Porcupine Tree

Drown with Me [*]

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So you have been of use
And you have been abused

You know you look pale today
Your lipstick has gone astray

You sold out and lost your looks
You gave away all your books
(You should drown with me)

Your coil has been wound up tight
Unwind it with me tonight
(You should drown with me)

Tire tracks fresh on the ground
Where she will be found
Held under the water
Resting there in a stream
View from the cold water
Buried in green
Orange filter sky

You're drowning in family there
When will you come up for air?
(You should drown with me)

Don't feel you let 'em down
'Cause they have already drowned
(You should drown with me)

Tire tracks fresh on the ground
Where she will be found
Held under the water
Resting there in a stream
View from the cold water
Buried in green
Orange filter sky

(Ah-ah-ah)
(Ah-ah)
(Ah)
(Ah-ah, ah-ah)
(Ah-ah)
(Ah)
(Ah-ah-ah)
(Ah-ah)
(You should drown with me)
(Ah-ah-ah)
(Ah-ah)
(You should drown with me)

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songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012

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by ashwalk

12y ago

This is a longshot, but here goes:

-a deceiving, killer who tricks another killer to commit suicide with him, but stays alive.

Man muses the notion of having the company of this woman, suggesting they'll enjoy each other, because they're similar. The woman has killed her family and is in a state of mixed confusion and regret. He is a seasoned killer himself, and he actually thinks that her dying would bring her peace, so he uses this discourse to convince her of drowning.

She probably drowned her family. He will either drown her or leave her in a shallow pool "resting in a stream" after killed. He observes that she is decaying in life (metaphorically drowning), and implies that he is as well (possibly as a blind persuasion). So he suggests that they just go ahead and finally drown (this time literally - meaning he'll die with her), but actually he never intended to die - as seen by the marks his car left in a hurry where he dumped her body.

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