I don't think this is about suicide, or love- since it's from the album Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, which seems to have a strong sensation of wanderlust, I think it's about just that- the want to travel, or maybe elope with a new man, to escape from where you are at the moment and discover new worlds and people, apart from the strong city atmosphere. I see the bit about "beautiful people, beautiful girls" referring to the models and larger-than-life pin-ups we are bombarded with today. I don't think this song is about suicide, because as someone who has 5 of PJ's albums and some of the harder-to-find songs downloaded, I think she would be more creative and original if she were to write about suicide. Furthermore, it would be ironic to use a suicide song as the first song on an album. I see it more as a big exit from, say, New York, ready to begin a journey round the world :-)
@Ailema she gave interviews describing things she was doing with friends like break into parks and minor vandalism. I think the song was written around that time. So I tend to think it's more about that exploring and doing slightly dangerous things. Guns are used because they're very American imagery, especially coming from Europe. Anyway I agree this is not a suicide song.
@Ailema she gave interviews describing things she was doing with friends like break into parks and minor vandalism. I think the song was written around that time. So I tend to think it's more about that exploring and doing slightly dangerous things. Guns are used because they're very American imagery, especially coming from Europe. Anyway I agree this is not a suicide song.
I don't think this is about suicide, or love- since it's from the album Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, which seems to have a strong sensation of wanderlust, I think it's about just that- the want to travel, or maybe elope with a new man, to escape from where you are at the moment and discover new worlds and people, apart from the strong city atmosphere. I see the bit about "beautiful people, beautiful girls" referring to the models and larger-than-life pin-ups we are bombarded with today. I don't think this song is about suicide, because as someone who has 5 of PJ's albums and some of the harder-to-find songs downloaded, I think she would be more creative and original if she were to write about suicide. Furthermore, it would be ironic to use a suicide song as the first song on an album. I see it more as a big exit from, say, New York, ready to begin a journey round the world :-)
@Ailema she gave interviews describing things she was doing with friends like break into parks and minor vandalism. I think the song was written around that time. So I tend to think it's more about that exploring and doing slightly dangerous things. Guns are used because they're very American imagery, especially coming from Europe. Anyway I agree this is not a suicide song.
@Ailema she gave interviews describing things she was doing with friends like break into parks and minor vandalism. I think the song was written around that time. So I tend to think it's more about that exploring and doing slightly dangerous things. Guns are used because they're very American imagery, especially coming from Europe. Anyway I agree this is not a suicide song.