This is the first time I have commented on a song without actually hearing it (Icky Thump's release date -19th!). It's kind of cool looking just at the words, however, that may be the reason why I don't see the stream of consciousness or that "it's all over the place". I see the recognizable red-headed women/ghosts/three in their songs. This has to be their most existential song yet with wonderings of "after I'm gone" and the absolute "ashes". I think it is about being plagued with big 'meaning of life' questions and the writer would sooner "bite (his) lip" than talk about it; for whatever reason. Perhaps there is a certain futility (cigarette ashes/pieces of pencil erasers) in asking these questions. He also suggests that he's making things "hard" by "bringing back ghosts/that are no longer there". I can't help but wonder, too.
This is the first time I have commented on a song without actually hearing it (Icky Thump's release date -19th!). It's kind of cool looking just at the words, however, that may be the reason why I don't see the stream of consciousness or that "it's all over the place". I see the recognizable red-headed women/ghosts/three in their songs. This has to be their most existential song yet with wonderings of "after I'm gone" and the absolute "ashes". I think it is about being plagued with big 'meaning of life' questions and the writer would sooner "bite (his) lip" than talk about it; for whatever reason. Perhaps there is a certain futility (cigarette ashes/pieces of pencil erasers) in asking these questions. He also suggests that he's making things "hard" by "bringing back ghosts/that are no longer there". I can't help but wonder, too.