He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
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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"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.
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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.
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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.
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