but it makes me think of ghosts. The song has a much more horror feel to it than a sci-fi sound to it. Toward the end, it really sounds like a radio tuning out, too. The song on the whole makes me feel as though somebody's died, maybe a past lover. The song is so mournful and regretful, yet the sound is so sexual, it makes it sound like maybe she masturbated or had sex with someone else while thinking of her ex-lover. She says it feels wrong and it seems as though she wanted to stop, but was already in the thick of it and couldn't. That or maybe she was having sex with a corpse. Who knows. |
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