When I was translating these lyrics to Polish language I was really striken that it isn't a simple song about a "captain of the ship" or a simple story about a lover who wants to leave his girl whenever he likes, more precisely when he's gone.
I think Dave ment something else. He paints a portrait of a man who whishes to be a sole captain of his life. But his life without God is rather miserable. Ana in this context words "I don't want your pity just the promise that I'll be okay" give the full picture of a man who wants to decide, but the outcome is pitiful (just to puzzle a bit with words), so he doesn't need God's pity, but a promise that everything's going to end up well. Still stoneharted we might say. Because life's short he wants to use it having as much fun as he can. He puts aside everything what important is and he drowns in activities that are useless but pleasant. Very nice sexual comparisonnice - who can resist the beautiful spouse's (or girlfriend/boyfriend's) lips, arms, etc...?
To say that I liked the Lillywhite Version better is not enough. I would rather say that I dislike the versions that were finally released on "Busted stuff". I really regreat that the Lillywhite session material wasn't the one that was put on the CD.
When I was translating these lyrics to Polish language I was really striken that it isn't a simple song about a "captain of the ship" or a simple story about a lover who wants to leave his girl whenever he likes, more precisely when he's gone.
I think Dave ment something else. He paints a portrait of a man who whishes to be a sole captain of his life. But his life without God is rather miserable. Ana in this context words "I don't want your pity just the promise that I'll be okay" give the full picture of a man who wants to decide, but the outcome is pitiful (just to puzzle a bit with words), so he doesn't need God's pity, but a promise that everything's going to end up well. Still stoneharted we might say. Because life's short he wants to use it having as much fun as he can. He puts aside everything what important is and he drowns in activities that are useless but pleasant. Very nice sexual comparisonnice - who can resist the beautiful spouse's (or girlfriend/boyfriend's) lips, arms, etc...?
To say that I liked the Lillywhite Version better is not enough. I would rather say that I dislike the versions that were finally released on "Busted stuff". I really regreat that the Lillywhite session material wasn't the one that was put on the CD.
YOU ARE THE WORST PERSON EVER
YOU ARE THE WORST PERSON EVER