I think there are three characters in the song. I, the narrator, he, the singer or band member, and you, the person being sung to. Notice how the first verses are in the first person narrative? Serenade me with rocks. I put a whip to the kick drum. My orchestra.
Then the last two verses are the opposite style. He plays piano with fistfuls. And the even better example, he's impaling the front row, fighting fire with arrows. It's like the polar opposite. Instead of rock music, this guy is fighting that fire. The arrows are probably cupid's arrows, implying a love ballad.
So I don't think it's a bad guess, to say he's trying to escape memories with music, just that it doesn't account for the different uses of I and he. Somebody is reading into it way too much. Probably myself.
By the way, does anybody have a better idea for the line currently "Of broken Belvedere crystal?" I couldn't really come up with anything better. Does that even make any sense? Maybe "velvet and crystal?" Tell me what you think and I'll change it if need be.
I think there are three characters in the song. I, the narrator, he, the singer or band member, and you, the person being sung to. Notice how the first verses are in the first person narrative? Serenade me with rocks. I put a whip to the kick drum. My orchestra.
Then the last two verses are the opposite style. He plays piano with fistfuls. And the even better example, he's impaling the front row, fighting fire with arrows. It's like the polar opposite. Instead of rock music, this guy is fighting that fire. The arrows are probably cupid's arrows, implying a love ballad.
So I don't think it's a bad guess, to say he's trying to escape memories with music, just that it doesn't account for the different uses of I and he. Somebody is reading into it way too much. Probably myself.
By the way, does anybody have a better idea for the line currently "Of broken Belvedere crystal?" I couldn't really come up with anything better. Does that even make any sense? Maybe "velvet and crystal?" Tell me what you think and I'll change it if need be.