DrewKatsikas has it I believe. I also never thought of the doctor, saint, and eskimo representing himself-- that seems interesting but I don't know about that, could be just three other ex-lovers.
This song is so poetic.
"I lit a thin green candle, to make you jealous of me"
I think the narrator started dating other people to make her jealous, the green candle represents maybe the money he can spend on women on dates, gifts, etc....
"But the room just filled up with mosquitoes,
they heard that my body was free."
The 'candlelight' just attracted mosquitoes or just random women that are using him for his money possibly. The important part is that these new women mean nothing to him.
"Then I took the dust of a long sleepless night
and I put it in your little shoe."
This line always confused me. The 'dust from a long sleepless night' might represent all those thoughts you think of after a break-up that keep you up all night because you're not over it yet. Putting it in her shoe? I don't know, maybe that represents haphazardly telling her all these feelings one night and having her step on them like they are nothing....
"And then I confess that I tortured the dress
that you wore for the world to look through."
He talked bad about her to others so that they saw her in a negative light. The dress represents her image that people saw of her.
"showed my heart to the doctor...."
I thought the doctor represented someone close to the narrator that he confided in to help cope with his broken heart, and then this friend ended up getting together with her in the end and winded up just as broken as the narrator.
"I heard of a saint..."
I believe the saint is a past lover that the narrator talks to in order to get a better understanding of the woman. The golden rule, for me, has always been to never cheat. So I think the saint cheated on the woman, somewhat like the narrator 'lighting the thin green candle' in the beginning; and likewise they both completely regret pushing her away in the end.
"An Eskimo showed me a movie
he'd recently taken of you:"
The Eskimo seems like a current or recent lover of the woman. It is used to emphasize how amazing she is at hurting men when she can figuratively make an Eskimo shiver. Her love is then compared to a freezing storm, and the narrator is willing to get hurt again just to be with her.
@Beksinski I think your explaination of the song is nice, but the doctor part I disagree on.
@Beksinski I think your explaination of the song is nice, but the doctor part I disagree on.
"He shows his hart to the doctor" is representing a person who should know better. He knows that the narrator "has to quit" cause he has already been together with her. But the story of the narrator reminds him of the time he was together with the same girl. He still needs to heal, but can't let go and gets jelaous about the narrator and his time with the woman.
"He shows his hart to the doctor" is representing a person who should know better. He knows that the narrator "has to quit" cause he has already been together with her. But the story of the narrator reminds him of the time he was together with the same girl. He still needs to heal, but can't let go and gets jelaous about the narrator and his time with the woman.
DrewKatsikas has it I believe. I also never thought of the doctor, saint, and eskimo representing himself-- that seems interesting but I don't know about that, could be just three other ex-lovers. This song is so poetic.
"I lit a thin green candle, to make you jealous of me" I think the narrator started dating other people to make her jealous, the green candle represents maybe the money he can spend on women on dates, gifts, etc....
"But the room just filled up with mosquitoes, they heard that my body was free." The 'candlelight' just attracted mosquitoes or just random women that are using him for his money possibly. The important part is that these new women mean nothing to him.
"Then I took the dust of a long sleepless night and I put it in your little shoe." This line always confused me. The 'dust from a long sleepless night' might represent all those thoughts you think of after a break-up that keep you up all night because you're not over it yet. Putting it in her shoe? I don't know, maybe that represents haphazardly telling her all these feelings one night and having her step on them like they are nothing....
"And then I confess that I tortured the dress that you wore for the world to look through." He talked bad about her to others so that they saw her in a negative light. The dress represents her image that people saw of her.
"showed my heart to the doctor...." I thought the doctor represented someone close to the narrator that he confided in to help cope with his broken heart, and then this friend ended up getting together with her in the end and winded up just as broken as the narrator.
"I heard of a saint..." I believe the saint is a past lover that the narrator talks to in order to get a better understanding of the woman. The golden rule, for me, has always been to never cheat. So I think the saint cheated on the woman, somewhat like the narrator 'lighting the thin green candle' in the beginning; and likewise they both completely regret pushing her away in the end.
"An Eskimo showed me a movie he'd recently taken of you:" The Eskimo seems like a current or recent lover of the woman. It is used to emphasize how amazing she is at hurting men when she can figuratively make an Eskimo shiver. Her love is then compared to a freezing storm, and the narrator is willing to get hurt again just to be with her.
God I love this song.
@Beksinski I think your explaination of the song is nice, but the doctor part I disagree on.
@Beksinski I think your explaination of the song is nice, but the doctor part I disagree on.
"He shows his hart to the doctor" is representing a person who should know better. He knows that the narrator "has to quit" cause he has already been together with her. But the story of the narrator reminds him of the time he was together with the same girl. He still needs to heal, but can't let go and gets jelaous about the narrator and his time with the woman.
"He shows his hart to the doctor" is representing a person who should know better. He knows that the narrator "has to quit" cause he has already been together with her. But the story of the narrator reminds him of the time he was together with the same girl. He still needs to heal, but can't let go and gets jelaous about the narrator and his time with the woman.
I guess both ways makes sense tho!
I guess both ways makes sense tho!
@Beksinski Thanks Beksinki Your interpretation makes a lot of sense
@Beksinski Thanks Beksinki Your interpretation makes a lot of sense