Well, my only quesion in this song is if she was sending him everything he "never" gave her before, and what she sent him was an empty box, then wouldn't that mean he gave her everything?
Hes got nothing left to give anymore, though. In fact he's "crossed into a valley, a valley so dark that when I look back I can't see where I began, I can't see my hands, I don't even know if my eyes are open."
Hes got nothing left to give anymore, though. In fact he's "crossed into a valley, a valley so dark that when I look back I can't see where I began, I can't see my hands, I don't even know if my eyes are open."
So basically this song says to me that he used to have an amazing relationship with this woman to whom he gave everything but now he's fallen into a dark world and has nothing to offer anymore. Sounds like he's ready to die.
So basically this song says to me that he used to have an amazing relationship with this woman to whom he gave everything but now he's fallen into a dark world and has nothing to offer anymore. Sounds like he's ready to die.
I love these lyrics. In strict logic, he apparently gave her everything, but I think the song meaning is the opposite. This woman, like many people, spoke illogically, but her meaning was clearly something many men have heard from many women: she is bitter because he never gave her as much as she wanted, and she is giving him "one last chance" to make it up.
I love these lyrics. In strict logic, he apparently gave her everything, but I think the song meaning is the opposite. This woman, like many people, spoke illogically, but her meaning was clearly something many men have heard from many women: she is bitter because he never gave her as much as she wanted, and she is giving him "one last chance" to make it up.
His "screw you" response was a big mistake. After the crystal-clear "big mistake" line, the lyrics get oblique but I think they describe the damage her consequent anger did to his spirits....
His "screw you" response was a big mistake. After the crystal-clear "big mistake" line, the lyrics get oblique but I think they describe the damage her consequent anger did to his spirits.
His dark, damaged tone of voice on the lines "Sender was a woman" and "Big mistake" convey his feelings about female rage.
The empty box he crawls into is a wonderful paradox, suggesting both a life raft and a coffin. He would choose to die to find respite from this storm.
Well, my only quesion in this song is if she was sending him everything he "never" gave her before, and what she sent him was an empty box, then wouldn't that mean he gave her everything?
I created an account just to respond to your question. Though I doubt you'll ever read it, maybe it will help other souls in need of, erm, Morphine.
I created an account just to respond to your question. Though I doubt you'll ever read it, maybe it will help other souls in need of, erm, Morphine.
That is precisely what it means. And she wants more ("fill it up and send it back").
That is precisely what it means. And she wants more ("fill it up and send it back").
Hes got nothing left to give anymore, though. In fact he's "crossed into a valley, a valley so dark that when I look back I can't see where I began, I can't see my hands, I don't even know if my eyes are open."
Hes got nothing left to give anymore, though. In fact he's "crossed into a valley, a valley so dark that when I look back I can't see where I began, I can't see my hands, I don't even know if my eyes are open."
So basically this song says to me that he used to have an amazing relationship with this woman to whom he gave everything but now he's fallen into a dark world and has nothing to offer anymore. Sounds like he's ready to die.
So basically this song says to me that he used to have an amazing relationship with this woman to whom he gave everything but now he's fallen into a dark world and has nothing to offer anymore. Sounds like he's ready to die.
The lyrics do not imply that he gave her anything at all. On the contrary.
The lyrics do not imply that he gave her anything at all. On the contrary.
I love these lyrics. In strict logic, he apparently gave her everything, but I think the song meaning is the opposite. This woman, like many people, spoke illogically, but her meaning was clearly something many men have heard from many women: she is bitter because he never gave her as much as she wanted, and she is giving him "one last chance" to make it up.
I love these lyrics. In strict logic, he apparently gave her everything, but I think the song meaning is the opposite. This woman, like many people, spoke illogically, but her meaning was clearly something many men have heard from many women: she is bitter because he never gave her as much as she wanted, and she is giving him "one last chance" to make it up.
His "screw you" response was a big mistake. After the crystal-clear "big mistake" line, the lyrics get oblique but I think they describe the damage her consequent anger did to his spirits....
His "screw you" response was a big mistake. After the crystal-clear "big mistake" line, the lyrics get oblique but I think they describe the damage her consequent anger did to his spirits.
His dark, damaged tone of voice on the lines "Sender was a woman" and "Big mistake" convey his feelings about female rage.
The empty box he crawls into is a wonderful paradox, suggesting both a life raft and a coffin. He would choose to die to find respite from this storm.