Kingdom of Rust

great to have the doves back with this awesome song.

seems, imo, to be a song about being deeply in love with someone who isn't available ("went looking for that stolen heart"), but as opposed to trying to get to them and controlling the situation themselves, they decide to let things happen in their own due time, to let go, wait to see if they will ever return the love they feel. it doesn't seem that this is something that comes very easily, willingly, as the person from this perspective is in love. "my god, it takes an ocean of trust" to believe that the other person will one day come around if they just learn to let go and not force the situation.. and so they wait.

the line "i long to feel that wince in my heart" is absolutely great. describes well the sensation of being in love, imo.

Reportedly, Jimi wrote this song for his late father who died while the band was recording Kingdom of Rust. In this case, kingdomofrust's explanation is the closest, it just needs to be appropriately adjusted for his father instead of a lover.

Great song, this one is a grows on you,

The term 'kingdom of rust' is probably referring to this world where everything ages(rust decays slowly) and then dies naturally.

I have to agree he is deeply in love with someone(most probably a girl) who isn't available because they have passed away: 'videos shows him scattering the ashes at the sea in the end'

So in order to remember his lover he is going back to where he met her first, at the beach: 'As I go searching Right to the start'

He is religious and is tempted to committ suicide but is saying its is so hard to hold on to your faith: 'My god It takes an ocean of trust Takes an effort, it does'

He is exptecing he would feel his lover's presence when he goes to the sea to scatter the ashes and feel that 'wince' in his heart: I long to feel That wince in my heart As I went looking

Now he is going to wait to die naturally where he will meet his lover in the hereafter: 'I couldn't stop Now I'm Waiting for you'

The phrase "Kingdom of rust" could well refer to the decayed industry of the region. Could be an allegory to his relationship with his first love from the area and/or his family?

And so each venture Is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate With shabby equipment always deteriorating In the general mess of imprecision of feeling, Undisciplined squads of emotion. And what there is to conquer By strength and submission, has already been discovered Once or twice, or several times, by men whom one cannot hope To emulate–but there is no competition– There is only the fight to recover what has been lost And found and lost again and again: and now, under conditions That seem unpropitious. But perhaps neither gain nor loss. For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

unintelligible part is 100% "yes it does" it makes sense too and also he says that thru out the song

Bear with me cause I'm not that deep.

i think the song overall is about questioning his faith during a tragedy, whether it be loss of a loved one or a relationship or whatever.

my, god it takes an ocean of trust sounds like he's saying its impossible to put all his faith in someone,something, god, whoever while his world is crumbling around him (the kingdom of rust).

But at the end he's come to the realization that he just has to have faith(i know it takes an ocean of trust).

i say this because at the end of the video when he emptied the ashes and he was crying it seemed that he was happy.

so it all works out in the end, just have to have faith.

great song!

Fantastic tune! My take on the lyrics are that this is about a relationship that has ended because his partner had an affair. “The kingdom of rust” is what remains of a relationship that was once something amazing and beautiful, but has now turned to rust and ruin because it has been destroyed by the infidelity. “My god, it takes an ocean of trust” because how can the relationship survive now that the trust is gone. Even with an ocean of trust, there will still be doubts. It will never be the same again. “I long to feel some beauty in my heart As I go searching, right to the start” is an aching for when everything seemed perfect and the love between them was strong and beautiful. The song is a sad and heart felt reminiscence of a happy time that can never be found again.

The first unintelligble bits sound like:

The road back to Preston was covered all in snow So I went looking for that stolen [still unintelligible!]

In the video you see a motorway sign to Preston, and although he's not going "back" there it is mentioned so that makes me think that what the lyric is

The "unintelligible" part sounds a bit to me like "it's hard" ...idk just throwing that out there :)