first of all, this is maybe the best song on three cheers...
i like the chorus So much....
i'm not shure with the meaning, but i'd say it's definitly about marrying someone / marriage. i think it's told from the point, when a marriage slowly starts to break.
the man doesn't like the life in the mansion no more ("he calles the mansion not a house but a tomb"), he thinks he's in hell or something like that...
and i think both of them, the woman and the man, start to betray each other. the man maybe even with other men ("He's not around. He's always looking at men."). well i don't know exactely but i was thinking about something like this...
and what i was thinking about, too is: "this elevator only goes up to ten" - maybe ten years of marriage?
well, just some thoughts..
I think the line "he calls the mansion not a house but a tomb" isn't literal.
The mansion would be the marriage; something that everybody thinks is so fantastic.
By saying that the mansion [the marriage] is not a house, they're saying that it isn't all it's cracked up to be; it's not great, it's not home.
By saying that it's a tomb, they're saying that the mansion/marriage is empty and lifeless; with no meaning.
I think the line "he calls the mansion not a house but a tomb" isn't literal.
The mansion would be the marriage; something that everybody thinks is so fantastic.
By saying that the mansion [the marriage] is not a house, they're saying that it isn't all it's cracked up to be; it's not great, it's not home.
By saying that it's a tomb, they're saying that the mansion/marriage is empty and lifeless; with no meaning.
first of all, this is maybe the best song on three cheers... i like the chorus So much.... i'm not shure with the meaning, but i'd say it's definitly about marrying someone / marriage. i think it's told from the point, when a marriage slowly starts to break. the man doesn't like the life in the mansion no more ("he calles the mansion not a house but a tomb"), he thinks he's in hell or something like that... and i think both of them, the woman and the man, start to betray each other. the man maybe even with other men ("He's not around. He's always looking at men."). well i don't know exactely but i was thinking about something like this... and what i was thinking about, too is: "this elevator only goes up to ten" - maybe ten years of marriage? well, just some thoughts..
I think the line "he calls the mansion not a house but a tomb" isn't literal. The mansion would be the marriage; something that everybody thinks is so fantastic. By saying that the mansion [the marriage] is not a house, they're saying that it isn't all it's cracked up to be; it's not great, it's not home. By saying that it's a tomb, they're saying that the mansion/marriage is empty and lifeless; with no meaning.
I think the line "he calls the mansion not a house but a tomb" isn't literal. The mansion would be the marriage; something that everybody thinks is so fantastic. By saying that the mansion [the marriage] is not a house, they're saying that it isn't all it's cracked up to be; it's not great, it's not home. By saying that it's a tomb, they're saying that the mansion/marriage is empty and lifeless; with no meaning.