This song is absolutely amazing. I don't know why but ever since i first heard this song i thought it was about her dad. it made me think of a dad working all day, and she's a child that loves when he's around, but he's almost never there.
"Half a week before the winter
The chill bites before it comes
And I'm a child of the pleasure
That he brings before he runs "
It sounds like this is while everything is still good, but she knows that bad things are coming, like their relationship will turn sour, and she's just appreciating what they have though she knows he'll leave/doesn't have enough time for her.
"He sits behind a desk of mahogany"
This is what really made me feel like it was about her dad/a father figure. Someone working behind the desk all day, trying to make money for the family etc.
"He whispers dreams into my ear
Thought I've given him his empire
He delivers me my fear "
He tells her that he'll be there for her, and all these things. She gave him his 'empire' cuz shes his little girl, and he orignaly started workign for her. "He deliver me my fear" He's a serious person, and he scares her, even though she feels like she gave him all she could.
"The unicorns are riding high
Powerful in coats of white
I turn to look but burn my eyes
I carry on, I carry. . . "
Vanessarox is right, the unicorns represent Vannessa's childhood and innocence. Shes a little girl and is happy and naive, but now that Vanessa looks back, she realizes it wasnt that happy, maybe because her lack of a relatinoship with her father, but she's strong so she just carrys on..
"All the weight of empty promise
As I stand swallowed by the light
Flickering above the highway "
The dreams, that her dad had whispered in her ear, and his promises of being there, but he just can't be because of work, and keeps on breaking his promises to be there for her.
"The vampires are growing tired
The coats of white all turn to red
My heart burns with desire
I carry on, I carry on "
Her child hood is no longer so innocent, her father's absence has caused her to grow up and hurts her, the unicorns are no longer free and wild, but they are turning red and the vampires, another fantasical creature, are starting to fade also. It seems like when she says "my heart burns with desire" she's talking about the longing for attention/her dad's time.
So it hurts, but she carrys on, and doesn't look back because it hurts.
I don't know , this is just what the song means to me, I'm sure its totally wrong, but that's what i got from it. Well whatever it means, its still beautiful.
This song is absolutely amazing. I don't know why but ever since i first heard this song i thought it was about her dad. it made me think of a dad working all day, and she's a child that loves when he's around, but he's almost never there.
"Half a week before the winter The chill bites before it comes And I'm a child of the pleasure That he brings before he runs "
It sounds like this is while everything is still good, but she knows that bad things are coming, like their relationship will turn sour, and she's just appreciating what they have though she knows he'll leave/doesn't have enough time for her.
"He sits behind a desk of mahogany"
This is what really made me feel like it was about her dad/a father figure. Someone working behind the desk all day, trying to make money for the family etc.
"He whispers dreams into my ear Thought I've given him his empire He delivers me my fear "
He tells her that he'll be there for her, and all these things. She gave him his 'empire' cuz shes his little girl, and he orignaly started workign for her. "He deliver me my fear" He's a serious person, and he scares her, even though she feels like she gave him all she could.
"The unicorns are riding high Powerful in coats of white I turn to look but burn my eyes I carry on, I carry. . . "
Vanessarox is right, the unicorns represent Vannessa's childhood and innocence. Shes a little girl and is happy and naive, but now that Vanessa looks back, she realizes it wasnt that happy, maybe because her lack of a relatinoship with her father, but she's strong so she just carrys on..
"All the weight of empty promise As I stand swallowed by the light Flickering above the highway "
The dreams, that her dad had whispered in her ear, and his promises of being there, but he just can't be because of work, and keeps on breaking his promises to be there for her.
"The vampires are growing tired The coats of white all turn to red My heart burns with desire I carry on, I carry on "
Her child hood is no longer so innocent, her father's absence has caused her to grow up and hurts her, the unicorns are no longer free and wild, but they are turning red and the vampires, another fantasical creature, are starting to fade also. It seems like when she says "my heart burns with desire" she's talking about the longing for attention/her dad's time.
So it hurts, but she carrys on, and doesn't look back because it hurts.
I don't know , this is just what the song means to me, I'm sure its totally wrong, but that's what i got from it. Well whatever it means, its still beautiful.