Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
Something is breathing in the air
Something is moving, in the water
And the winds in you are blowing
Bring back my boy
I loved him
I loved him
Gentle flakes of snow
on the roads and the fences
And I'm fading out
I can tell it all the time
I'll go down in a flame
and wheel in the air like a swallow,
diving
Oh, you border guards
So young and handsome
in the light
Will you let me go through,
to the enemy lines
one more time?
one more time?
Hold my arm, will you
Hold my arm harder
There are islands in the sun
There are diamonds in the water
Oh..
Something is moving, in the water
And the winds in you are blowing
Bring back my boy
I loved him
I loved him
Gentle flakes of snow
on the roads and the fences
And I'm fading out
I can tell it all the time
I'll go down in a flame
and wheel in the air like a swallow,
diving
Oh, you border guards
So young and handsome
in the light
Will you let me go through,
to the enemy lines
one more time?
one more time?
Hold my arm, will you
Hold my arm harder
There are islands in the sun
There are diamonds in the water
Oh..
Lyrics submitted by lukasm
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yes this song does refer to a tapastry which shows the taming of a unicorn. A unicorn can only be tamed by a virgin woman, and more then once the words seem to come from the point of view of a woman.
The unicorn being tamed is often a reference in paintings and such to a man falling in love with a lady and the womans chastaty leading to a faithful relationship.
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Prehaps this is the lady going to see her lover at the front lines and the beauty she encounters along the way. She seems almost intoxicated with the beauty and the thought of seeing her lover again.
But i cant help thinking when i hear this some that the boy is already dead but she travels to see him anyway, prehaps unconciously seeking her own death so that they can be together.
or prehaps im reading too much into it ;)
hmm sorry for the typos im new to the site and cant seem to find an edit button, guess i'll have to be more careful in future posts.
"But i cant help thinking when i hear this song that the boy is already dead but she travels to see him anyway"
I think i thought this because the lyrics go:
"Bring back my boy I loved him I loved him"
where as "bring him back" could refer to him returning from the war, the "I loved him" does seem to indicate he might be dead.
I really have a strong feeling that this song isn't meant to be taken as literal events. To me it is intensely psychological symbolism.
The version I have (from the 2006 Palo Santo CD) has this lyric right after "on the roads and the fences":
my head is on fire my body's disturbed
It also omits the lyric: "to the enemy lines".
It seems to me to be more about a tortured person trying his all to feel love, but failing. The fourth verse particularly shows this.
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".. Palo Santo .. which is a set of songs all about the singer Nico. The record starts out .. she died on the island of Ibiza .. she fell off of a bicycle while having a stroke .. so the record kind of starts imagining her last moments and kind of goes backwards from there."
I cannot believe there are only 6 comments about this song.
It is the most beautiful song I've ever heard. honestiron's reply seems to nail it!
Amazing, amazing stuff!
Make that 7. Love this song...