I agree with that latter sentence. This is my favourite song ever. The music, the build-up, the atmosphere, the lyrics, the fantastic outro with Ian's high vocals screaming out and howling to the moon... This is one of the very few songs that has reached perfection. The highlight of every EATB concert.
The song is about letting go of dreams I think, regardless of what the dream is (he uses a lost romance in the song, but I think you can easily use the lyric and its sentiment in a different situation as well, the general mood is just disillusionment and letting go of dreams). Ian uses nautical terms to express the sentiments: the rain to wash away the pain, whereas the sea and the storm are representing the sadness in his words. "Your port in my heavy storm harbours the blackest thoughts" - must be one of the darkest lines ever written. A fellow Bunnymen fan told me he considered this a funeral song, and I do agree: a funeral for a lost dream. At the same time, despite the depressed undertone, the song is deeply romantic and the ideal song to hold your girlfriend in your arms and fall asleep together while listening to the music. The song is romantic yet depressed at the same time, but both sides feel so honest. World class song. Who dares to say that the Beatles are the best thing ever from Liverpool, deserves a slap. McCartney and Lennon never managed to write anything that comes close to this.
I agree with that latter sentence. This is my favourite song ever. The music, the build-up, the atmosphere, the lyrics, the fantastic outro with Ian's high vocals screaming out and howling to the moon... This is one of the very few songs that has reached perfection. The highlight of every EATB concert. The song is about letting go of dreams I think, regardless of what the dream is (he uses a lost romance in the song, but I think you can easily use the lyric and its sentiment in a different situation as well, the general mood is just disillusionment and letting go of dreams). Ian uses nautical terms to express the sentiments: the rain to wash away the pain, whereas the sea and the storm are representing the sadness in his words. "Your port in my heavy storm harbours the blackest thoughts" - must be one of the darkest lines ever written. A fellow Bunnymen fan told me he considered this a funeral song, and I do agree: a funeral for a lost dream. At the same time, despite the depressed undertone, the song is deeply romantic and the ideal song to hold your girlfriend in your arms and fall asleep together while listening to the music. The song is romantic yet depressed at the same time, but both sides feel so honest. World class song. Who dares to say that the Beatles are the best thing ever from Liverpool, deserves a slap. McCartney and Lennon never managed to write anything that comes close to this.