I'm pretty sure this is about Geoff's wife. In the WATT booklet, Geoff thanks "my beautiful sea-shel".
Perhaps it's about growing distant from someone you love. This stanza says it all to me...
"
Every single shell was once alive,
just like the two of us.
We step into the shallow end,
to see what love is like.
At the water's edge our lives wash up,
the tide keeps rolling out.
But now we're nothing,"
I'm pretty sure this is about Geoff's wife. In the WATT booklet, Geoff thanks "my beautiful sea-shel".
Perhaps it's about growing distant from someone you love. This stanza says it all to me... " Every single shell was once alive, just like the two of us. We step into the shallow end, to see what love is like. At the water's edge our lives wash up, the tide keeps rolling out. But now we're nothing,"
according to interview his marriage was dissolving at the time so this is highly likely.
according to interview his marriage was dissolving at the time so this is highly likely.