Brick Is Red Lyrics

Lyric discussion by president-of-what 

Cover art for Brick Is Red lyrics by Pixies

"A fish is fast And Jimmy's cast Hang me"

Black Francis is the fish. He think's he is fast, but Jimmy's, or a generic name for a fisherman, "cast", or him throwing his line out, "hangs" or catches the narratorfish.

"A white moon's hot The other side's not Hang me"

Night fishing. The fish, in the final seconds of life, would see the moon for the first time. Maybe there is a deeper metaphor here. But, alas, he is still being "hung".

It's not time for me for me to go It's not time for me for me to go

The fish is panicking- it does not want to die. Obviously.

My eyes have turned Just the color of diamond Just the color The frayed color of ice

His eyes go white, or back in his head, and he dies.

Yeah, I think almost the same. It's like a poem. Just that, people.

Good interpretation.

A brick is red This fish is dead Hang me

the 'grey' color of ice would make more sense, no?