| Porcupine Tree – Russia On Ice Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think that the song is a portrait of a man's suicide after a relationship falls apart. He has a drinking problem, and it's forced his partner to leave. The song is him musing on how he cannot change, and in the end he kills himself. That's what the much darker instrumental section is for. The first section is the man relenting about the direction his life has taken, and the hopelessness he feels, while the last lines: "A drop in the ocean A significant motion" Give his intention to kill himself, while the very last lines: "Nothing melts in this cold But Russia on ice is burning a hole" Ties the entire thing back to the beginning. Meaning that he has ended where he has started, with nothing changed. This leads to the dark and heavy section, which I suppose is the soundtrack to his suicide, showing his anger at himself and his ex partner, and the inherent violence. Russia on Ice I think has a double meaning, it could be a metaphor for the character's drinking problem, or it could be a description of the relationship, and the unstable nature of it. |
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