I may be wrong since nobody else thought of this, but when I look at the lyrics I think the song could be sung by a dead man. He committed suicide (and thought to cancel the milk first) which made the mail pile up and the voices from his room stop. The cold mouth he was kissed by is the barrel of a gun. And of course the cat is left to stare at the body. The only problems with this theory are: 1. The taxi (presumably to take away the woman who left him and caused the suicide) should already be gone by the time his gun "kisses" him, not still waiting (possible: he killed her when she tried to leave, then himself) 2. "Every second seems like a lifetime" doesn't make much sense if he's dead... Who knows.
@lassa I also always viewed this song as a dead man's last thoughts, and I'm guessing he isn't quite dead yet, which is why each second seems like a lifetime and the taxi's been waiting to take him to the after-life. At least, that's how I see it.
@lassa I also always viewed this song as a dead man's last thoughts, and I'm guessing he isn't quite dead yet, which is why each second seems like a lifetime and the taxi's been waiting to take him to the after-life. At least, that's how I see it.
@lassa yeah I agree and I’ve always thought those two lines were talking about the cold kiss of death, and your life flashing before your eyes as you die.
@lassa yeah I agree and I’ve always thought those two lines were talking about the cold kiss of death, and your life flashing before your eyes as you die.
I may be wrong since nobody else thought of this, but when I look at the lyrics I think the song could be sung by a dead man. He committed suicide (and thought to cancel the milk first) which made the mail pile up and the voices from his room stop. The cold mouth he was kissed by is the barrel of a gun. And of course the cat is left to stare at the body. The only problems with this theory are: 1. The taxi (presumably to take away the woman who left him and caused the suicide) should already be gone by the time his gun "kisses" him, not still waiting (possible: he killed her when she tried to leave, then himself) 2. "Every second seems like a lifetime" doesn't make much sense if he's dead... Who knows.
@lassa I also always viewed this song as a dead man's last thoughts, and I'm guessing he isn't quite dead yet, which is why each second seems like a lifetime and the taxi's been waiting to take him to the after-life. At least, that's how I see it.
@lassa I also always viewed this song as a dead man's last thoughts, and I'm guessing he isn't quite dead yet, which is why each second seems like a lifetime and the taxi's been waiting to take him to the after-life. At least, that's how I see it.
@lassa yeah I agree and I’ve always thought those two lines were talking about the cold kiss of death, and your life flashing before your eyes as you die.
@lassa yeah I agree and I’ve always thought those two lines were talking about the cold kiss of death, and your life flashing before your eyes as you die.
@lassa Also the taxi could be a getaway car because he feels that her leaving killed him.
@lassa Also the taxi could be a getaway car because he feels that her leaving killed him.