Actually, I've never really thought the Church's lyrics lend themselves well to literal analysis, Steve Kilbey's lyrics reading more like Symbolist poetry or, maybe even more appropriately, like Joseph Cornell's artwork. He has a remarkable, painterly talent for putting together evocative lyrical images in such a way as to render physical--or at least, more immediately and concretely comprehensible--the emotions which the music conveys abstractly. I believe he's one of the most gifted songwriters pop music has given us, for sure.
I'm still pretty sure I'm right about my "Lord of the Rings" fan-fic interpretation of this particular song, however.
Actually, I've never really thought the Church's lyrics lend themselves well to literal analysis, Steve Kilbey's lyrics reading more like Symbolist poetry or, maybe even more appropriately, like Joseph Cornell's artwork. He has a remarkable, painterly talent for putting together evocative lyrical images in such a way as to render physical--or at least, more immediately and concretely comprehensible--the emotions which the music conveys abstractly. I believe he's one of the most gifted songwriters pop music has given us, for sure.
I'm still pretty sure I'm right about my "Lord of the Rings" fan-fic interpretation of this particular song, however.