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for you my dear sister
holding on to me forever
disco dancing with the rapists
your only crime is silence
can't work at this any more
can't move I want to stay at home
tied up to all these crutches
never far from your hands
tsunami tsunami came washing over me
tsunami tsunami came washing over me
can't speak, can't think
won't talk, won't walk
doctors tell me that I'm cynical
I tell them that it must be chemical
so what am I doing girl?
cry into my drink I disappear
eyes for teeth grating over me
bring down the shadows of my mind
sleeping breathing under our sheets
inhale the anxiety in-between in-between in-between in-between
tsunami tsunami came washing over me
tsunami tsunami came washing over me
through september under the weather
in-between in-between in-between in-between
tsunami tsunami came washing over me
tsunami tsunami came washing over me
take the G.I.'s I will have the spies
Song Info
Submitted by
basaki On Jan 19, 2002
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Apparently it's about the Silent Twins, these sisters who found it impossible to communicate with anyone apart from each other. THey wouldn't talk for years but after one twin died, the other suddenly started talking and cummunicating like a normal person. It is SUCH an amazing song
The song is indeed about the 'Silent Twins', June and Jennifer Gibbons, two black girls who lived in Haverfordwest in Wales. The "disco dancing with the rapists" line refers to a 'novel' written by Jennifer called 'The Pugilist', in which a local disco incites the patrons to insane violence. They commited several acts of arson, which led to their imprisonment. As someone mentioned earlier, when Jennifer died, June began to live a normal life, which she still does.
if you just look at the lyrics, it seems like it could also be about Richey...if you ask me.
@pumkinhed Haha , I just created an account to make this same comment.
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I heard it was about those twins aswell, they got put in prison because they were misunderstood. There were discos in prison hence "disco dancing with the rapists/your only crime is silence "
of course, this could be totally incorrect.
it's seem to me like someone telling the story of those twins to make a point about themselves. The second verse is their confusion and they want nature to 'wash over them;' to cleanse?
Did anyone see the video, when the quotes come up on the screen? I love 'virgins on the dole'. Is that about the 'Silent Twins'?
This feels in parts a bit like a comparason between the silent Twins and the 'Glamour Twins' - Nicky and Richey
Nicky used tsunami as a metaphor for the how one sister felt after the other had died, kinda like a huge relief. The way in which the tsunami came washing over her is how she now feels, if that makes scense?
Nicky used tsunami as a metaphor for the how one sister felt after the other had died, kinda like a huge relief. The way in which the tsunami came washing over her is how she now feels, if that makes scense?