i think viscus is definately on the right track..
here are some thoughts i had upon re-reading these lyrics however:
"And the water carries him away
Now that you are here
You'll swim with me
Soon he ceases to be at all
I am clutching you
True"
to me this part of the lyrics implies that the song is about three people: him, his girlfriend, and her brother. It seems as if the narrator, so to speak, is rescuing this girl from her incestous past, and causing her brother to see her in a different light (as a beautiful woman, being loved, rather than some kind of a sex object for his own pleasure)
the line: "The water carries him away, now you're here with me" suggests that the narrator is re-assuring the woman that she is safe with him now ("you'll swim with me, soon he ceases to be at all, I am clutching you) and soon her brother will mean nothing to her.
The water that is talked about could be a metaphor for both the world as a sink or swim kind of place, or for emotional life which is similiar. when you look at the kind of things that life takes us through in a dreamlike way, and in a shortened or truncated view, our existence can appear very fluid.
i think viscus is definately on the right track.. here are some thoughts i had upon re-reading these lyrics however:
"And the water carries him away Now that you are here You'll swim with me Soon he ceases to be at all I am clutching you True"
to me this part of the lyrics implies that the song is about three people: him, his girlfriend, and her brother. It seems as if the narrator, so to speak, is rescuing this girl from her incestous past, and causing her brother to see her in a different light (as a beautiful woman, being loved, rather than some kind of a sex object for his own pleasure)
the line: "The water carries him away, now you're here with me" suggests that the narrator is re-assuring the woman that she is safe with him now ("you'll swim with me, soon he ceases to be at all, I am clutching you) and soon her brother will mean nothing to her.
The water that is talked about could be a metaphor for both the world as a sink or swim kind of place, or for emotional life which is similiar. when you look at the kind of things that life takes us through in a dreamlike way, and in a shortened or truncated view, our existence can appear very fluid.
just my interpretation
@mechanical_predator where do you get the brother aspect from?? And the incestuous past??
@mechanical_predator where do you get the brother aspect from?? And the incestuous past??
I personally don't see any of that in the song, but each to their own
I personally don't see any of that in the song, but each to their own