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Spirit Of The Stairs Lyrics
You see the truth
And you cannot hide
You're so in tune
You feel it inside
Justice revenge
Tickle all over
Lily and sword
Damnation, reward
The spirit of the stairs
Everyone thinks but no one dares
Wishes made a sad lament
After he's gone
Ridicule or envy
Now you can't forget me
I'm fixed in your mind
Like a knot in the twine
To the dark and pouring rain
Into the trap she sets again
Hear my wooden footsteps on her train
Hear my wooden footsteps again
Tough outer shell
But so you can tell
She's soft underneath
Where you sink your teeth
Look sad, too bad, you're tongue tied
How many times a day you're too dumb or too shy
Two, three, four, five, count the stairs
Spirit hears what I should have said
And she knows why
After she's gone
And you cannot hide
You're so in tune
You feel it inside
Tickle all over
Lily and sword
Damnation, reward
Everyone thinks but no one dares
Wishes made a sad lament
After he's gone
Now you can't forget me
I'm fixed in your mind
Like a knot in the twine
Into the trap she sets again
Hear my wooden footsteps on her train
Hear my wooden footsteps again
But so you can tell
She's soft underneath
Where you sink your teeth
How many times a day you're too dumb or too shy
Two, three, four, five, count the stairs
Spirit hears what I should have said
And she knows why
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to quote neil : 'the song stemmed from being in france somebody telling me about an expression called 'l'esprit de scaille' which means spirit of the stairs and its about all those thoughts those brillant thoughts you have as you leave a passionate confrontation of some sort and your walking down the stairs and you think damnit "i wish i said that"."Fuck i wish i told him he was an asshole" ,all those great all those clever things you think of after you leave a room.'
passionate
I think the particular sentiment is intense regret for not expressing love and braving the stairs to really talk to the lover about the relationship, and now that she's gone there's nothing but the stairs.