This is a difficult song to analyze, not least because it's only available on a bootleg with mediocre sound quality and deciphering the lyrics is problematic. For instance, I personally think the first two lines of the third stanza are not as they're quoted above, but are rather: "I turned you out with just one push of my arm". Likewise, there are several other lines I would dispute the accuracy of.
Nevertheless, I believe the general vibe of the song is intact, and it simply represents a dark fairy tale of sorts that Robert Smith wrote while under the influence of many controlled substances. This was the same period as the "Pornography" album, where he toured the remains of an insane asylum and was inspired to think about what the residents might have thought or felt while they were confined there. I could imagine this being the tale of two tragic lovers, where the man was somehow driven to kill the woman he loved, or possibly a scenario in which an abusive father kills his daughter.
I don't think the "meaning" of the song is so much in the narrative telling, but in the atmosphere it evokes, which is one of love, murder, and loss.
This is a difficult song to analyze, not least because it's only available on a bootleg with mediocre sound quality and deciphering the lyrics is problematic. For instance, I personally think the first two lines of the third stanza are not as they're quoted above, but are rather: "I turned you out with just one push of my arm". Likewise, there are several other lines I would dispute the accuracy of.
Nevertheless, I believe the general vibe of the song is intact, and it simply represents a dark fairy tale of sorts that Robert Smith wrote while under the influence of many controlled substances. This was the same period as the "Pornography" album, where he toured the remains of an insane asylum and was inspired to think about what the residents might have thought or felt while they were confined there. I could imagine this being the tale of two tragic lovers, where the man was somehow driven to kill the woman he loved, or possibly a scenario in which an abusive father kills his daughter.
I don't think the "meaning" of the song is so much in the narrative telling, but in the atmosphere it evokes, which is one of love, murder, and loss.