I'm trying really hard to figure out the opening lyrics, so here's what I've got so far.
I don't really know the opening stanza, part of me wants to dismiss it as straight-forward with the introduction of a character and then the way he "filled in for sunshine", or brought back "gold" to replace happiness. That's a sketchy idea.
The next line, "filling into tight lines, ordinary beehives" is about urban, possibly suburban, life. Tight lines of roads, beehives the way the city forms a comb of bustling life.
"The door screams I hate you"... at first I didn't know what to think, but it occured to me that the narrator is hearing voices through the door of his parents arguing. As for the 'hanging round my bluejeans'... several thoughts, none of which I am certain. It could be sexual, since underneath bluejeans are... well... essentials. Or maybe something with workplace, since bluejeans used to be the typical work attire before they came into style. Either way, the narrator seems to be going through some stress.
The character, 'mother's sister's husband's brother' could refer to a man the narrator's mother is having an affair with--kind of like we often call them 'uncle' (and by the description he would be an uncle-in-law)
'Why is there no breeze? No currency of leaves?' I think this whole stanza is talking about how there's no dynamics in his life, no chance, no 'feeling i can see'.
Next is more obvious, 'I trust no emotion, I beleive in locomotion' could mean he doesn't beleive in love, and he's ready to leave at any moment. Or maybe by 'believing' in locomotion he's saying that his way of handling problems, 'emotions', is by taking off. He's deteriorating, turning to rust, as he's tried to explain, but it's too late. He's let someone down too many times.
The next line appears to be about something, possibly an end to a relationship, messing everything up. 'Maps', or plans, have been 'overwrote' (possible overthrown?). Maps could also refer to how he sees things, his perception of where things are in his life, and suddenly that changes. Happenstance changes his plans, and his heart is 'ungrown', possibly synonymous for broken. I'm not sure what 'When everybody's feeling all alone, I can't tell you who I am' means. I think it might represent his identity being reliant on someone else's love, being part of a relationship, but I'm not sure.
Then back to the quiet guitar, 'I am looking forward toward the shadows chasing bones' could be refering to death, possibly even longing for it. The next lyric, 'our face is stiched in sewing,' I think refers to their child. Two faces sitched together to make one (You Are My Face), and that child is what 'hems' the house into a 'home'.
But the couple seems to have broken apart, since their 'stories fit into phones', seeming to me as them relaying from a distance because they arn't together (possibly father-son trying to keep up a relationship). 'Our voices lift so easily' is referring to fighting between the narrator and the woman, which is 'a gift given accidentally when we're not sure we're not alone'--the child is overhearing the arguments.
Anyway, that's my interpretation right now. I'd love to hear other's thoughts. These lyrics are really good and remind me a lot of 'She's A Jar' for some reason.
I'm trying really hard to figure out the opening lyrics, so here's what I've got so far.
I don't really know the opening stanza, part of me wants to dismiss it as straight-forward with the introduction of a character and then the way he "filled in for sunshine", or brought back "gold" to replace happiness. That's a sketchy idea.
The next line, "filling into tight lines, ordinary beehives" is about urban, possibly suburban, life. Tight lines of roads, beehives the way the city forms a comb of bustling life.
"The door screams I hate you"... at first I didn't know what to think, but it occured to me that the narrator is hearing voices through the door of his parents arguing. As for the 'hanging round my bluejeans'... several thoughts, none of which I am certain. It could be sexual, since underneath bluejeans are... well... essentials. Or maybe something with workplace, since bluejeans used to be the typical work attire before they came into style. Either way, the narrator seems to be going through some stress.
The character, 'mother's sister's husband's brother' could refer to a man the narrator's mother is having an affair with--kind of like we often call them 'uncle' (and by the description he would be an uncle-in-law)
'Why is there no breeze? No currency of leaves?' I think this whole stanza is talking about how there's no dynamics in his life, no chance, no 'feeling i can see'.
Next is more obvious, 'I trust no emotion, I beleive in locomotion' could mean he doesn't beleive in love, and he's ready to leave at any moment. Or maybe by 'believing' in locomotion he's saying that his way of handling problems, 'emotions', is by taking off. He's deteriorating, turning to rust, as he's tried to explain, but it's too late. He's let someone down too many times.
The next line appears to be about something, possibly an end to a relationship, messing everything up. 'Maps', or plans, have been 'overwrote' (possible overthrown?). Maps could also refer to how he sees things, his perception of where things are in his life, and suddenly that changes. Happenstance changes his plans, and his heart is 'ungrown', possibly synonymous for broken. I'm not sure what 'When everybody's feeling all alone, I can't tell you who I am' means. I think it might represent his identity being reliant on someone else's love, being part of a relationship, but I'm not sure.
Then back to the quiet guitar, 'I am looking forward toward the shadows chasing bones' could be refering to death, possibly even longing for it. The next lyric, 'our face is stiched in sewing,' I think refers to their child. Two faces sitched together to make one (You Are My Face), and that child is what 'hems' the house into a 'home'.
But the couple seems to have broken apart, since their 'stories fit into phones', seeming to me as them relaying from a distance because they arn't together (possibly father-son trying to keep up a relationship). 'Our voices lift so easily' is referring to fighting between the narrator and the woman, which is 'a gift given accidentally when we're not sure we're not alone'--the child is overhearing the arguments.
Anyway, that's my interpretation right now. I'd love to hear other's thoughts. These lyrics are really good and remind me a lot of 'She's A Jar' for some reason.