I'm amazed there are no comments regarding this song. Perhaps it's almost too transcendental to appeal to the general public. At any rate, the way I see it is the proclamations of love of a troubled man. He acknowledges that he's in love, but that he has a long way to go before he can be everything she desires; "you're not her buttercup -- you're not her favourite book."
I feel it's extremely powerful; he reveals all to her, and it's a bit frightening, as he felt he was previously holding nothing in. The concluding vocals are more of a primal release than any actual words or lyrics. Just raw intensity and passion.
Also, I'd like to make a quick correction:
"I've got this post-traumatic thing,
This tattoo of a ring,
Around my wedding finger;
That's where I want to state this claim,
That I've got to learn to live and dream before I get myself in love."
The post-traumatic sort of goes with the theme of the entire album, which is a concept album of love, madness, dreaming, and introspection. A bit like Pink Floyd's "The Wall" but for a new era and generation.
I'm amazed there are no comments regarding this song. Perhaps it's almost too transcendental to appeal to the general public. At any rate, the way I see it is the proclamations of love of a troubled man. He acknowledges that he's in love, but that he has a long way to go before he can be everything she desires; "you're not her buttercup -- you're not her favourite book."
I feel it's extremely powerful; he reveals all to her, and it's a bit frightening, as he felt he was previously holding nothing in. The concluding vocals are more of a primal release than any actual words or lyrics. Just raw intensity and passion.
Also, I'd like to make a quick correction:
"I've got this post-traumatic thing, This tattoo of a ring, Around my wedding finger; That's where I want to state this claim, That I've got to learn to live and dream before I get myself in love."
The post-traumatic sort of goes with the theme of the entire album, which is a concept album of love, madness, dreaming, and introspection. A bit like Pink Floyd's "The Wall" but for a new era and generation.
Just my $0.02.