Like all Mary Chain songs it's laced with the yearning, inklings of damnation but the hope of redemption - "god's mercy to be found, between the stirrup and the ground".
But, meaning really isn't the point. Mary Chain lyrics are about imagery - and few bands better understood the iconography of rock'n'roll. And the way that imagery combines with the music.
'Heat' is a sky-scrappingly brilliant pop moment - but you ain't going to get that from just reading the lyrics.
Like all Mary Chain songs it's laced with the yearning, inklings of damnation but the hope of redemption - "god's mercy to be found, between the stirrup and the ground". But, meaning really isn't the point. Mary Chain lyrics are about imagery - and few bands better understood the iconography of rock'n'roll. And the way that imagery combines with the music. 'Heat' is a sky-scrappingly brilliant pop moment - but you ain't going to get that from just reading the lyrics.