She can walk out anytime anytime she wants to walk out that's fine
She can walk out anytime anytime she feels that life has passed her
by
And when I start my new life I won't touch the ground
I'm gonna try hard this time not to touch the ground.
He can walk out anytime anytime he wants to walk out that's fine
He can walk out anytime across the sand into the sea into the
brine
And when I start my new life I won't touch the ground,
I'm gonna try hard this time not to touch the ground.
So we sold the car and quit the job
and shook some hands and wiped the make-up right off,
And we said our good-byes to the bank
left Seven Sisters for a room in a seaside shack,
And when I start my new life I won't touch the ground,
I'm gonna try hard this time not to touch the grounds
...it's by the sea we'll breed
...into the sea we'll bleed...
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How can anyone see "suicide" in this song...? :-0
It's a very beautiful song whose simple meaning is about letting go of all the chains in everyday life, job-bank-7sisters, breaking free and live a simpler, possibly happier life.
A choice many of us toy with, now and again, but very few have the actual courage to do... So I think that the 2 characters in the song sort of redeem us all, in a way...
And shook some hands and wiped the make-up right off,
And we said our good-byes to the bank
Left Seven Sisters for a room in a seaside shack"
this is about making sacrifices for a better future, and sometimes in life, you have to lose things that you dont really need in order to appreciate the simpler things in life. its one of my all time favourite songs and the song that truly got me interested in suede as a band when i saw them perform it on jools holland show by chance.
I see it as wonderful optimism.
Also, the suicide motive. Feels like someone is struggling about which way to take out of the ugly world they are in.
"He can walk out anytime,
Anytime he wants to walk out, that's fine,
He can walk out anytime,
Across the sand, into the sea, into the brine"
To me, this means he leaves his known life to a life in which he doesn't have any responsibilities, he can enjoy himself, and when he wants to die, he'll have the sea right next to him. He could have children and make a new life right by the sea, trying to keep dreaming, or he could kill himself if he "touches the ground".
In their afterlife(new life) they won't touch the ground again
(coz they will be under the sea)