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Closer
No hesitation
Give me
All that you have
And it's been so long, that I can't explain
And it's been so wrong
Right now, so wrong
Naked
My thoughts are creeping
Too late
The show has begun
And it's been so long, that I can't confess
And it's been so wrong
Right now, so wrong
Is it all as it seems
So unresolved, so unredeemed
If I remain, how will I know
And it's been so long, that I can't be sure
And it's been so wrong
Right now, so wrong
No hesitation
Give me
All that you have
And it's been so long, that I can't explain
And it's been so wrong
Right now, so wrong
Naked
My thoughts are creeping
Too late
The show has begun
And it's been so long, that I can't confess
And it's been so wrong
Right now, so wrong
Is it all as it seems
So unresolved, so unredeemed
If I remain, how will I know
And it's been so long, that I can't be sure
And it's been so wrong
Right now, so wrong
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i love the lyrics to this song its beautiful everything they do is beautiful!
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The theremin in this song kicks ass. And the video is awesome. Amaaaazing band. Love Portishead.
This is definitely my favorite of their songs so far. I have to admit, I'm a relatively new listener having heard only three of their albums: Dummy, Portishead, and Third. I agree with people thinking the theremin in the song has a sci-fi/UFO sound, but it makes me think of ghosts. The song has a much more horror feel to it than a sci-fi sound to it. Toward the end, it really sounds like a radio tuning out, too. The song on the whole makes me feel as though somebody's died, maybe a past lover. The song is so mournful and regretful, yet the sound is so sexual, it makes it sound like maybe she masturbated or had sex with someone else while thinking of her ex-lover. She says it feels wrong and it seems as though she wanted to stop, but was already in the thick of it and couldn't.
That or maybe she was having sex with a corpse.
Who knows.
@cauliflowerjones The radio tuning out is a "metaphor" for the male lover's life ending. He is the one tuning out and checking out to this serial killer femme fatale. The more I think about this concept, the more I know it would make a very, very good movie.
@cauliflowerjones The radio tuning out is a "metaphor" for the male lover's life ending. He is the one tuning out and checking out to this serial killer femme fatale. The more I think about this concept, the more I know it would make a very, very good movie.
@cauliflowerjones You are so very close.
@cauliflowerjones You are so very close.
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This song is about a femme fatale - a female serial killer. She has abstained from sexual encounters because of her desire to kill her lover. The femme fatale, however, falls prey to her sexual and murderous desires after abstaining for so long. Read the lyrics, watch the video again very carefully. All the clues are there. And then, after wanting the sexual encounter (one night stand), she knows it is not all what it seems, she knows, that her lover is doomed, knowing that after they make love, her lover will be killed. She regrets it, it is painful, but she's a femme fatale serial killer and cannot control either her sexual urges or the urge to kill. Very powerful indeed.
This is my favorite Portishead song. I love the violins. Timeless.
@phatcat They're not violins. It's Utley's genius on the guitar, pedals and mixing. Very cool atmospheric - other-worldly sound. Trip-Hop at its most eclectic and addictive best.
@phatcat They're not violins. It's Utley's genius on the guitar, pedals and mixing. Very cool atmospheric - other-worldly sound. Trip-Hop at its most eclectic and addictive best.
@phatcat They're not violins. It's Utley's genius on the guitar, pedals and mixing. Very cool atmospheric - other-worldly sound. Trip-Hop at its most eclectic and addictive best.
@phatcat They're not violins. It's Utley's genius on the guitar, pedals and mixing. Very cool atmospheric - other-worldly sound. Trip-Hop at its most eclectic and addictive best.
I think it's about having sex with someone you haven't been with in a while...an ex or otherwise. really sexy song, anyhow!
i think its about having abstained from sex for so long, finding a potential partner and being afraid yet titillated by the possibility. the lyrics below seem to indicate that she's weighing whether or not she should indulge.
Is it all as it seems So unresolved, so unredeemed If I remain, how will I know
The lyrics and the atmospheric sound of this song are meant to create a mood more than deliver a specific message or story. The song, which is in the first person told by a woman, is telling of longing, especially romantic longing, that she hasn't had in such a long time "that I can't be sure"; in fact, "... it's been so long, that [she] can't explain" exactly what it is that she longs for.
The lyrics hint at perhaps an ongoing sexual relationship, "naked" with a lover who tells her all the right things but that that is unfulfilling:
"Is it all as it seems So unresolved, so unredeemed If I remain, how will I know"
She needs to leave this relationship to find something that is more substantial and satisfying - it's how she'll resolve it.
The ethereal, dreamlike sound of this song and the extremely vague lyrics suggests her level of emotional detachment from her present relationship.
It's a song that's beautiful in its sad, stark way of capturing a snapshot in the life of the story teller. Quintessential Portishead.
She’s obviously singing about herself, do you remember stevie nicks singing “ players only love you when your playing”, Beth probably was sick of sleazy guys (sat at the tables watching her) hitting on her hence why she looks so tired and fed up singing to them!, and may or may not have fantasised about luring them back stage and offing them after another meaningless embrace, the little switch back back to reality at the end to highlight this, it’s there as a disclaimer to remind us it’s a fantasy as she’s burning the memory of some genuine lover in her life (first guy) as the memories go up in smoke, that’s why she wasn't in the video herself as it would have been more obvious I feel, and I wouldn’t have said sci-fi or spooky for the music either..more sinister, epic song only just heard it for some reason, such a rare treat.