I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Come to my house tonight
We can be together in the nuclear sky
And we will dance in the poison rain
And we can stay a while in Heaven today
Let's stay together
Let's stay, these days are ours
Let's die together?
Two hearts under the skyscrapers
There's a time bomb in the high rise
There's a blue suburban dream
Will I see you up in paradise
Or have you come to catch me?
Come to my arms tonight
Just you and me together under electric light
And she will dance in the poison air
And we can stay together
Two hearts under the skyscrapers
There's a time bomb in the high rise
There's a blue suburban dream
Will I see you up in Paradise
Or have you come to catch me?
Come to my arms I'm lost
Just you and me together in the year of the horse
Single file in the nuclear night
And we could feel a little closer
As we tumble through the sky
Let's stay together, let's stay these days are ours
Let's stay together
Two hearts under a skyscraper
Let's stay together, let's stay in this broken down love
Let's stay together, two hearts under the skyscrapers
We can be together in the nuclear sky
And we will dance in the poison rain
And we can stay a while in Heaven today
Let's stay together
Let's stay, these days are ours
Let's die together?
Two hearts under the skyscrapers
There's a time bomb in the high rise
There's a blue suburban dream
Will I see you up in paradise
Or have you come to catch me?
Come to my arms tonight
Just you and me together under electric light
And she will dance in the poison air
And we can stay together
Two hearts under the skyscrapers
There's a time bomb in the high rise
There's a blue suburban dream
Will I see you up in Paradise
Or have you come to catch me?
Come to my arms I'm lost
Just you and me together in the year of the horse
Single file in the nuclear night
And we could feel a little closer
As we tumble through the sky
Let's stay together, let's stay these days are ours
Let's stay together
Two hearts under a skyscraper
Let's stay together, let's stay in this broken down love
Let's stay together, two hearts under the skyscrapers
Lyrics submitted by 3ssence
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Correct lyrics...:
Come to my house tonight We can be together in the nuclear sky And we will dance in the poison rain And we can stay a while in heaven today
Let's stay together Let's stay, these days are ours Stay together Two hearts under the skyscrapers
Come to my arms tonight Just you and me together under electric light She will dance in the poisoned air Just you and me forever by the motorway there
Let's stay together Let's stay, these days are ours Stay together Two hearts under the skyscrapers
There's a time bomb in the high rise There's a blue suburban dream Will I see you up in paradise Or have you come to catch me?
Come to my arms I'm lost Just you and me together in the year of the horse Single file in the nuclear night And we could feel a little closer As we tumble through the sky
Stay together Stay, these days are ours Stay together Two hearts under a skyscraper Stay together, let's stay in this broken down love Stay together, two hearts under the skyscrapers
(Stay together... Stay, these days are ours...)
I think there's definitely the suggestion of a drug using couple. Although the lyric "Just you and me together in the year of the horse" could be referring to the Chinese calendar I'd bet that it's a not-very-well disguised reference to heroin, 'horse' being slang for the drug.
I think there's a lot of evidence of this song being about the dissolution of Soviet Union, and the uncertain fate of the satellite nations after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
"We can be together in the nuclear sky And we will dance in the poison rain"
Imagery related both to the nuclear arms race, and also the Chernobyl disaster which was not too far in the past at the time. Nuclear radiation and poison rain were serious realities in those nations.
"Let's stay together" might refer to all of the countries in general, that are much weaker as independent nations than they would have been as one united entity.
The skyscraper/motorway imagery might refer to the urbanization of these countries in the Soviet years, and the knowledge that there was more to come.
"Just you and me together in the year of the horse Single file in the nuclear night"
The year of the horse was 1991, immediately after the fall of the Berlin Wall. And "single file in the nuclear night" could mean that each country, one after another, must address the situation of the collective future.
"Let's stay together in broken down love."
Once you get on the idea of the USSR satellite country thing, it's hard to get rid of it.
Sounds great! I wish this song was at least somehow related to history.
I was just thinking this right now listening to this song whilst doing my Communism in Russia history coursework! It's the perfect background music...!
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hmm, how come noone's mentioned the suicide part of the song? was it that obvious to everyone? (ashamed) I wasn't aware of that part until i got my hands on the lyrics and noticed the 'As we tumble through the sky' part and the 'We can stay a while in heaven today'.
It seems to me then, that the song's about two lovers (possibly drug users) who plan to die together by jumping off a high rise. This is why I love suede.
I totally agree with paul.apparently this song was inspired by the novelist J.G.Ballard.
its about 2 lovers who have something good together despite the alien nature of the city they are in. the song has a suicide pact element 'And we could feel a little closer as we tumble through the sky' and also 'Will I see you up in paradise or have you come to catch me?' suggesting that they commit suicide together and go to paradise away from the landscape they are in and hence when they hit the ground 'two hearts under a skyscraper' after they have jumped and gone to heaven together.
i think it's about love in a decaying place. considering how obsessed Brett Anderson is/was with London, he certainly didn't think much of it.
I was 23 and living in a tower block with my girlfriend in a shitty part of London. Both of us doing far too many drugs at the time. Not surprisingly we loved this song.