It Ended On An Oily Stage Lyrics

Lyric discussion by NeuroticSurgeon 

Cover art for It Ended On An Oily Stage lyrics by British Sea Power

I love the bit where he sings - "You look so elegantly bored now Totally at ease with it all, yeah". It illustrates exactly how I feel when I'm with a group of people who are apathetic, and when I'm wondering what the hell I'm doing there. Been feeling like that for a while now.

I think it's all about him and another person who feel totally separate, distinct from the cares and worries of a group/the majority of people out there. Hence "he found God in a wiltshire field, and you did not". Sort of like to him - it doesn't matter but it did matter to someone else...?

It's almost as if he wants to escape from the rest of the world, and so does "she" through their relationship. Hence "heading for the coastal regions of mind" (ie getting out of that place..)

Guess it depends on your interpretation.