In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Venice breeding
Shy chimeras of sex and violence
In the purple evening silence
Venice dreaming of a partner
Fill you arms with breasts of marble
From the cradle to the table
Coax this naked treasure
From your saviour
Come swim into my love
Come swim into my life
Divine blasphemer
Tempting holy beads of jism
With the scarlet catechism
Her lips will answer
(Oh, her lips will answer)
How to be the perfect stranger
The perfect lover
Wanting
And as you'll discover
Giving
And as you'll discover
Being
Come swim into my love
Come swim into my life
Enter this sublime corrosion
Venice drowning in emotion
The body stirs and is reanimated
But only briefly and that life is very brief
(Entra in questo sogno di corruzione
Affogamento di Venezia nell'emozione
Vieni e nuota nel mio amore
Vieni e nuota nella mia vita)
Venice drowning
Venice drowning
Venice drowning
Venice drowning?
Shy chimeras of sex and violence
In the purple evening silence
Venice dreaming of a partner
Fill you arms with breasts of marble
From the cradle to the table
Coax this naked treasure
From your saviour
Come swim into my love
Come swim into my life
Divine blasphemer
Tempting holy beads of jism
With the scarlet catechism
Her lips will answer
(Oh, her lips will answer)
How to be the perfect stranger
The perfect lover
Wanting
And as you'll discover
Giving
And as you'll discover
Being
Come swim into my love
Come swim into my life
Enter this sublime corrosion
Venice drowning in emotion
The body stirs and is reanimated
But only briefly and that life is very brief
(Entra in questo sogno di corruzione
Affogamento di Venezia nell'emozione
Vieni e nuota nel mio amore
Vieni e nuota nella mia vita)
Venice drowning
Venice drowning
Venice drowning
Venice drowning?
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I think this is Simon's view on religion, assuming he wrote it. I heard that it was inspired by his and John's trip to Venice but it has a definite religious theme. I guess faith is like swimming out into the ocean to some, that's what the chorus makes me think of.
Very disturbing song.
What does this song mean to me?
Lust. Pure and simple. Prettied up with suggestive wordplay but... lust, nevertheless. The words, sensual decay, come to mind. I love the lyric in the second verse. "oh, her lips will answer" Naughty.
As far as the religious aspect of it, I don't know about that. If anything the song is deliberately profane.
Hmm... let me summarise what I say much more comprehensively in attached link.
Our creative footprint through sexual expression is a quest for immortality.
headfullofchopstick.com//2017/07/06/venice-drowning/