To me, this song is about a girl who's grown up very sheltered and protected, and now she's gone off on her own. She is both frightened
of and intoxicated by her new alien surroundings and freedom.
"I want to be the things I see, give every face and place my name." --
She wants to belong here. She's trying to find comfort.
" I'm not immune---I love this tune."--
She's no different than anyone else; she craves normalcy. The tune is life-- city life, specifically.
"the people fill the city because the city fills the people"--
my favorite line :)
"the days roll by like thunder like a storm that's never breaking, all my time and space compressed in the low pressure proceedings" --
She's waiting for something extraordinary to happen, but nothing comes. She's got so much freedom, and she hasn't a clue what to do with it, so it ironically ends up constricting her.
" I'll take you home and make it easy." --
She's broken.
I especially love the "There's a river in my head" parts. The music is really pretty there. I also think that's where the title of the song came from: the river is five fathoms deep.
To me, this song is about a girl who's grown up very sheltered and protected, and now she's gone off on her own. She is both frightened of and intoxicated by her new alien surroundings and freedom.
"I want to be the things I see, give every face and place my name." -- She wants to belong here. She's trying to find comfort.
" I'm not immune---I love this tune."-- She's no different than anyone else; she craves normalcy. The tune is life-- city life, specifically.
"the people fill the city because the city fills the people"-- my favorite line :)
"the days roll by like thunder like a storm that's never breaking, all my time and space compressed in the low pressure proceedings" --
She's waiting for something extraordinary to happen, but nothing comes. She's got so much freedom, and she hasn't a clue what to do with it, so it ironically ends up constricting her.
" I'll take you home and make it easy." -- She's broken.
I especially love the "There's a river in my head" parts. The music is really pretty there. I also think that's where the title of the song came from: the river is five fathoms deep.