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Postcard (live radio version) Lyrics
I think it's time that I got off the kitchen floor
But is there really any point at all?
Waking up this morning felt the same
I better sleep while life is so mundane
It could have been yesterday that I locked the door
I blocked the windows up so I can't be sure
Now I haven't even got the will to eat
I'm lame and self-obsessed
That I will concede
I'd like to light a cigarette but I cannot
The light is dead and the gas has been cut off
I'm the one you always seem to read about
The light inside my eyes has long gone out
There's nothing left for me to say or do
'Cause all that matters disappeared when I lost you
But is there really any point at all?
Waking up this morning felt the same
I better sleep while life is so mundane
I blocked the windows up so I can't be sure
Now I haven't even got the will to eat
I'm lame and self-obsessed
That I will concede
The light is dead and the gas has been cut off
The light inside my eyes has long gone out
There's nothing left for me to say or do
'Cause all that matters disappeared when I lost you
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"Now I haven't even got the will to Wii"
Quite obviously "Now I haven't even got the will to eat"
Also "The light inside my eyes has long gone out" is "The fire inside my eyes has long gone out".
Also "The light inside my eyes has long gone out" is "The fire inside my eyes has long gone out".
actually, not.
actually, not.
The booklet says fire.
The booklet says fire.
and eat
and eat
@sephian:
Actually, I posted this lyric WEEKS before the official CD release. This version here was for the Live Radio version of Postcard, not the studio version. He says "Light" on the live radio version, and "Fire" on the studio one. And no, if you listen to the Radio version, he clearly says "Wii" and not eat. If he changed it for the studio version, I won't know until I see the official lyrics, but thanks for your input.
I'm almost certain he says "eat" in the live version too. It's just the way he pronounces it that makes it sound like "Wii". Come on, in a gut wrenching song like this, he's not going to use the fact that he doesn't feel like playing on the Nintendo Wii to show how depressed he is.
I'm almost certain he says "eat" in the live version too. It's just the way he pronounces it that makes it sound like "Wii". Come on, in a gut wrenching song like this, he's not going to use the fact that he doesn't feel like playing on the Nintendo Wii to show how depressed he is.
True on both accounts.
Sephian, that is.
Sephian, that is.
I really think this song is about reclusion followed by depression and suicide.
"The kitchen floor" I believe is where the suicide takes place. He/She wants to get up and seek help, as our natural instinct is to survive as long as we can, but then there's the second verse which is "but is there really any point at all?", which can be interpreted as the depression feeling. I believe the next two verses are self-explanatory.
The two verses of the second stanza, (I say stanza because this song, like many others, can or must be interpreted as poems) the person is already losing track of time, maybe because of depression or the suicide act, which we don't know how he/she chose.
On the sentece "that I will concede", i guess it's just about giving up, which brings us to the next verses "I'd like to light a cigarette but I cannot The light is dead and the gas has been cut off", It could be a metaphor for both his/her eyes and breath respectively.
Now this is the best part of the whole song for me. This stanza is absolutely breathtaking!
I'm the one you always seem to read about The light inside my eyes has long gone out There's nothing left for me to say or do 'Cause all that matters disappeared when I lost you
On the first verse, I guess its about the news on the following days, where we always read shocking news like suicide and stuff, he/she is thinking about the future, and if people will care or feel sorry for him/her. The second verse is about the person's will to live, the fire, which is a metaphor for life, has long gone out from his/her eyes, so the person doesn't want to live anymore, its just pointless.
The next couple of verses are like, the song's climax. The person has finished his thoughts, he/she is prepared to go, because nothing else matters, no worries, no appointments, no rush, just, nothing, eternal darkness.
The thing is, we can take this as a love suicide in three different ways. Parenthood, real love or obsession. The "when I lost you" part possess a really whole different possible meanings.
One last thing... Did you notice the song "grows"? Like, musically speaking? I guess that's how Wilson chose to express the death of his character, something very brutal and sad but still, beautiful and brave. Its really hard to not use the adjective Genious when talking about Steven Wilson.
I agree with DJpyro because Steven Played around with the lyrics a lot before he made the offical version. In the GFD book, he has written down but somewhat crossed out "I haven't even got the will to eat, does that sound like one of those emo creeps?"