Classic love story true to his western tx roots. One of my favorites as a story, but I think there are alot of songs that are amazing not even listed on this site. I guess I should figure out how to add them, because I have about 8 REK cd's.
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
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 lighter’s dead and the gas has been cut off
I’m the one you always seem to read about
The fire inside my eyes has long gone out
There’s nothing left for me to say or do
Cos all that matters disappeared when I lost you
But is there really any point at all?
Waking up this morning felt the same
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 lighter’s dead and the gas has been cut off
I’m the one you always seem to read about
The fire inside my eyes has long gone out
There’s nothing left for me to say or do
Cos all that matters disappeared when I lost you
Lyrics submitted by djpyro2112, edited by Thominator
Postcard Lyrics as written by STEVEN JOHN WILSON
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
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Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
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.