Oh my goodness. I have to admit i didnt have that kind of interpretation at all of this song.
I got the feeling it was about a blind man and how he 'sees' the world around him.
I guess it was one of the later lines that did it :
'And his eyes too numb to see'
Although there are many conflicts within the rest of the song to this idea. For example :
'He likes to have the morning paper crossword solved'
But then again, who's to say he actually DOES solve it? A lot of A-ha's songs can be like this, I think the contradictions are to be taken Ironicly.
It's a tough one to work out, I must admit, and even though this is now around 20 years old, and I've known the song for all that time. I still struggle with firends on it's meaning.
Oh my goodness. I have to admit i didnt have that kind of interpretation at all of this song. I got the feeling it was about a blind man and how he 'sees' the world around him. I guess it was one of the later lines that did it : 'And his eyes too numb to see' Although there are many conflicts within the rest of the song to this idea. For example : 'He likes to have the morning paper crossword solved' But then again, who's to say he actually DOES solve it? A lot of A-ha's songs can be like this, I think the contradictions are to be taken Ironicly. It's a tough one to work out, I must admit, and even though this is now around 20 years old, and I've known the song for all that time. I still struggle with firends on it's meaning.